
Preface: About This Guide
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Online Document
The following conventions are used in this document:
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Blue text  | Resources” for details.  | ||
in the current document  | Refer to “Title Formats” in  | ||
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in another document  | Handbook. | ||
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Blue, underlined text | Hyperlink to a website (URL)  | Go to http://www.xilinx.com  | |
for the latest speed files.  | |||
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  | UG078 (v1.2) May 24, 2006  |