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Marks a blank space in a table where information will be pasted in during final production.
GLOBAL

<TABLE_UNIT>
text
<ENDTABLE_UNIT>

Begins a portion of a table containing rows that you want to group as a logical unit.
GLOBAL

<TABLE_UNIT_HEADS> (col heading-1 [ \col heading-2 . . . [ \col heading-9]])

Specifies headings you want to use for a table unit.
GLOBAL

<TAG> (tag name [ \tag arg-1 . . . [ \tag arg-8]])

Labels a tag and its arguments.
GLOBAL

<TAG_SECTION> [([running title] [ \number prefix] [ \NEWPAGE])]
text
<ENDTAG_SECTION>

Begins a tag reference section, enables tags reserved for use in tag sections, and sets paging attributes.
SOFTWARE (Tag template)

<TERMINATING_TAG> (

)

Specifies the required terminator for a tag.
SOFTWARE (Tag template)

<TEXT_SIZE> (

)
text
<ENDTEXT_SIZE>

Changes the size of type used in the context of topics, tables, and lists on a single slide.
OVERHEADS

<TITLE> (title line-1 [ \title line-2 . . . [ \title line-4]])

GLOBAL: labels up to 3 lines of a title on a title page or part page.
OVERHEADS: labels up to 4 lines of a title for a new slide.

<TITLE_PAGE>
text
<ENDTITLE_PAGE>

Labels the beginning of a title page and enables the title page tags.
GLOBAL

<TITLE_SECTION>
text
<ENDTITLE_SECTION>

Begins the title section of an article. The title spans both columns of the article.
ARTICLE

<TOPIC> (topic text)

Specifies a line of topic text for a slide.
OVERHEADS

<TO_ADDRESS> (address line-1 [ \address line-2 . . . [ \address line-5]])

Places the name and address of the receiver of a letter flush left on the left margin.
LETTER

<U> (text)

Labels the user portion of a dialog between user and system in an interactive example.
GLOBAL

<UNDERLINE> (text)
or
<UNDERLINE>
text
<ENDUNDERLINE>

Marks a portion of text you want underlined.
GLOBAL

<UPDATE_RANGE> (start page \

)
text
<ENDUPDATE_RANGE>

Marks the location at which a new section of updated pages begins.
GLOBAL

<UPPERCASE> (text)

Labels text that you want to appear as uppercase in the final output.
GLOBAL

<USER_I_MESSAGE> (info text)

Sends an informational message to the terminal, .LIS, or .LOG file during processing of a file.
GLOBAL

<USER_W_MESSAGE> (warning text)

Sends a warning message to the terminaL, .LIS, or .LOG file during processing of a file.
GLOBAL

<VALID_BREAK>

Labels a permissible page break within a monospaced example (created with the <CODE_EXAMPLE>, <DISPLAY>, <INTERACTIVE>, or <LINE_ART> tags).
GLOBAL

<VALID_TABLE_ROW_BREAK>

Marks a permissible place that a first-level table row, not a nested table row, may be broken across pages.
GLOBAL

<VARIABLE> (variable name)

Labels a program variable or number you want to typographically distinguish.
GLOBAL

<VBAR>

Specifies a vertical bar anywhere in your file. You must use this tag, however, to specify a vertical bar in an argument to a tag.
GLOBAL

<VITA> (vita text)

Provides information about the author's professional history.
ARTICLE

<X> (index entry

)

Creates a main index entry in either a single-document or a master index. For a printed book, the <X> tag creates a reference to the page on which this tag appears. For a book you create for Bookreader, the <X> tag creates a hotspot on the index entry that you click on to display the associated text.
GLOBAL

<XS> (<XS>subentry-1 [ <XS>subentry-2 [ \ <XS>subentry-3]])
or
<XSUBENTRY> (subentry-1 [ <XSUBENTRY>subentry-2 [ <_XSUBENTRY>subentry-3]])

Separates the main index entry from the first subentry, the first subentry from the second, and the second subentry from the third. Used within the argument to the <X> or <Y> tags. For a printed book, the <XS> or <XSUBENTRY> tags create a reference to the page on which the tag appears. For a book you create for Bookreader, the <XS> or <XSUBENTRY> tags create a hotspot on the index entry with no page reference.
GLOBAL

<Y> (index entry

)

Used with the <XSUBENTRY> tag to create an index entry and a subentry that has no page reference for a printed book and no hotspot for a book you create for Bookreader. Use the <Y> and <XSUBENTRY> tags for cross-references ("See" or "See also" entries) to other index entries.
GLOBAL


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