Do not mention starting in normal mode

runtime/tutor

@@ -1388,11 +1388,10 @@ the left press Ctrl-w o to close all except this split.
 =                       CHAPTER 13.3 SPLIT CURRENT BUFFER       =
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-You can also, starting in normal mode, split the view of the
-current buffer: use Ctrl-w s (to split half way the current
-buffer horizontally and open a copy of it on the right too) and
-again use Ctrl-w v (to split half way vertically with the buffer
-opened on both splits).
+You can also split the view of the current buffer: use Ctrl-w
+s (to split half way the current buffer horizontally and open
+a copy of it on the right too) and again use Ctrl-w v (to split
+half way vertically with the buffer opened on both splits).
 
 Close extra splits with Ctrl-w o to come back to a single window.
 
@@ -1406,6 +1405,7 @@ Close extra splits with Ctrl-w o to come back to a single window.
 
 
 
+
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 =                       CHAPTER 13.4 USE COMMANDS TO SPLIT      =
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