How to contact altera, Typographic conventions – Altera ByteBlaster II User Manual

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How to Contact Altera

© July 2008

Altera Corporation

ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide

How to Contact Altera

For the most up-to-date information about Altera® products, refer to the following
table.

Typographic Conventions

This document uses the typographic conventions shown below.

Table Info–2. How to Contact Altera

Contact

(1)

Contact Method

Address

Technical support

Website

www.altera.com/support

Technical training

Website

www.altera.com/training

Email

[email protected]

Product literature

Website

www.altera.com/literature

Altera literature services

Email

[email protected]

Non-technical support (General)

(Software Licensing)

Email

[email protected]

Email

[email protected]

Note to

Table Info–2

(1) You can also contact your local Altera sales office or sales representative.

Table Info–3. Typographic Conventions

(Part 1 of 2)

Visual Cue

Meaning

Bold Type with Initial Capital
Letters

Command names, dialog box titles, checkbox options, and dialog box options are shown
in bold, initial capital letters. Example: Save As dialog box.

bold type

External timing parameters, directory names, project names, disk drive names, filenames,
filename extensions, and software utility names are shown in bold type. Examples: f

MAX

,

\qdesigns directory, d: drive, chiptrip.gdf file.

Italic Type with Initial Capital
Letters

Document titles are shown in italic type with initial capital letters. Example: AN 75:
High-Speed Board Design.

Italic type

Internal timing parameters and variables are shown in italic type.
Examples: t

PIA

, n + 1.

Variable names are enclosed in angle brackets (< >) and shown in italic type. Example:
<file name>, <project name>.pof file.

Initial Capital Letters

Keyboard keys and menu names are shown with initial capital letters. Examples: Delete
key, the Options menu.

“Subheading Title”

References to sections within a document and titles of on-line help topics are shown in
quotation marks. Example: “Typographic Conventions.”

Courier type

Signal and port names are shown in lowercase Courier type. Examples:

data1

,

tdi

,

input.

Active-low signals are denoted by suffix

n

, for example,

resetn

.

Anything that must be typed exactly as it displays is shown in Courier type. For example:

c:\qdesigns\tutorial\chiptrip.gdf

. Also, sections of an actual file, such as a

Report File, references to parts of files (for example, the AHDL keyword

SUBDESIGN

), as

well as logic function names (e.g.,

TRI

) are shown in Courier.

1., 2., 3., and
a., b., c., etc.

Numbered steps are used in a list of items when the sequence of the items is important,
such as the steps listed in a procedure.

■ ●

Bullets are used in a list of items when the sequence of the items is not important.

v

The checkmark indicates a procedure that consists of one step only.

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