-.Sh MACRO SYNTAX
-Macros are one to three three characters in length and begin with a
-control character ,
-.Sq \&. ,
-at the beginning of the line.
-The
-.Sq \(aq
-macro control character is also accepted.
-An arbitrary amount of whitespace (spaces or tabs) may sit between the
-control character and the macro name.
-Thus, the following are equivalent:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-\&.PP
-\&.\ \ \ PP
-.Ed
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-macros are classified by scope: line scope or block scope.
-Line macros are only scoped to the current line (and, in some
-situations, the subsequent line).
-Block macros are scoped to the current line and subsequent lines until
-closed by another block macro.
-.Ss Line Macros
-Line macros are generally scoped to the current line, with the body
-consisting of zero or more arguments.
-If a macro is scoped to the next line and the line arguments are empty,
-the next line, which must be text, is used instead.
-Thus:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-\&.I
-foo
-.Ed
-.Pp
-is equivalent to
-.Sq \&.I foo .
-If next-line macros are invoked consecutively, only the last is used.
-If a next-line macro is followed by a non-next-line macro, an error is
-raised (unless in the case of
-.Sx \&br ,
-.Sx \&sp ,
-or
-.Sx \&na ) .
-.Pp
-The syntax is as follows:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-\&.YO \(lBbody...\(rB
-\(lBbody...\(rB
-.Ed
-.Pp
-.Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "ArgumentsX" "ScopeXXXXX" "CompatX"
-.It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments Ta Em Scope Ta Em Notes
-.It Sx \&AT Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&B Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
-.It Sx \&BI Ta n Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&BR Ta n Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&DT Ta 0 Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&I Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
-.It Sx \&IB Ta n Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&IR Ta n Ta current Ta \&
-.\" .It Sx \&PD Ta n Ta current Ta compat
-.It Sx \&R Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
-.It Sx \&RB Ta n Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&RI Ta n Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&SB Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
-.It Sx \&SM Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
-.It Sx \&TH Ta >1, <6 Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&UC Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \&
-.It Sx \&br Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
-.It Sx \&fi Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
-.It Sx \&i Ta n Ta current Ta compat
-.It Sx \&na Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
-.It Sx \&nf Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
-.It Sx \&r Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
-.It Sx \&sp Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat
-.\" .It Sx \&Sp Ta <1 Ta current Ta compat
-.\" .It Sx \&Vb Ta <1 Ta current Ta compat
-.\" .It Sx \&Ve Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
+.Sh MACRO OVERVIEW
+This overview is sorted such that macros of similar purpose are listed
+together, to help find the best macro for any given purpose.
+Deprecated macros are not included in the overview, but can be found
+in the alphabetical reference below.
+.Ss Page header and footer meta-data
+.Bl -column "PP, LP, P" description
+.It Sx TH Ta set the title: Ar title section date Op Ar source Op Ar volume
+.It Sx AT Ta display AT&T UNIX version in the page footer (<= 1 argument)
+.It Sx UC Ta display BSD version in the page footer (<= 1 argument)
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