IBM Aptiva 2198, Reference Manual

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About this book
This book will help you become familiar with your IBM
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Aptiva
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Personal
Computer and its features. It describes how to operate, maintain, and install
options in your computer. In the unlikely event you experience problems,
you will find helpful troubleshooting information and instructions for obtaining
service in this book. The conventions used in this book denote text with
special meaning. The following are explanations of the conventions. (For
safety conventions used in this book, refer to “Caution and danger
conventions used in the book” on page vii.)
Conventions used in the book
The conventions used in this book denote text with special meaning. The
following are explanations of the conventions.
Highlighted text is also used as a convention in this book. There are several
ways that text is highlighted, and each highlighting convention has a specific
purpose.
Convention Purpose
Note: A Note contains information you might find especially
useful.
Important An Important notice warns you about possible
problems you could encounter.
Attention An Attention box contains important information that
can help you avoid damage to the hardware or
software that comes with your computer.
Highlight Purpose
Bold Bold font is used to identify items on the screen you
are instructed to click or double-click. Bold font is also
used in table titles, in numbered lists, and in certain
other lists to call attention to a term or phrase being
defined.
Example
Example font is used to show text that you need to
type from your keyboard.
Italic
Italic font is used to show proper names of books and
disks, and to emphasize a particular word or
instruction. This font also is used to show variable
information, such as numbers in an error code or a
drive letter.
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