User guide

Canopy System User Guide Interpreting Typeface and Other
Conventions
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This document also employs a set of consistently used admonitions. Each of these types of
admonitions has a general purpose that underlies the specific information in the box. These
purposes are indicated in Table 4.
Table 4: Admonition types
Admonition
Label
General Message
NOTE:
informative content that may
defy common or cursory logic.
describe a peculiarity of the implementation.
add a conditional caveat.
provide a reference.
explain the reason for a preceding statement or provide prerequisite
background for what immediately follows.
RECOMMENDATION:
suggestion for an easier, quicker, or safer action or practice.
IMPORTANT!
informative content that may
identify an indication that you should watch for.
advise that your action can disturb something that you may not want
disturbed.
reiterate something that you presumably know but should always
remember.
CAUTION!
a notice that the risk of harm to equipment or service exists.
WARNING!
a notice that the risk of harm to person exists.