I type keystroke instructions like this; >F2< "-" >Enter<. Or, maybe >F2< >Hyphen< >Enter<. I typically use >< surrounding actual keys and "" surrounding literal keystrokes when I have to enter keyboard commands.
This is what I call "Mom Proof". LOL I wrote an instruction manual for an inventory control program I wrote in High School, and tested it until I was (literally) blue! Mom took it, and complained that she couldn't read all the information since it was jammed into a little field.
Mom's! I said you had to press >Enter< after each field; Product Code >Enter< Product Name, etc. "But that's not what you said in the instructions!". E-gads!
Of course, this was in 1980 when computers were still unknown, but I mean really. Parents can be such a burden LOL
This especially helpful if the literals needed are the same as a key abbreviation; for instance what if it was F2F2enter? >F2< "F2" >Enter<? This way it's obvious (at least to me. Well, Mom, too)" that the first F2 is a key and the 2nd is the letter F and the number 2.
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F2-enter would have probably been OK except that "-" kind of hides. Part of the confusion is that - is such a little character
Even so, the goal was accomplished, and we now know how to remove a date! I'm definitely not complaining because I needed an extra push (kick) to understand instructions.