Style Conventions
Windows Controls
Words in Bold are selections that appear in the PPG program, such as frame names, subroutine names, node names, file, field, template, and register names, menu options, buttons, dialog boxes, field names, and
Words in Bold separated by an arrow (>) are menu actions you make in the order provided. For example, File > Run means select the File menu and then select Run from that menu.
Cautions indicate an action where there is a possibility of damage to data integrity or data failure. Cautions always have the Caution icon to the left.
CAUTION
Notes provide additional information on a topic, including technical details, exceptions to instructions and other pertinent information. Notes always have the notepad icon to the left.
Mouse Actions
Click or Select Press and immediately release the left mouse button without moving the mouse. Clicking is used to select specific buttons on various forms and tables.
Double Click Click the left mouse button twice in rapid succession. Used to initiate an application.
Right Click Press and hold the right mouse button without moving the mouse.
Portable Keys
Keys on the portable data terminal (PDT) unit are bracketed with < >, to identify that they refer to the portable data collection unit, rather than the PC.
<F1> — <F8> Keys | The Function keys, <F1> – <F8>, are used specifically on the |
| PT40 portable data collection units. |
<ENTER> Key | To differentiate the <ENTER> key on the portable from the Enter |
| key on the PC’s keyboard, portable keys are formatted as “press |
| <ENTER>”. |
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