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A <firstterm>window</firstterm> is a rectangular area of the screen, usually with a border all around and a title bar at the top. You can think of a window as a screen within the screen. Each window displays an application, allowing you to to have more than one application visible, and work on more than one task at a time. You can also think of windows as pieces of paper on your desktop: they can overlap, or be side by side, for example.

If you found an inaccuracy or misprint in one of GNOME documents, or have any comments or suggestions about documentation, please let us know! The easiest way of doing so is by submitting a bug report as explained before and selecting <guilabel>Component: docs</guilabel> at appropriate steps (or <guilabel>general</guilabel> if there is no <guilabel>docs</guilabel> component). If your comment is about general GNOME documentation (such as <citetitle>GNOME Users Guide</citetitle>) rather than specific application manual, select <guilabel>Product: gnome-user-docs</guilabel>.

Enter the command that you want to run in the blank field, or choose from the list of known applications.

Use this menu to Open a New Window, view the About this Document page, Print the current document, or Close the window.

Use this menu to Copy, Select all, Find..., or to set your Preferences.

Use this menu to Add Bookmark(s), or Edit Bookmark(s).

This is the font to use when all text characters need to be of the same size. This font is usually used to indicate commands, program blocks, or other text that falls under these categories.

<placeholder-1/>Enter your desired bookmark title in to the <guilabel>Title</guilabel> text entry field. Then click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add the bookmark, or click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the request.

To open a document, such as an XML file, from the file manager, open the document in <application>Nautilus</application> File Manager, or drag the icon from <application>Nautilus</application> to the <application>Yelp</application> document pane or launcher.

For further information on <application>Yelp Help Browser</application>, please visit the Documentation Project homepage, <ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/Yelp">http://live.gnome.org/Yelp</ulink>, or subscribe to the mailing list, <ulink type="http" url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-devel-list">gnome-doc-devel-list@gnome.org</ulink>.

Your system distributor or vendor may have altered the login screen so that it no longer has a <guilabel>System</guilabel> icon. In this case, the option to shut down the computer may be found by clicking the <guilabel>Other</guilabel> icon, or by clicking a separate <guibutton>Shut Down</guibutton> button.

When you end a session, applications with unsaved work will warn you. You can choose to save your work, or cancel the command to log out or shut down.

Displays icons from other applications that may require your attention, or that you may want to access without switching from your current application window. For more on this, see <xref linkend="panels-notification-area"/>.

Some restrictions apply on where you can click on an applet in order to display the panel object popup menu, or to move the applet, as follows:

Either drag an object from the list to a panel, or select an object from the list and click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add it at the spot on the panel where you first right-clicked.

In certain situations, a launcher in a menu might not show an icon. For example, if it specifies no icon to display, or if the entire menu is set to show no icons.

For a location launcher, specify the location to be opened. Click <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> to select a location on your computer, or type a web address to launch a web page. For sample locations, see <xref linkend="launchers-properties-commands"/>

The desktop itself is behind all of the other components on the desktop. You can place objects on the desktop to access your files and directories quickly, or to start applications that you use often. See <xref linkend="overview-desktop"/> for more information.

When you insert a CD, a flash drive, or other removable media, or a device containing files such as a music player or a digital camera, an icon representing this device will appear on the desktop.

Dialog windows appear at the request of an application window. A dialog window may alert you to a problem, ask for confirmation of an action, or request input from you.

You can change the size and position of windows on the screen. This allows you to see more than one application and do different tasks at the same time. For example, you might want to read text on a web page while writing with a word processor, or to change to another application to do a different task or check its progress.

You can also choose Move from the Window Menu, or press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F7</keycap></keycombo>, and then either move the mouse or press the keyboard arrow keys to move the window.

