Specifications

2010-10-26 Network Design and Engineering Guide 1

MANUAL CONVENTIONS

There are a few graphical symbols and formatting conventions used to show information clearly

arranged and easy to find.

Screenshots may not always contain valid data. Slight differences may occur in the graphical

presentation shown (i.e. in the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of a program).

Symbol used for

Information Symbol is used to notify a user of special or

useful information.

Action Item

 Prerequisite

Step (1) action step 1

Step (2) action step 2

Action objective after finish-

ing action steps

Action Items

are used to direct the user to execute the steps in the giv-

en order for a successful completion of the action.

 fulfilled precondition for successful action comple-

tion

Step (1) perform described action (1)

Step (2) perform described action (2)

Action objective reached

string (word, number) in

code formatting

Type this word, number or string as input, i.e. as com-

mand line or in a tool input field.

<string_A> The <string_A> between the brackets is placeholder for

a variable. Fill in the contents of the placeholder without

brackets.

’string_B’ As quoted string ’string_B’ names and labels are pre-

sented: e.g. name of a variable, a window or field name,

label of a button.