What’s new

Our previous guidance for masking and truncating sensitive data was all over the place. Based on months of research and feedback from the Intuit privacy and security team, we’re recommending midline dots ● moving forward. Dots offer visual differentiation so it’s easier to see the real numbers. They also save space for mobile.

Other changes:

• We updated many words to be more accessible. Learn when to use them: enable, disable/disabled, dimmed, grayed out, unavailable
• Other word list additions: widget, advisor vs adviser, third party, QuickBooks mobile app
• Check out our updated Community page to see what we’ve been up to
• Time stamps have some additional formatting guidance (use the 0:00 format)
• Create concise content that adapts to any context with our revamped mobile standards
• Need guidance for buttons? We added some more in the IDS component (no confirmshaming!)

The content design team at Intuit is committed to creating a healthy, inclusive, and anti-racist culture, grounded in putting people first. We’re proud to share our anti-racist language principles and updated word list. 

Here’s some other stuff we’ve changed or added over the last few months:

• Need guidance on using the plus sign (+) and other symbols? We’ve got you covered. Read about mathematical symbols and equations
• Fresh mobile app store content guidelines help make sure all of our iOS and Android apps look and sound like Intuit.
• Keep customers focused on completing tasks by giving them just what they need, just when they need it. Check out our guidelines for product content design. 
• Visit our 2020 Intuit Writers Symposium page to watch recordings of all the presentations. From Help content to hip-hop, you’re bound to learn something new.
• Do you have something to add to the word list? Let us know.
• Check out the fresh updates on our community page.

Stay tuned for updates to Help, mobile, and CUI content.

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You can now explore a list of articles and insights curated by and for content designers. Members of our content team speak at a variety of events and keep sharing ideas in articles and guidelines. Check out some of the latest. 

Our new community page is among a handful of recent enhancements we added to the Intuit content style guide.

• Share the voices of our content team in fresh Community updates. 
• Playbooks aren’t just for content designers. These guides help teams across Intuit build and market experiences that help customers succeed.  Get smart with playbooks.
• An (Intuit) designer's story uses comic-book storytelling to show how content, interaction, and visual design work together like true heroes. 
• Do you have something to add to the word list? Let us know.
• Things look a bit brighter, don’t they? Changes in visual design continue to add to our content and guide us along.

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You can now search for content guidelines on this site. Select the magnifying glass icon in the navigation and then enter the word or words you want to find.

Search is among a handful of recent enhancements we added since we relaunched in December 2019.

• Mint voice guidelines help us show how the Intuit voice flexes for all our cornerstone brands. Read about writing for Mint.
• Guidelines for product names help us maintain the clarity and effectiveness of our brands. Hint: It’s QuickBooks, never Quickbooks. Review Intuit product names.
• When time and space are short, we might want to use acronyms or abbreviations. We have guidelines for them. See acronyms and abbreviations.
• Changes in visual design continue to add to the content and guide us along pleasantly.

Additional revisions, including some style clarifications, are underway.

Don't see the guideline you're looking for? Let us know: Email us.

Today we launch the new Intuit content style guide. Refreshed with a bright, clean design and boosted by updated, additional content guidelines, this site is the resource for anyone writing for Intuit.

The new site structure helps content creators find what they need. And the attractive design helps writers enjoy and use the information they find.

Senior Visual Designer Vivek Saigal led the redesign effort in cooperation with content and design systems partners. The site now showcases Intuit content design expertise and helps Intuit writers create better experiences for customers.

A number of new guidelines are also part of the style guide:

• A communications framework helps guide how we present messages in products.
• Content promotion guidelines show how we market content about financial topics.
• Search engine optimization helps customers find Intuit information.
• Guidelines about writing for accounting and tax experts help both Intuit content designers and financial professionals talk to customers.
• Taxonomy notes detail some of the tools we use to manage the language of accounting and taxes.
• Technical documentation guidelines give us a baseline for what good tech docs look like.

Like all style guides, this is an evolving work, and we’ll be making revisions as we go. For instance, we’ll be adding search functionality to the site soon.

If you have questions or want to contribute to this effort, email us.