Splunk® Style Guide

Splunk Style Guide

The guidelines in the Splunk Style Guide establish best practices for writing technical documentation. Search docs.splunk.com to find documentation related to Splunk products.

Colon

The following table shows ways to use a colon properly in your writing:

Scenario Example
To introduce bulleted lists, tables, or images. Always precede these elements with a full sentence. Use a full sentence and a colon to introduce the following items:
  • Bulleted lists
  • Tables
  • Images
To introduce a list within a sentence. Always precede the inline list with a full sentence. Capitalize the first word that follows the colon only when it's a complete sentence. The application can access the following items: the file system, the command line, and other applications.
To separate parts in a title or heading. Capitalize the first word that follows the colon.
  • Part 2: Edit the Collector configuration to add new components
  • Scenario: Kai monitors apps in a cloud environment
To separate a main idea from a secondary idea in a doc subheading or UI dashboard label. Capitalize the first word that follows the colon. Control your data volume: Aggregate your metrics

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Last modified on 07 June, 2024
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