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     A macro string is a sequence of characters enclosed in double
     quotation marks. When PWB is executing a macro, an occurrence of a
     string is equivalent to typing the characters in the string. Some
     switches, such as the Word and Build switches, accept macro strings
     as part of their setting.
 
     Within a macro string, you can use the following escape sequences
     to encode special characters:
 
     Sequence   ASCII   Description
 
     \\         92      Backslash
     \"         34      Double quotation mark
     \n         10      Newline (linefeed)
     \r         13      Carriage return
     \t         9       Tab
     \<hh>      <hh>    Character with ASCII code hexadecimal <hh>
                        See: ◄ASCII Table (Hexadecimal)►
     \<c>       <c>     Character <c>, where <c> is any character other
                        than the characters \"nrt or a hexadecimal
                        digit
 
     See
 
     ◄Text Macros►
     ◄Macro Example: Expanding Text Abbreviations►
     ◄Regular Expressions in Macro Strings►
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