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+title: $:/DefaultTiddlers
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+GettingStarted
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+title: GettingStarted
+
+Welcome to TiddlyWiki, the non-linear personal web notebook.
+
+To get started, first verify that you can save changes successfully - see http://five.tiddlywiki.com/ for detailed instructions.
+
+Then you can:
+
+* Create new tiddlers using the 'plus' button in the sidebar
+* Save changes using the 'download' button in the sidebar
+* Edit [[DefaultTiddlers|$:/DefaultTiddlers]] to determine which tiddlers appear when you open this wiki
+* Edit the SiteTitle and SiteSubtitle
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+a non-linear personal web notebook
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+title: SiteTitle
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+My ~TiddlyWiki
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