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Typographical Conventions
Typographical Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
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Bold typeface in this font indicates keyboard key names (such as
Tab or
Enter) and the names of windows, menu commands, buttons, and other user-interface elements. For example, "From the
File menu, select
Open."
Bold typeface in this font emphasizes new terms when they are introduced.
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Monospace typeface
indicates text that might appear on a computer screen other than the names of user-interface elements, including all of the following:
- Code examples
- Code that the user must enter
- System output (such as responses, error messages, and so on)
- Filenames and pathnames
- Software component names, such as class and method names
Essentially,
monospace typeface
indicates anything that the computer is "saying," or that must be entered into the computer in a language that the computer "understands."
Bold monospace typeface emphasizes text that would otherwise appear in
monospace typeface
.
Monospace typeface in italics or Bold monospace typeface in italics (depending on context) indicates variables or placeholders for values you supply or that might vary from one case to another.