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     Help uses the following typographic conventions:
 
     Example         Description
 
     README.DOC,     Uppercase represents filenames and operating-
     COPY            system commands.
 
     ESC, F1,        Uppercase also denotes names of keys on the
     CTRL+ENTER      keyboard. A plus (+) indicates a combination of
                     keys. For example, SHIFT+F5 means holding down the
                     SHIFT key while pressing the F5 key. In PWB Help,
                     key names appear in mixed case.
 
     <expression>    Angle brackets indicate placeholders for additional
                     syntax or information you must supply, such as a
                     filename.
 
     [argument]      Items inside square brackets are optional.
 
     [ a │ b ]       Brackets and vertical bars indicate a choice
                     between two or more optional items.
 
     { a │ b }       Braces and vertical bars indicate a choice
                     between two or more required items.
 
     'COUNT'         Single right quotation marks denote user input or
                     program output within text or refer to a string
                     or word from an example.
 
     Repeating       Three dots (an ellipsis) following an item
     elements...     indicate that more items having the same form can
                     be entered.
 
     ∙ ∙ ∙           Three dots with a space between them indicate a
                     vertical ellipsis.
 
     "hyperlinks"    Double quotation marks enclose a new term the
                     first time it is defined. They are also used when
                     required by the syntax of a command.
 
     kilobytes (K)   An acronym or abbreviation is spelled out the
                     first time it appears.
 
     «PWB function»  In Help for the Programmer's WorkBench, PWB
                     replaces a function name in chevrons by a key
                     combination assigned to that function.
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