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ALTERA CORPORATION INTRODUCTION TO QUARTUS II ■ XI
Documentation Conventions
The Introduction to Quartus
®
II 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 names, project names, disk drive names, file names, file
name extensions, software utility names, software executable
names, and options in dialog boxes are shown in bold. Examples:
quartus directory, d: drive, license.dat file.
Initial Capitals Keyboard keys, user-editable application window fields, and menu
names are shown with initial capital letters. For example: Delete key,
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.
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: FLEXlm End Users Guide.
italics Variables are enclosed in angle brackets (< >) and shown in italics.
For example: <file name>, <CD-ROM drive>.
Courier font Anything that must be typed exactly as it appears is shown in
Courier. For example: \quartus\bin\lmulti 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.
f
The feet show you where to go for more information on a particular
topic.
v
The checkmark indicates a procedure that consists of one step only.
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The hand points to information that requires special attention.