MicroStrategy Mobile Suite Additional Resources
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Documentation standards
MicroStrategy online help and PDF manuals (available both online and in
printed format) use standards to help you identify certain types of content.
The following table lists these standards.
These standards may differ depending on the language of this manual;
some languages have rules that supersede the table below.
Type Indicates
bold • Button names, check boxes, options, lists, and menus that are the focus of actions or
part of a list of such GUI elements and their definitions
Example: Click Select Warehouse.
italic • New terms defined within the text and in the glossary
• Names of other product manuals and documentation resources
• When part of a command syntax, indicates variable information to be replaced by the
user
Example: The aggregation level is the level of calculation for the metric.
Example: Type copy c:\filename d:\foldername\filename
Courier
font
• Calculations
• Code samples
• Registry keys
• Path and file names
• URLs
• Messages displayed in the screen
• Text to be entered by the user
Example: Sum(revenue)/number of months.
Example: Type cmdmgr -f scriptfile.scp and press Enter.
+ A keyboard command that calls for the use of more than one key (for example,
SHIFT+F1)
A note icon indicates helpful information for specific situations.
A warning icon alerts you to important information such as potential security risks; these
should be read before continuing.
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