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Fix version in Getting Started documentation #1087

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Fix version in Getting Started documentation
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Fix Getting Started in older versions too
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Expand Up @@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ For information around how to set up React Native, see the [React Native Getting

Call the following from the place where you want your project directory to live:

<!-- Note, make sure both `@react-native-community/cli@ABC` and `--version "XYZ"` are pointing to the correct NPM tags in the command below. -->
<!-- Note, make sure both `@react-native-community/cli@ABC` and `--version XYZ` are pointing to the correct NPM tags in the command below. -->

<!-- 1. For the next version (i.e. in docs/getting-started.md) use "next" for the CLI and "nightly" for the RN version -->
<!-- 2. For stable versions in versioned_docs use "latest" for the CLI and the semantic version, i.e. "^0.73.0" for the RN version -->
<!-- 1. For the next version (i.e. in docs/getting-started.md) use `next` for the CLI and `nightly` for the RN version -->
<!-- 2. For stable versions in versioned_docs use `latest` for the CLI and the semantic version, i.e. `^0.73.0` for the RN version -->

<!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-community/cli?activeTab=versions for the CLI version tags. -->
<!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->

```bat
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@next init <projectName> --version "nightly"
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@next init <projectName> --version nightly
```

### Navigate into this newly created directory
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### Add React Native Windows to your project's dependencies

<!-- Note, make sure "version" is pointing to the correct react-native-windows NPM tag in the command below. -->
<!-- Note, make sure `version` is pointing to the correct react-native-windows NPM tag in the command below. -->

<!-- 1. For the next version (i.e. in docs/getting-started.md) use "canary" -->
<!-- 2. For other versions in versioned_docs use the version in the format "^0.XY.0" -->
<!-- 1. For the next version (i.e. in docs/getting-started.md) use `canary` -->
<!-- 2. For other versions in versioned_docs use the version in the format `^0.XY.0` -->

Next you'll want to add `react-native-windows` as a dependency:

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