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Conventions
This guide uses naming conventions and symbols, as described in the
following tables.
Table 2 Typographical Conventions
Description Example
User interface actions appear in
this typeface.
Press Enter
.
Buttons or switches that you press
on a unit appear in this Type-
face
.
Press the On switch.
Code and output messages
appear in this typeface.
All results okay
Text you must type exactly as
shown is displayed in this type-
face.
Type: a:\set.exe in the dialog
box
Variables appear in this typeface. Type the new hostname.
Book references appear in this
typeface.
Refer to Newton’s Telecom Dic-
tionary
A vertical bar | means “or”: only
one option can appear in a single
command.
platform [a|b|e]
Square brackets [ ] indicate an
optional argument.
login [platform name]
Slanted brackets < > group
required arguments.
<password>
Table 3 Keyboard and Menu Conventions
Description Example
A plus sign + indicates simulta-
neous keystrokes.
Press Ctrl+s
A comma indicates consecutive
key strokes.
Press Alt+f,s
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