Style guide checklist

When you have finished writing your piece of content, use this checklist to check you have followed the style guide and are ready to publish. You can also use the checklist to 2i (check) someone else’s work.

Action	Done?
Does the reading order make sense and have you used the inverted pyramid technique?	Yes / no
Are your headings structured correctly? use correct heading styles use sentence casing	Yes / no
Are your sentences and paragraphs accessible and easy to read?	Yes / no
Have you written in the active voice?	Yes / no
Is your text left aligned?	Yes / no
Have you used bullet points or numbered lists to make your content scannable?	Yes / no
Are your bullet points or numbered lists formatted correctly?	Yes / no
Are your links unique, descriptive and make sense out of context?	Yes / no
Have you used the correct punctuation and symbols?	Yes / no
Have you spelled out all your abbreviations and acronyms?	Yes / no
Have you used contractions correctly?	Yes / no
Have you written in plain language?	Yes / no
Have you used the correct capitalisation?	Yes / no
Have you edited your content to remove any words to watch or words not to use?	Yes / no
Have you checked the colour contrast of your text and images?	Yes / no
Have you added alt text or included image descriptions in the body text of your content?	Yes / no
Have you checked that your tables are set up in an accessible way?	Yes / no
Is your document saved in open document format?	Yes / no