Style Guide: Bold, Italic, or Quotes When I Want to Emphasize Something [closed]

Question

Let’s say I have many lists of this kind on a page:

1. Click on the Foo button.
2. Tick the Bar box.
3. Click on the Save button.

How should I emphasize Foo, Bar, and Save?

1. Bold?

   1. Click on the Foo button.
   2. Tick the Bar box.
   3. Click on the Save button.

2. Italic?

   1. Click on the Foo button.
   2. Tick the Bar box.
   3. Click on the Save button.

3. Quotes?

   1. Click on the “Foo” button.
   2. Tick the “Bar” box.
   3. Click on the “Save” button.

NOTE: I want the lists to be read as easy as possible.

Answer 1

This is purely a matter of style, which is entirely subjective.

When writing this sort of text, I tend to use bold for button names, but there may be the means to name the actual button itself: foo

Using such styling might be useful if your line spacing is sufficiently wide to accommodate it.

Answer 2

"Click on the Foo button." is how it's done conventionally.

Answer 3

Here is how I use:

• Bold: use for sudden contrast, when the emphasis shouldn't be fleeting and need to refer later, or when the emotion is pushed to extreme
• Italic: use when the word naturally emerge and dissipate into the flow
• Underline: sentence breakdown, because it can differentiate a segment with multiple words, and multiple segment close together
• Quote: wording choice, which can be a new term just being coined, or a sarcasm