3com 9000 SX User Manual

Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this 
guide.

Table 1   Notice Icons

Note

Important features or instructions

Caution

Risk of personal injury, system damage, or loss 
of data

Warning

Risk of severe personal injury

Table 2   Text Conventions 

Screen displays

This typeface represents information as it appears on the 
screen

.

The words “enter” 
and “type”

When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must 
type something, and then press the Return or Enter key. Do 
not press the Return or Enter key when an instruction 
simply says “type.”

[Key] names

Key names appear in text in one of two ways:

■

Referred to by their labels, such as “the Return key” or 
“the Escape key” 

■

Written with brackets, such as [Return] or [Esc]

If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key 
names are linked with a plus sign (+). Example:

Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del].

Words in italicized 
type

Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the place 
where they are defined in the text. 

Words in boldface 
type

Bold text denotes key features.

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