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Conventions in This Guide

This section explains the conventions used to present information in this guide. We recommend that you take the time to familiarize yourself with them.

Boldface

Indicates a variable name or placeholder for which you must supply an actual value—this convention is used in explanatory text, as well as syntax.

Specific CA Plex verbs are always printed in bold and usually with their source and target object types (ENT known by FLD, for example).

Commands and Parameters

Commands and parameters are shown in code format. You enter these examples in CA Plex exactly as shown.

Variables

Italic text shown with a command indicates a user-defined variable. For example, in place of the variable printer-id.data, you might enter VPS.JESDS.

PF Keys

Programmable function keys, or PF keys, are represented by the uppercase letters PF followed by one or two digits:

• PF1
• PF12

  Note: On most keyboards, PF keys are located either at the top or to the right of the main part of the keyboard. PF keys are usually marked PF or simply F followed by one or two digits, for example, PF1 or F12.

Mouse Buttons

The term mouse button or left mouse button refers to the primary button on your pointing device. Right mouse button refers to the secondary button. You can use the Windows Control Panel to reconfigure the buttons on your mouse as desired.