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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.