Dell 6100 User Manual

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xiTypographical ConventionsThe following list defines (where appropriate) and illus-trates typographical conventions used as visual cues forspecific elements of text throughout this document:• Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on akeyboard, are enclosed in angle brackets.Example: • Key combinations are series of keys to be pressedsimultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to per-form a single function.Example: • Commands presented in lowercase bold are for refer-ence purposes only and are not intended to be typedwhen referenced.Example: “Use the format command to . . . .”In contrast, commands presented in the Courier Newfont are part of an instruction and intended to betyped.Example: “Type format a: to format the diskettein drive A.”• Filenames and directory names are presented in low-ercase bold.Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows• Syntax lines consist of a command and all itspossible parameters. Commands are displayed inlowercase bold; variable parameters (those for whichyou substitute a value) are displayed in lowercaseitalics; constant parameters are displayed in lower-case bold. The brackets indicate items that areoptional.Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p]• Command lines consist of a command and mayinclude one or more of the command’s possibleparameters. Command lines are presented in theCourier New font.Example: del c:\myfile.doc• Screen text is text that appears on the screen of yourmonitor or display. It can be a system message, forexample, or it can be text that you are instructed totype as part of a command (referred to as a commandline). Screen text is presented in the Courier Newfont.Example: The following message appears on yourscreen:No boot device availableExample: “Type md c:\dos and press .”• Variables are placeholders for which you substitute avalue. They are presented in italics.Example: SIMMn (where n represents the SIMM socketdesignation)