Specifications

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Documentation Conventions
The Quartus II Installation & Licensing for Linux Workstations manual uses the
following conventions to make it easy for you to find and interpret
information.
Typographic Conventions
Quartus II documentation uses the typographic conventions shown in the
following table:
Visual Cue Meaning
Bold Initial
Capitals
Command names; dialog box, page, and tab titles; and button names
are shown in bold with initial capital letters. For example: Find Text
command, Save As dialog box, and Start button.
bold Directory, project, disk drive, file, software utility, and software
executable names; software utility names; and options in dialog
boxes are shown in bold. For example: quartus directory, d: drive,
and license.dat file.
Initial Capitals Keyboard keys, user-editable application window fields, windows,
views, and menu names are shown with initial capital letters. For
example: Delete key and the Options menu.
“Subheading
Title”
Subheadings within a manual section are enclosed in quotation
marks. In manuals, titles of Help topics are also shown in quotation
marks. For example: For more information, see “Exporting and
Importing Version-Compatible Database Files” in Quartus II Help.
Italic Initial
Capitals
Help categories, manual titles, section titles in manuals, and
application note and brief names are shown in italics with initial
capital letters. For example: Introduction to the Quartus II Software
manual.
italics Variables are enclosed in angle brackets (< >) and shown in italics.
For example: <file name> and <DVD-ROM drive>.
Courier font Anything that must be typed exactly as it appears is shown in
Courier. For example: \quartus\bin\lmutil lmhostid.
r
Enter or return key.
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Bullets are used in a list of items when the sequence of the items is
not important.
v
The checkmark indicates a procedure that is one step only.