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 4.3.4 Cover page macros
 -----------------------
 
 Use the following macros to create a cover page for your document in the
 order shown.
 
  -- Macro: .RP [no]
      Specifies the report format for your document.  The report format
      creates a separate cover page.  The default action (no 'RP' macro)
      is to print a subset of the cover page on page 1 of your document.
 
      If you use the word 'no' as an optional argument, 'groff' prints a
      title page but does not repeat any of the title page information
      (title, author, abstract, etc.) on page 1 of the document.
 
  -- Macro: .P1
      (P-one) Prints the header on page 1.  The default is to suppress
      the header.
 
  -- Macro: .DA [...]
      (optional) Prints the current date, or the arguments to the macro
      if any, on the title page (if specified) and in the footers.  This
      is the default for 'nroff'.
 
  -- Macro: .ND [...]
      (optional) Prints the current date, or the arguments to the macro
      if any, on the title page (if specified) but not in the footers.
      This is the default for 'troff'.
 
  -- Macro: .TL
      Specifies the document title.  'groff' collects text following the
      'TL' macro into the title, until reaching the author name or
      abstract.
 
  -- Macro: .AU
      Specifies the author's name, which appears on the line (or lines)
      immediately following.  You can specify multiple authors as
      follows:
 
           .AU
           John Doe
           .AI
           University of West Bumblefuzz
           .AU
           Martha Buck
           .AI
           Monolithic Corporation
 
           ...
 
  -- Macro: .AI
      Specifies the author's institution.  You can specify multiple
      institutions in the same way that you specify multiple authors.
 
  -- Macro: .AB [no]
      Begins the abstract.  The default is to print the word ABSTRACT,
      centered and in italics, above the text of the abstract.  The word
      'no' as an optional argument suppresses this heading.
 
  -- Macro: .AE
      Ends the abstract.
 
    The following is example mark-up for a title page.
 
      .RP
      .TL
      The Inevitability of Code Bloat
      in Commercial and Free Software
      .AU
      J. Random Luser
      .AI
      University of West Bumblefuzz
      .AB
      This report examines the long-term growth
      of the code bases in two large, popular software
      packages; the free Emacs and the commercial
      Microsoft Word.
      While differences appear in the type or order
      of features added, due to the different
      methodologies used, the results are the same
      in the end.
      .PP
      The free software approach is shown to be
      superior in that while free software can
      become as bloated as commercial offerings,
      free software tends to have fewer serious
      bugs and the added features are in line with
      user demand.
      .AE
 
      ... the rest of the paper follows ...
 

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