Typeface Conventions

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ConventionDescription

 

 

italic font

Information you supply, either in syntax

 

examples or in text descriptions. For example, if

 

told to type: filename, you supply an actual file

 

name like sample. Italics are also used for

 

emphasis, and for Titles of Books.

 

 

typewriter font

Computer commands or other information that

 

must be typed exactly as shown. For example, if

 

told to type: sample, you type exactly the word

 

in typewriter font, sample. Menu selections are

 

in typewriter font separated by colons. See

 

"Menu Conventions" in this chapter.

 

 

boldface font

A term that may need further clarification or

 

definition, especially a familiar word (such as

 

menu) used with a computer-specific meaning.

 

These terms are clarified in the glossary.

 

 

[…]

Optional parameters in syntax examples are

 

enclosed in brackets.

 

 

KeyCap

Represents a key on your keyboard that you

 

must press, or an on-screen button that you

 

must select, as part of the operation. For

 

example, Return is the "Carriage Return" key,

 

which completes a command input. This key

 

may be labelled "RETURN", "Return", or "Enter".

 

 

Key1-Key2

A hyphen between keys indicates that two or

 

more keys must be pressed at the same time.

 

For example, "Control-C" means to press and

 

hold the Control key while pressing and

 

releasing the C key. The Control key may be

 

labelled "CTRL", "Ctrl", or "Control".

 

 

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