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Other Documents You May Need, Notational Conventions, Warnings, Cautions, and Notes - software

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Other Documents You May Need Besides this Reference and Troubleshooting Guide, the following online documentation is included with your computer: The Windows-based System User's Guide contains essential information you need to use your portable computer. Look for the System User's Guide icon in the Dell Accessories folder or group. The Dell Q&A provides quick and detailed answers to the questions most commonly asked about using a portable computer. Read this online document before calling Dell for technical assistance. Look for the Dell Q&A icon in the Dell Accessories folder or group. The Dell DiskMaker helps you with one of the most critical parts of setting up your system- creating program diskette sets. Look for the Dell DiskMaker icon in the Dell Accessories folder or group. The Dell Service and Support Policies provides information about service and support policies, guarantees, and warranties (in the United States only). Look for the Dell Services and Support Policies icon in the Dell Accessories folder or group. You may also have one or more of the following documents. NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included with your computer to describe changes to your computer or software. Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates contain the latest information. • Operating system documentation is included if you ordered your operating system software from Dell. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use your operating system software. • Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from your computer. This documentation includes information that you need to configure and install these options in your Dell computer. • "Readme" files may be installed on your hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to your computer or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians. Notational Conventions The following subsections list notational conventions used in this document. Warnings, Cautions, and Notes Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text printed in color or in italic type. These blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are used as follows: WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. Typographical Conventions The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document: • Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are presented in uppercase and enclosed in angle brackets. Example: • Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to perform a single function. Example: • All items on a menu screen are presented in the ARIAL font and in uppercase bold. Example: SPEAKER VOLUME category x

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x
O
ther Documents You May Need
Besides this
Reference and Troubleshooting Guide
, the fol-
lowing online documentation is included with your
computer
:
The Windows-based
System User’s Guide
con-
tains essential information you need to use your
portable computer. Look for the System User’s
Guide icon in the Dell Accessories
folder or gr
oup
.
The
Dell Q&A
p
rovides
quick and
detailed
answers to
the questions most commonly asked
about
u
sing a portable c
omputer
.
Re
ad this online
docume
n
t before calling Dell for technical assistance. Look
for the Dell Q&A icon in the Dell Accessories
folder or
group.
The Dell DiskMaker helps you with one of the
most critical parts of setting up your system—
creating program diskette sets.
L
ook for the
Dell DiskMaker icon in the Dell Accessories
folder or
group
.
The
Dell Service and Support Policies
provides
information about service and support policies,
guarantees, and warranties (in the United
States only). Look for the Dell Services and Support Pol-
icies icon in the Dell Accessories
folder or g
roup.
Y
ou may also have one or more of the following
documents
.
NOTE:
D
ocumentation updates are sometimes included
with your computer to describe changes to your com-
puter or software. Always read these updates
before
consulting any other documentation because the updates
contain the latest information.
Operating system documentation is included if you
ordered your operating system software from Dell.
T
his documentation describes how to install (if nec-
essary), configure, and use your operating system
software.
Documentation is included with any options you
purchase separately from your computer.
T
his docu-
mentation includes information that you need to
configure and install these options in your Dell
computer.
“Readme” files may be installed on your hard-disk
drive to provide last-minute updates about technical
changes to your computer or advanced technical
r
eference material intended for experienced users or
technicians.
N
otational Conventions
The following subsections list notational conventions
used in this document.
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text
p
rinted in color or in italic type.
T
hese blocks are warn-
ings, cautions, and notes, and they are used as follows:
NOTE:
A
NOTE indicates important information that
helps you make better use of your computer.
Typographical Conventions
The following list defines (where appropriate) and illus-
trates typographical conventions used as visual cues for
specific elements of text throughout this document:
Keycaps
, the labeling that appears on the keys on a
keyboard, are presented in uppercase and enclosed in
angle brackets.
Example
: <
ENTER
>
Key combinations
are series of keys to be pressed
simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to per-
form a single function.
Example
: <
CTRL
><
ALT
><
ENTER
>
All items on a menu screen are presented in the
ARIAL
f
ont and in uppercase bold.
Example
:
S
PEAKER
VOLUME
category
WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential
for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the
problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential
damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you
how to avoid the problem.