Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:<>Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent arange 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 File»Page Setup»Options directs you to pull down the File menu, select the PageSetup item, and select Options from the last dialog box.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 Radio-Frequency Interference for information about precautions to t ake.When symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a warning advising you to take precautions to avoid electrical shock.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 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.
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.