The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information.
Formatting convention |
Type of Information |
Example |
Special Bold |
Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list. |
Go to the QoS tab. |
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Titles of chapters, sections, and subsections. |
Read the Basic Administration chapter. |
Italics |
Used to emphasize the importance of a point, to introduce a term or to designate a command line placeholder, which is to be replaced with a real name or value. |
These are the so-called shared VPSs. To destroy a VPS, type |
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The names of commands, files, and directories. |
Use |
Preformatted |
On-screen computer output in your command-line sessions; source code in XML, C++, or other programming languages. |
Saved parameters for VPS 101 |
Monospace Bold |
What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output. |
# rpm V virtuozzo-release |
CAPITALS |
Names of keys on the keyboard. |
SHIFT, CTRL, ALT |
KEY+KEY |
Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another. |
CTRL+P, ALT+F4 |