Chapter Structuring
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  The "chapter structuring" commands divide a document into a hierarchy
of chapters, sections, subsections, and subsubsections.  These commands
generate large headings; they also provide information for the table of
contents of a printed manual (see Generating a Table of Contents: Contents.).

  The chapter structuring commands do not create an Info node structure,
so normally you should put an `@node' command immediately before each
chapter structuring command (see Nodes.).  The only time you are
likely to use the chapter structuring commands without using the node
structuring commands is if you are writing a document that contains no
cross references and will never be transformed into Info format.

  It is unlikely that you will ever write a Texinfo file that is
intended only as an Info file and not as a printable document.  If you
do, you might still use chapter structuring commands to create a
heading at the top of each node--but you don't need to.

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Tree Structuring

A manual is like an upside down tree ...

Structuring Command Types

How to divide a manual into parts.

makeinfo top

The `@top' command, part of the `Top' node.

chapter

unnumbered & appendix

majorheading & chapheading

section

unnumberedsec appendixsec heading

subsection

unnumberedsubsec appendixsubsec subheading

subsubsection

Commands for the lowest level sections.

Raise/lower sections

How to change commands' hierarchical level.