Typographic conventions – SMC Networks SMCD3GN User Manual

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SMCD3GN Wireless Cable Modem Gateway User Manual

Typographic Conventions

This document also uses the following typographic conventions.

Convention

Description

Bold

Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including menus, menu options, buttons, fields, and labels.

Italic

Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or system. Angled brackets (< >)

are also used to indicate variables.

screen/code

Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user.

< > angled

brackets

Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or system. Italic font is also used to

indicate variables.

[ ] square

brackets

Indicates optional values.

{ } braces

Indicates required or expected values.

| vertical bar

Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or arguments.


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