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Drafting IEC publications

 

 

List of IEC styles

Shortcut key

IEC Style

Used for

 

AMD-heading1

AMD-heading2

 

 

 

 

 

amendment heading, 1st level

amendment heading, 2nd level

 

No automatic numbering, allows you to create heading numbers manually.

 

 

ANNEX_title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

annex title; inserts the word "Annex", followed by automatic alphabetical numbering (A, B, ...)

 

TIP: Separate the lines of annex titles with a soft return [shift+enter] instead of a hard return ([enter].

 

 

ANNEX-heading1 / 2 / ... / 5

 

 

headings in annexes; automatic numbering starts with the letter of the annex (A.1, A.1.1 etc.)

 

 

FIGURE-title

figure caption, to be placed below figure

 

FOREWORD

foreword autotexts

ALT + F1 / F2 / ... / F9

 

 

Heading 1 / 2 / ... / 9

 

 

 

clause and subclause headings (1st - 9th level); automatically numbers them

 

 

HEADING(Nonumber)

 

 

Foreword, Bibliography; no number is applied to the heading, but it appears in the table of contents

 

ALT + 1 / 2 / ... / 5

List, List 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

 

list items (unordered lists, 1st - 5th level)

 

List Bullet, List Bullet 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 

list items (unordered lists, 1st - 5th level)

 

List Continue, List Continue 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

list items (unordered lists, 1st - 5th level)

 

List Dash 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

list items (unordered lists, 1st - 4th level)

 

List Number, List Number 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

list items (ordered lists, 1st - 5th level)

 

MAIN-TITLE

main title of the publication on first page

ALT + N

NOTE

notes

 

Numbered PARA (level 2)

Numbered PARA (level 3)

 

 

subclauses without a heading
(generally, however, it is preferable to find a meaningful title)

 

ALT + A

 

 

PARAGRAPH

 

 

IEC style for normal text, to be used instead of Word's Normal style

 

 

SMALL CAPS

formats text in small caps

 

SUBscript

SUPerscript

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

subscript

superscript (exponents, references to table footnotes)

 

Important: Do not use Word's built-in sub/superscript options. These do not conform to the IEC requirements (in a text of 10 pt font size, sub-/superscript requires font size 8 pt, 3 pt lowered)

 

 

TAB_FIG_footnote

footnote to a table

 

TABLE-cell

text in a normal table cell, aligned left

 

TABLE-centered

text in a normal table cell, centered

 

TABLE-col-heading

heading of a table column

ALT + L

TABLE-title

table caption, to be placed above table

 

TIP: When creating the Terms and Definitions, start by applying the style TERM-number to the first line, then press ENTER. All subsequent styles will be created automatically in the correct order every time you press ENTER .

 

ALT + T

TERM

term (needs to be on a separate line)

ALT + D

 

 

TERM-definition

 

 

definition of a term (needs to be placed below the term)

 

ALT + R

 

 

 

TERM-number

 

 

 

attributes an automatic term number level 2 (e.g. 3.1, 3.2 etc.); needs to be on a separate line

 

 

TERM-number 3 

 

 

 

attributes an automatic term number level 3 (e.g. 3.1.1, 3.1.2 etc.); needs to be on a separate line

 

 

TOC 1 / 2 / ... / 9

 

 

table of contents; applied automatically when table of contents is created

 

ALT + V

VARIABLE

style for variables as defined in the Directives (Times New Roman, italics)