Notation conventions used in Dan's documents

Keyboard commands

• When I provide keyboard command instructions that combine a modifier key (such as the Ctrl or Shift key) with other keys, I will write them as follows, with the Windows modifier key ( Ctrl ) first followed by the Mac equivalent ( ⌘ ):
  • Ctrl/⌘-K
    • The above means that when using Windows you would use Ctrl-k and on a Mac you would use ⌘-k
  • Also note that I used a lower-case "k" in the bullet point directly above and yet in the command example I use an uppercase K.
    • I use the uppercase letters because they are more legible.
    • It does not mean to use the Shift key in addition to the letter k.
  • The ⌘ key is what appears on the Mac's  Command key and means the same thing.
• I neglect to use the Mac equivalent to the Ctrl key. Therefore, assume that Ctrl is replaced by the Mac ⌘ Command key.

Menu commands

• For menu commands where there is a series of sub-menu selections that I want you to make, I usually provide the series of selections that need to be made separated by a > symbol.
  • For example, this starts by opening the Insert menu in Dreamweaver:
    Insert > HTML > Character > Euro
  • The above means
    1. open the Insert menu
    2. from that menu select
       HTML
    3. from the sub-menu that appears select
       Character
    4. and from the next sub-menu select
       Euro