Convention 

Represents 

Example 

TIP! 

Provides helpful information to assist the user. 

 

Note: 

Provides useful information to the user. 

 

Important! 

Provides important information to the user. 

 

Warning 

Warns the user of a potentially harmful issue. 

 

Followed by Green italicized text 

Indicates a process step that is automated by the MPLAB Harmony Configurator (MHC). 

 

Italic Characters 

Referenced documentation and emphasized text. 

• MPLAB X IDE User's Guide
• ...is the only option.

 

Initial Capitalization 

• A window
• A dialog
• A menu selection

 

• the Output window
• the SaveAs dialog
• the Enable Programmer menu

 

Quotation Marks 

A field name in a window or dialog. 

"Save project before build" 

Italic text with right angle bracket 

A menu path. 

File > Save 

Bold Characters 

• Topic headings
• A dialog button or user action, such as clicking an icon or selecting an option

 

• Prerequisites
• Click OK

 

Courier New text enclosed in angle brackets 

A key on the keyboard. 

Press <Ctrl><V>. 

Courier New text 

• Sample source code
• File names
• File paths

 

• #define START
• system_config.h
• <install-dir>/apps/examples

 

Square Brackets 

Optional arguments. 

command [options] file [options] 

Curly Braces and Pipe Character 

Choice of mutually exclusive arguments; an OR selection. 

errorlevel {0|1}