2ABOUT THIS GUIDE

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

 

 

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.”

 

 

Keyboard key names

If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the

 

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

 

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del

 

 

Menu commands

Menu commands or button names appear in italics.

and buttons

Example:

 

From the Help menu, select Contents.

 

 

Words in

Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the place

italicized type

where they are defined in the text.

 

 

Words in

Bold text denotes key features.

bold-face type

 

 

 

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