Many of the instructions include screen shots. These are to provide
a general guide to what things should look like. Often
the specific settings seen in the picture would prevent you from using
that program on your computer.
In order to make life a little easier, I've adopted some
conventions for common things:
- Bold: signifies a menu option at the top of the screen (like
Netscape has File, Edit, View, etc. across the
top) or something from Window 95's Start menu. For example...
- File--Open File is short for "go up to where
it says File; click on it; and select Open File from the
list that drops down."
- Start--Programs--Windows Explorer is
short for "go to Windows 95's Start button; select Programs
from the Start menu; and then select Windows Explorer from
the Program menu."
- Italics: signify a button that should be on the window. For
example: Click on the Back button at the top of the Netscape
window.
- "Quote Marks": typically signify a special section of a window that
the instructions currently explain. For example: Go down to the
"How I Dial" section...
- Differed text: signifies something that should be typed
in.
Since the redesign using Cascading
Style Sheets, a few other conventions are possible. They are not vital
to understanding the instructions.
Note: These only work on web browsers which support Style
Sheets. If you do not see the "StarNet Support" graphic at the top of this
page, then your browser doesn't support Style Sheets.
If you want to download a version of the Netscape browser that does,
then you can go to
http://www.azstarnet.com/service/getnet/
- Strong Text: is for emphasis. It highlights a
particularly important point or word.
- Emphasised Text: is also for emphasis, but is used to
discuss a deviation or alternate condition from the given
instructions or to make a special point.
- Differed Font: is typically for
sections explaining a topic before giving the instructions.