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[Messaging indicator \textup{(\indicatoricon{messages})}] incorporates your social applications. From here, among others, you can access instant messenger and email clients.
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[Session indicator \textup{(\indicatoricon{session})}] is a link to the system settings, Ubuntu Help, and session options (like locking your computer, user/guest session, logging out of a session, restarting the computer, or shutting down completely).
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Every application has a menuing system where different actions can be executed in an application (like \menu{File}, \menu{Edit}, \menu{View}, etc.); the menuing system for an application is appropriately called the \menu{application menu}. By default in \application{Unity}, the application menu isn't on the title bar of the application as is commonly the case in other \acronym{GUI} environments. \marginnote{Note that some older applications may still display their menu within the application window.} Instead, it is located to the left area of the menu bar. To show an application's menu, just move your mouse to the desktop's menu bar (at the top of the screen). While your mouse is positioned here, the active application's menu options will appear in the desktop's menu bar, allowing you to use the application's menuing options. When clicking on the desktop, the desktop's menu bar reappears. This capability in \application{Unity} to display the application's menu only when needed is especially beneficial for netbook and laptop users with limited viewable screen space. Apple uses a similar approach in \acronym{OS~X} where all application menus appear on a bar at the top of the screen. It differs, however, in that the menus in Ubuntu appear only when the mouse is over the desktop's menu bar.
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Note that Unity now has locally integrated menus. Locally integrated menus are displayed in the title bar of unmaximized windows, instead of the top panel. As the default Unity menu, locally integrated menus are displayed on mouse over and there's no option to make the menus permanently visible. Locally integrated menus can be enabled via \menu{Session Indicator \then System Settings \then Appearance \then Behavior \then Show the menus for a window \then in the window's title bar}.
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The vertical bar of icons on the left side of the desktop is called the Launcher. The Launcher provides easy access to applications, mounted devices, and the \menu{Trash}. All running applications on your system will place an icon in the Launcher while the application is running. \marginscreenshot{02-Launcher.png}{ss:Launcher}{The Ubuntu Launcher on the left with a sample of applications on it.} To change the Launcher icon size, go to \menu{Session Indicator \then System Settings \then Appearance}, tab \tab{Look}.
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The first icon at the top of the Launcher is the Dash, a component of \application{Unity}. We will explore the Dash in a later section of this chapter. By default, other applications appear in the Launcher, including the \application{Files} file manager, \application{LibreOffice}, \application{Firefox}, any mounted devices, and the \lens{Trash}, which contains deleted folders and files, at the bottom of the Launcher.
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Holding the Super key, also known as the Windows key (Win key), located between the left \keystroke{Ctrl} key and \keystroke{Alt} key, will cause Ubuntu to superimpose a number onto the first ten applications in the Launcher and also display a screen full of useful shortcuts. You can launch an application with a number \textit{n} on it by typing \keystroke{Super+\textit{n}}.
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If you open more applications than can be shown in the Launcher, the Launcher will ``fold'' the application icons at the bottom of the Launcher. Simply move your mouse to the bottom of the Launcher, and you'll see the Launcher icons ``slide'' and the folded application icons unfold for easy access.
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Applications that are currently running will have one or more triangles on the left side of the icon indicating the number of application windows open for this application. Running applications also have a back-lit icon on the Launcher. \marginnote{Some also refer to an application in the foreground as being \emph{in focus}.}\marginscreenshot{02-Launcher-triangles.png}{ss:Launcher-items}{The triangles on each side of the Firefox icon indicate Firefox is in the foreground and only one window is associated with Firefox at this time.} The application in the foreground (\ie, the application that is on top of all other open application windows) is indicated by a single white triangle on the right side of its icon.
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\marginnote{For more information about the Dash and its lenses, see: \url{https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity}.} The Dash helps you quickly find applications and files on your computer. If you've used Windows in the past, you'll find the Dash to be similar to the Windows Start menu or the Start Screen in Windows 8. Apple \acronym{OS X} users will find the Dash similar to Launchpad in the dock. If you've used a previous version of Ubuntu or another \acronym{GNOME} Linux distribution, the Dash serves as a replacement for the various \acronym{GNOME}~2 menus. The Dash allows you to search for information, both locally (installed applications, recent files, bookmarks, etc.) as well as remotely (Twitter, Google Docs, etc.).
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