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+<h1>Opening the Quantum DB Perspective</h1>
+<p>Typically, the first thing you do with the Quantum plug-in is to open the Quantum DB Perspective.
+Go to <code>Window -> Open Perspective -> Other...</code> to get the "Select Perspective"
+dialog.</p>
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+<img src="images/open_perspective.gif"/>
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+<p>Choose the "Quantum DB Perspective" option from the list:</p>
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+<img src="images/select_perspective_dialog.gif" />
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+<p>The Quantum DB Perspective looks like this:</p>
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+<img src="images/quantum_perspective.gif" />
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+<p>The first time you open the Quantum DB perspective, you won't see any bookmarks defined.
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