F

F keys, Key names

facsimile, facsimile

fail, crash, fail

FALSE, FALSE

family, family

family groupings, stereotypes of, Do not use racial, cultural, sexual, and other stereotypes

Far East, Far East

far-left and far-right, far-left, far-right

fast key, fast key

favorite, bookmark, favorite–find and replace, find and replace

fax, facsimile, fax

feature names, Bold formatting, Capitalization of feature names and technologies, Capitalization of feature names and technologies, Possessive nouns

feature pack, Out-of-band release terminology, feature pack

features, Anthropomorphism, deprecated

anthropomorphism of, Anthropomorphism

deprecated, deprecated

feedback mechanisms, built-in, Evaluate your content

fewer, less vs. fewer vs. under–line, line

fictitious examples in global content, Examples and scenarios

fictitious names in code examples, Code formatting and naming guidelines

fictitious phone numbers, Fictitious phone numbers

field, field

field values, documenting, What to include in a reference topic

fields, formatting, Document conventions

Figure, Figure

file, document, file

file attributes, file attributes

file extension, file name extension, extension

file extensions, formatting, Document conventions, Command syntax, File names and extensions

file name, file extension–flick, flick

file name extension, extension, file name extension, file name extension, extension

file name extensions, punctuating, Periods

file names, Command syntax, File names and extensions

formatting conventions, Command syntax, File names and extensions

finalize, finalize

find, browse–cable, cable, search, search and replace

vs. browse, browse–cable, cable

find and replace, find and replace

find characters, find and replace

finished, finished

firewall, firewall

first mentions, Microsoft in product and service names, Acronyms and Other Abbreviations–Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, International considerations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations

acronyms, spelling out, Acronyms and Other Abbreviations–Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, International considerations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations

Microsoft in, Microsoft in product and service names

first names, diversity in, Do not use racial, cultural, sexual, and other stereotypes

first person, use of, Sentence structure and grammatical choices

fixed disk, fixed disk

flick, Touch procedures, flick

floppy disks, disk

flush, flush

flush to, flush

folder, directory, folder

folder icon, directory icon

folder names, Bold formatting, Document conventions, Command syntax, Slash mark

folders, How to write procedure steps

following, following

font, font and font style–function, function

font style, font and font style–function, from vs. than, function

fonts for worldwide audience, Fonts

foobar, foobar, fubar

footer, footer, running foot, running head

footnotes, in tables, Footnotes

for example, e.g.

foreground program, foreground program

formal language, avoiding, Language

format, formatted, and formatting, format, formatted, formatting

formats, worldwide availability, Web, software, and HTML issues

formatting, Messages–Other user interface elements, International considerations–Confirmations, Confirmations, Other user interface elements, Key names, User interface formatting–Bold formatting, Bold formatting, Bold formatting, Bold formatting, Procedures and technical content–Supplementary information and text within procedures, Procedures and technical content–Readme files and release notes, Multiple-step procedures, Multiple-step procedures, Right angle brackets for menu items, Accessibility considerations, Document conventions in procedures, Keyboard procedures, Multiple input methods and branching within procedures, Multiple input methods and branching within procedures, Supplementary information and text within procedures, Document conventions–Cloud computing style, Cloud computing style, Cloud terminology, Cloud terminology, Reference topic titles, What to include in a reference topic, General guidelines, Referring to code examples, File names and extensions, General guidelines, Elements vs. tags, Tag and node formatting, Other formatting, Elements vs. tags, Readme files and release notes, Readme files and release notes, International considerations, Format of cross-references–Marginal cross-references, Cross-references in “See also” sections, Marginal cross-references, Citing books and printed articles, Page breaks, Page breaks, Page breaks, Line breaks, Line breaks–Marginal notes, Marginal notes, Periods–When not to use commas, When not to use commas, Semicolons, Parentheses–Hyphens, hyphenation, Hyphens, hyphenation

art, Page breaks

bibliographies, Citing books and printed articles

cross-references, Format of cross-references–Marginal cross-references, Cross-references in “See also” sections, Marginal cross-references

document conventions for, Document conventions–Cloud computing style, Cloud computing style

error messages, International considerations–Confirmations, Confirmations

headings, Line breaks–Marginal notes, Marginal notes

HTML, Other formatting

indexes, Page breaks

messages, Messages–Other user interface elements, Other user interface elements

notes, tips, important notes, cautions, Page breaks

online content, Line breaks

parentheses, Parentheses–Hyphens, hyphenation, Hyphens, hyphenation

periods, Periods–When not to use commas, When not to use commas

procedures, Procedures and technical content–Supplementary information and text within procedures, Multiple-step procedures, Accessibility considerations, Document conventions in procedures, Keyboard procedures, Multiple input methods and branching within procedures, Supplementary information and text within procedures

punctuation, Key names

semicolons, Semicolons

tables, International considerations

tags, Tag and node formatting

technical content, Procedures and technical content–Readme files and release notes, Multiple-step procedures, Right angle brackets for menu items, Multiple input methods and branching within procedures, Cloud terminology, Cloud terminology, Reference topic titles, What to include in a reference topic, General guidelines, Referring to code examples, File names and extensions, General guidelines, Elements vs. tags, Elements vs. tags, Readme files and release notes, Readme files and release notes

user interface, User interface formatting–Bold formatting, Bold formatting, Bold formatting, Bold formatting

formulas, line breaks in, Line breaks

Fortran, Fortran

Forward key, Names of keyboard “quick access” keys

fourth-generation language, fourth-generation language

fractions, Fractions as words and decimals, Hyphens, hyphenation, Slash mark

frames, Accessible webpages, Tables, frameset

alternative pages for, Accessible webpages

vs. tables, Tables

frameset, frameset

Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions,, Additional resources for writing code

.NET Libraries (Cwalina and Abrams), Additional resources for writing code

friendly name, friendly name

from, from–general protection fault, gallery, general protection fault

front end and front-end, front end, front-end

fubar, foobar, fubar

full file replacement, full file replacement

function, function

functions, formatting, Document conventions