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4.9 KiB
HTML
306 lines
4.9 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
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<HTML
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><TITLE
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>Getting Started</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+
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"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="GRAMPS User Manual"
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HREF="t1.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Running GRAMPS for the first time."
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HREF="x28.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="People View"
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>GRAMPS User Manual</TH
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><HR
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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><DIV
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CLASS="SECT1"
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><H1
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CLASS="SECT1"
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><A
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NAME="gettingstarted">Getting Started</H1
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>
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<P
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> Starting <TT
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GRAMPS</TT
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> opens the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Main window</SPAN
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>, shown in . You will be prompted to either open an
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existing database, or to create a new
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database. <TT
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GRAMPS</TT
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> requires that a
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database always be open.
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</P
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>
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<DIV
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CLASS="FIGURE"
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><A
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NAME="mainwindow-fig">
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<P
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><IMG
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SRC="figures/mainwin.png"></P
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>
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<P
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><B
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>Figure 2. GRAMPS Main Window</B
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></P
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></DIV
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>
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<DIV
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><H2
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><A
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NAME="startimport">Importing data</H2
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>
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<P
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> If you already have a family file created using another
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genealogy program you can import your GEDCOM file into GRAMPS.
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To do this you select +<B
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CLASS="GUIMENU"
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>File</B
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>+
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+ + + + + + -><B
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CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
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>Import</B
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>+ -><B
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CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
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>Import from
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GEDCOM</B
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>+ . The <SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>GEDCOM
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Import</SPAN
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> box will open. Select <B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>New
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Database</B
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> and click the
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<B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>Browse...</B
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> button to select your saved
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GEDCOM file (<TT
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CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
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><I
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>filename.ged</I
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></TT
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>). Click
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<B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>OK</B
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> to select the file and then click
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<B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>OK</B
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> to import the file. The
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>GEDCOM Import Status</SPAN
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> will tell you what
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the importer is doing and a little bit about your file (file
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location, which program created it, the version, Encoding,
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Number of Families, Number of People, and the Number of Errors).
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Once the Importer is done, you can click
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<B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>Close</B
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> and start editing/adding to your
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file.
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</P
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>
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</DIV
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>
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<DIV
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><H2
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><A
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NAME="noimport">Entering Data</H2
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>
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<P
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> If you have never used a genealogy program or you do not have a
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GEDCOM file to import, you can start creating your database
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right away. From the main window click the <B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>Add
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Person</B
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> button and the <SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Edit
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Person</SPAN
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> dialog will open. Enter in the information
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you have on the first person. Start with their general
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information (Name, Birth and Death Date/Place) and then move on
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to the <SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Names</SPAN
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>,
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Events</SPAN
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>,
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Attributes</SPAN
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>,
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Addresses</SPAN
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>, <SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Notes</SPAN
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>,
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Gallery</SPAN
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>, and
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Internet</SPAN
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> tabs and fill in the known
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information you have. Some of the information you enter has a
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<B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>Source</B
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> button and/or a
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<B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>Note</B
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> button. These buttons are there to
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add more information (<B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>Source</B
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> button to
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add the source of where you acquired the information and the
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<B
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>Note</B
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> button to add more detail to the
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information)
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</P
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</DIV
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>
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</DIV
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Home</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Running GRAMPS for the first time.</TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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> </TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="top"
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