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• 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 HEL- VETICA font and in uppercase bold. Example: SETUP PASSWORD category • Commands presented in lowercase bold are for refer- ence purposes only and are not intended to be typed at that particular point in the discussion. Example: "Use the format command to. . . ." In contrast, commands presented in the Courier font are intended to be typed as part of an instruction. Example: "Type format a: 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] • Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the command's possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier font. Example: del c:\myfile.doc • Screen text is text that appears on the screen of your monitor or display. It can be a system message, for example, or it can be text that you are instructed to type as part of a command (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier font. Example: "Type md c:\dos, and then press ." Example: The following message appears on your screen: No boot device available • Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value. They are presented in italics. Example: DIMM_x (where x represents the DIMM socket designation) xi

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xi
•
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
HEL-
VETICA
font and in uppercase bold.
Example:
SETUP PASSWORD
category
•
Commands
presented in lowercase bold are for refer-
ence purposes only and are not intended to be typed
at that particular point in the discussion.
Example: “Use the
format
command to. . . .”
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier font
are intended to be typed as part of an instruction.
Example: “Type
format a:
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 lower-
case bold. The brackets indicate items that are
optional.
Example:
del
[
drive
:
] [
path
]
filename
[
/p
]
•
Command lines
consist of a command and may
include one or more of the command’s possible
parameters. Command lines are presented in the
Courier
font.
Example:
del c:\myfile.doc
•
Screen text
is text that appears on the screen of your
monitor or display. It can be a system message, for
example, or it can be text that you are instructed to
type as part of a command (referred to as a
command
line)
. Screen text is presented in the
Courier
font.
Example: “Type
md c:\dos
, and then press
<
ENTER
>.”
Example: The following message appears on your
screen:
No boot device available
•
Variables
are placeholders for which you substitute a
value. They are presented in italics.
Example: DIMM_
x
(where x represents the DIMM
socket designation)