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Introduction

1.3 How Do I Use This Manual?

The following conventions will help you better understand and use the material in this manual.

Text you type

appears in Courier font. For example, “Type

 

mkdir C:\XLINK to make a new X-Link

 

directory.”

Menu Names

are italicized. You choose menu options. For

 

instance, “Choose the X-Link/New...command.”

Dialog Box Names

are italicized. For example, “The File to Open

 

dialog box appears.”

Dialog Box Options

are selected. For example, “From the Ports list,

 

select the COM port you are using.”

Text in Message

appears in quotation marks. For example: The

Boxes

message “Already Downloaded - Reload?”

 

appears.

Keystrokes

Single keystrokes appear in square brackets. Press

 

keys separated by “+” signs at the same time. For

 

example, “Press ALT + O,” means you should

 

press the [Alt] key and the [O] key at the same

 

time.

Mouse

You may use either a mouse or the keyboard to

or Keyboard?

select options in the configuration program. There

 

are typically three different ways to choose a

 

command. This manual typically lists one or two

 

command options. Refer to the Shortcut Summary

 

in the X-Link User’s Guide for additional choices.

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