-<p><strong><a name="refsandviews">VIEW_DEF and HIDE_INSERTIONS</a></strong><br/>
-Since Jalview 2.9, the Annotations file has also supported the definition of views on the alignment, and definition of hidden regions.</p>
-
-<hr/>
+<p><strong><a name="refsandviews">VIEW_SETREF, VIEW_HIDECOL and HIDE_INSERTIONS</a></strong><br/>
+Since Jalview 2.8.3, the Annotations file has also supported the definition of views on the alignment, and definition of hidden regions.</p>
+<!-- <p>
+ <em>VIEW_DEF</em> allows the current view to be named according to the
+ first argument after the tab character. If a second argument is
+ provided, then a new view is created with the given name, and
+ properties.
+ </p> -->
+ <p>
+ <em>VIEW_SETREF</em> takes either a single sequence ID string, or a
+ numeric index (second argument), and attempts to assign a
+ corresponding sequence as the <a href="../features/refsequence.html">reference
+ sequence</a> for the alignment.
+ </p>
+ <em>VIEW_HIDECOLS</em> takes either a single argument consisting of a
+ comma separated series of integer pairs like
+ <em>3-4</em>. These integer pairs define columns (starting from the
+ left-hand column 0) that should be marked as hidden in the alignment
+ view.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <em>HIDE_INSERTIONS</em> takes a either a single sequence ID or a
+ numeric index, or no arguments. This command marks all gapped
+ positions in a specified sequence (either the one located by the
+ arguments, the current SEQUENCE_REF, or the reference sequence for the
+ view).
+ <hr/>