CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either poten- tial damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of the computer system.
Typographical Conventions
The following list defines (where appropriate) and illus- trates typographical conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:
•Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are enclosed in angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
•Key combinations are a series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to per- form a single function.
Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>
•Commands presented in lowercase bold are for refer- ence 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 instruction 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 displayed in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase italics; constant parameters are displayed in lower- case 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 command’s possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New font.
Example: del c:\myfile.doc
•Screen text is text that appears on the screen of your monitor or display. It can be a system message, for example, or it can be text that you are instructed to type as part of a command (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier New font.
Example: The following message appears on your screen:
No boot device available
Example: “Type md c:\dos and press <Enter>.”
•Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value. They are presented in italics.
Example: SIMMn (where n represents the SIMM socket designation)
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