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+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+
+  <sect1>
+    <title>Conventions Used</title>
+
+    <para>
+    The following notation conventions are used throughout this book:
+    </para>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>
+	TOSHARG is used as an abbreviation for the book, <quote>The Official Samba-3
+	HOWTO and Reference Guide,</quote> Editors: John H. Terpstra and Jelmer R. Vernooij,
+	Publisher: Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0131453556.
+	</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+	Directories and filenames appear in mono-font. For example,
+        <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+	Executable names are bolded. For example, <command>smbd</command>.
+	</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+	Menu items and buttons appear in bold. For example, click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+	Selecting a menu item is indicated as:
+	<menuchoice>
+		<guimenu>Start</guimenu>
+		<guimenuitem>Control Panel</guimenuitem>
+		<guimenuitem>Administrative Tools</guimenuitem>
+		<guimenuitem>Active Directory Users and Computers</guimenuitem>
+	</menuchoice>
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+  </sect1>
+