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+\title{Programmer's Reference for the MNI Volume IO Library}
+\author{David MacDonald}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\maketitle
+
+\newpage
+
+\tableofcontents
+
+\newpage
+
+\section{Introduction}
+
+\section{Compiling and Linking}
+
+\section{Macros}
+
+\section{Programming Utilities}
+
+\subsection{Automatic File Decompression}
+
+\subsection{Argument Processing}
+
+\subsection{Colour Manipulation}
+
+\subsection{General File IO}
+
+\subsection{Global Variables}
+
+\subsection{Memory Allocation}
+
+\subsection{Numerical Utilities}
+
+\subsection{Progress Reports}
+
+\subsection{Random Numbers}
+
+\subsection{Strings}
+
+\subsection{Text Output}
+
+\subsection{Time}
+
+\section{Volume Manipulation}
+
+\subsection{Volume Input}
+
+\subsection{Volume Output}
+
+\end{document}