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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
Could anyone recommend a book on writing a book in microsoft. Also, any
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
Hi Ed
The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "newtknight" wrote in message ink.net... Could anyone recommend a book on writing a book in microsoft. Also, any online resources? Thanks Ed |
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
"Shauna Kelly" wrote:
Hi Ed The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter titles, is THE place to start. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word For other links to help follow this advice, start with: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm ***Master Documents***DO NOT USE Why Master Documents corrupt http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm DM |
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
thanks so much for this wealth of links.
fyi, the link: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp seems no longer to be valid. "Dayo Mitchell" wrote in message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid... "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi Ed The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter titles, is THE place to start. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word For other links to help follow this advice, start with: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm ***Master Documents***DO NOT USE Why Master Documents corrupt http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm DM |
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
Try http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm.
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Chip Orange" wrote in message ... thanks so much for this wealth of links. fyi, the link: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp seems no longer to be valid. "Dayo Mitchell" wrote in message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid... "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi Ed The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter titles, is THE place to start. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word For other links to help follow this advice, start with: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm ***Master Documents***DO NOT USE Why Master Documents corrupt http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm DM |
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
My blunt advice, having written my thesis (300 pages +) is simply
DON'T. Word really wasn't designed for this sort of stuff. While it's great for most things, it's just too cumbersome for large docs. You're better of using LaTeX. It's also free. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Try http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Chip Orange" wrote in message ... thanks so much for this wealth of links. fyi, the link: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp seems no longer to be valid. "Dayo Mitchell" wrote in message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid... "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi Ed The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter titles, is THE place to start. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word For other links to help follow this advice, start with: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm ***Master Documents***DO NOT USE Why Master Documents corrupt http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm DM |
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
Just my 2 cents: Yes, you can write long documents in Word. The last set of
books my company produced were written entirely in Microsoft Word, over 5,000 pages. I've been using Word to write books for ten years and the only problem I've experienced has to do with file size. The fact is, the larger the file, the more time the file will take to open, the more difficult it will be to navigate through the file. That is probably why someone would have difficulty producing a 300 page document all in one file. As a general rule of thumb (and this is from Word97 days, a few years back), I do not allow a document go more than 100 pages without breaking it up into sections. Normally I do not use master documents, but I have tried them, and have had very little difficulties with smaller documents (less than 500 pages). As for LaTeX, this may be a good tool, but I am not sure about just how the document design is merged into the document text. The documentation says something about leaving "document design to documentation designers." What if the document design has already been defined, as is usually done with a company style guide or with a template sent from the publisher? I checked out the code that would be needed to tie my company's pre-defined styles to the text, and it did not look like an easy product to learn. Therefore, I'm not sure if I would want to switch to LaTeX, even if it is free, because there would be a cost involved -- the cost spent learning a new product, and making that new product confirm to my document design. Plus I did notice that there was some line about not having support for installs, which may be a disadvantage. The fact is, Microsoft Word is the standard for word processing, and please note that I started (many years ago) with Word Perfect and was a "hard sell" to turn to Microsoft Word. If I ever do purchase another tool, I will probably acquire FrameMaker (http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/main.html ) due to the many recommendations I've received for this product, though I believe that most people using FrameMaker also use Word as well. As for books, I started with a Microsoft Word 97 book from Que publishing (http://www.quepublishing.com) and have found their books to be very useful when learning many new products. So, I'd suggest searching for "Word" on their site and seeing what books they have available for your particular edition of Word. Hope this helps, --Kim "Gooseman" wrote in message om... My blunt advice, having written my thesis (300 pages +) is simply DON'T. Word really wasn't designed for this sort of stuff. While it's great for most things, it's just too cumbersome for large docs. You're better of using LaTeX. It's also free. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Try http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Chip Orange" wrote in message ... thanks so much for this wealth of links. fyi, the link: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp seems no longer to be valid. "Dayo Mitchell" wrote in message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid... "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi Ed The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter titles, is THE place to start. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word For other links to help follow this advice, start with: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm ***Master Documents***DO NOT USE Why Master Documents corrupt http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm DM |
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
The current link is this awful thing:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C62-E869-487A- 919D-F408D3918D31&displaylang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chip Orange" wrote in message ... thanks so much for this wealth of links. fyi, the link: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp seems no longer to be valid. "Dayo Mitchell" wrote in message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid... "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi Ed The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter titles, is THE place to start. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word For other links to help follow this advice, start with: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm ***Master Documents***DO NOT USE Why Master Documents corrupt http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm DM |
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
thanks; I got it and gave it to our legal secretaries in case it's of any
help to them as we're just now making the transition from WordPerfect to Word. Chip "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The current link is this awful thing: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C62-E869-487A- 919D-F408D3918D31&displaylang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chip Orange" wrote in message ... thanks so much for this wealth of links. fyi, the link: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp seems no longer to be valid. "Dayo Mitchell" wrote in message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid... "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi Ed The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter titles, is THE place to start. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word For other links to help follow this advice, start with: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm ***Master Documents***DO NOT USE Why Master Documents corrupt http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm DM |
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Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,
General Info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:
Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one another. Each program's methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to use one of these programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a string! You can easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. If you are unwilling to take the time to learn to use Word's methods, you should stick to using Word Pad. You'll have a lot less grief, although you'll miss out on a lot of raw power. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ordPerfect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...Converters.htm http://businesssoft.about.com/comput.../blconvert.htm for information on Word for Word Perfect users. For mo http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to display in a special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want (something like pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do this. Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys() Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True End Sub Word's Extend key (F8) gives something similar to block processing. Learn about Styles - really learn! http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I resisted for years and now regret every day of those years because although that string was still very hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had some very important projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the Word concept of organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls into place and instead of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on the very powerful text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it will start doing your work for you instead of running around behind you trying to undo what you just thought you did. Finally, in WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks of text - boilerplate. In Word this function is filled by Templates, AutoText and AutoCorrect, not macros. Follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebre...s.htm#AutoText for more information on these tools. It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down and do a bit each day, but I would recommend that you make it a top priority to do that bit each day. You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query the user. For some form documents, Word's "online forms" work very well. For more about online forms, follow the links at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. As for converting documents from Word Perfect to use in Word... In a word, don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted documents long-term. They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will get you at the worst time. This is especially true of any documents containing automatic numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in Word using the following process: In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not) save your files as text files. Use your converted files as references to show you how you want your formatting to look. Create a new document in Word and insert the text from the text file. Save this new document as a Word template. Format it the way you want using styles, not direct formatting. Save it again. To use a template within Word, use File = New and pick your template. This will create a new document for you. General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and edit it to create a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In Word, construct a good, tight, template for your documents and use that template when constructing new documents. Among other things, this can avoid embarrassing "metadata" http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm and things like surprise headers and footers from creeping into new documents. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Chip Orange" wrote in message ... thanks; I got it and gave it to our legal secretaries in case it's of any help to them as we're just now making the transition from WordPerfect to Word. Chip "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The current link is this awful thing: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C62-E869-487A- 919D-F408D3918D31&displaylang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chip Orange" wrote in message ... thanks so much for this wealth of links. fyi, the link: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp seems no longer to be valid. "Dayo Mitchell" wrote in message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid... "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi Ed The two best on-line resources a (1) These newsgroups and (2) word.mvps.org. My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end! Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter titles, is THE place to start. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word For other links to help follow this advice, start with: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm ***Master Documents***DO NOT USE Why Master Documents corrupt http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm DM |
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