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In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruction and intended to be typed. Example: "Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A." • Filenames and directory names are presented in low- ercase bold. Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows • Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands are displayed in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase italics; constant parameters are displayed in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional. Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p] • Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the command's possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New font. Example: del c:\myfile.doc • Screen text is text that appears on the screen of your monitor or display. It can be a system message, for example, or it can be text that you are instructed to type as part of a command (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier New font. Example: The following message appears on your screen: No boot device available Example: "Type md c:\dos and press ." • Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value. They are presented in italics. Example: SIMMn (where n represents the SIMM socket designation) ix

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ix
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New
font are part of an instruction and intended to be
typed.
Example: “Type
format a:
to format the diskette
in drive A.”
•
Filenames
and
directory names
are presented in low-
ercase bold.
Examples:
autoexec.bat
and
c:\windows
•
Syntax lines
consist of a command and all its
possible parameters. Commands are displayed in
lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which
you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase
italics; constant parameters are displayed in lower-
case bold. The brackets indicate items that are
optional.
Example:
del
[
drive
:
] [
path
]
filename
[
/p
]
•
Command lines
consist of a command and may
include one or more of the command’s possible
parameters. Command lines are presented in the
Courier New font.
Example:
del c:\myfile.doc
•
Screen text
is text that appears on the screen of your
monitor or display. It can be a system message, for
example, or it can be text that you are instructed to
type as part of a command (referred to as a
command
line
). Screen text is presented in the Courier New
font.
Example: The following message appears on your
screen:
No boot device available
Example: “Type
md c:\dos
and press <Enter>.”
•
Variables
are placeholders for which you substitute a
value. They are presented in italics.
Example: SIMM
n
(where
n
represents the SIMM socket
designation)