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# Bold

Use bold to format UI elements, such as:

* Single menu items
* Tab names
* 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](../home/contribute/basics.md#bold-italic-and-code-styles) in the Contributing to the Documentation guide.

If the UI element is:

* a button,
* a series of menu navigation instructions,
* a keyboard interaction,

use the appropriate macro, instead.

## [](#buttons-menus-and-keyboard-keys)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](menu-ui-macro.md).

To emphasize buttons and make them stand out in your text, use the Button Macro. For more information, see [Button Macro](button-macro.md).

To emphasize keyboard shortcuts and other keyboard interactions in your text, use the Keyboard Macro. For more information, see [Keyboard Macro](keyboard-macro.md)

For more information about how to use the \], `menu:[`, and \] macros+see xref:home:contribute:basics.adoc#ui-macros\[Button+Keyboard+and Menu UI Macros in the Contributing to the Documentation guide.