Conventions

Text conventions

You will find the following text conventions in this document.

Convention	Usage
Boldface text	Indicates menu items, command buttons, options, field names, and hyperlinks. Bold text is also used for notes and other secondary information in tables or procedures (for example, Tip).
Fixed-width text	Indicates folder names, file names, operating system commands, and URLs. Also indicates examples and anything that you must type exactly as it appears. For example: If you are asked to type create user, you would type all the characters exactly as shown in the fixed-width font.
Italic text	Indicates variables, including variable text. Italic type is also used for emphasis, for new terms, and for titles of documents.
UPPERCASE text	Indicates a command, an object, or an acronyms.

Mouse usage

Always use the left mouse button ("click") unless you are specifically instructed to use the right mouse button ("right-click").

The term "left mouse button" refers to the dominant button. If you have reconfigured your mouse to reverse the functions of the left and right buttons, then you will need to use the reverse button when you follow the procedures in this manual.

About graphical user interfaces

Graphical user interfaces, such as Oracle Enterprise Manager, typically provide many alternative ways of accomplishing the same task: right- and left-mouse clicks, keystroke combinations, icons, and menus. The procedures in this guide identify only one or two methods. For alternative methods, refer to Help.