1.5 Conventions Used in this Guide

The following lists the conventions of this guide.

Table 1-1 Conventions of this guide

Convention Meaning
Italics
  • Names of books, chapters, and sections as references
  • Emphasis
Bold
  • Object of an action (menu names, field names, options, button names) in a step-by- step procedure
  • Commandstyped at a prompt
  • User input
Monospace
  • Directoriesand subdirectories
  • File names andextensions
  • Processnames
  • Codesample, including keywords and variables within text and as separate paragraphs, and user-defined program elements within text
<Variable>
  • Substituteinput value