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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
<>
Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent
a range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for example,
AO <3..0>.
»
The
»
symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box
options to a final action. The sequence
Options»Settings»General
directs you to pull down the
Options
menu, select the
Settings
item,
and select
General
from the last dialog box.
This icon denotes a tip, which alerts you to advisory information.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take
to avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.
When this symbol is
marked on a product, refer to the
Read Me First: Safety and
Electromagnetic Compatibility
document for information about
precautions to take.
bold
Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software,
such as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes
parameter names.
italic
Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross-reference, or an
introduction to a key concept. Italic text also denotes text that is a
placeholder for a word or value that you must supply.
mono
s
pace
Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from
the keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax
examples. This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives,
paths, directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names,
functions, operations, variables, filenames, and extensions.