Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours		ContentsIndex
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Sections in this Hour: Focusing on Only Part of a Buffer Summary Getting an Outline of Your Document Q&A Using Outline or Narrowing in Two Different Views of the Same File Exercises Folding Text: A Sort of Categorized Outline		Previous SectionNext Section

Summary

You have now learned some valuable tools to get an overview of your documents. With narrowing, you can focus on only part of a buffer. As a side note I can inform you that it is frequently used behind your back. Mail and news readers and the info reader use it, for example.

Getting an outline of your document is often very valuable. It makes it much easier for you to get an impression of the overall document. It also represents an alternative to searching for information if you, for example, know you have a section somewhere but you can't remember its name.

If you get used to using the folding functions, you will find that your documents, programs, or whatever are much easier to read, by both yourself and others, when you haven't used your files for a long time.

Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours		ContentsIndex
Hour 15: Getting an Overview of a File		Previous HourNext Hour
Sections in this Hour: Focusing on Only Part of a Buffer Summary Getting an Outline of Your Document Q&A Using Outline or Narrowing in Two Different Views of the Same File Exercises Folding Text: A Sort of Categorized Outline		Previous SectionNext Section

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