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Documentation Conventions
PTC documentation uses the following conventions:
Convention
Item
Example
Bold
Menu paths, dialog box options, buttons, and other selectable elements from the user interface
Click File > New.Click OK.
Courier
User input, system messages, directories, and file names
Processing completed.
Courier with less-than and greater-than symbols (< >)
Variables for which an appropriate value is substituted
output=<LOADPOINT>
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Examples of command-line arguments may contain hidden line breaks to fit on the page.