Typographic conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Monospace font Text in this font indicates text that you type, values for arguments or command options, examples, and code samples, or information that the system prints on the screen (message text or prompts).
bold Boldface text indicates graphical user interface controls (for example, online button names, menu names, or menu options) and column headings in tables and text.
italic Text in italics indicates emphasis, book titles, new terms and terms that are defined in the text, or variable names.
italic monospace font Text in italics monospace font indicates variable names within monospace-font text.
Underlined colored text Underlined colored text indicates a cross-reference. Click the text to go to the object of the reference.
Text in blue outline (In PDF files only) An outline around text indicates a cross-reference. Click the outlined text to go to the object of the reference. This convention is the equivalent for PDF files of the "Underlined colored text" convention included in this table.
"" (quotation marks) (In PDF files only) Quotation marks surround cross-references to other sections of the document.
{ } In a syntax line, curly brackets surround a set of options from which you must choose one and only one.
[ ] In a syntax line, square brackets surround an optional parameters.
. . . In a syntax line, ellipses indicate a repetition of the previous parameter. For example, option[,...] means that you can enter multiple, comma-separated options.
< > Angle brackets surround variable elements of a name to distinguish them from one another. For example, <server_name><connector_name>tmp.log.
\,/ Backslashes (\) are used as separators in directory paths in Windows installations. For UNIX installations, substitute slashes (/) for backslashes.
ProductDir ProductDir represents the directory where the product is installed. When necessary, another variable word is added to ProductDir to indicate the type of directory. For example, ReceiverProductDir.

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