GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS PRECISION RXI SYSTEM PRE-INSTALLATION
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IRECTION 5123449-100, REVISION 12
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2. Publication Conventions
2.1. General Paragraph and Character Styles
Prefixes are used to highlight important non-safety related information. Paragraph prefixes (such as Purpose,
Example, Comment or Note) are used to identify important but non-safety related information. Text styles are also
applied to text within each paragraph modified by the specific prefix.
EXAMPLES OF PREFIXES USED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION:
Purpose: Introduces and provides meaning as to the information contained within the chapter, section or subsection
(such as used at the beginning this chapter, for example).
Note: Conveys information that should be considered important to the reader.
Example: Used to make the reader aware that the paragraph(s) that follow are examples of information possibly
stated previously.
Comment: Represents “additional” information that may or may not be relevant to your situation.
2.2. Page Layout
Headers and footers in this publication are designed to allow you to quickly identify your location. The document
part number and revision number appears in every header on every page. The page number appears on the left-hand
side (or right-hand side) of the footer.
An exclamation point in a triangle is used to indicate important information to the user.
Paragraphs preceded by Alphanumeric characters (e.g. numbers) contain information that must be followed in a
specific order.
Paragraphs preceded by a symbol (e.g. bullets) contain information that has no specific order.
2.3. Computer Screen Output/Input Text Character Styles
Within this publication, mono-spaced character styles (fonts) are used to indicate computer text that’s either screen
input and output. Mono-spaced fonts, such courier, are used to indicate text direction. When you type at your
keyboard, you are generating computer input. Occasionally you will see the math operator “greater-than” and “less-
than” symbols used to indicate the start and finish of variable output. When reading text generated by the computer,
you are reading it as computer generated output. In addition to direction, characters are italicized (e.g. italics) to
indicate information specific to your system or site.
Example: Fixed Output
This paragraph’s font represents computer generated screen “fixed” output. Its output is fixed from the sense that it
does not vary from application to application. It’s the most commonly used style used to indicate filenames, paths
and text that do not change from system to system. The character style used is a fixed width such as courier.
Example: Variable Output
This paragraph’s font represents computer screen output that is “variable”. It’s used to represent output that varies
from application to application or system to system. Variable output is sometimes found placed between greater-
than and less-than operators for clarification.
For example: <variable_ouput> or <3.45.120.3>. In both cases, the < and > operators are not part of the actual
input.
Example: Fixed Input
This paragraph’s font represents fixed input. It’s computer input that is typed-in via the keyboard. Typed
input that does not vary from application to application or system to system. Fixed text the user is required to
supply as input. For example: cd /usr/3p
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