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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id0820200802524447" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="startcenter"><link href="text/shared/guide/startcenter.xhp">Start Center</link></variable></paragraph>
<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>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082020080310498" role="heading" level="2">Open existing files</paragraph>
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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=".">The <emph>Recent Files</emph> button shows thumbnails of the most recent documents you opened.</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="tip" xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802626414">Press and hold the <emph>Recent Files</emph> dropdown button to open a menu where you can delete the list of recently opened documents.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200803105045" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid=".">Click the <emph>Templates</emph> dropdown button to display all existing templates on the right side of the window.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="tip" xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802626412">Press and hold the <emph>Templates</emph> dropdown button to open a menu where you can filter the existing templates by document type or open the <link href="text/shared/guide/template_manager.xhp">Templates</link> dialog.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tip" 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>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082020080310499" role="heading" level="2">Create:</paragraph>
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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/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp">Base</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id082020080310501" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid=".">The <emph>Extensions</emph> button opens the <link href="https://extensions.libreoffice.org/">https://extensions.libreoffice.org/</link> page, where you can download templates and additional features for %PRODUCTNAME.</ahelp></paragraph>

<paragraph role="warning" xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0820200802626413">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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