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   "Menus" contain pointers to subordinate nodes.(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.

   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.

* Menu:

* 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.

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1)  Menus can carry you to any node, regardless of the hierarchical
structure; even to nodes in a different Info file.  However, the GNU
Emacs Texinfo mode updating commands work only to create menus of
subordinate nodes.  Conventionally, cross references are used to refer
to other nodes.