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Notational Conventions
Thefollowing subsections describe notational conventionsused in this document.

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

Throughoutthis guide, there maybe blocks of text printed in boldtype or in italic type.
These blocks are notes, cautions, and warn ings, and they are use d as follows:

NOTE:A NOTE indicates important information thathelps you make better use of

yourcomputer system.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or
loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells
you how to avoid the problem.
Somewarnings may appear in alternate formats and may be unaccompaniedby an
icon.In such cases, the specific presentation of the warningis mandated by regula-
tory authority.

Typographical Conventions

Thefollowing list defines (where appropriate)specific elements of text and illustrates
thet ypographicalconventions used throughout this documentas visual cues for
thoseelements:
•Interfacecomponents are window titles, buttonand icon names, menu names
andselections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display.
Theyare presented in bold.
Example:Click OK.
•Keycaps,the labeling that appears on the keyson a keyboard, are enclosed in
anglebrackets.
Example:<Enter>
•Keycombinations are series of keys to be pressedsimultaneously (unless other-
wiseindicated) to perform a single function.
Example:<Ctrl><Alt><Enter>
•Commandspresented in lowercase bold are for referencepurposes only and are
notintended to be typed when referenced.
Example:"Use the format command to . . . ."
Incontrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc-
tionand intended to be typed.
Example:"Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A."
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