Texas Instruments TI-80 Manual Book page 9

Information-
Mapping
Conventions
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Specific text—The text to the right of a subheading
presents detailed information about that specific topic or
task. The information may be presented as paragraphs,
numbered procedures, bulleted lists, or illustrations.
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Page "footers"—The bottom of each page shows the
chapter name, chapter number, and page number.
Several conventions are used to present information concisely
and in an easily referenced format.
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Numbered procedures—A procedure is a sequence of
steps that performs a task. In this guidebook, each step is
numbered in the order in which it is performed. No other
text in the guidebook is numbered; therefore, when you
see numbered text, you know you should perform the
steps sequentially.
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Lists with bullets—If several items have equal
importance, or if you may choose one of several
alternative actions, this guidebook precedes each item
with a "bullet" (
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Tables and charts—Sets of related information are
presented in tables or charts for quick reference.
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Keystroke examples—The Getting Started examples
provide keystroke-by-keystroke instructions, as do the
numerous short examples and several detailed examples
that are identified with a
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) to highlight it—like this list.
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