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Using This Guide
Text Styles
Some text in your notebook documentation is styled typographically to help you interpret the information it contains. For example, keyboard keys are styled like this: shift key. Buttons that display on the screen are styled like this: Next button.
The following table identifies and explains the text styles used in your notebook documentation.
Style | Explanation |
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keys | Identifies a key, such as the enter key, on the |
| notebook keyboard or on an optional external |
| keyboard. |
| A plus sign (+) between 2 or more keys indicates |
| that they are a key combination. To use most key |
| combinations: |
| ■ Briefly press the first key, then briefly press |
| each succeeding key. |
| or |
| ■ Press and hold the first key, press and hold |
| each succeeding key, then release all the keys |
| simultaneously. |
| Unless you are instructed to do so, do not press the |
| keys in a key combination simultaneously. |
commands |
|
Identifies characters you are asked to type. For | |
| example, to visit the Compaq Web site, you would |
| type http://www.compaq.com into the address field |
| on your Web browser. |
|
|
Initial Capital | Identifies words that appear on the screen. For |
Letters | example, in a procedure for displaying an icon on |
| the taskbar, you might be asked to select a Show |
| Icon On The Taskbar check box. |
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