How do I reset a MacBook Pro w/retina display to factory defaults?

We just got a MacBook Pro for my daughter and she used the migration assistant for bringning things to it.  If she wants to start over how do I reset the machine to it's factory defaults?

Boot into the Recovery Partition:
- Power on.
- When you hear the chime, hold down the Command and R keys simultaneously.
Run Disk Utility.
- Select the internal drive (upper left disk icon).
- Erase tab.
- Format: Mac OS Extended Journaled.
- Name: Macintosh HD.
- Erase…
Quit Disk Utility.
Run Reinstall Install OS X and follow the directions.

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