Text Conventions

Convention

Meaning

Abbreviated menu commands

For your convenience, this book uses abbreviated menu commands. For example, “Click Tools, Track Changes, Highlight Changes” means that you should click the Tools menu, point to Track Changes, and click the Highlight Changes command.

Boldface type

Boldface type is used to indicate text that you enter or type.

Initial Capital Letters

The first letters of the names of menus, dialog boxes, dialog box elements, and commands are capitalized. Example: the Save As dialog box.

Italicized type

Italicized type is used to indicate new terms.

Plus sign (+) in text

Keyboard shortcuts are indicated by a plus sign (+) separating two key names. For example, Ctrl+Alt+Delete means that you press the Ctrl, ...

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