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+<p style="margin:0em 1em 2em 1em;">These pages contain the documentation for all ROOT classes, and the conceptual structure of the ROOT classes, its modules.
+The documentation can be accessed by browsing the modules below,
+by accessing a certain class directly using the <a href="ClassIndex.html">Class Index</a>,
+or by simply searching the reference guide (see search field above).
+The <a href="tutorials">ROOT Tutorials</a> show how to use many of ROOT's classes.
+</p>