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<p id="pa01" num="0001">An architectural opening covering includes: a first rail having an elongate extent, wherein, with the elongate extent of the first rail extending in a longitudinal direction, the first rail is configured to translate laterally in opposite first and second lateral directions substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a second rail having an elongate extent, wherein, with the elongate extent of the second rail extending in the longitudinal direction, the second rail is configured to translate laterally in the opposite first and second lateral directions; a shade material extending in the first lateral direction between the first and second rails; and a motor drive configured to translate only the first rail of the first and second rails selectively in the first and second lateral directions; wherein the second rail is configured to be translated in the first and second lateral directions manually by a user; and wherein the motor drive and the first rail are together configured to translate the second rail in the first lateral direction by the first rail pushing the second rail in the first lateral direction.
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