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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

 

Risk to personal safety, system damage, or loss of data

 

Warning

 

Risk of severe personal injury

Table 2

Text Conventions

 

Convention

Description

Commands

This typeface means you must enter the command

 

 

exactly as shown in text and press the Return or Enter

 

 

key. Example:

 

 

 

CO IS AUTO IPX

 

 

Commands are not case-sensitive.

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.”

[Key] names

Key names appear in text in one of two ways:

 

 

Referred to by their labels, such as “the Return key”

 

 

 

or “the Escape key”

 

 

Written with brackets, such as [Return] or [Esc].

 

 

If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the

 

 

key names are linked with a plus sign (+). Example:

 

 

 

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

Words in italicized

Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the

type

 

place where they are defined in the text.

Words in bold-face

Bold text denotes key features.

type

 

 

 

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