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The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conven- tions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:
‡Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display. They are presented in bold.
Example: Click OK.
‡Keycaps are labels that appear on the keys on a keyboard. They are enclosed in angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
‡Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless other- wise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>
‡Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced.
Example: “Use the format command to . . . .”
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc- tion and intended to be typed.
Example: “Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A.”
‡Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold. Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows
‡Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands are presented in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substi- tute a value) are presented in lowercase italics; constant parameters are presented in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional.
Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p]
‡Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the com- mand’s possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New font.
Example: del c:\myfile.doc
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