Introduction
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1.4
Conventions
The following conventions appear in this document. These conventions may dif-
fer from those used in other SBS publications. The subsections listed below de-
scribe each convention in more detail:
➢
Typographic Conventions
➢
Words Having Special Meaning
➢
Compound Keystrokes and Menu Selections
➢
Symbols
1.4.1
Typographic Conventions
Table 1.4.1
shows the typographic conventions used in this document.
Table 1.4.1: Typographic Conventions
The point size of the text varies depending on whether it is used in body text,
code examples, notes, screens, or procedures.
1.4.2
Words Having Special Meaning
In procedures, the words “Enter” (or “enter”) and “Type” (or “type”) have spe-
cial meanings that are indicated in
Table 1.4.2
.
Element
Use in Body Text
Use in Procedures
Italic
➢
Document, chapter, section, and
topic titles and cross references.
➢
Emphasis.
➢
Filenames and directory paths.
Bold
➢
(Not used in body text.)
➢
Controls, dialogs, menus, and
text or numeric fields that appear
on the screen.
➢
Keys on your keyboard.
Courier Roman
➢
Code examples.
➢
Simulating the appearance of
screens.
Courier Bold
➢
Library function calls and
syntax.
➢
Emphasizing lines of code.
➢
Commands and other
information that you type as
given.
Angle brackets,
e.g.,< >
➢
Enclosing variable information
that you type (without the
brackets) in place of a dummy
variable.
➢
Enclosing variable information
that you type (without the
brackets) in place of a dummy
variable.
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