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<font size="+3" color="green"><B>Conventions used in this manual</B></font></P>
<P>
Examples of messages and prompts written by the program, as well as examples
of user typed input are displayed in <CODE>typewriter type style</CODE>.</P>
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User typed input is usually displayed in the colour
<font color="blue"><CODE>blue</CODE></font>.</p>
<p>
Messages and variables created by the program are usually displayed in the colour
<font color="orange"><CODE>orange</CODE></font>.</P>
<P>
Curly brackets, <code>{ }</code>, enclose parameters that are
optional and/or have default values, and indicate that it is not necessary to enter these
parameters.</p>
<p>
Vertical bars, <CODE>|</CODE>, separate choices for command parameters.</P>
<P>
Curly brackets and vertical bars should <EM>not</EM> be entered with commands.</P>
<P>
Parentheses, <code>( )</code>, besides being used in
mathematical expressions, also enclose formats.</p>
<p>
The back slash, \ , separates a
command from a command qualifier or a parameter from its qualifier.</p>
<p>
Literal quote strings can be delimited by the opening quote,
<code>`</code>, and the single quote,
<code>'</code>, or by the single quote at the beginning
and the end, or by the double quote, <CODE>"</CODE>,
at the beginning and the end. For example, <CODE>`ABC'</CODE>,
<CODE>'ABC'</CODE>, and
<CODE>"ABC"</CODE> are all valid literal quote strings.</P>
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Parentheses, the back slash and quotes <EM>must</EM> be included where indicated.</P>
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