Entering Inline Elements

Inline elements are used to mark words or phrases within a paragraph of text. These elements affect the font used to format particular items.

Use the <emph> element (emphasis) as shown:
<emph> text <\emph>
Or, use the shorthand form:
!! text !!

Emphasized text is displayed using an italic font.

Example. Here's how you might emphasize an important word:

   A thousand times <emph>no<\emph>

Or, using the shorthand form:

   A thousand times !!no!!

In both cases, the word "no" is displayed in italics.

Use the <book> element as shown:

   <book> title <\book>

Or, use the short form:

   <book| title |

Book titles are displayed using an italic font.

Example. Here's how you would enter the title of this guide:

   <book|The HP Help System Developer's Guide|

Use the <computer> element as shown:
<computer> text <\computer>
Or, use the shorthand form:
''text''

Example. Computer text is useful for identifying a file name. Here the helptag.opt file name is marked to be displayed in computer text.

   Add the search path to your ''helptag.opt'' file.

Variables are displayed using an italic font.

Example. Here's a variable within a normal sentence.

   When you enter your %%password%%, the

   computer unlocks your screen and keyboard.

Variables can appear within computer text or computer example listings. This example specifies "volume" as a variable part of a file name:

   The HelpTag software takes your 

   ''%%volume%%.htg'' as input.

In both of these examples, the %% pairs could have been entered with the long form (<var> ... <\var>) or the short form (<var| ... |).

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