Typeface Conventions
Table 1Convention | Description |
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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. |
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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. |
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boldface font | A term that may need further clarification or |
| definition, especially a familiar word (such as |
| menu) used with a |
| These terms are clarified in the glossary. |
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[…] | Optional parameters in syntax examples are |
| enclosed in brackets. |
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KeyCap | Represents a key on your keyboard that you |
| must press, or an |
| 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". |
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A hyphen between keys indicates that two or | |
| more keys must be pressed at the same time. |
| For example, |
| 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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