Description of the change: Guidance added: "When writing the URL, always include the preceding 'http://' or 'https://'." Typo corrected. Prefix 'https://' added to URLs.
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.
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. Typo corrected
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 Typo corrected Text amended to match Abbreviations section
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
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
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.
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).
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.
Description of the change: Order of presentation of information in results brackets adjusted for focused-review format (advice for long-format reviews retained).
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.
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.
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
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
Description of the change: Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'. Removed information about MECIR. Added information about focused review format. Added details about formatting.
