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 **Welcome!**\\
-Nice to see you here. This page can help you get started. The usual question that a person who has just logged-in to //Git Winch// for the first time would be: //Where do I start?//
+Nice to see you here. If you reached here after your first login, do not worry: The //Git Winch// application is still running behind this browser window. Click on the icon on the taskbar to return to it, when you finished reading here.
-No Worries! Go to the appropriate section below. If you are confused about the terminologies used here, they are explained at the end of this topic.
+This page can help you get started. The usual question that a person who has just logged-in to //Git Winch// for the first time would be: //Where do I start?//
+No Worries! If you are completely unfamiliar with //Git Winch// read the "Concepts" first (Link at the bottom)
+Else, go to the appropriate section below. If you are confused about the terminologies used here, they are explained at the end of this topic.
 **If you are the owner of an office (or a division of an office)**\\
-If you were the one who wants to delegate work to your staff, this is where you start. Firstly, you would need to get an //"orgname"// for you and those who work under you. Then you would need to create a repository. But before that you would need to create an account at either GitLab (preferred) or GitHub or Gitea.
+If you were the one who wants to delegate work to your staff, this is where you start. Firstly, you would need to get an //"org code"// for you and those who work under you. Then you would need to create a repository. But before that you would need to create an account at either GitLab (preferred) or GitHub or Gitea.
 You can add/remove members to the repositories that you create. You can also delegate someone else to act as a manager to any/all the repositories of your office.
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 **Terminologies**\\
-  * Git Host: A place where the office's Git repositories are centrally stored. We support 3: Gitlab.com (recommended), Github and Gitea
+  * **Git Host:** A place where the office's Git repositories are centrally stored. We support 3: Gitlab (recommended), Github and Gitea
-  * Git: An application that runs in your computer that interacts with the Git Host
+  * **Git:** An application that runs in your computer that interacts with the Git Host
-  * Repository: Kind of a folder -- but a lot more: It even stores various versions of the files in there.
+  * **Repository:** Kind of a folder -- but a lot more: It even stores various versions of the files in there.
-  * PAT: Personal Access Token. This is obtained by the owner when he/she takes an account at one of the Git Host
+  * **PAT:** Personal Access Token. This is obtained by the owner when he/she takes an account at one of the Git Host
-  * Encrypted PAT: An encrypted version of the PAT that the owner can safely give to a manager without the worry that the manager would get ALL access to the Git host.
+  * **Encrypted PAT:** An encrypted version of the PAT that the owner can safely give to a manager without the worry that the manager would get ALL access to the Git host.
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