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The following subsections describe notational conventions used in this document. Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are used as follows: NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer system. 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 enclosed in angle brackets. Example: Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to perform a single function. Example: Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced. Example: "Use the format command to . . . ." In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruction and intended to be typed. Example: "Type to format the diskette in drive A." Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold. Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands are displayed in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase italics; constant parameters are displayed in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional. Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p] xi

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The following subsections describe notational conventions used in this document.
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Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text printed in bold type or in italic type.
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NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
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The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conven-
tions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:
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Keycaps
, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are enclosed in
angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
²
Key combinations
are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless other-
wise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>
²
Commands
presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are
not intended to be typed when referenced.
Example: “Use the
format
command to . . . .”
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc-
tion and intended to be typed.
Example: “Type
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to format the diskette in drive A.”
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Filenames
and
directory names
are presented in lowercase bold.
Examples:
autoexec.bat
and
c:\windows
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Syntax lines
consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands
are displayed in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you sub-
stitute a value) are displayed in lowercase italics; constant parameters are
displayed in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional.
Example:
del
[
drive
:
] [
path
]
filename
[
/p
]