2ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Conventions

The icon conventions that are used throughout this guide are:

Icon

Type

Description

 

Information Note

Information notes call attention to

 

 

important features or instructions.

 

Caution

Cautions alert you to personal

 

 

safety risk, system damage, or loss

 

 

of data.

 

Warning

Warnings alert you to the risk of

 

 

severe personal injury.

The text conventions used in this guide are:

Convention

Description

 

 

“Enter” vs. “Type”

When the word “enter” is used in this

 

guide, it means type something, then

 

press the [Return] or [Enter] key. Do not

 

press the [Return] or [Enter] key when an

 

instruction simply says “type.”

 

 

Text represented as

This typeface is used to represent

screen display

displays on your screen, for example:

 

Enter the unit’s IP address:

 

 

Text represented as

This typeface is used to represent

commands

commands that you enter, for example:

 

CO IS NU

 

 

Keys

When specific keys are referred to in the

 

text, they are called out by their labels,

 

such as “the Return key” or “the Escape

 

key,” or they may be shown as [Return] or

 

[Esc].

 

If two or more keys are to be pressed

 

simultaneously, the keys are linked with a

 

plus sign (+), for example:

 

Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del].

 

 

Italics

Italics are used to denote new terms or

 

emphasis.

 

 

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