Conventions
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conventions:
<> Anglebracketsthatcontainnumbersseparatedbyan
ellipsisrepresentarangeofvaluesassociatedwithabit
orsignalname—forexample,AO<0..3>.
» The»symbolleadsyouthroughnestedmenuitemsand
dialogboxoptionstoafinalaction.Thesequence
File»PageSetup»Optionsdirectsyoutopulldownthe
Filemenu,selectthePageSetupitem,andselect
Optionsfromthelastdialogbox.
Thisicondenotesanote,whichalertsyoutoimportant
information.
Thisicondenotesacaution,whichadvisesyouof
precautionstotaketoavoidinjury,dataloss,orasystem
crash.
bold Boldtextdenotesitemsthatyoumustselectorclickinthe
software,suchasmenuitemsanddialogboxoptions.
Boldtextalsodenotesparameternames.
darkred Textinthiscolordenotesacaution.
ExpressCard
serialboards
ExpressCardserialboardsreferstoallversionsofthe
ExpressCardserialboards.
green Underlinedtextinthiscolordenotesalinktoahelptopic,
helpfile,orWebaddress.
italic Italictextdenotesvariables,emphasis,crossreferences,
oranintroductiontoakeyconcept.Italictextalsodenotes
textthatisaplaceholderforawordorvaluethatyoumust
supply.
monospace Textinthisfontdenotestextorcharactersthatyoushould
enterfromthekeyboard,sectionsofcode,programming
examples,andsyntaxexamples.Thisfontisalsousedfor
thepropernamesofdiskdrives,paths,directories,
programs,subprograms,subroutines,devicenames,
functions,operations,variables,filenames,and