HP MSR50 manual Conventions, Convention Description

Conventions

This section describes the conventions used in this documentation set.

Command conventions

Convention	Description
Boldface	Bold text represents commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown.
Italic	Italic text represents arguments that you replace with actual values.
[ ]	Square brackets enclose syntax choices (keywords or arguments) that are optional.
{ x y ... }	Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from which
	you select one.
[ x y ... ]	Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from
	which you select one or none.
{ x y ... } *	Asterisk-marked braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical
	bars, from which you select at least one.
[ x y ... ] *	Asterisk-marked square brackets enclose optional syntax choices separated by vertical
	bars, from which you select one choice, multiple choices, or none.
&<1-n>	The argument or keyword and argument combination before the ampersand (&) sign can
	be entered 1 to n times.
#	A line that starts with a pound (#) sign is comments.

GUI conventions

Convention	Description
Boldface	Window names, button names, field names, and menu items are in bold text. For
	example, the New User window appears; click OK.
>	Multi-level menus are separated by angle brackets. For example, File > Create > Folder.

Symbols

Convention		Description
	WARNING	An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can
		result in personal injury.
	CAUTION	An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can
		result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software.
	IMPORTANT	An alert that calls attention to essential information.
NOTE		An alert that contains additional or supplementary information.
	TIP	An alert that provides helpful information.

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