Formatting Command-Line Commands
Formatting Command-Line Commands records the relevant Microsoft Style Guide convention while keeping it explicitly house-style scoped rather than presenting it as a universal grammar rule.
Set command-line commands in code style when you show the literal command a reader should recognize, enter, or copy.
Key details
Important caveats
Scope Boundary
This is a Microsoft documentation convention; preserve the command’s literal spelling and syntax rather than changing it to match prose capitalization.
Further guidance
Content
Set command-line commands in code style when you show the literal command a reader should recognize, enter, or copy.
Purpose
Visually separate executable command text from the surrounding explanation.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- Formatting text in instructions — Microsoft Style Guide (opens in a new tab)Microsoft · Current Microsoft technical-style conventions for formatting UI references, user input, commands, code-related elements, and other text in instructions.