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<span id="Using-Texinfo-Mode"></span><h2 class="appendix">Appendix D Using Texinfo Mode</h2>
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<p>You may edit a Texinfo file with any text editor you choose.  A Texinfo
file is no different from any other ASCII file.  However, GNU Emacs
comes with a special mode, called Texinfo mode, that provides Emacs
commands and tools to help ease your work.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Texinfo-Mode-Overview.html" accesskey="1">Texinfo Mode Overview</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">How Texinfo mode can help you.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Emacs-Editing.html" accesskey="2">Emacs Editing</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Texinfo mode adds to GNU Emacs&rsquo; general
                                  purpose editing features.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Inserting.html" accesskey="3">Inserting</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">How to insert frequently used @-commands.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Showing-the-Structure.html" accesskey="4">Showing the Structure</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">How to show the structure of a file.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Updating-Nodes-and-Menus.html" accesskey="5">Updating Nodes and Menus</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">How to update or create new nodes and menus.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Info-Formatting.html" accesskey="6">Info Formatting</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">How to format for Info.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Printing.html" accesskey="7">Printing</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">How to format and print part or all of a file.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Texinfo-Mode-Summary.html" accesskey="8">Texinfo Mode Summary</a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Summary of all the Texinfo mode commands.
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