6
Safety alerts, visual
presentation, and layout
While reading these instructions, you will encounter various
symbols, illustrations, and text layouts intended to help you
navigate and understand the instructions. Their meaning is
explained below.
Safety alerts:
Activities that present specific hazards (to life and limb or
possible damage to property) are indicated by safety alerts.
Always be sure to follow the instructions given in the safety
alerts.
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DANGER
These safety alerts indicate an imminent danger.
Ignoring them will result in death or serious injury
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WARNING
These safety alerts indicate potentially imminent
danger. Ignoring them could result in death or
serious injury
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CAUTION
These safety alerts indicate potentially imminent
danger. Ignoring them could result in minor injury
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NOTICE
These safety alerts indicate a potentially harmful
situation. Ignoring them could result in damage to
property or malfunctions
Illustrations:
The illustrations used depict a specific product. For other
products, they may have the function of a diagram only. This
does not alter the basic workings and operation of the product.
Text layout:
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First-order bulleted lists:
Items on a bulleted list start with
a solid black dot and an indent.
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Second-order bulleted lists:
If there is a further listing of
subitems, the second-order bulleted list is used.
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Legend:
A legend explains the numbered contents of an
illustration, presented as a numbered list. Items in a legend
start with a number (with no dot) and an indent.
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Second-order legend:
In some cases, the numbered
contents of an image represent more than just one object.
A second-order legend is then used.
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Instruction steps:
These indicate a chronological sequence
of instruction steps. The numbers of the steps are in bold and
are followed by a period. If a new activity follows, the
numbering starts again at “
1.
”
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Second-order instruction steps:
In some cases, it is
necessary to divide up a step into a few substeps. A
sequence of second-order instruction steps is then used.
