Specifications

ALTERA CORPORATION ALTERA SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND LICENSING ■ VIII
Documentation Conventions
The Altera Software Installation and Licensing manual uses the following
conventions to help you find and interpret information.
Typographic Conventions
Quartus II software documentation uses the typographic conventions
shown in the following table:
Visual Cue Meaning
Bold Initial
Capitals
Command names, dialog box titles, and button names are shown in
bold type, with initial capital letters. Examples: Find Next command,
Save As dialog box, and Start button.
bold type Directory names, project names, disk drive names, filenames,
filename extensions, and software utility names are shown in bold
type. Examples: quartus directory, D: drive, chiptrip.gdf file.
These items are not case-sensitive in the Windows environment;
however, they are case-sensitive in the Linux workstation
environment. Altera documentation shows these items in the case
appropriate to the workstation environment.
Initial Capitals Keyboard keys, user-editable application window fields, and menu
names are shown with initial capital letters. Examples: Delete key,
the Start Time field, the Options menu.
“Subheading
Title”
Subheadings within a manual section are enclosed 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. Example: Introduction to the Quartus II Software
manual.
italic type Variables are enclosed in angle brackets (< >) and shown in italic
type. Example: <file name> and <DVD drive>.
Courier font Anything that must be typed exactly as it appears is shown in
Courier. 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.