Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it.
The table below presents the existing formatting conventions.
Formatting convention |
Type of Information |
Example |
Special Bold
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Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list. |
Go to the Resources tab. |
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 EZ templates .
To destroy a Container, type
|
|
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 Container 101 |
Monospace Bold |
What you type, as contrasted with on-screen computer output. |
# rpm V virtuozzo-release |
Key+Key |
Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another. |
Ctrl+P, Alt+F4 |
Besides the formatting conventions, you should also know about the document organization convention applied to Parallels documents: chapters in all guides are divided into sections, which, in their turn, are subdivided into subsections. For example, About This Guide is a section, and Documentation Conventions is a subsection.