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<span id="The-_0060Top_0027-Node-and-Master-Menu"></span><h3 class="section">3.6 The ‘Top’ Node and Master Menu</h3>
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<p>The ‘Top’ node is the node in which a reader enters an Info manual.
As such, it should begin with a brief description of the manual
(including the version number), and end with a master menu for the
whole manual. Of course you should include any other general
information you feel a reader would find helpful.
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<p>It is conventional and desirable to write a <code>@top</code> sectioning
command line containing the title of the document immediately after
the <code>@node Top</code> line (see <a href="_0040top-Command.html"><code>@top</code> Command</a>).
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<p>The contents of the ‘Top’ node should appear only in the online output;
none of it should appear in printed output, so enclose it between
<code>@ifnottex</code> and <code>@end ifnottex</code> commands. (TeX does not
print either an <code>@node</code> line or a menu; they appear only in Info;
strictly speaking, you are not required to enclose these parts between
<code>@ifnottex</code> and <code>@end ifnottex</code>, but it is simplest to do
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