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About this book

This book will help you become familiar with your IBM® computer and its features. It describes how to operate, maintain, and install options in your computer. In the unlikely event you experience problems, you will find helpful troubleshooting information and instructions for obtaining service in this book.

Conventions used in this book

The conventions used in this book denote text with special meaning. The following are explanations of the conventions.

Convention	Purpose
DANGER	A DANGER notice is used to call attention to a situation that
	is potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to people.
CAUTION	A CAUTION notice is used to call attention to a situation that
	is potentially hazardous to people.
Attention	An Attention notice contains important information that can
	help you avoid damage to the hardware or software that
	comes with your computer.
Note:	A Note contains information you might find especially
	useful.
Important	An Important notice warns you about possible problems you
	could encounter.

Highlighted text is also used as a convention in this book. There are several ways that text is highlighted, and each highlighting convention has a specific purpose.

Highlight	Purpose
Bold	Bold text is used to identify items on the screen you are
	instructed to click or double-click. Bold text is also used in
	table titles, in numbered lists, and in certain other lists to call
	attention to a term or phrase being defined.
Example	Example text is used to show text that you need to type from
	your keyboard.
Italic	Italic font is used to show proper names of books and disks,
	and to emphasize a particular word or instruction. This font
	also is used to show variable information, such as numbers
	in an error code or a drive letter.

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