Dell 100 technical specifications Example del drive path filename /p, Example Click OK

￿Technical information files—sometimes called "readme" files—may be installed on the hard-disk drive or on media to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to the system or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.

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The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conven- tions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:

￿Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display. They are presented in bold.

Example: Click OK.

￿Keycaps are labels that appear on the keys on a keyboard. They are enclosed in angle brackets.

Example: <Enter>

￿Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless other- wise indicated) to perform a single function.

Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>

￿Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced.

Example: "Use the format command to . . . ."

In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc- tion and intended to be typed.

Example: "Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A."

￿Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold. Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows

￿Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands are presented in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substi- tute a value) are presented in lowercase italics; constant parameters are presented in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional.

Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p]

￿Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the com- mand’s possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New font.

Example: del c:\myfile.doc

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