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Subject:(Fwd) Use of Bold and Italics From:Bernice Kieffer <bernice_kieffer -at- MENTORG -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 24 Feb 1997 15:37:32 PST
Hi Melinda:
I have written for both hardware and software applications.
In software applications, I use bold to indicate the Menu command or dialog box
field a user needs to select and bold-italic to indicate an application
command, procedural function, or dialog box field information a user needs to
enter.
I use plain italic to indicate procedural function names.
Bernice Kieffer
Technical Writer/Software Developer
bernicek -at- mentorg -dot- com
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