Conventions

 

The following conventions are used in this manual:

»

The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options

 

to a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to

 

pull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Options

 

from the last dialog box.

 

This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.

 

This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to

 

avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash. When this symbol is marked on a

 

product, refer to the Safety section of Appendix A, Specifications, for

 

information about precautions to take.

 

When symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a warning advising you to

 

take precautions to avoid electrical shock.

 

When symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a component that may be

 

hot. Touching this component may result in bodily injury.

bold

Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, such

 

as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter

 

names.

italic

Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross-reference, or an introduction

 

to a key concept. Italic text also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word

 

or value that you must supply.

monospace

Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the

 

keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples.

 

This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories,

 

programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,

 

variables, filenames, and extensions.

monospace bold

Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer

 

automatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes lines of code

 

that are different from the other examples.