Conventions

This help file uses the following formatting and typographical conventions:

< >	Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for example, AO <0..3>.
»	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.
	The symbol indicates that the following text applies only to a specific product, a specific operating system, or a specific software version.
	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 symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a component that may be hot. Touching this component may result in bodily injury.
bold	Bold text denotes items that you must select or click on in the software, such as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter names, emphasis, or an introduction to a key concept.
dark red	Text in this color denotes a caution.
green	Underlined text in this color denotes a link to a help topic, help file, or web address.
purple	Underlined text in this color denotes a visited link to a help topic, help file, or web address.
italic	Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, cross–references, 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.
monospace	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.