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 \hfill{\Huge \fontfamily{\sfdefault}\selectfont User Manual \\
 \raggedleft \huge \fontfamily{\sfdefault}\selectfont Version
 % keep the following line as is so that we can replace this using a script:
-1.4.0-pre %VERSION-INFO%
+1.5.0-pre %VERSION-INFO%
 \\\large(generated \today)\\}
 
 %AUTHOR(S) & WEBSITE%