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❖Creating a personalized view of the Sybase web site (including support
pages)
Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase web pages.1 Point your web browser to Technical Documents at
http://www.sybase.com/support/techdocs/.
2 Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.Conventions The formatting conventions used in this manual are:
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