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title: "DITA: Inline formatting"
date: 2014-12-27
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# DITA: Inline formatting
> You can add `b`, `i,` and `u` tags for inline formatting. But to bold a button name, use `menucascade` and `uicontrol`.

Here's a sample bold formatted
 word:

Here's a sample
 instruction:

For a cascade of actions, use `menucascade` in combination with
 `uicontrol`: