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      id="gedit-quickstart">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-open-files"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-close-file"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2011-03-25" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
  </info>

  <title>Get started with gedit</title>
  <p><app>gedit</app> is a full-featured text editor for the GNOME desktop environment.  You can use it to prepare simple notes and documents, or you can use some of its advanced features, making it your own software development environment.</p>

  <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gedit3-screenshot.png"/>

  <p>Once <app>gedit</app> launches, you can start writing right away. To save your text, just click <gui>Save</gui>.</p>  

  <p>To learn about additional <app>gedit</app> features and to get assistance with performing additional tasks, explore <link xref="index">the other portions</link> of the <app>gedit</app> help.</p>

</page>
