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<h2 class="chapter">7 Menus</h2>

<p><a name="index-Menus-339"></a><a name="index-menu-340"></a>
<dfn>Menus</dfn> 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.

  <p>A node with a menu should not contain much text.  If you find yourself
writing a lot of text before a menu, we generally recommend moving
most of the text into a new subnode&mdash;all but a paragraph or two. 
Otherwise, a reader with a terminal that displays only a few lines may
miss the menu and its associated text.  As a practical matter, it is
best to locate a menu within 20 or so lines of the beginning of the
node.

<ul class="menu">
<li><a accesskey="1" href="Menu-Location.html#Menu-Location">Menu Location</a>:                Menus go at the ends of short nodes. 
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Writing-a-Menu.html#Writing-a-Menu">Writing a Menu</a>:               What is a menu? 
<li><a accesskey="3" href="Menu-Parts.html#Menu-Parts">Menu Parts</a>:                   A menu entry has three parts. 
<li><a accesskey="4" href="Less-Cluttered-Menu-Entry.html#Less-Cluttered-Menu-Entry">Less Cluttered Menu Entry</a>:    Two part menu entry. 
<li><a accesskey="5" href="Menu-Example.html#Menu-Example">Menu Example</a>:                 Two and three part menu entries. 
<li><a accesskey="6" href="Other-Info-Files.html#Other-Info-Files">Other Info Files</a>:             How to refer to a different Info file. 
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