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Example: Click OK.
Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are enclosed in angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to
perform a single function.
Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>
Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be
typed at that particular point in the discussion.
Example: "Use the setup command to . . . ."
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are intended to be typed as part of an
instruction.
Example: "Type format to format the diskette in drive A."
Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold.
Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows
Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands are displayed in
lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase
italics; constant parameters are displayed in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are
optional.
Example: del [drive:] [[path]filename] [/p]
Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the command's possible
parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New font.
Example: del c:\myfile.doc
Screen text is text that appears on the screen of your display or external monitor. It can be a system
message, for example, or it can be text that you are instructed to type as part of a command (referred
to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier New font.
Example: The following message appears on your screen:
No boot device available
Variables are symbols for which you substitute a value. They are presented in italics.
Example: module n (where n represents the memory module number)
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