Abbott CELL-DYN 3200 System Operator's Manual page 16

Text Conventions Used in This Manual
Information
Menu name
Soft keys (screen label keys)
Keyboard/keypad keys
Status
Data entry field
Screen message or other screen
display
ON and OFF
Soft Keys (Screen Label Keys)
Keyboard/Keypad Keys
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The following list summarizes the text conventions that are used in this manual:
Presentation
Sans serif font, all capital letters
Sans serif font, all capital letters,
enclosed in brackets
Regular font, initial capital letters only
when appropriate
Regular font, all capital letters
Regular font, enclosed in angle brackets
Courier
All caps, regular font
Screen labels are menu keys displayed at the bottom of the display screen. Directly
below the display screen is a row of eight unlabeled pressure-sensitive keys which
correspond to the menu labels. Pressing one of these keys (on the membrane
keypad) initiates the action specified by the corresponding menu label.
This manual indicates that one of these "soft keys" is to be pressed by showing the
label in all caps, bold, sans serif font, and enclosed in brackets. For example, when
the manual calls for the operator to press the key under the RUN label and then the
key under the SPECIMEN TYPE label, the text will read "Press [RUN] followed by
[SPECIMEN TYPE]."
In some cases, the operator must press a key on the PC keyboard or on the pressure-
sensitive keypad on the front of the instrument. Such keys include the Enter key,
the ESC key, the pound (#) key, and other special function keys. Special function
keys, such as the arrow keys, are in regular type. The arrow symbol may be
substituted for the word. For example, the text will read "Press the arrow keys" or
"Press the ↑ key" or "Press the ↑ arrow key."
The Print Screen key on the keyboard can be used to print the screen as it is
displayed on the monitor. This allows the operator an option to print the screen
when the [PRINT] soft key is not available.
Examples
MAIN MENU
DATA LOG menu
[RUN]
arrow keys
↑ arrow key
Enter key
ESC key
Page Up key
the pound (#) key
the asterisk (*) key
READY
STANDBY
INITIALIZED
<Operator ID> field
Waste Full
ON
OFF
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