Text Conventions

Bold Bold type indicates the following:
  • Verbs, functions, and parameters that you can use in a program or at a command prompt. These values are case sensitive and should be entered exactly as they appear in the text.
  • The names of window controls, such as lists, check boxes, entry fields, push buttons, and menu choices.
Italics Italic type indicates the following:
  • A variable that you supply a value for.
  • Book titles.
  • A letter is being used as a letter or a word is being used as a word. Example: When you see an a, make sure it is not supposed to be an an.
Bold italics Bold italic type is used to emphasize a word.
UPPERCASE Uppercase indicates constants, file names, keywords, and options that you can use in a program or at a command prompt. You can enter these values in uppercase or lowercase.
Double quotation marks Double quotation marks indicate messages you see in a window. An example of this would be the messages that appear in the operator information area (OIA) of an emulator session.
Example type Example type indicates information that you are instructed to type at a command prompt or in a window.