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- quad
Hyphenate compound adjectives beginning with quad.
quad-band, quad-channel, quad-core, quad-port
- quality
Don’t use quality alone as an adjective; include a modifier. The compound adjective is hyphenated.
broadcast-quality, high-quality, professional-quality
- question-mark button
Don’t use; use Help button.
- Quick Look
Capitalize when you refer to the feature in macOS. Don’t use quick look as a verb.
- quick reference card
No hyphen.
- QuickTime Player
Don’t precede with the.
Open QuickTime Player.
- quit
Use quit to refer to stopping an app from running completely. Don’t use exit, exit from, or leave when you mean quit. See also close; force quit; interrupt; stop.
- quotation marks
Use curly opening and closing quotation marks except in code font. Don’t use single or double quotation marks for units of measure; use the prime symbol for feet (Option-Shift-E) and the double prime symbol for inches (Option-Shift-G).
With periods and commas: Put periods and commas within quotation marks. If necessary for clarity, periods and commas can go outside, as in
AN$ = "1".With other punctuation: Semicolons, colons, question marks, and exclamation points go outside quotation marks unless they’re part of an actual quotation.
Four-character identifiers: When you give the name of four-character identifiers such as file types, use straight, single quotation marks in code font and place any punctuation outside the quotation marks.
Examples of file types are
'TEXT','PICT', and'APPL'.Terminology: Use quotation marks, not quote marks or quotes. (Quote is a verb; quotation is a noun or an adjective.)
Cross-references and quotations: Cross-references to sections and chapter titles are traditionally set off in quotation marks (unless they are hyperlinks); follow your department’s style. Use quotation marks for direct quotations.
Onscreen messages: Enclose quotations from the screen, such as alert messages, in quotation marks.
Terms that stand for or define other terms: Use italics, not quotation marks, for terms after called, known as, labeled, stands for, termed, and so on. Use plain style for onscreen elements whose names are in title-style capitalization.
A folder called My Files appears.
Text the user types: Use quotation marks or code font to represent what the user actually types, depending on your department’s style guidelines.
For example, type “dog” in the search field to find photos of dogs.
In the Title field, type
Exchange Rate per $1.Sentence-style onscreen elements: Use quotation marks for elements whose names use sentence-style capitalization.
Select the checkbox labeled “Keep lines together.”
Search for “Apps for college.”
Title-style onscreen elements: For title-style elements, use quotation marks only if there’s a significant chance the name could be misread in context.
Tap Use as Wallpaper.
To store media outside the library, click the Media pop-up menu, choose “Choose,” and then select a storage location.
Smart quotation marks: Most apps have an option called “smart” quotation marks, which automatically generates curly quotation marks (and apostrophes) as you type.
See also italics (n.), italic (adj.); titles of works.