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36<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3143272"><bookmark_value>support on the Web</bookmark_value>
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38         <bookmark_value>forums and support</bookmark_value>
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43         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9173253" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Many questions and answers are the same for %PRODUCTNAME software and for the commercial office software.</paragraph>
44         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150667" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="8">You can find support on the %PRODUCTNAME website at <link href="https://support.openoffice.org">support.openoffice.org</link>.</paragraph>
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46         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154230" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="3">For a summary of the current support services refer to the <emph>Readme</emph> file in the <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> folder.</paragraph>
47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id26327" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Local language support pages</paragraph>
48         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1318380" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">The %PRODUCTNAME localization projects offer support pages in local languages. Find an overview of the native language projects at <link href="https://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html">projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html</link>. You can find help and support in English language on the %PRODUCTNAME website at <link href="https://support.openoffice.org">support.openoffice.org</link>.</paragraph>
49         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id2611386" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Mailing lists</paragraph>
50         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166335" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Ask about %PRODUCTNAME, find help by volunteers, and discuss topics on the public mailing lists. You can find many general and specialized mailing lists on the %PRODUCTNAME website at <link href="https://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html">www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html</link>.</paragraph>
51         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id0915200811081722" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Forum</paragraph>
52         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0915200811081778" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can access web forums to ask and answer questions about %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph>
53         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id0804200803314150" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Security</paragraph>
54         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0804200803314235" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In case you are concerned about any security issue with using this software, please refer to the <link href="https://www.openoffice.org/security/index.html">%PRODUCTNAME Security</link> page on our website.</paragraph>
55         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3168534" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Downloads</paragraph>
56         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3028143" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">You can download the latest version of %PRODUCTNAME at <link href="https://download.openoffice.org/">download.openoffice.org</link>.</paragraph>
57         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id2602967" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Documentation</paragraph>
58         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3497211" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can download documentation as PDF files, how-tos, and guides from the %PRODUCTNAME website at <link href="https://documentation.openoffice.org">documentation.openoffice.org</link>.</paragraph>
59         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id0120200910361765" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Participate and give back</paragraph>
60         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0120200910361848" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">If you want to take an active role in the worldwide %PRODUCTNAME community, you are very welcome to give feedback, discuss features, propose enhancements, write your own article in an FAQ, how-to, manual, create a video tutorial, etc.</paragraph>
61         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0120200910361874" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Visit the <link href="https://documentation.openoffice.org/">documentation web site</link> or the <link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation">Wiki starting page</link> and follow the links for contributors.</paragraph>
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