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diff --git a/doc/bin_dec_hex.1 b/doc/bin_dec_hex.1
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@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
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 .IX Title "BIN_DEC_HEX 1"
-.TH BIN_DEC_HEX 1 "2009-02-21" "1.3.99909060808" "rrdtool"
+.TH BIN_DEC_HEX 1 "2009-07-12" "1.3.999" "rrdtool"
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 .SH "NAME"
 bin_dec_hex \- How to use binary, decimal, and hexadecimal notation.
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ it is not the first one.
 .PP
 If this sounds cryptic to you, this is what I've just said in numbers:
 .PP
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 \&     0
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 \&     2
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ digits. They only use two different symbols, namely \*(L"0\*(R" and \*(L"1\*(R".
 the same rules to this set of digits and you get the binary numbering
 system:
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 \&     0
 \&     1
 \&    10
@@ -246,9 +245,7 @@ representations, but with eight different symbols.
 \& Octal       (8)
 \& Decimal     (10)
 \& Hexadecimal (16)
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 \& 00000   0    0    0
 \& 00001   1    1    1
@@ -357,7 +354,7 @@ It is the same in all other representations:
 This example can not be done for binary as that system only uses two
 symbols. Another example:
 .PP
-%1010 would be
+\&\f(CW%1010\fR would be
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@@ -413,8 +410,8 @@ The other method builds up the number from the right. Let's try 41'029
 again.  Divide by 16 and do not use fractions (only whole numbers).
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-\& 41'029 / 16 is 2'564 with a remainder of 5. Write down 5.
-\& 2'564 / 16 is 160 with a remainder of 4. Write the 4 before the 5.
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+\& 2\*(Aq564 / 16 is 160 with a remainder of 4. Write the 4 before the 5.
 \& 160 / 16 is 10 with no remainder. Prepend 45 with 0.
 \& 10 / 16 is below one. End here and prepend 0xA. End up with 0xA045.
 .Ve
@@ -432,7 +429,7 @@ has the advantage that you can see very easily if you should write down
 a zero or a one: if you divide by two the remainder will be zero if it
 is an even number and one if it is an odd number:
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+.Vb 10
 \& 41029 / 2 = 20514 remainder 1
 \& 20514 / 2 = 10257 remainder 0
 \& 10257 / 2 =  5128 remainder 1
@@ -475,9 +472,7 @@ Group \f(CW%1010000001000101\fR by three and convert into octal:
 \& %1 010 000 001 000 101
 \& %001 010 000 001 000 101
 \&    1   2   0   1   0   5 \-\-> 0120105
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+\&
 \& So: %1010000001000101 = 0120105 = 0xA045 = 41029
 \& Or: 1010000001000101(2) = 120105(8) = A045(16) = 41029(10)
 \& Or: 1010000001000101(2) = 120105(8) = A045(16) = 41029