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Nofational Conventions
The following subsections describe notational conventions used in this document.
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in
bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, cautions, and warnings, and they
are used as follows:
NOTE: A NOTE indicates Important information that heips you make better use of
your computer system.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or
loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells
you how to avoid the problem.
Some warnings may appear in alternate formats and may be unaccompanied by an
icon. In such cases, the specific presentation of the warning is mandated by regula
tory authority.
Typographical
Convenfions
The following list defines (where appropriate) specific elements of text and illustrates
the typographical conventions used throughout this document as visual cues for
those elements:
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Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names
and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display.
They are presented in bold.
Example: Click
OK.
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Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are enclosed in
angle brackets.
Example:
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Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless other
wise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example:
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Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are
not intended to be typed when referenced.
Example: "Usethefoimat command to . . . . "
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc
tion and intended to be typed.
Example: "Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A."
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