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Conventions: Fonts and Symbols

Font and symbol conventions are classified as:

General font conventions
Conventions in syntax explanations

These conventions are described below.

General Font Conventions

The following table lists the general font conventions:

Font

Convention

Bold

Bold type indicates text on a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus,
menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example, bold is used in

sentences such as the following:

From the File menu, choose Open.
Click the Cancel button.
In the Enter name entry box, type your name.

Italics

Italics are used to indicate a placeholder for some actual text provided by the user or system.
Italics are also used for emphasis. For example:

Write the command as follows:

copy

source-file target-file

Do not delete the configuration file.