diff --git a/framework/uiconfig/startmodule/statusbar/statusbar.xml b/framework/uiconfig/startmodule/statusbar/statusbar.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE statusbar:statusbar PUBLIC "-//OpenOffice.org//DTD OfficeDocument 1.0//EN" "statusbar.dtd">
+<statusbar:statusbar xmlns:statusbar="http://openoffice.org/2001/statusbar" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+</statusbar:statusbar>
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