{"id":6063,"date":"2022-09-27T16:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lib.pacuniversity.ac.ke\/?page_id=6063"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:11:20","slug":"user-guides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lib.pacuniversity.ac.ke\/index.php\/user-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"User Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6063\" class=\"elementor elementor-6063\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b40910c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"b40910c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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