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Tux Paint 0.9.29 Quickstart Guide
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Tools (Drawing)
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🖌Paint
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* Choose a brush on the right.
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* Some brushes are animated 🎞, some are directional ✲, some are both.
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* Change brush spacing with the bars 📶 at the bottom right.
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* Choose a color (see "Colors").
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* Click/tap and drag in the canvas to paint.
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⌧Stamps
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* Change categories with the arrow buttons ⇦⇨ near the bottom right.
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* Choose a stamp on the right.
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* Some stamps may be mirrored 🪞, and/or flipped ↕, using controls near
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the bottom right.
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* Some stamps allow you to choose their color (see "Colors").
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* Change stamp size with the bars 📶 at the bottom right.
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* Rotation ⟳ may be enabled, if desired.
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* Click/tap in the canvas to place a stamp.
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* If rotation is enabled, drag to rotate it, and click/tap again to
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add it to the drawing.
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* Some stamps play sound effects; press the speaker 🕪 button to hear it
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again.
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* Some stamps play descriptive sounds; press the headphones 🎧 button to
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hear it again.
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⚟Lines
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* (See Paint)
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* Click/tap and drag to draw a line.
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⭓Shapes
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* Choose a shape on the right.
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* Select whether you want to extend the shape from the center ⧈, or a
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corner ◰, using controls at the bottom right.
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* Click/tap to position, and drag to set the size of the shape.
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* Drag to rotate it, and click/tap again to add it to the drawing.
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🄰Text
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* Choose a font on the right.
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* Select whether you want the text bold 𝗔 and/or italic 𝘈, using
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controls near the bottom right.
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* Change text size using the up 🡁 and down 🡃 arrow buttons at the bottom
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right.
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* Choose a color (see "Colors").
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* Click/tap the canvas to position an insertion cursor.
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* Enter text via your keyboard or the on-screen keyboard.
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* Click/tap the canvas again if you wish to reposition the text.
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* Press [Enter]/[Return] or click/tap ⮨ to add the text to the drawing
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and begin entering more text one line down.
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* Or, press [Tab] or click/tap or ⟷ to add the text to the drawing and
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continue entering more text immediately to the right.
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* Using the on-screen keyboard:
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* "Cmp" can be used to compose characters, e.g. Cmp ' a results in
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á.
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* "AltGr" can be used to quickly access more characters.
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* Left/Right arrows switches keyboard layouts (e.g., "QWERTY" vs.
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"ABC")
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🅰Label
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* (See Text)
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* Labels float 'above' the drawing; you cannot paint or stamp over them,
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apply Magic effects, etc.
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* Labels may be edited, repositioned, and styled after they've been
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added to the drawing.
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* Click/tap the ☝ button near the lower right to choose a label.
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Click/tap the label you wish to modify, then click/tap somewhere else
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in the canvas to reposition, or change the font/style, change color,
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and/or type to edit the text.
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* Or, use the 🖑 button near the lower right to "flatten" a label,
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applying it to the canvas; it may no longer be edited with the Label
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tool.
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🪣Fill
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* Choose a fill mode on the right.
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* Choose a color (see "Colors").
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* Click/tap (and drag, with Brush and Linear modes) to fill an area of
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the picture with a color.
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* Solid - Flood-fills an area with a solid color
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* Brush - Paints with a solid color, without drawing outside the
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chosen area
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* Linear - Fills the area with a linear gradient (drag to choose
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angle and gradient)
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* Radial - Fills the area with a radial gradient, centered where
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you clicked/tapped
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* Shaped - Fills the area with a gradient that follows the contours
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of the area being filled
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🪄Magic
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* Choose a magic tool on the right.
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* Change categories with the arrow buttons ⇦⇨ near the bottom right.
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* Some magic tools draw or apply effects via click/tap and drag 〰🪄, some
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affect the entire drawing 🖻🪄, and some offer both options; use the
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controls at the bottom right.
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* Some magic tools offer various sizes; change it with the bars 📶 at the
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bottom right.
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* Some magic tools allow you to choose their color.
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🖓Undo
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* Use to undo the most recent changes (multiple undo available).
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* Shortcut: [Ctrl]+[Z]
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🖒Redo
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* Use to redo the most recent undone change (multiple redo available).
