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Icons and Typographic Conventions 

Icons in Body Text

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Caution

Example

Note

Recommendation

Syntax

 

 

Typographic Conventions

Format

Description

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Words or characters quoted from the screen. These include field names, screen titles, pushbutton labels, menu names, menu paths, and menu options.

Cross-references to other documentation.

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Emphasized words or phrases in body text, graphic titles, and table titles.

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Technical names of system objects. These include report names, program names, transaction codes, table names, and key concepts of a programming language when they are surrounded by body text, for example, SELECT and INCLUDE.

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Output on the screen. This includes file and directory names and their paths, messages, names of variables and parameters, source text, and names of installation, upgrade and database tools.

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Exact user entry. These are words or characters that you enter in the system exactly as they appear in the documentation.

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Variable user entry. Angle brackets indicate that you replace these words and characters with appropriate entries to make entries in the system.

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Keys on the keyboard, for example, F2 or ENTER.

 

 

 

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