About This ManualNI-488.2 User Manual for Windows xii www.natinst.comConventionsThe following conventions appear in this manual:» The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box optionsto a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you topull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Optionsfrom the last dialog box.This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.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 denotesparameter names.IEEE 488 and IEEE 488 and IEEE 488.2 refer to the ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.1-1987IEEE 488.2 and the ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.2-1992, respectively, which definethe GPIB.italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introductionto a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a wordor value that you must supply.monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from thekeyboard, 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, and code excerpts.monospace bold Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computerautomatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes lines of codethat are different from the other examples.Related DocumentationThe following documents contain information that you may find helpful asyou read this manual:• ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, IEEE Standard Digital Interfacefor Programmable Instrumentation• ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.2-1992, IEEE Standard Codes, Formats,Protocols, and Common Commands
