Conventions Used in this Help System

Drop-Down Text

Blue words or phrases display drop-down text or graphics when you click them. This enables you to view only the details that you want to see. You can expand as many drop-downs at one time as you wish. To close the drop-down, click on the word again.

Examples:

... to display the project main window.

... containing the broadcast messages.

Broadcast messages contain the DL-MAP, DCD, UL-MAP and UCD messages in the MAC PDU of the DL#1 burst preceding any regular MAC PDUs.

Hyperlinks and Popups

Blue, underlined words or phrases are either hyperlinks or popup links.

Once a hyperlink or popup link has been used, the text changes color.

Examples:

hyperlink to information about this software product

popup information about the signal generator's GPIB address

Icons

This icon indicates an important point or special information regarding the operation of the software.

 

This icon calls attention to a possible condition or situation that could cause  the loss of work, or damage or destruction of hardware or software. Do not proceed beyond a caution until the indicated conditions are fully understood.

 

Printing Popup Text

  1. Activate the popup.

  2. Move the cursor over the popup text.

  3. Right-click.

If the popup closes, reopen it and make sure that the cursor is over the popup when you right-click.

 

  1. From the menu that appears, choose Print.

If you click the print icon () when a popup is active, the popup text prints on top of the current topic.

Related Topic

User Interface Basics