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= Main Help =
Welcome to the JOSM Help! 
The [wikitr:/Introduction Introduction] will guide you to your first successful edit. 
The [wikitr:/HowTo How Tos] deal with some use cases. 

== Interface ==#Interface
The **[wikitr:/Help/Menu Main menu]** offers under 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/File File], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Edit Edit], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/View View], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Mode Mode], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Tools Tools], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Selection Selection], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Presets Presets], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Imagery Imagery], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Windows Windows], 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Audio Audio] and 
[wikitr:/Help/Menu/Help Help] 
all actions possible in JOSM.
A search finds every [wikitr:/Help/Action/SearchMenuItems menu item].

On the **[wikitr:/Help/MapView Mapview]** all mouse clicks depend on the [wikitr:/Help/Menu/Mode#Workingmode Working mode] previously switched to.
New [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object objects] are created in ''Draw mode''.
In other modes objects are [wikitr:/Help/Action/Select selected] and edited.

* The **[wikitr:/Help/MainToolbar Main toolbar]** has buttons for actions and presets 
* The panels in the **[wikitr:/Help/ToggleDialogs Sidebar]** inform about the loaded data and the [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList#Selection Selection]
* The **[wikitr:/Help/StatusBar Status Bar]** shows the drawing position
* The Working mode is indicated in the **[wikitr:/Help/EditToolbar Edit toolbar]**. 
 Therefore the buttons in its upper part are important screen elements.

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||  **[wikitr:/Help/Menu Main menu]**[=#InterfaceMainMenu]  ||  **[wikitr:/Help/MapView Mapview]**  ||  **[wikitr:/Help/MainToolbar Main toolbar]**  ||
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||  **[wikitr:/Help/EditToolbar Edit toolbar]**  ||  **[wikitr:/Help/StatusBar Statusbar]**  ||  **[wikitr:/Help/ToggleDialogs Sidebar]**  ||
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All screen elements have their own [wikitr:/Help/Action/Help help context] in JOSM.
Other dialogs exist
for setting [wikitr:/Help/Action/Preferences Preferences], for managing [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/ChangesetManager Changesets], for resolving [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/Conflict Conflicts], for editing [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/RelationEditor Relations] and for browsing the [wikitr:/Help/Action/ObjectHistory History of an object]. 
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Only the non-modal dialogs and the preferences should be listed above
Please no additional icons. For example JOSMImage(dialogs/relationlist) may mean the Relation editor, but it is already shown twice in the screenshot for other elements. Offering a third meaning brings no benefit.
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== See also ==#SeeAlso
The power of JOSM lies in its flexibility, allowing every user to download, create and publish:
* [wikitr:/Presets Presets] to create a rich map with common object types,
* [wikitr:/Rules Rules] to tag according to guidelines,
* [wikitr:/Styles Styles] to paint maps to taste,
* [wikitr:/Plugins Plugins] to extend JOSM's functionality and 
* [wikitr:/Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts] of their choosing.

As a companion for [osmwiki:Main_Page OpenStreetMap] since 2005, [osmwiki:JOSM]'s growth rate has been fast. 
You are invited to help keep the wiki up to date, to translate it and to improve the [wikitr:/WikiStart#Contribute whole JOSM].

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Here is [wikitr:/Help Main help]