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<h1>Important notes for Apache OpenOffice</h1>
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Please read the notes before downloading and using any Apache OpenOffice build.
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<h3>Links to other download websites</h3>
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Some of the links may refer to the native language download pages. These pages are maintained by the
<a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/native-lang.html" title="Ask for more Apache OpenOffice languages">
native language community</a>.
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<h3>Installation instructions</h3>
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<a href="common/instructions.html" title="Installation instructions">Installation instructions</a>
will help you with the first steps. Or see the
<a href="http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/" title="Installation Guide">Installation Guide</a>
and the
<a href="../documentation/index.html" title="Setup Guides">Setup Guides</a> are also available.
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<h3>How to report problems?</h3>
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Users of any build are encouraged to join the Apache OpenOffice project and report any
<a href="../qa/issue_handling/project_issues.html" title="Report any errors, improvements or feature requests">errors, improvements or feature requests</a>.
Especially the
<a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/qa.html" title="Quality Assurance team">Quality Assurance team</a>)
needs help with the the review and investigation of unconfirmed issues.
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<h3>MD5 checksums</h3>
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MD5 checksums are used to verify that a locally downloaded file is exactly the same than on the server.
It's a hash value that represents the integrity of data. Please read more
<a href="checksums.html" title="Read in Wiki what Release Candidate means.">how to use it</a>.
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