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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200803204063" role="paragraph">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 %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802524413" role="paragraph">You see the Start Center when no document is open in %PRODUCTNAME. It is divided into two panes. <ahelp hid=".">Click a button on the left pane to open a new document or a file dialog.</ahelp></paragraph>
<h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082020080310498">Open existing files</h2>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082020080310500" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid=".">The <emph>Open File</emph> button presents a <link href="text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp">file open</link> dialog.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082020080310502" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid=".">The <emph>Remote Files</emph> button presents a <link href="text/shared/guide/cmis-remote-files.xhp">Remote files</link> dialog to open files stored on remote servers.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802525413" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid=".">Click the <emph>Recent Documents</emph> button to show thumbnails of the most recent documents you opened in the right side of the window.</ahelp> 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="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802626414">You can remove an item from the <emph>Recent Documents</emph> list by clicking the button in the upper-right corner of the icon.  The document itself is not deleted. You can remove all items on the <emph>Recent Documents</emph> list by pressing the <emph>Recent Documents</emph> dropdown button and selecting <menuitem>Clear Recent Documents</menuitem>.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id41607696972873">Working with Templates</h2>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200803105045" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid=".">Click the <emph>Templates</emph> button to display templates for all applications in the right side of the window.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802626412">Click the down arrow after the <emph>Templates</emph> button to open a menu where you can select a filter to display templates by application type or open the <link href="text/shared/guide/template_manager.xhp">Template Manager</link> dialog.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802626416">Right click on a template in the right pane to open a menu where you can either open the template to create a new document based on the template or edit the template itself.</paragraph>
<h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082020080310499">Create:</h2>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200803104810" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid=".">The document buttons each open a new document of the specified type.</ahelp></paragraph>
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            <emph>Writer Document</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/swriter/main0000.xhp">Writer</link></paragraph>
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            <emph>Calc Spreadsheet</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/scalc/main0000.xhp">Calc</link></paragraph>
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            <emph>Impress Presentation</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/simpress/main0000.xhp">Impress</link></paragraph>
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            <emph>Draw Drawing</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/sdraw/main0000.xhp">Draw</link></paragraph>
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            <emph>Math Formula</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/smath/main0000.xhp">Math</link></paragraph>
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            <emph>Base Database</emph> opens %PRODUCTNAME <link href="text/sdatabase/main.xhp">Base</link></paragraph>
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<note xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802626413">Encrypted files will not display a thumbnail image of its content.</note>
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