Throughout Using Your Toolkit, the following conventions distinguish
the different elements of text:
plain text
Function names, structure names, data
type names, message names, enumerated types, and constant names.
Initial
capitalization
Key names, group-box controls, drop-down
list boxes, dialog windows, combo-boxes, single-line entry (SLE) and multiple-line
entry (MLE) fields.
UPPERCASE
File
names and error codes.
monospace
Programming
examples and user input at the command line prompt or into an entry field.
bold
Push buttons,
check boxes, radio buttons, spin buttons, menu bar choices, and menu items.
italics
Parameters,
structure fields, titles of documents, and first occurrences of words with
special meaning.
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