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Conventions

Conventions consist of the following:

Document Conventions

Text Symbols

Equipment Symbols

Document Conventions

The document conventions included in Table 1 apply in most cases.

Table 1: Document Conventions

 

 

 

Element

Convention

Cross-reference links

Blue text: Figure 1

 

 

Key and field names, menu items,

Bold

buttons, and dialogue box titles

 

 

 

File names, application names, and text

Italics

emphasis

 

 

 

User input, command and directory

Monospace font

names, and system responses (output

COMMAND NAMES are uppercase

and messages)

monospace font unless they are case

 

sensitive

 

 

Variables

<monospace, italic font>

 

 

Website addresses

Blue, underlined sans serif font text:

 

http://www.hp.com

 

 

Text Symbols

The following symbols may be found in the text of this guide. They have the following meanings.

WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or death.