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title: "Jump and Anchor"
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# Jump and Anchor
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A jump is an element that moves the flow to its matching anchor. This is a convenience for when a link would be unsightly or impossible due to crossing other links. Each jump and anchor element is identified by a single character; jumps identified by **X** will jump to the anchor also identified by **X**. There can be many jumps on a chart that all jump to the same anchor.
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Since Jumps and Anchors have separate name spaces in Parallel sections, you cannot Jump from a Parallel section to the normal chart, nor from the normal chart into a Parallel section. Attempting to do so will result in a no matching anchor error.
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