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Star Office Writer Basic Editing features

StarOffice Writer Feature List - "Basic Editing"

Auto Text

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Assign text blocks via shortcuts

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Create Auto Text entries

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Edit Auto Text entries

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Delete Auto Text entries

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Group text blocks

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Rename text blocks

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Assign macros to text blocks

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Auto Text with numbering

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Auto Text with only text option

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Auto Correct

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Auto Correct Dialog

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Auto Correct and Auto Format in the same Dialog

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User defined replacement table

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User defined exceptions table

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Custom single quotes

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Custom double quotes

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Replace text as you type

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Correct two initial capitals

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Start each sentence with a capital letter

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Automatic *bold* and _underline_

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Ignore double spaces

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Detect URL

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Replace 1st with 1^st

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Replace 1/2 with ½

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Replace dashes

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Auto Format

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Auto Format Dialog

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Language dependent Auto Correction

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Auto Correct and Auto Format in the same Dialog

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Replace text as you type option

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Event: Apply numbering

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Event: Apply border

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Event: Create table

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Event: Replace styles

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Remove blank paragraphs

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Use replacement table

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Correct two initial capitals

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Capital first letter of sentences

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Replace Standard quotes with custom quotes

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Replace custom styles

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Replace Bullets with:*

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Automatic *bold* and _underline_

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Detect URL

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Replace 1st with 1^st

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Replace 1/2 with ½

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Replace dashes

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Replaces single line paragraphs at cut custom value

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Search and Replace Functions

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Case-sensitive/insensitive search

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Search headers/footers/footnotes

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Search user-defined area

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Search backward

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Single/multiple-character wildcard

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Search for non-printable characters

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Search for styles

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Search phonetically

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Search and replace format attributes

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Search in multiple selection

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Search for both text and formats

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Spelling / Thesaurus

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Correct misspelled words as you type

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Editable user dictionary

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Document-specific dictionaries

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Irregular capitalization

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Repeated words

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Replace all / ignore all

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Preserves effects

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Include headers / footers, footnotes / endnotes

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Thesaurus antonyms

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Multilevel synonym / antonym search

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Thesaurus separates words by meaning

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Thesaurus displays definition

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Hyphenation

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Soft hyphenation

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Automatic hyphenation

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Hard hyphenation

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Hyphenation dictionary

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Expandable hyphenation dictionary

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User-specified hyphenation zone

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Set maximum consecutive end-of-line hyphens

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Column Formatting

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Maximum newspaper-style columns per page

100

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Parallel columns

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Variable-> and spaced newspaper columns

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User-specified column break

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Column balancing

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Gutter rules

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Column borders

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Register-true formatting

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Tables and Math Functions

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Variable-> columns in tables

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Text wrap in cells

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Calculate by rows and columns

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Calculate math/statistical formulas in cells

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Cell formulas reference other cells

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Table/cell borders

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Specify line styles and fill patterns in tables

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Number for matter

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Combine text and graphics in tables

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Import spreadsheet to table

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Import from database as table

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Specify row as header

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Resize rows or columns via mouse

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"Optimal fit'' function for Data in columns

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Split cells horizontally and vertically

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Single cell adjustment

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Database access via query editor

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Calculation between different tables

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Separator line between columns

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Charting directly from word processor tables

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Arithmetic functions

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Date/time calculation

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Split tables

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Auto Sum

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Repeat table heading

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Tip-help in tables with formulas

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Headers and Footers

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Left/right justified/centered headers/footers

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Alternating headers

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User-specified page to begin numbering

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Different header/footer for left/right pages

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Graphics

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Protect from editing

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Protect size

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Print/don't print

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Freely position-able

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Flip graphics

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Crop graphics

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Anchor to page

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Anchor to paragraph

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Anchor to character

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Anchor as character

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Left/right wrap

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Parallel wrap

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Optimal wrap

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Wrap through

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Transparent wrap

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No wrap

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Contour wrap

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Contour Editor

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Frame spacing top/bottom/left/right

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Assign borders

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Assign shadow

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Assign Hyper link

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Assign macro

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Graphics in headers

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Image Editor

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Clip art tools

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Flip graphics on left/right pages

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Flip position of graphics on left/right pages

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Optimized storage of graphics in file format

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Index, Contents & References

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Table of contents

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Cross-referencing (''see p. xx'')

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Create index from embedded items

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Maximum nested index subentries

7

10

 
 

Master index references (boldface main entry)

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Master document

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Hyper links in indexes and table of contents

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Footnotes and Captions

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Footnotes

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Endnotes

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Footnotes / endnotes in same file

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Automatic footnote numbering

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Footnote separator

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User-defined footnote separator

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Footnote continuation notice

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Control space between notes

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Convert footnotes to endnotes and vice versa

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Attach caption to graphic

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Automatic caption numbering

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Caption placement options

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Jump between footnote / endnote and text

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Style sheet for footnotes and footnote symbols

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Style Sheet for endnotes and endnote symbols

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Mail Merge & Envelopes

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Merge from Data file

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Merge to e-Mail

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Merge from ASCII file

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Merge from external database file without import

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Merge with automatic envelope printing

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Merge to custom size envelopes

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Multiple > labels

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Label templates

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Synchronize labels

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Selection of fonts for envelope text

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Conditional Mail merge

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Selective Mail merge

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Selection with Boolean operators

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Selection with relational operators

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Create Mail merge fields via drag and drop

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Merge Records via drag and drop

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Printing

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Print current page only (no number specified)

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Print discontinuous pages

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Print user-defined range

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Brochure printing

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Alternate paper trays

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Landscape and portrait in single document

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Print reverse order

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Collate print jobs

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Date and time stamp

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Double-sided printing (odd/even)

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Rapid (draft) print option

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Print Preview includes blank pages

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Print to fax

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Miscellaneous Features

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Number of foreign dictionaries

21

21

 
 

Multiple languages in one document

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Word/character/line count

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Sort lines of text

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