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Text Styles

Some text in your tablet PC documentation is styled typographically to help you interpret the information it contains. For example, keyboard keys are styled like this: shift. Buttons that display on the screen are styled like this: Next button.

The following table identifies and explains the text styles used in your tablet PC documentation.

Style

Explanation

 

 

keys

Identifies a key, such as enter, on an optional

 

keyboard.

 

A plus sign (+) between 2 or more keys indicates

 

that they are a key combination.

 

To use most key combinations, 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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