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<span id="Creating-an-Info-File-1"></span><h3 class="section">21.1 Creating an Info File</h3>
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<p><code>makeinfo</code> is a program that converts a Texinfo file into an Info
file, HTML file, or plain text. <code>texinfo-format-region</code> and
<code>texinfo-format-buffer</code> are GNU Emacs functions that convert
Texinfo to Info.
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<p>For information on installing the Info file in the Info system,
see <a href="Installing-an-Info-File.html">Installing an Info File</a>.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="makeinfo-Advantages.html" accesskey="1"><code>makeinfo</code> Advantages</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>makeinfo</code> provides better error checking.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="makeinfo-in-Emacs.html" accesskey="2"><code>makeinfo</code> in Emacs</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How to run <code>makeinfo</code> from Emacs.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="texinfo_002dformat-commands.html" accesskey="3"><code>texinfo-format</code> commands</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Two Info formatting commands written
in Emacs Lisp are an alternative
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Batch-Formatting.html" accesskey="4">Batch Formatting</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How to format for Info in Emacs batch mode.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Tag-and-Split-Files.html" accesskey="5">Tag and Split Files</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How tagged and split files help Info
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