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                      3: ms                    Technical Information                    ms
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                      8: Manuscript macro package
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                     10: nnrrooffff -mmss _f_i_l_e ...
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                     12: The nroff macro  package ms formats manuscripts.  The tutorial on
                     13: nroff describes the ms macros in detail.
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                     15: ms includes the following macros:
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                     17: .AABB  Begin the abstract portion of a document's title page.
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                     19: .AAEE  End the abstract
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                     21: .AAII  Indicate author's institution on a document's title page.
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                     23: .AAUU  Name the author on the title page of a document.
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                     25: .BB   Boldface  font: set the following  argument in boldface.  If
                     26:      the argument is longer than one word, it must be enclosed in
                     27:      quotation marks.  Anything on the line after the argument is
                     28:      thrown away.
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                     30: .BBDD  Block-centered display.  Take  a portion of text; do not ad-
                     31:      just it  or break it between  two lines, but center  it as a
                     32:      whole.
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                     34: .BBTT   Bottom title.   This controls  the  printing of  the footer
                     35:      title, should  you want one.  It uses  three strings, all or
                     36:      any of  which can be defined by the  user: LLFF, for left-hand
                     37:      portion; CCFF, for center portion; and RRFF, for right-hand por-
                     38:      tion.  CCFF  has the default  definition of printing  the page
                     39:      number; the other two strings are undefined.
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                     41: .CCDD  Centered  display.  Center individually every  line within a
                     42:      display.
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                     44: .DDAA  Set the date.
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                     46: .DDEE  Mark the end of a display.  Do _n_o_t use after the macros .LLDD,
                     47:      .CCDD, or .RRDD.
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                     49: .DDSS  Mark  the beginning of  a display.  Do _n_o_t  use for displays
                     50:      longer than one page.
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                     52: .FFEE  Mark the end of a footnote entry.
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                     54: .FFSS  Mark the beginning of a footenote entry.
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                     56: .II   Italic font.  Used like .BB, above.
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                     58: .IIDD  Indent a display 1/2 inch before printing.
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                     60: .IIPP  Indent a paragraph  of text before printing.  This macro can
                     61:      take  two arguments:  argument 1  is used as  a ttaagg  that is
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                     64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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                     69: ms                    Technical Information                    ms
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                     73:      printed to the left of  the first line of the paragraph; ar-
                     74:      gument  2 indicates  how  far to  indent  the paragraph,  in
                     75:      characters (the default is five characters, or 1/2 inch).
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                     77: .KKEE  Indicate the  end of a _k_e_e_p, or a  portion of text that must
                     78:      not be broken between two pages.
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                     80: .KKFF  Start floating keep.
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                     82: .KKSS  Indicate the beginning of a _k_e_e_p.
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                     84: .LLDD  Set a display flush left; used with displays that are longer
                     85:      than one page.
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                     87: .NNHH   Set a  numbered heading.  This  macro takes  two arguments.
                     88:      Argument 1  is the text  of the heading; if  longer than one
                     89:      word, it must be enclosed in quotation marks.  Argument 2 is
                     90:      the _d_e_p_t_h of numbering;  for example, a `4' here would yield
                     91:      a number  of the format ``1.1.1.1''.   No number higher than
                     92:      five is accepted here.
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                     94: .PPPP  Begin a new paragraph.
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                     96: .QQEE  Mark the end of a quoted paragraph.
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                     98: .QQPP  Quoted paragraph.  Used like .IIPP, above.
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                    100: .QQSS  Mark the beginning of  quoted text; text is indented by five
                    101:      characters (1/2 inch).
                    102: 
                    103: .RR   Roman font.  Used like .BB, above.
                    104: 
                    105: .RREE  Mark the end of a relative indentation.
                    106: 
                    107: .RRSS  Mark  the beginning of  a relative indentation.   A relative
                    108:      indentation is a block of text that is indented five charac-
                    109:      ters (1/2 inch) more than the text before it.
                    110: 
                    111: .SSHH   Subheading.   One  line  of  space  is  inserted,  and  the
                    112:      following line of text is set boldface and centered.
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                    114: .TTAA  Set tabs, in characters.
                    115: 
                    116: .TTLL  Title: format  the title entry on the cover  page of a docu-
                    117:      ment.
                    118: 
                    119: ***** Files *****
                    120: 
                    121: /usr/lib/tmac.s
                    122: 
                    123: ***** See Also *****
                    124: 
                    125: man, nroff, technical information, troff
                    126: _I_n_t_r_o_d_u_c_t_i_o_n _t_o _n_r_o_f_f, _T_e_x_t _P_r_o_c_e_s_s_i_n_g _L_a_n_g_u_a_g_e, tutorial
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                    130: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 2
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