Bold
Use bold to format UI elements, such as:
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Single menu items
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Tab names
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Dialog names
Surround a word or phrase with asterixes (*) to make it render as bold in Antora. For more information, see Bold and Code Styles in the Contributing to the Documentation guide.
If the UI element is:
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a button,
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a series of menu navigation instructions,
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a keyboard interaction,
use the appropriate macro, instead.
Buttons, Menus, and Keyboard Keys
To emphasize and make menu navigation stand out in your text, use the Menu UI Macro. For more information, see Menu UI Macro.
To emphasize buttons and make them stand out in your text, use the Button Macro. For more information, see Button Macro.
To emphasize keyboard shortcuts and other keyboard interactions in your text, use the Keyboard Macro. For more information, see Keyboard Macro
For more information about how to use the ]
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macros+see xref:home:contribute:basics.adoc#ui-macros[Button+Keyboard+and Menu UI Macros in the Contributing to the Documentation guide.