Document Conventions

This section lists the common typographical conventions for AWS technical publications.

Typographical Conventions

This section describes common typographical conventions.

Convention	Description/Example
	A visual reference to further discussion elsewhere
`java -version`	Inline code (including commands, constants, XML elements, logical values, operations, parameters, and regular expressions)
`# ls -l /var/www/html/index.html -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1872 Jun 21 09:33 /var/www/html/index.html # date Wed Jun 21 09:33:42 EDT 2006`	Blocks of sample code
`(start \| stride \| edge)`	Mutually exclusive options separated by vertical bars
`[-n, -quiet]` `<CustomerId>[ID]</CustomerId>`	Optional parameters -or- XML replaceable text
Amazon Machine Image (AMI) Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances	Important words or phrases -or- Technical publications
`MyPassword`	Text that the user types
On the File menu, choose Properties.	Console pages, menus, sections, or fields
For more information, see Document Conventions.	Link to other content
`your-s3-bucket` `% ec2-register <your-s3-bucket>/image.manifest` <your-S3-bucket>	Placeholder text for a required value
CTRL + ENTER	Key names and key sequences