<section id="preface-docconvs">

    <title>Document Convenctions</title>

    <para>

        In this manual, certain words are represented in different

        fonts, typefaces, sizes, and weights. This highlighting is

        systematic; different words are represented in the same style

        to indicate their inclusion in a specific category. The types

        of words that are represented this way include the

        following:

    </para>

    <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        ...

    </para>

    </listitem>

    </itemizedlist>

    <para>

        Additionally, we use several different strategies to draw your

        attention to certain pieces of information. In order of

        urgency, these items are marked as a note, tip, important,

        caution, or warning. For example:

    </para>

    <note>

        <para>

            Remember that Linux is case sensitive. In other words, a

            rose is not a ROSE is not a rOsE.

        </para>

    </note> 

    <tip>

        <para>

            The directory 

            class="directory">/usr/share/doc/</filename> contains

            additional documentation for packages installed on your

            system.

        </para>

    </tip>

    <important>

        <para>

            If you modify the DHCP configuration file, the changes do

            not take effect until you restart the DHCP daemon.

        </para>

    </important>

    <caution>

        <para>

            Do not perform routine tasks as root — use a regular

            user account unless you need to use the root account for

            system administration tasks.

        </para>

    </caution>

    <warning>

        <para>

            Be careful to remove only the necessary partitions.

            Removing other partitions could result in data loss or a

            corrupted system environment.

        </para>

    </warning>

</section>