Convention

Description

bold

Menus and menu commands, command buttons, property page and dialog box titles and options, command-line commands, options, and portions of syntax that must be typed exactly as shown.

Initial Capitals

Names of applications, programs, and named windows.

italic

Information you provide, terms that are being introduced, and book titles.

KEY+KEY

Key combinations in which you press and hold down one key and then press another.

monospace

Examples, sample command lines, program code, and program output.

SMALL CAPITALS

Names of keys on the keyboard.