Compaq 272637-001 manual Text Styles, Style Explanation Keys

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Using This Guide

Text Styles

Some text in your notebook documentation is styled typographically to help you interpret the information it contains. For example, keyboard keys are styled like this: shift key. Buttons that display on the screen are styled like this: Next button.

The following table identifies and explains the text styles used in your notebook documentation.

Style

Explanation

 

 

keys

Identifies a key, such as the enter key, on the

 

notebook keyboard or on an optional external

 

keyboard.

 

A plus sign (+) between 2 or more keys indicates

 

that they are a key combination. To use most key

 

combinations:

 

Briefly press the first key, then briefly press

 

each succeeding key.

 

or

 

Press and hold the first key, press and hold

 

each succeeding key, then release all the keys

 

simultaneously.

 

Unless you are instructed to do so, do not press the

 

keys in a key combination simultaneously.

 

 

commands

Identifies characters you are asked to type. For

 

example, to visit the Compaq Web site, you would

 

type http://www.compaq.com into the address field

 

on your Web browser.

 

 

Initial Capital

Identifies words that appear on the screen. For

Letters

example, in a procedure for displaying an icon on

 

the taskbar, you might be asked to select a Show

 

Icon On The Taskbar check box.

 

 

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