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    <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154788" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><link href="text/shared/01/01010000.xhp" name="New">New</link></paragraph>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145669" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".uno:AddDirect">Creates a new $[officename] document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149182" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="HID_TBXCONTROL_FILENEW" visibility="hidden">Creates a new $[officename] document. Click the arrow to select the document type.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153528" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">If you want to create a document from a template, choose <emph>New - Templates</emph>.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147009" xml-lang="en-US">A template is a file that contains the design elements for a document, including formatting styles, backgrounds, frames, graphics, fields, page layout, and text.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Icon</emph></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Name</emph></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153258" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Function</emph></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145317" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3153821" src="res/sx03251.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3153821" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153349" xml-lang="en-US">Text Document</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156153" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new text document in $[officename] Writer.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145121" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3150503" src="res/sx03250.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3150503" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US">Spreadsheet</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154280" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new spreadsheet document in $[officename] Calc.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149456" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3148663" src="res/sx03249.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153798" xml-lang="en-US">Presentation</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154946" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new presentation document in $[officename] Impress.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150495" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3154329" src="res/sx03246.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3154329" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154217" xml-lang="en-US">Drawing</paragraph>
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        <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149167" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new drawing document in $[officename] Draw.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1089C" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="Graphic3" src="res/sx03245.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN108CB" xml-lang="en-US">Database</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN108D0" xml-lang="en-US">Opens the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp"><emph>Database Wizard</emph></link> to create a <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabadoc.xhp"><emph>database file</emph></link>.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159149" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3150868" src="res/sx03139.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3150868" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154298" xml-lang="en-US">HTML Document</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152460" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new HTML document.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107BF" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="Graphic2" src="res/sx03251.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F0" xml-lang="en-US">XML Form Document</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F5" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new <link href="text/shared/guide/xforms.xhp">XForms</link> document.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147426" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3163710" src="res/sx03248.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3163710" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US">Master Document</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150961" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new <link href="text/shared/01/01010001.xhp" name="master document">master document</link>.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3147317" src="res/sx03247.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3147317" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155511" xml-lang="en-US">Formula</paragraph>
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        <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150872" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new formula document in $[officename] Math.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154145" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3083443" src="res/sx03255.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3083443" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149417" xml-lang="en-US">Labels</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148388" xml-lang="en-US">Opens the <link href="text/shared/01/01010200.xhp" name="Labels"><emph>Labels</emph></link> dialog where you can set the options for your labels, and then creates a new text document for the labels in $[officename] Writer.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155415" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3156283" src="res/sx03255.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3156283" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150592" xml-lang="en-US">Business Cards</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150968" xml-lang="en-US">Opens the <link href="text/shared/01/01010300.xhp" name="Business Cards"><emph>Business Cards</emph></link> dialog where you can set the options for your business cards, and then creates a new text document in $[officename] Writer.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154729" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3150422" src="res/sx03242.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3150422" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154510" xml-lang="en-US">Templates</paragraph>
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      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155603" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new document using an existing template.</paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1096F" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp">Opening documents</link></paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN109E7" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new text document in $[officename] Writer.</ahelp></paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN109FE" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new spreadsheet document in $[officename] Calc.</ahelp></paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10A15" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new presentation document in $[officename] Impress.</ahelp></paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10A2C" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new drawing document in $[officename] Draw.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10A43" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Opens the <emph>Database Wizard</emph> to create a database file.</ahelp></paragraph>
  <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/private:factory/swriter/web" id="bm_id2533646" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10A5A" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new HTML document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10A71" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new XForms document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10A88" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new master document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10A9F" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new formula document in $[officename] Math.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/private:factory/swriter?slot=21051" id="bm_id9589220" localize="false"/>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10AB6" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Opens the <emph>Labels</emph> dialog where you can set the options for your labels, and then creates a new text document for the labels in $[officename] Writer.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/private:factory/swriter?slot=21052" id="bm_id3158665" localize="false"/>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10ACD" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Opens the <emph>Business Cards</emph> dialog where you can set the options for your business cards, and then creates a new text document in $[officename] Writer.</ahelp></paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10AE4" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Creates a new document using an existing template or opens a sample document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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