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I. General conventions
Convention
Arial
Boldface
Courier New
II. Command conventions
Convention
Boldface
italic
[ ]
{ x | y | ... }
[ x | y | ... ]
{ x | y | ... } *
[ x | y | ... ] *
&<1-n>
#
III. GUI conventions
Convention
< >
[ ]
/
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Normal paragraphs are in Arial.
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.
The parameter before the & sign can be repeated 1 to n
times.
A line starting with the # sign is comments.
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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