| Convention | Description | Example | | Monospace | Indicates source code, code examples, input to the command line, application output, code lines embedded in text, and variables and code elements. | Public Class | | Bold | Indicates most predefined programming elements, including namespaces, classes, delegates, objects, interfaces, methods, functions, macros, structures, constructors, properties, events, enumerations, fields, operators, statements, directives, data types, keywords, exceptions, non-HTML attributes, and configuration tags, as well as registry keys, subkeys, and values. Also indicates the following HTML elements: attributes (lower case), directives, keywords, values, and headers. In addition, indicates required user input, including command-line options, that must be entered exactly as shown. Lastly, indicates XML element names and XML attribute names (which are typed as written in the XSD). | Path class
Resolve method
href attribute
snippets element
keyword attribute | | Italic | Indicates placeholders, most often method or function parameters and HTML placeholders; these placeholders represent information that must be supplied by the implementation or the user. For command-line input, indicates parameter values. | context parameter | | Capital letters | Indicates the names of keys and key sequences. Also indicates HTML element names | ENTER
CTRL+R
HTML element | | Plus sign | Indicates a combination of keys. For example, ALT+F1 means to hold down the ALT key while pressing the F1 key. | ALT+F1 |
Exceptions to document conventions by product| Product | Convention | Description | Example | | Visio | Plain text, camel casing | Indicates cells and rows. | AlignMiddle cell
ArcTo row | | Visio | Plain text, capital letters | Indicates functions | ANGLETOLOC function | | Visio | Plain text, title caps | Indicates sections | Shape Layout section |
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