Document Conventions And Symbols; Document Conventions - Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

Document conventions and symbols

Table 2 Document conventions
Convention
Colored text
Black, underlined text
Colored, underlined
Bold text
Italic text
Monospace text
Monospace, italic text
Monospace, bold text
CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.
IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.
NOTE: Provides additional information.
TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.
Element
Cross-reference links
Email addresses
text Website addresses
•
Keys that are pressed
•
Text entered into a GUI element, such as a box
• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and list items,
buttons, and check boxes
Text emphasis
• File and directory names
• System output
• Code
• Commands, their arguments, and argument values
• Code variables
• Command parameters
Emphasis of file and directory names, system output, code, and text entered
at the command line
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