Notational Conventions

• Characters or commands that you type appear in bold lowercase type.
• Italic in syntax statements indicates placeholders for variable information. Italic is also used for book titles.
• Names of files and folders appear in Title Caps, except when you are to type them directly. Unless otherwise indicated, you can use all lowercase letters when you type a file name in a dialog box or at a command prompt.
• File name extensions appear in all lowercase.
• Names of folders appear in initial caps, except when you are to type them directly. Unless otherwise indicated, you can use all lowercase letters when you type a folder name in a dialog box or at a command prompt.
• Acronyms appear in all uppercase.
• Monospace type represents code samples, examples of screen text, or entries that you might type at a command prompt or in initialization files.
• Square brackets [ ] are used in syntax statements to enclose optional items. For example, [ filename ] in command syntax indicates that you can choose to type a file name with the command. Type only the information within the brackets, not the brackets themselves .
• Braces { } are used in syntax statements to enclose required items. Type only the information within the braces, not the braces themselves.
• Icons represent specific sections in the book as follows :