Installation guide
8 
Introduction 
Documentation Conventions 
Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions used 
in it. 
The table below presents the existing formatting conventions. 
Formatting convention  Type of Information  Example 
Special Bold 
Items you must select, such as 
menu options, command buttons, 
or items in a list. 
Go to the Resources tab. 
Titles of chapters, sections, and 
subsections. 
Read the Basic Administration chapter. 
Italics 
Used to emphasize the 
importance of a point, to 
introduce a term or to designate a 
command-line placeholder, which 
is to be replaced with a real name 
or value. 
These are the so-called OS templates. 
To remove a Container, type vzctl 
delete ctid. 
Monospace 
The names of commands, files, 
and directories. 
Use vzctl start to start a Container. 
Preformatted 
On-screen computer output in 
your command-line sessions; 
source code in XML, C++, or 
other programming languages. 
Saved parameters for Container 
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Monospace Bold 
What you type, as contrasted with 
on-screen computer output. 
C:\vzlist -a 
Key+Key  Key combinations for which the 
user must press and hold down 
one key and then press another. 
Ctrl+P, Alt+F4 
Besides the formatting conventions, you should also know about the document organization 
convention applied to Parallels documents: chapters in all guides are divided into sections, which, 
in their turn, are subdivided into subsections. For example, About This Guide is a section, and 
Documentation Conventions is a subsection. 










