As the name suggests, Consistency makes your style consistent. When you create content, it can be tricky to stick to one particular style. It’s almost impossible to know all the rules by heart. Acrolinx helps you to stick to one style so that your writing is consistent.
The Acrolinx standard preset will find any inconsistencies. You can also choose to include some guidelines from The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago) or The Associated Press Stylebook (AP).
With the presets in Consistency, you can decide which style guide you want to follow.
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Acrolinx standard - checks for any inconsistencies.
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AP - checks for any inconsistencies and includes some Associated Press guidelines.
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Chicago - checks for any inconsistencies and includes some Chicago Manual of Style guidelines.
To select a preset, follow these steps:
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Go to Style > Style guides and click the name of the style guide you'd like to edit.
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Click on Consistency to expand it.
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Select the style guide from the dropdown.
You can of course make changes to the individual guidelines to create a custom preset, see Fine-tune your Goals.
Warning
Careful, you can only create one custom preset for each goal within a style guide.
When you drill down into the guidance, you’ll find guideline groups. These help you capture specific aspects of your preferred style.
Notice
Wondering why some guideline group names like punctuation and hyphenation appear under both Spelling and Grammar and Consistency? It’s because the guidelines are independent. Consistency focuses on style.