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About This Manual

Conventions

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© National Instruments Corporation
The National Instruments Universal Motion Interface (UMI)-7774/7772
User Manual provides information about the UMI-7774/7772 functionality
and includes instructions for getting started, specifications, connection
requirements, and safety information.
The following conventions appear in this manual:
The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options
to a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to
pull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Options
from the last dialog box.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to
avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.
Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, such
as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes emphasis.
Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction
to a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
or value that you must supply.
Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples.
This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories,
programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
variables, filenames, and extensions.
The following documents contain information that you might find helpful
as you read this manual:
• National Instruments motion controller documentation
• Measurement & Automation Explorer Help for Motion
vii National Instruments UMI-7774/7772 User Manual