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Menus
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  "Menus" contain pointers to subordinate nodes.(1) (Note:
Menus-Footnote-1) In Info, you use menus to go to such nodes.  Menus
have no effect in printed manuals and do not appear in them.

  By convention, a menu is put at the end of a node since a reader who
uses the menu may not see text that follows it.  Furthermore, a node
that has a menu should not contain much text. If you have a lot of text
and a menu, move most of the text into a new subnode--all but a few
lines.  Otherwise, a reader with a terminal that displays only a few
lines may miss the menu and its associated text.  As a practical matter,
you should locate a menu within 20 lines of the beginning of the node.

Menu Location

Put a menu in a short node.

Writing a Menu

What is a menu?

Menu Parts

A menu entry has three parts.

Less Cluttered Menu Entry

Two part menu entry.

Menu Example

Two and three part menu entries.

Other Info Files

How to refer to a different Info file.