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Formatting conventions

The following table lists the formatting conventions used throughout this book.

Table 1. Formatting conventions

Item

Treatment

Example

Name of publication

Italic

Administrator Guide for M-Business Server

Items on which user is to take an action

Bold

Click the Reset button.

Multi-level menu selections

Bold with " » " separator

Choose Start » Settings » Control Panel.

Text you type

Bold, fixed width font

Type Admin in this field.

Text displayed in a file or on the screen

Fixed width font

The screen reads: Backup Complete

Keyboard key

Angle brackets

<Enter>

File names and paths

Italic

.../conf/sync.conf

Literals in code synopsis

Bold

void PODSaddRef(PODSObject* podsobj);

Variables in code synopsis

Italic

void PODSaddRef(PODSObject* podsobj);

Variables in text

Angle brackets plus italic

http://<servername>:<port>