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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id0820200802524447" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="startcenter"><link href="text/shared/guide/startcenter.xhp">Start Center</link>
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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.
  It is divided into two panes.  <ahelp hid=".">Click an icon on the left pane to open a new document or a file dialog.</ahelp>
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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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               <emph>Text Document</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/swriter/main0000.xhp">Writer</link></paragraph>
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               <emph>Spreadsheet</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/scalc/main0000.xhp">Calc</link></paragraph>
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               <emph>Presentation</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/simpress/main0000.xhp">Impress</link></paragraph>
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               <emph>Database</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp">Base</link></paragraph>
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               <emph>Formula</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/smath/main0000.xhp">Math</link></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>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200803105045" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The <emph>Templates</emph> icon opens the <link href="text/shared/guide/aaa_start.xhp">Templates and Documents</link> dialog.</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>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082020080310500" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The <emph>Open a document</emph> icon presents a <link href="text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp">file open</link> dialog.</paragraph><comment>the four icons show a short explanation already</comment>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802525413" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The right pane contains thumbnails of the most recent documents you opened. Hover your mouse over the thumbnail to highlight the document, display a tip about the document location and display an icon on the top right to delete the thumbnail from the pane and from the recent files list.  Click on the thumbnail to open the document underneath.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802626413" l10n="NEW">Not every file type will display a thumbnail image of its content. Instead, you may see a large icon used by your computer for that filetype.</paragraph>
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