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@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ or neutron diffraction data and comes with built in graphical and structure
 visualization capabilities.
 
 PDFgui is a friendly interface to the PDFfit2 refinement engine, with many
-powerful extensions. To get started, please open the :ref:`manual`
-(:download:`pdf <pdfgui.pdf>`) from the help menu or follow the :ref:`tutorial`.
+powerful extensions. To get started, follow the :ref:`tutorial`.
 
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 Authors
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@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* No news needed.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>