Browsing English (Australia) translation

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\marginnote[-2\baselineskip]{Most of the applications in the \menu{System \then Administration} menu will prompt you to enter your user password when you launch them. Some applications will require you to click a button to unlock it. Press this button, and enter your password. After entering your password you gain increased privileges. This is a security feature to make sure that only authorized people are allowed to change system settings. To learn more about security in Ubuntu, see \chaplink{ch:advanced-topics}.} The \menu{Administration} sub-menu contains applications you can use to monitor computer performance, change disk partitions, activate third-party drivers, manage all installed printers, and manage how your computer receives updates from Ubuntu. This sub-menu also has the \application{Synaptic Package Manager} for locating and downloading software packages. This is a more technical alternative to \application{Ubuntu Software Center} and should be used by power users.

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Browsing files on your computer

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There are two ways to locate files on your computer. You can use the \application{Search for Files} tool in the \menu{Applications} \then {Accessories}. You can also use the \menu{Places} menu on the top panel. See the section below about the \seclink{sec:nautilus} for more details.

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Places

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The \menu{Places} menu holds a list of commonly used folders (such as \menu{Documents}, \menu{Music}, \menu{Downloads}, and the \menu{Home Folder}). You can also browse the disks on your computer by clicking \menu{Computer} in this menu. If you set up a home network, you will find a menu item to access shared files/folders. You can also access the \application{Search for Files} tool from the \menu{Places} menu, as well as browse a list of recently opened documents.

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Your home folder

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The home folder is where each user's personal files are located. When you installed Ubuntu, you entered a name to set up your user account. That same name is assigned to your home folder. When you open your personal folder, you will see that there are several folders inside: Desktop (which contains any files that are visible on the desktop), Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Public, Templates, and Videos.

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\marginnote{You should open the example content to see how different types of files are displayed in Ubuntu.} You will also see a link named Examples. Double-click on that link to open a folder containing example documents, spreadsheets, and multimedia files. You will not be able to edit them. If you want to edit them move them to you home folder.

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Nautilus file browser

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Just as Windows has \application{Windows Explorer} and Mac \acronym{OS X} has \application{Finder} to browse files and folders, Ubuntu uses the \application{Nautilus} file browser by default. We will now look at the features offered in \application{Nautilus}.