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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE preface PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
+[
+  <!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
+  %all.entities;
+]>
+<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>
+      </listitem>
+
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+  </simplesect>
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="../common/oracle-accessibility-en.xml" />
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="../common/oracle-support-en.xml" />
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="../common/oracle-diversity.xml" />
+
+</preface>