Typographical and Keystroke Conventions

TYPOGRAPHICAL AND KEYSTROKE CONVENTIONS

bold type

Bold type can denote either a user input or a highlighted screen selection.

RETURN

Indicates either the ENTER or RETURN key, depending on your

 

keyboard.

ESC

Indicates the keyboard Escape key.

SPACE bar

Indicates the keyboard space bar key.

BACKSPACE

Indicates the keyboard backspace key.

arrow keys

Refers to the four keyboard arrow keys.

[-]

Indicates the keyboard – key.

DEL

Indicates the keyboard delete key.

italic type

Italic type indicates complete document titles.

n.nn

A period in numerals signals the decimal point indicator (e.g., 1.75 equals

 

one and three fourths). Or, periods used in numerals signal the decimal

 

point in Dotted Decimal Notation (DDN) (e.g., 000.000.000.000 in an IP

 

address).

x

A lowercase italic x indicates the generic use of a letter (e.g., xxx indicates

 

any combination of three alphabetic characters).

n

A lowercase italic n indicates the generic use of a number (e.g., 19nn

 

indicates a four-digit number in which the last two digits are unknown).

[ ]

In the Local Management screens, the square brackets indicate that a value

 

may be selected. In the format descriptions in the Network Tools section,

 

required arguments are enclosed in square brackets, [ ].

< >

In the format descriptions in the Network Tools section, optional

 

arguments are enclosed in angle brackets, < >.

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