The table below describes the typographic conventions used throughout this manual.
Typographic conventions
Convention
Example
Description
bold
Edit
Named user interface elements: menu items, button names, dialog box titles, dialog box options, icons, and so on.
italic
BlueCieloMeridian Explorer Administrator’s Guide
Names of other documents.
monospace
Document.DisplayName
Programming code, configuration file settings, and file system paths and folder names. Also user-defined code elements appearing in the narrative text.
light gray
background
Call WinMsgBox(“Hello, world!”)
Programming examples that include sample data and are not intended to be used without modification.
bold
Document.Log(Line)
Named code elements: events, procedures, functions, objects, classes, methods, object properties, constants, and so on appearing in the narrative text except user-defined code elements. Variables and parameters appear in italic type.
italic
local workspace
Introduction of a new term and its definition. Many terms can also be found in the Glossary if one is included in the guide.
bold monospace
regsvr32 /u
Command-line commands and parameters.
default font
F5, Ctrl+O
Key names, combinations, and sequences.
italic
<DocumentName>
Placeholders
bold+blue
Note
Note Related information that is not directly applicable to the adjacent text or might be useful under uncommon circumstances, supplemental, an aside.
Tip Information for intermediate to advanced users on how to use the adjacent text in a more efficient or productive way.
Warning Information that, if not heeded, could result in lost data or accidents.