3Com XL PCI manual 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