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Authoring: the markup language

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the markup language
markup language

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Describes the markup language used to describe the article.

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The storyboard contains all the information necessary to
display an article.  The author has to use a markup language to
specify all that information.

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The command syntax is:
	<whitespace> .quote .command<whitespace>[arguments]
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	Whitespace consists of blanks, newlines, and/or tabs.

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There are four types of commands:
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.spaces 5 	- the .~ field commands~ .nl
.spaces 8	   To separate title, synonyms, contents, notes	.nl
.spaces 5 	- the .~ component commands~ .nl
.spaces 8	   To separate text, picture, video, sound .nl
.spaces 5	- the .~ formatting commands~ .nl
.spaces 8	   To specify margin sizes, fonts, paragraphs .nl
.spaces 5	- the .~ link commands~ .nl
.spaces 8	   To indicate links to other articles .nl