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About this book

This book will help you become familiar with your IBM

®

NetVista

X40 and its

features. It describes how to operate, maintain, and install options in your
computer. In the unlikely event you experience problems, you will find helpful
troubleshooting information and instructions for obtaining service in this book.

Conventions used in this book

The conventions used in this book denote text with special meaning. The
following are explanations of the conventions.

Convention

Purpose

DANGER

A DANGER notice is used to call attention to a situation
that is potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to people.

CAUTION

A CAUTION notice is used to call attention to a situation
that is potentially hazardous to people.

Attention

An Attention notice contains important information that
can help you avoid damage to the hardware or software
that comes with your computer.

Note:

A Note contains information you might find especially
useful.

Important

An Important notice warns you about possible problems
you could encounter.

Highlighted text is also used as a convention in this book. There are several
ways that text is highlighted, and each highlighting convention has a specific
purpose.

Highlight

Purpose

Bold

Bold text is used to identify items on the screen you are
instructed to click or double-click. Bold text is also used in
table titles, in numbered lists, and in certain other lists to
call attention to a term or phrase being defined.

Example

Example text is used to show text that you need to type
from your keyboard.

Italic

Italic font is used to show proper names of books and
disks, and to emphasize a particular word or instruction.
This font also is used to show variable information, such as
numbers in an error code or a drive letter.

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