The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software,
purely for historical purposes.
If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming,
you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully
out of date.
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Message
A notice on the Word screen that indicates the
status of your current work, what to do next (a
prompt), or what is wrong. You can get Help on a
message by pressing F1.