ms (The GNU Troff Manual)

### 4.6 `ms`

The `ms` (“manuscript”) package is suitable for the preparation of letters, memoranda, reports, and books. These `groff` macros feature cover page and table of contents generation, automatically numbered headings, several paragraph styles, a variety of text styling options, footnotes, and multi-column page layouts. `ms` supports the `tbl`, `eqn`, `pic`, and `refer` preprocessors for inclusion of tables, mathematical equations, diagrams, and standardized bibliographic citations. This implementation is mostly compatible with the documented interface and behavior of AT&T Unix Version 7 `ms`. Many extensions from 4.2BSD (Berkeley) and Tenth Edition Research Unix have been recreated.