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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200803204063" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Welcome to %PRODUCTNAME. Thank you for using the %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/shared/05/00000110.xhp">application help</link>. Press F1 whenever you need help using the %PRODUCTNAME software.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802524413" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You see the Start Center when no document is open in %PRODUCTNAME. <ahelp hid=".">Click an icon to open a new document or a file dialog.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200803104810" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">The document icons each open a new document of the specified type.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1022200911011855" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">The Templates icon opens the Templates and Documents dialog.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1022200911011975" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">The Open a Document icon presents a file open dialog.</ahelp></paragraph>
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