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How To template
Overview
Summarize what this How To article is about in a sentence or two. How To articles primarily include tasks, and answer the question "how do I do it?".
Keywords: Optional: add comma-separated keywords.
Before you start
Before you begin, make sure you meet these prerequisites:
Pre-requisite one
Pre-requisite two
Include other important information here, such as known issues or bugs.
Step-by-step guide
Step 1: Optional: Title for step - image or screenshot
Brief instructions explaining how to interpret the image.
Step 2: Optional: title for step - ordered list
Lead-in sentence for an ordered list:
Sub-step A
Sub-step B
Sub-step C
Step 3: Optional: title for step - code snippet
Lead-in sentence explaining the code snippet. For example:
Run the apt
command to install the Asciidoctor package and check the version.
$ sudo apt install asciidoctor
$ asciidoctor --version
Asciidoctor 1.5.6.2 [https://asciidoctor.org]
Step 4: Optional: title for step - Conclusion
Provide a summary of the steps completed and explain what the user has achieved by following them. You can also include links to related articles that may help the reader reinforce concepts discussed in this How To article.
See also
Include references and/or links to other related documentation, either internal to the project or external. After a leading sentence on why/how they are valuable to readers of the current topic, multiple related references can be displayed in a list:
One list for a small number of items, which can contain internal and external references, or;
Two lists, divided into internal and external and separated by another leading sentence, if there are a larger number of items.
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