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Salesforce Style Guide for Documentation and User Interface Text

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Winter '19 (API version 44.0)
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Spring '17 (API version 39.0)
Winter '17 (API version 38.0)
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Summer '15 (API version 34.0)
Spring '15 (API version 33.0)
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Summer '14 (API version 31.0)
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Passive Voice
Past Tense
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Present Tense
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Past Tense

Use present tense whenever possible. See Tense.

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