{"id":49065,"date":"2012-09-04T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/communications\/?page_id=49065"},"modified":"2023-12-15T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:41:00","slug":"style-schedules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/communications-marketing\/editorial-style-guide\/style-schedules\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Style for Events and Schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Achieving a consistent style for the presentation of Bates events in schedules and listings helps potential attendees focus on what really matters: the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The style for a Bates event listing has four elements that are exceptions to AP style:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The time of event, with start and end times separated by an &#8220;en dash,&#8221; and &#8220;am&#8221; and &#8220;pm&#8221; aligned next to the hour.<br><strong>Note<\/strong>: To create an en dash: (PC) hold the Control key and type the hyphen key on the top of the keyboard; (Mac) hold the Option key and hyphen key.<\/li><li>The name of event in bold.<\/li><li>The event description (optional); does not have to be complete sentence.<\/li><li>The location of event in italics. 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