: What is the use of "Ends." to indicate the end of a document? I recall seeing the word "Ends." placed at the end of documents to indicate that, obviously, nothing else follows. Is

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It is part of the standard way of finishing a press release. Some of these formal documents still use these conventions.

It comes, I think, from the time when press releases came on a teleprinter, and it was important to mark the end, so that it was clear to the recipient that the entire release had been received.

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### and --30-- are/were used as industry-specific conventions to standardize and add quality controls to copy.

fin and various ornamental dingbats are used on the finished product, for the viewers help in recognizing the end of an article, book, section, chapter, film, etc. Again, certain conventions are established for each industry, and of course these evolve with time.

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It's usually a full square that ends fx a news article. I believe there exist different kinds of text ending marks for different writing cultures, styles and genres. Take a look at these:
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080903084042AAakPtI desktoppub.about.com/cs/intermediate/a/endsigns.htm desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/End_Sign.htm

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I've seen two or three hash marks ## or -30- at the end of press releases and news articles.

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