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<span id="Menus-1"></span><h3 class="section">4.9 Menus</h3>
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<p><em>Menus</em> contain pointers to subordinate nodes. In online output,
you use menus to go to such nodes. Menus have no effect in printed
manuals and do not appear in them.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Writing-a-Menu.html" accesskey="1">Writing a Menu</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">What is a menu?
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Menu-Example.html" accesskey="2">Menu Example</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Two and three part menu entries.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Menu-Location.html" accesskey="3">Menu Location</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Menus go at the ends of nodes.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Menu-Parts.html" accesskey="4">Menu Parts</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">A menu entry has three parts.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Less-Cluttered-Menu-Entry.html" accesskey="5">Less Cluttered Menu Entry</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Two part menu entry.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Other-Info-Files.html" accesskey="6">Other Info Files</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How to refer to a different Info file.
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