Dell XPS H233 manual Notational Conventions, Typographical Conventions

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Notational Conventions

The following subsections describe notational conven- tions used in this document.

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text printed in bold type within boxes or in italic type. These blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are used as follows:

WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the problem.

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 your 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 series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to per- form a single function.

Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Del>

•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.”

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