Conventions
This help file uses the following formatting and typographical conventions. This help file also uses notation and naming conventions.
| < > | Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for example, AO <0..3>. |
| [ ] | Square brackets enclose optional items—for example, [response]. |
| Conventions» | 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. |
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This icon denotes a tip, which alerts you to advisory information. |
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This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information. |
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This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash. |
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This icon denotes a directory, which alerts you to a directory path. |
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This icon denotes supported features. |
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This icon denotes unsupported features. |
| blue | Text in this color denotes a specific platform and indicates that the text following it applies only to that platform. |
| 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, controls and indicators on the front panel, dialog boxes, sections of dialog boxes, menu names, and palette names. |
| dark red | Text in this color denotes a caution. |
| green | Underlined text in this color denotes a link to a help topic, help file, or Web address. |
| italic | Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, cross-references, 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, 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. |
| monospace italic | Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value that you must supply. |
| right-click | (Mac OS) Press <Command>-click to perform the same action as right-click. |