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Using This Guide
Text Styles
Some text in your notebook documentation is styled typographically to help you interpret the information it contains. The following table explains the text styles used in your notebook documentation.
Style | Explanation |
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keys | Identifies a key, such as the enter key, on the |
| notebook keyboard or on an optional external |
| keyboard. |
| A plus sign (+) between 2 or more keys indicates |
| that they are a key combination. To use most key |
| combinations: |
| ■ Press and hold the first key, press and hold |
| each succeeding key, then release all the keys |
| at the same time. |
| ■ Unless you are instructed to do so, do not |
| press the keys in a key combination |
| simultaneously. |
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commands | Identifies characters you are asked to type. For |
| example, to visit the Compaq Web site, you are |
| asked to type http://www.compaq.com into the |
| address field on your Web browser. |
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Initial Capital | Identify labels or options you can choose on the |
Letters | screen. For example, in a procedure for displaying |
| an icon on the taskbar, you might be asked to select |
| the Always Show Icon On The Taskbar check box. |
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iv | Getting Started |