Comment by redcap

The guide has a section on accuracy but doesn’t talk about having punctuation outside of quotation marks. There’s a world of difference between

1. Please enter the text “foo bar.”

and

2. Please enter the text “foo bar”.

The first is normal American practice, but suggests incorrectly that the period (.) should be input.

Technical writing should be accurate - meaning all quotes should be a true representation that is not subject to style whimsy.