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Using the Tutorial

This module provides information on the conventions used throughout the tutorial.

The Topics in this Module


Conventions Used in the Tutorial

The following font and graphic conventions are used in the Tutorial:
Example:
Meaning:
File
Identifies an item or topic that you can select.
command
Identifies a command, label, or name that you must type.
term
Identifies the first time a term is used in the document. The term is usually defined in the same paragraph.
User's Guide
Identifies the names of other manuals supplied with the Rational Apex/Summit.
Back Space
Identifies a key that must be pressed to initiate or complete an action.
Alt-c
Identifies two keys that must be pressed simultaneously to initiate or complete an action.
Close
Identifies button names, tag names, menu names, menu commands, mouse commands, dialog box titles, and dialog box field names.


Mouse Instructions Used in the Tutorial

Throughout the tutorial, you will see instructions that tell you to left-click, left-drag, or perform some other action combined with click or drag. These instructions refer to the way you will use the mouse buttons to perform actions in the windows.

The common mouse-button actions are:
Example:
Meaning:
click
Press, or click, the mouse button once. Unless a specific mouse button is mentioned, as in middle-click, the left button is implied.
drag
Hold down the button, move the mouse to a new location, and release the button. Unless a specific mouse button is mentioned, as in middle-drag, the left button is implied.
left-click
Click the left mouse button once.
left-drag
Hold down the left mouse button, drag the mouse, and release the button.
middle-click
Click the middle mouse button once.
middle-drag
Hold down the middle mouse button, drag the mouse, and release the button.
right-click
Click the right mouse button once.
right-drag
Hold down the right mouse button, drag the mouse, and release the button.
double-click
Click the left button twice, without a pause between clicks.
triple-click
Click the left button three times, without a pause between clicks.
Shift-left-click
Hold down the Shift key on the keyboard and left-click.


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