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<h3 class="section">1.12 Six Parts of a Texinfo File</h3>

<p>Generally, a Texinfo file contains more than the minimal beginning and
end described in the previous section&mdash;it usually contains the six
parts listed below.  These are described fully in the following sections.
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<dt><span class="roman">1. Header</span></dt>
<dd><p>The <em>Header</em> names the file, tells TeX which definitions file to
use, and other such housekeeping tasks.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="roman">2. Summary and Copyright</span></dt>
<dd><p>The <em>Summary and Copyright</em> segment describes the document and
contains the copyright notice and copying permissions.  This is done
with the <code>@copying</code> command.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="roman">3. Title and Copyright</span></dt>
<dd><p>The <em>Title and Copyright</em> segment contains the title and copyright
pages for the printed manual.  The segment must be enclosed between
<code>@titlepage</code> and <code>@end titlepage</code> commands.  The title and
copyright page appear only in the printed manual.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="roman">4. &lsquo;Top&rsquo; Node and Master Menu</span></dt>
<dd><p>The &lsquo;Top&rsquo; node starts off the online output; it does not appear in the
printed manual.  We recommend including the copying permissions here as
well as the segments above.  And it contains at least a top-level menu
listing the chapters, and possibly a <em>Master Menu</em> listing all the
nodes in the entire document.
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traditional book or encyclopedia, but it may be free form.
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