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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"
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> <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<article>
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup
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>
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<author
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>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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<othercredit role="translator"
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><firstname
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>Malcolm</firstname
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><surname
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>Hunter</surname
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><affiliation
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><address
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><email
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>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
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></address
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></affiliation
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><contrib
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>Conversion to British English</contrib
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></othercredit
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>
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</authorgroup>
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<date
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>2002-09-01</date>
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<releaseinfo
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>3.01.00</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword
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>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword
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>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword
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>accessibility</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="accessibility">
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<title
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>Accessibility</title>
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<sect2 id="accessibility-intro">
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<title
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>Introduction</title>
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<para
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>This module is designed to help users who have difficulty hearing audible cues, or who have difficulty using a keyboard. </para>
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<para
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>The module is divided into two tabs: <link linkend="access-bell"
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><guilabel
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>Bell</guilabel
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></link
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> and <link linkend="access-kb"
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><guilabel
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>Keyboard</guilabel
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></link
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>. </para>
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<sect3 id="access-bell">
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<title
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><guilabel
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>Bell</guilabel
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></title>
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<para
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>This panel is divided into an <guilabel
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>Audible Bell</guilabel
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> section and a <guilabel
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>Visible Bell</guilabel
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> section. </para>
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<para
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>The top check box labelled <guilabel
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>Use System Bell</guilabel
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>, determines whether the normal System bell rings. If this option is disabled, the System bell will be silenced. </para>
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<para
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>The next check box down can be used to play a different sound whenever the system bell is triggered. To activate, place a mark in the check box labelled <guilabel
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>Use customised bell</guilabel
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>, and enter the complete pathname to the sound file in the text box labelled <guilabel
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>Sound to Play</guilabel
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>. If you want, you can select the <guibutton
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>Browse</guibutton
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> button to navigate through your filesystem to find the exact file. </para>
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<para
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>For those users who have difficulty hearing the System bell, or those users who have a silent computer, &kde; offers the <emphasis
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>visible bell</emphasis
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>. This provides a visual signal (inverting the screen or flashing a colour across it) when the system bell would normally sound. </para>
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<para
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>To use the visible bell, first place a mark in the check box labelled <guilabel
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>Use visible bell</guilabel
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>. </para>
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<para
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>You can then select between <guilabel
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>Invert screen</guilabel
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>, or <guilabel
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>Flash screen</guilabel
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>. If you select <guilabel
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>Invert screen</guilabel
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>, all colours on the screen will be reversed. If you choose <guilabel
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>Flash screen</guilabel
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>, you can choose the colour by clicking the button to the right of the <guilabel
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>Flash screen</guilabel
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> selection. </para>
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<para
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>The slider bar can be used to adjust the duration of the visible bell. The default value is 500ms, or half a second. </para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="access-kb">
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<title
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><guilabel
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>Keyboard</guilabel
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></title>
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<para
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>There are three sections to this panel.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Use Sticky Keys</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>If this option is enabled, the user can press and release the &Shift;, &Alt; or &Ctrl; keys, and then press another key to get a key combo (example: <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl; &Alt; <keycap
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>Del</keycap
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></keycombo
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> could be done with &Ctrl; then &Alt; then <keycap
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>Del</keycap
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>). </para>
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<para
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>Also in this section is a check box labelled <guilabel
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>Lock Sticky Keys</guilabel
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>. If this check box is enabled, the &Alt;, &Ctrl; and &Shift; keys stay <quote
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>selected</quote
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> until they are <quote
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>de-selected</quote
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> by the user. </para>
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<para
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>As an example: </para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>With <guilabel
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>Lock Sticky Keys</guilabel
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> disabled:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>The user presses the &Shift; key, then presses the <keycap
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>F</keycap
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> key. The computer translates this into <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Shift;<keycap
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>F</keycap
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></keycombo
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>. Now if the user types a <keycap
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>p</keycap
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>, the computer interprets this as the letter p (no shift). </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>With <guilabel
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>Lock Sticky Keys</guilabel
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> enabled:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>The user presses the &Shift; key, then presses the <keycap
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>F</keycap
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> key. The computer translates this into <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Shift;<keycap
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>F</keycap
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></keycombo
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>. Now if the user types a <keycap
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>p</keycap
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>, the computer interprets this as the letter P (<keycombo action="simul"
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>&Shift;<keycap
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>P</keycap
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></keycombo
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>). </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Slow keys</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>If this option is enabled, the user must hold the key down for a specified period of time (adjustable with the slider) before the keystroke will be accepted. This helps prevent accidental key strokes. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Bounce keys</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>If this option is enabled, the user must wait a specified delay (configurable with the slider) before the next key press can be accepted. This prevents accidental multiple key strokes. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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