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<preface id="user-preface" role="frontmatter">

  <title>Preface</title>

  <para>
    The <citetitle>&product-name; User Manual</citetitle> provides an
    introduction to using &product-name;. The manual provides
    information on how to install &product-name; and use it to create
    and configure virtual machines.
  </para>

  <simplesect id="user-preface-audience">

    <title>Audience</title>

    <para>
      This document is intended for both new and existing users of
      &product-name;. It is assumed that readers are familiar with Web
      technologies and have a general understanding of Windows and UNIX
      platforms.
    </para>

  </simplesect>

  <simplesect id="user-preface-reldocs">

    <title>Related Documents</title>

    <para>
      The documentation for this product is available at:
    </para>

    <para>
      <ulink url="&ohc-doc-page;" />
    </para>

  </simplesect>

  <simplesect id="user-preface-convs">

    <title>Conventions</title>

    <para>
      The following text conventions are used in this document:
    </para>

    <itemizedlist>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <emphasis role="bold">boldface</emphasis>: Boldface type
          indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an
          action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <emphasis>italic</emphasis>: Italic type indicates book
          titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you
          supply particular values.
        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          <literal>monospace</literal>: Monospace type indicates
          commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that
          appears on the screen, or text that you enter.
        </para>
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</preface>