Spelling and typographical conventions

The English language version of this documentation uses British English, with spelling guided by the Oxford English Dictionary.

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The following typographical conventions are used in this documentation:

Format	Type of Information
Angled bracket (>)	Used to represent a sequence of options. It is used in such statements as: Select Clipboard>Show clipboard from the Record details View toolbar. In this case you would: Select the Clipboard button in the Record details View toolbar. A drop list of options will displays. Select Show clipboard from the drop list of options.
Bold	Used to emphasize items and objects that you select (using your mouse, for instance), such as menu options, buttons, or items in a list. It is used in such statements as: To access help, click Help in the Side menu. Also used to highlight the names of data sources The management of a collection can involve a vast amount of information about objects / items / books, people and organizations, events, administration and more. This information is stored as records in data sources. Each data source stores a specific type of information: details about collection items, people, events, loans, and so on. and elements of the user interface, for example: Until you select another data source from the Select data source box, you will be working in the data source named in the top Toolbar (Persons and institutions in this example).
Italics	Field names are in italics (except when you are asked to select a field, in which case it is Bold), e.g.: Search for the word dog anywhere in the title (TI) field.
CAPITALS	Capitals are used to highlight the names of keys on the keyboard, for example, SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, ENTER, DEL. It is used in such statements as: Click the OK button -OR- Press ENTER. In this case you could use the mouse to click the OK button; or you could press the ENTER key on the keyboard.
KEY+KEY	This is used to indicate keyboard combinations, such as CTRL+C or CTRL+S. It is used in such statements as: Select Save record in the Record details View toolbar. -OR- Use the keyboard shortcut, CTRL+S In this case you could use the mouse to click the Save record button in the Record details View toolbar or you could press the CTRL key and the `S` key together on your keyboard. Note: Keyboard combinations such as these are not case sensitive. In this example it is not necessary to use an upper case N.
Monospaced font	Used to highlight any information that you need to enter (type / key) into a field. It is used in such statements as: Type `Wood, Gerard` in the creator (VV) field. In this case you would place the cursor in the creator (VV) field, and type `Wood, Gerard`.