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I. General conventions
Convention
Arial
Arial Narrow
Boldface
Courier New
II. Command conventions
Convention
Boldface
italic
[ ]
{ x | y | ... }
[ x | y | ... ]
{ x | y | ... } *
[ x | y | ... ] *
III. GUI conventions
Convention
< >
[ ]
/
Normal paragraphs are in Arial.
Warnings, Cautions, Notes and Tips are in Arial Narrow.
Headings are in Boldface.
Terminal Display is in Courier New.
The keywords of a command line are in Boldface.
Command arguments are in italic.
Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are optional.
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
One is selected.
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and separated
by vertical bars. One or none is selected.
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. A
minimum of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and separated
by vertical bars. Many or none can be selected.
Button names are inside angle brackets. For example, click the <OK>
button.
Window names, menu items, data table and field names are inside square
brackets. For example, pop up the [New User] window.
Multi-level menus are separated by forward slashes. For example,
[File/Create/Folder].
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