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- Lowercase commands, mixed-case commands, parameters, and environment variables that are otherwise difficult to distinguish from the surrounding text
- Interface controls (check boxes, push buttons, radio buttons,spin buttons, fields, folders, icons, list boxes, items inside listboxes, multicolumn lists, containers, menu choices, menu names, tabs,property sheets), labels (such asTip:)
- Keywords and parameters in text
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- Citations (examples: titles of publications, diskettes, and CDs)
- Words and phrases defined in text (example: a nonswitched lineis called apoint-to-point line)
- Emphasis of words and letters (example: The LUN address must startwith the letterL.)
- New terms in text, except in a definition list (example: aviewisa frame in a workspace that contains data.)
- Variables and values you must provide (example: wheremynamerepresents…)
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- Examples and code examples
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- properties, and other elements that are difficult to distinguish from the surrounding text
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- Command names, and names of macros and utilities that you can type as commands
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- Keywords
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