Typographical conventions

In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography: Applications Commands you type at the command line Labels for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface Menu selections look like this: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Menu+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Submenu+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ->Menu Item+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Buttons you can click Anything you type in Text output from a computer that are defined in the .

We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well.

Tip: Tips and bits of extra information will look like this.

Examples are also set off from the rest of the text. They look like this:

Example 1. Example Example

This is what an example looks like. We'll provide examples for some of the more complicated tasks you might be performing.

Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:

Example Warning

This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.