Where Do I Start? Newcomer Pamphlet Is Now Mobile Friendly in 48 Languages! Find it at OA.org/start

OA wants to put a copy of Where Do I Start? Everything a Newcomer Needs to Know in the hands of every newcomer who joins an OA meeting. We are pleased to announce a new, mobile-friendly and translatable format available in 48 languages and a simple URL to remember: staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org/start.

The new format automatically opens in the user’s preferred language based on their browser setting. Expanding and collapsing “accordions” allows user to open and close each section of the pamphlet for easier reading on mobile devices.

A “Print friendly format” link expands all the accordions and generates a clean paper-based format in any available language for printing or saving as a PDF. For non-English users, translation permissions and instructions are included.

Professionally printed copies and e-book versions in English and Portuguese are available at bookstore.staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org

Where Do I Start? is already our most downloaded document on staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org. We encourage you to paste staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org/start in your virtual meeting chats and announce it at your meetings to continue carrying the message to our newcomers!

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To obtain OA-approved literature in your language, contact your service body or see the Digital Files in Translation list and Guidelines for Translation of OA literature.

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