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* Shortcut: [Ctrl]+[R]
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◪Eraser
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* Choose the size and shape of the eraser on the right.
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* Click/tap and drag to erase parts of the picture (solid color, or
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starter or template image).
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* Shortcut: [X] and click/tap in the drawing (not always available)
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Tools (Controls)
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🗏New
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* Choose a solid color, starter, or template image to start with.
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* Starters allow drawing "under" a picture (e.g., a coloring book
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outline), sometimes with a background layer, too.
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* Templates are pictures to start with (background only).
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* Eraser tool ◪ reveals the solid color, or starter/template
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background.
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* Click/tap "🕮⮫Open" to begin a new drawing.
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* Click/tap "⤺Back" to abort and return to your current drawing.
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* Shortcut: [Ctrl]+[N]
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🕮⮫Open
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* Choose a previously-saved drawing to open (or export or erase).
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* Click/tap "🕮⮫Open" to open the saved drawing and continue editing it.
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* Click/tap "🗏⮫Export" to save the drawing to your system's "Pictures"
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folder.
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* Click/tap "🗑Erase" to move the drawing to your system's Trash/Recycle
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Bin.
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* Click/tap "⤺Back" to abort and return to your current drawing.
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* Click/tap "📽Slides" to switch to slideshow mode:
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* Click/tap two or more of your previously-saved drawings, in the
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order you want them shown. Numbers will appear on them.
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* Choose the playback speed using the bars 📶 near the lower left.
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* Click/tap "⯈Play" to watch the slideshow/animation.
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* Or, click/tap "🎞GIF Export" to save an animated GIF of the
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animation to your system's "Pictures" folder.
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* Click/tap "⤺Back" to return to the Open dialog.
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* Shortcut: [Ctrl]+[O]
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🕮⮪Save
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* Click/tap to save your drawing.
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* If you've saved previously, you'll be prompted whether to overwrite
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the previously-saved drawing (a la "File→Save") or create a new saved
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drawing (a la "File→Save As...")
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* Shortcut: [Ctrl]+[S]
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🖶Print
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* Click/tap to print your drawing.
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* Hold [Alt] or [Option] while clicking/tapping to bring up printer
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dialog, if available.
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* Shortcut: [Ctrl]+[P]
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🗙Quit
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* Click/tap to quit Tux Paint.
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* Shortcut: [Esc]
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Colors
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* Click/tap to choose a color to use with the Paint, Lines, and Shapes
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tools, and Stamps and Magic tools that support colors.
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* Use the pipette / color picker 💉 button to choose a color from a pixel
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in your current drawing.
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* Shortcut: When colors are available, press [Ctrl] and click/tap
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in your drawing, to quickly pick a color from your drawing.
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* Click/tap the rainbow 🌈 button to choose a arbitrary color.
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* Click/tap in the rainbow square to pick a color (hue and
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saturation).
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* Click/tap in the grey gradient bar to adjust brightness (value).
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* Click/tap the green checkbox ✓ to accept.
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* Click/tap "⤺Back" to abort and dismiss the palette.
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* You may grab the currently-chosen built-in color (if any), the
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color in the pipette / color picker, or the color in the color
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mixer, by clicking one of the colored arrow ⇫ buttons.
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* Click/tap the paint palette 🎨 button to create a color by mixing
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primary colors: red, yellow, and blue, and white (tint), grey (tone),
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and black (shade).
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* Click/tap the green checkbox ✓ to accept.
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* Color mixing offers its own 🖓Undo and 🖒Redo options.
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* Click/tap "🗑Clear" to start over with no mixed colors.
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* Click/tap "⤺Back" to abort and dismiss the color mixer.
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Shortcuts while drawing:
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* [Ctrl]+Click/tap - Quick pipette / color picker 💉 access
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* [X]+Click/tap - Quick eraser ◪ access
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* [Ctrl]+[Z] - 🖓Undo
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* [Ctrl]+[R] - 🖒Redo
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* [Ctrl]+[N] - 🗏New
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* [Ctrl]+[O] - 🕮⮫Open
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* [Ctrl]+[S] - 🕮⮪Save
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* [Ctrl]+[P] - 🖶Print
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* [Alt]+[S] - Toggle sound effects on/off
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* [Esc] - ⤺Back or 🗙Quit
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Last updated: 9. maí 2023
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