National Instruments SCXI-1520 User Manual - Conventions

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual: 

Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a 

range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for example, 

AO .

»

The 

»

 symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options 

to a final action. The sequence 

File»Page Setup»Options

 directs you to 

pull down the 

File

 menu, select the 

Page Setup

 item, and select 

Options

from the last dialog box.

This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.

This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to 

avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.

When this symbol is marked on a 

product, refer to the 

Read Me First: Safety and Radio-Frequency 

Interference

for information about precautions to take.

bold

Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, such 

as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter 

names.

italic

Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross-reference, or an introduction 

to a key concept. Italic text also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word 

or value that you must supply.

monospace

Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the 

keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples. 

This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories, 

programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations, 

variables, filenames, and extensions.

monospace bold

Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer 

automatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes lines of code 

that are different from the other examples.

monospace italic

Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value 

that you must supply.