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 .. epigraph::
 
-   | *If they asked me, I could write a book;*
-   | *About the way you TALK, and LISTEN; And LOOK.*
+   | |CENTER| *If they asked me, I could write a book;*
+   | |CENTER| *About the way you TALK, and LISTEN; And LOOK.*
 
    -- with apologies to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
 
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ and writing tutorials and reviews, these enthusiasts have led a revival
 responsible for many notable works, including some whose quality arguably
 surpasses that of the best commercial titles of the 1980s.
 
+.. Generated by autoindex
+.. index::
+   single: TADS
+
 Nowadays, IF is a hobby; almost everything that you need to begin writing
 your own text adventures is available, for free, on the Internet.  While
 expert programmers may relish the considerable challenge of creating
@@ -58,13 +62,13 @@ Scope and approach
 
 Because this is only an introduction to Inform, many features are treated
 rather superficially, or ignored altogether.  The definitive text is Graham
-Nelson's Inform *Designer's Manual* (Fourth Edition, July 2001), commonly
-known as the DM4; you cannot hope to use Inform successfully without having
-this splendid book by your side.  Our guide should be seen merely as a
-supplement to the DM4, offering step-by-step descriptions of those aspects
-of Inform which are most important on first acquaintance.  In any matter
-where we seem at odds with what Graham has written, you should assume that
-he is right and that we are, well, confused.
+Nelson's |DM4| (Fourth Edition, July 2001), commonly known as the DM4; you
+cannot hope to use Inform successfully without having this splendid book by
+your side.  Our guide should be seen merely as a supplement to the DM4,
+offering step-by-step descriptions of those aspects of Inform which are
+most important on first acquaintance.  In any matter where we seem at odds
+with what Graham has written, you should assume that he is right and that
+we are, well, confused.
 
 As a tutorial, this guide is intended to be printed out and then read
 sequentially; it isn't meant for online usage or designed as a reference
@@ -141,11 +145,15 @@ locations:
 *   http://www.inform-fiction.org/
 
     The Inform home page, maintained by Graham Nelson and a small team of
-    helpers.  Most important, this is where you can find the *Inform
-    Designer's Manual* in PDF format.
+    helpers.  Most important, this is where you can find the |DM4| in PDF
+    format.
 
 *   http://mirror.ifarchive.org/
 
+    .. Generated by autoindex
+    .. index::
+       single: IF Archive
+
     The IF Archive (or actually a high-speed mirror copy of it), from which
     you can download almost anything that's free and in the public domain.
     For a clickable map of Inform-related parts of the Archive, see
@@ -170,6 +178,10 @@ locations:
 
 *   :newsgroup:`rec.arts.int-fiction`
 
+    .. Generated by autoindex
+    .. index::
+       single: RAIF
+
     The Usenet newsgroup for authors of IF, commonly known by the
     abbreviation RAIF.  Here you'll find discussion on IF technology,
     criticism and game design issues, and fast, friendly and knowledgeable
@@ -178,6 +190,10 @@ locations:
 
 *   :newsgroup:`rec.games.int-fiction`
 
+    .. Generated by autoindex
+    .. index::
+       single: RGIF
+
     The complementary newsgroup for IF *players*, often known as RGIF.
 
 .. todo::
@@ -222,13 +238,13 @@ for devising it all, thereby giving us the opportunity -- first
 independently and later in enjoyable collaboration -- of using, and
 eventually of presenting, the Inform text adventure development system.
 
-| *Roger Firth*
-| *Wallingford, England*
+| |FILL| *Roger Firth*
+| |FILL| *Wallingford, England*
 
-| *Sonja Kesserich*
-| *Madrid, Spain*
+| |FILL| *Sonja Kesserich*
+| |FILL| *Madrid, Spain*
 
-| *August 2004*
+| |FILL| *August 2004*
 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes