3Com Fast EtherLink XL PCI 10/100BASE-TX Conventions, Icon Description, Convention Description

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Conventions

Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide.

Table 1

Notice Icons

 

 

 

 

 

 

Icon

Notice Type

 

Description

 

 

 

 

Information note

Important features or instructions

 

Caution

 

Information to alert you to potential damage to a

 

 

 

program, system, or device

 

Warning

 

Information to alert you to potential personal injury

 

 

 

Table 2

Text Conventions

 

 

 

Convention

Description

 

 

Commands

The word “command” means you must enter the

 

 

command exactly as shown in text and press the Return or

 

 

Enter key. Example:

 

 

To launch the DOS diagnostics, enter the following

 

 

command:

 

 

a: install

 

 

Screen displays

This typeface represents information as it appears on the

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

The words “enter”

When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must

and “type”

type something, and then press the Return or Enter key.

 

 

Do not press the Return or Enter key when an instruction

 

 

simply says “type.”

 

 

Menu commands and

Menu commands or button names appear in italics.

buttons

 

Example:

 

 

From the Help menu, select Contents.

 

 

Words in italicized

Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the place

type

 

where they are defined in the text.

 

 

Words in bold-face

Bold text denotes key features.

type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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