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Siemens FOS ⇔ HOTEL SOLUTION link (HotFOS) CM110604en

Building Technologies General notes 09/30/2008

1.3 Typographical conventions

The typographical conventions used in this manual are described in the table below.

We have adopted these conventions to make it as easy as possible for you to read the

manual, so please take a few moments to read through the table.

Description Example

Text to be entered by the user is printed in italics

setup

Italics are also used for special terms and to emphasize specific

points

Term

Placeholders in pieces of code and examples of files are also

shown in italics

Variable

Path information and file names are shown in Courier

Format.exe

The names of keys and key combinations are printed in angular

brackets. The "+" sign indicates that the keys specified should be

pressed simultaneously.

The font Courier is used for pieces of code and examples of files

containing text.

Courier

Text in pieces of code, if shown in rectangular brackets, indicates

optional information.

[Option 1]

Text in pieces of code, if shown in angular brackets, indicates a

compulsory input.

Curly brackets containing information divided by a vertical bar are

used when there is a choice of several options.

{ 0 | 1 }