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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+    Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+
+    This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
+    available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+    as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the
+    License.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+-->
+<!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">
+
+  <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-ohc-en.xml" />
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="../common/oracle-legal-notices/oracle-support-en.xml" />
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="../common/oracle-legal-notices/oracle-diversity.xml" />
+
+</preface>