This page details how to reference Minitab and our products and services in your Web site, article, or textbook. It includes information about featuring output, examples, and screen shots, as well as trademark information.
Screen shots and data sets
You may include examples and screen shots from our software and input and/or output in the publication. Please place the following statement in a footnote, on the "copyright" page, or in the acknowledgment section:
"Portions of the input and output contained in this publication/book are printed with permission of Minitab Inc. All material remains the exclusive property and copyright of Minitab Inc. All rights reserved."
You may refer to any data set that is included with our software in your materials; however, you may not redistribute our data sets.
Naming and trademark information
At the first instance of Minitab’s product and service names in your text, spell out the official name and use the appropriate trademark disclaimer, per the following:
- Mentoring by Minitab™
- Minitab® Statistical Software
- Quality Companion by Minitab®
- Technical Support by Minitab™
- Training by Minitab™
Please include the following disclaimer in your publication:
"MINITAB® and all other trademarks and logos for the Company's products and services are the exclusive property of Minitab Inc. All other marks referenced remain the property of their respective owners. See minitab.com for more information."
Do not translate any of the above Minitab product or service names into any language other than English.
Trademarked features:
Please use the trademark symbol (™) with the first occurrence of the following features:
Minitab® Statistical Software:
- StatGuide™
- ReportPad™
- Smart Dialog Boxes™
- Process Capability Sixpack™
Quality Companion by Minitab®:
Do not translate any of the above features into any language other than English.
Minitab publications (Citing Meet Minitab or User's Guides)
Minitab Inc. (2007). "Chapter Name," Meet Minitab 15, p. #-#.
Do not include the chapter name and/or page number if they are not applicable.
This is optional, but if you are willing, we would appreciate if you would include the Minitab Web address in either/both of the above, so interested readers can contact us. Our Web address is: www.minitab.com
Contact information
If you have further questions about author/publisher guidelines, please contact Minitab's Marketing Department at PublicRelations@minitab.com
