4. Typographical conventions

Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the terms and typographical conventions used in the documentation. For more information on specialized terms and abbreviations used in the documentation, see the Glossary at the end of this document.

The following kinds of text formatting and icons identify special information in the document.

[Tip] Tip

Tips provide best practices and recommendations.

[Note] Note

Notes provide additional information on a topic and emphasize important facts and considerations.

[Warning] Warning

Warnings mark situations where loss of data or misconfiguration of the device is possible if the instructions are not obeyed.

Command

Commands you have to execute.

Emphasis

Reference items, additional readings.

/path/to/file

File names.

Parameters

Parameter and attribute names.

Label

GUI output messages or dialog labels.

Menu

A submenu in the menu bar.

Button

Buttons in dialog windows.


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