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  • Description of the change: Headings added to tables to clarify that examples are from default view.
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  • Description of the change: Heading changed to Dates and times
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  • Description of the change: Information added about presentation of units of time.
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  • Description of the change: Corrected typo in Currencies
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  • Description of the change: Instructions to add prefix http:// or https:// when writing the URL
    Stata ref corrected.
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  • Description of the change: Guidance added: "When writing the URL, always include the preceding 'http://' or 'https://'."
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    Prefix 'https://' added to URLs.
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  • Description of the change: Guidance added: "When writing the URL, always include the preceding 'http://' or 'https://'."
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  • Description of the change: Abbreviation (CENTRAL) added to the correct version of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
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  • Description of the change: Link changed from Style Basics to Style Essentials.
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  • Description of the change: Explanation of bold or greyed-out field headings added.
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  • Description of the change: Explanation of bold or greyed-out field headings added.
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  • Description of the change: Electronic publications ahead of print and Preprints moved to reference type 'Other'. Examples removed and links added.
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  • Description of the change: Heading 'Numbers with five or more digits' changed to 'Numbers with four or more digits' to fit examples.
    Changed 'h' to 'hours' in correct example of ranges of numbers.
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  • Description of the change: 'world health organisation (WHO)' added
    Typo corrected
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  • Description of the change: Updated for RevMan Web.
    Text added about ranges in tables.
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  • Description of the change: Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'.
    Updated introductory paragraph (authors update own details in Cochrane Account, removed details of phone/fax numbers).
    Removed phone/fax details in table and related footnote.
    Added a table with information about citation/byline.
    Link to Cochrane Account updated.
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  • Description of the change: Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'.
    Adjusted 'RevMan Web' to 'RevMan'.
    Text updated for focused review format.
    Table deleted and new figure for heading levels added.
    Link added to Abbreviations
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    Text amended to match Abbreviations section
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  • Description of the change: Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'.
    Information added about overviews and QES reviews.
    Link to 'common abbreviations that do not need to be defined' changed to section not general heading
    Broken link to Abbreviations and acronyms fixed
    Typo corrected
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  • Description of the change: Heading 'Words and expressions to avoid' resized and re-linked to top menu.
    Link to 'readability' in old Cochrane webpage removed and some of the text added to expand this section.
    Another example added to table
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  • Description of the change: Clarified that Cochrane reviews must be in either UK English or US English only.
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  • Description of the change: Clarified that Cochrane reviews must be in either UK English or US English only.
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  • Description of the change: Removed GRADE wording for 'quality' from the table.
    Typos and table formatting corrected
    Example for quality changed
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  • Description of the change: Typo corrected
    Text added about ranges in tables.
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  • Description of the change: Changed link to https://community.cochrane.org/sites/default/files/uploads/inline-files/Graph_recommendations9.pdf from https://community.cochrane.org/style-manual/tables-and-figures/figures, to link to this document via the Handbook.
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  • Description of the change: Removed reference to selecting jounal names from the journal picklist (previously available in RevMan 5, but not available in current version of RevMan).
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  • Description of the change: Updated details of how the Cochrane Style Manual and Cochrane Style Essentials should be cited.
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  • Description of the change: Link updated
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  • Description of the change: Revised for version 6.0 (June 2024) update.
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  • Description of the change: This page now links to two new pages: focused format and long format.
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  • Description of the change: Long-format review info moved to a new page.
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  • Description of the change: Added paragraph about the version 6.0 (June 2024) update.
    Updated details how to submit feedback.
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  • Description of the change: Removed link to Brand guidelines.
    Stated that a general summary of Cochrane style for use in preparation of general Cochrane content (i.e non-review material) is anticipated.
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  • Description of the change: Updated for focused review format.
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  • Description of the change: Order of presentation of information in results brackets adjusted for focused-review format (advice for long-format reviews retained).
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  • Description of the change: Link to Economist removed.
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  • Description of the change: Changed wording for advice on hyphens in compound words to make it clearer.
    Changed Review to review in Cochrane review.
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  • Description of the change: Tense text combined with Tenses
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  • Description of the change: GRADE levels of evidence: changed quality to certainty
    Changed link from Virus names to Organism names
    Added book edition to Italic.
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  • Description of the change: Text updated to refer to 'RevMan', as RevMan Web is now known.
    Link added to Footnotes.
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  • Description of the change: Adjusted to Cochrane reviews not Cochrane Reviews.
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  • Description of the change: Adjusted to remove upper-case R in Cochrane reviews.
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  • Description of the change: Text updated.
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  • Description of the change: References to 'Review Manager 5' and 'RevMan 5' adjusted to 'Review Manager' and 'RevMan', respectively.
    Software used on Cochrane Reviews changed to Software used for Cochrane reviews
    Link to References section updated.
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  • Description of the change: Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'.
    Information about focused review format added and links to resources added.
    Link to PRISMA 2020 guidance updated
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  • Description of the change: Added 'or more' to advice about two-word compounds with 'anti'.
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  • Description of the change: Cochrane Review changed to Cochrane review
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  • Description of the change: Acronym changed to acronyms in first sentence.
    Text changed from 'at the beginning of these sections' to 'the first time they are mentioned in these sections'.
    Cochrane Review changed to Cochrane review
    Inverted commas removed from titles of review sections
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  • Description of the change: Cochrane style changed for URLs: 'http://' and 'https://' should now be included, not removed.
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  • Description of the change: Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'.
    Removed information about MECIR.
    Added information about focused review format.
    Added details about formatting.
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  • Description of the change: Added preprint.
    Added Cochrane Style Essentials.
    Still need to add links!
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