0.3 Organization of this Document Preface 1 The OPeNDAP Matlab Graphical User Interface Index
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0.4 Conventions

The typographic conventions shown in Table 0.4 are followed in this guide and all the other DODS documentation.

Typographic Conventions
 
Literal text Typed by the computer, or in a code listing.
User input Type this precisely as written.
Variables Used as a place holder for a user-specified or variable value. Choose an appropriate value and use that in place.
Button Text Used to indicate text on a GUI button.
Menu Name This is the name of a GUI menu.

When referring to a button in a menu, we will often use the notation: Menu,Button. For example, Options,Colors,Foreground would indicate the Foreground button in the Colors menu, selected under the Options menu.
Tom Sgouros, December 21, 2004