You can also choose Resize from the Window Menu, or press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F8</keycap></keycombo>. The resize pointer appears. Move the mouse in the direction of the edge you want to resize, or press one of the keyboard arrows keys. The pointer changes to indicate the chosen edge. Now you can use the mouse or the arrow keys to move this edge of the window. Click the mouse or press <keycap>Return</keycap> to accept the change. Press <keycap>Escape</keycap> to cancel the resize action and return the window to its original size and shape.

You can also choose Minimize from the Window Menu, or press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F9</keycap></keycombo>.

You can also choose Maximize from the Window Menu, or press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F10</keycap></keycombo>, or double-click any part of the titlebar except the buttons at either end.

You can also choose Unmaximize from the Window Menu, press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo>, or double-click any part of the titlebar except the buttons at either end.

To work with an application, you need to give the <firstterm>focus</firstterm> to its window. When a window has focus, any actions such as mouse clicks, typing text, or keyboard shortcuts, are directed to the application in that window. Only one window can have focus at a time. The window that has focus will appear on top of other windows, so nothing covers any part of it. It may also have a different appearance from other windows, depending on your choice of <link linkend="prefs-theme"> theme</link>.

An <firstterm>application</firstterm> is a type of computer program that allows you to perform a particular task. You might use applications to create text documents such as letters or reports; to work with spreadsheets; to listen to your favorite music; to navigate the Internet; or to create, edit, or view images and videos. For each of these tasks, you would use a different application.

<ulink type="help" url="ghelp:gedit"><application>Gedit Text Editor</application></ulink> can read, create, or modify any kind of simple text without any formatting.

The work you do with an application is stored in <firstterm>files</firstterm>. These may be on your computer's hard drive, or on a removable device such as a USB flash drive. You <firstterm>open</firstterm> a file to examine it or work on it, and you <firstterm>save</firstterm> a file to store your work. When you are done working with a file, you <firstterm>close</firstterm> it.

Type a path from the current location, or an absolute path beginning with <filename>/</filename> or <filename>~/</filename>. The <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field has the following features to simplify the typing of a full filename:

You can open files in remote locations by choosing the location from the left panel, or by typing a path to a remote location into the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field.

To add the current location to the bookmarks list, press <guibutton>Add</guibutton>, or right-click a folder in the file list and choose <guimenuitem>Add to Bookmarks</guimenuitem>. You can add any folder that is listed in the current location by dragging it to the bookmarks list.

<application>Nautilus</application> is always running while you are using GNOME. To open a new <application>Nautilus</application> window, double-click on an appropriate icon on the desktop such as <guimenuitem>Home</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem>, or choose an item from <link linkend="places-menu"><guimenuitem>Places</guimenuitem> menu</link> on the top panel.

Spatial mode is the default in GNOME, but your distributor, vendor, or system administrator may have configured <application>Nautilus</application> to use browser mode by default.

To close the current folder while opening the new one, hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> when double-clicking, or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>down arrow</keycap></keycombo>.

To close the current folder while opening the parent, hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> while choosing from the parent folder selector, or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>up arrow</keycap></keycombo>.

The file browser's location bar can show either a location field, a button bar, or a search field. Each is useful in different situations.

To quickly switch to the text location bar while using the button bar, press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>L</keycap></keycombo>, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press <keycap>Leading Slash (/)</keycap> to type a path from the root directory. The location bar shows the location buttons again after you press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or cancel with <keycap>Escape</keycap>.

If you open an executable text file, that is, one that Nautilus considers can be run as a program, then you will be asked what you want to do: run it, or display it in a text editor. You can modify this behaviour in the <link linkend="nautilus-preferences">File Management preferences</link>.

To execute actions other than the default action for a file, select the file that you want to perform an action on. In the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu></menuchoice> menu you will either have "Open with" choices, or an <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem></menuchoice> submenu. Select the desired option from this list.

You may use the <guilabel>View</guilabel> menu, or the <guilabel>View as</guilabel> drop-down list to choose between icon or list view. You can specify how you want to arrange or sort items in the folder and modify the size of the items in the view pane. The following sections describe how to work with icon view and list view.