In examples, a vertical ellipsis represents the omission of data that the system displays in response to a command or to data you enter. . . . In examples, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that you can enter additional parameters, values or other information. In tag syntax, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that arguments to the tag have been omitted. Parentheses enclose an argument to a tag. A lowercase word as an argument to a tag indicates that a user-specified argument must be entered.
Brackets indicate that the enclosed argument to the tag is optional.
This tag syntax indicates that both arguments are optional. This tag syntax indicates that both arguments are optional. You can use either argument as the first argument. A backslash separates multiple arguments to a tag. How DECdocument Works DECdocument is used to produce manuals, letters, articles and various forms of documents that can be printed, displayed or viewed.