Typographic Conventions

The following styles and conventions are used in this help:

Typographic styles and conventions

Convention

Description

Bold

  • Represents user interface items such as check boxes, command buttons, dialog boxes, drop-down list values, field names, menu commands, menus, option buttons, perspectives, tabs, tooltip labels, tree elements, views, and windows.

  • Represents keys, such as F9 or CTRL+A.

  • Represents a term the first time it is defined.

Courier

Represents file and directory names, code, system messages, and command-line commands.

Courier Bold

Represents emphasized text in code.

Select File > Save As

Represents a command to perform, such as opening the File menu and selecting Save As.

Italic

  • Represents any information to be entered in a field.

  • Represents documentation titles.

< >

Represents placeholder values to be substituted with user specific values.

Hyperlink

Represents a hyperlink. Clicking a hyperlink displays the information topic or external source.