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How to Contact Altera
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following table.
Contact (1)
Technical support
Contact Method
Website
Website
Email
Address
www.altera.com/support
www.altera.com/training
custrain@altera.com
Technical training
Product literature
Website
Email
www.altera.com/literature
nacomp@altera.com
Nontechnical support (general)
(software licensing)
Note to Table:
Email
authorization@altera.com
(1) You can also contact your local Altera sales office or sales representative.
Typographic Conventions
The following table shows the typographic conventions this document uses.
Visual Cue
Meaning
Indicate command names, dialog box titles, dialog box options, and other GUI
labels. For example, Save As dialog box. For GUI elements, capitalization matches
the GUI.
Bold Type with Initial Capital
Letters
Indicates directory names, project names, disk drive names, file names, file name
extensions, software utility names, and GUI labels. For example, \qdesigns
directory, D: drive, and chiptrip.gdf file.
bold type
Italic Type with Initial Capital Letters Indicate document titles. For example, Stratix IV Design Guidelines.
Indicates variables. For example, n + 1.
italic type
Variable names are enclosed in angle brackets (< >). For example, <file name> and
<project name>.pof file.
Indicate keyboard keys and menu names. For example, the Delete key and the
Options menu.
Initial Capital Letters
“Subheading Title”
Quotation marks indicate references to sections in a document and titles of
Quartus II Help topics. For example, “Typographic Conventions.”
August 2012 Altera Corporation
Cyclone III Device Handbook
Volume 1