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<title>Introduction</title> 

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<application>Screem</application> is a program for editing,uploading and managing websites. It is 
      included in the package <filename>Screem</filename>, which is a
      part of the GNOME desktop environment. This document describes
      version &version; of <application>Screem</application>
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    <para><application>Screem</application> can be started by
      selecting <guimenuitem>Screem</guimenuitem> from
      <guisubmenu>Developement</guisubmenu> submenu of the <guimenu>Main
	Menu</guimenu>, or by running the command
      <command>screem</command> on the command line.  
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Development of <application>Screem</application> began in April 1999 with the initial goal of being a simple to use HTML editor.
Since then it has continued to grow thanks to input from early and current users so that it provides a feature base unparalleled by its Free Software/Open Source competitors.  We hope that as a user you will help us improve <application>Screem</application> even further by providing feedback, both good and bad experiences/suggestions contribute equally well, and if you are a developer and wish to help by coding, or a translator/documenter then you contributions on those fronts will also be welcomed greatfully.
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As always the latest information about <application>Screem</application> can be obtained via <ulink url="http://www.screem.org" type="http">screem.org</ulink> or the mailing list.
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