GNOME Desktop User Guide

GNOME Desktop User Guide
Table of Content

0. Copyright and Legal Notice

1. Basic Skills
      1.1. Mouse Skills
      1.2. Keyboard Skills

2. Desktop Overview
      2.1 Introduction
      2.2 The Desktop
      2.3 Windows
      2.4 Workspaces
      2.5 Applications

3. Desktop Sessions
      3.1 Starting a Session
      3.2 Locking Your Screen
      3.3 Managing the Session
      3.4 Ending a Session

4. Working With Panels
      4.1 Introduction
      4.2 Managing Panels
      4.3 Panel Objects
      4.4 Applets
      4.5 Launchers
      4.6 Buttons
      4.7 Menus
      4.8 Drawers
      4.9 Default Panel Objects

5. Panel Menubar
      5.1 Applications Menu
      5.2 Places Menu
      5.3 Desktop Menu
      5.4 Customizing the Panel Menubar

6. Nautilus File Manager
      6.1 Introduction
      6.2 Spatial Mode
      6.3 Browser Mode
      6.4 Opening Files
      6.5 Searching For Files
      6.6 Managing Your Files and Folders
      6.7 Item Properties
      6.8 Modifying the Appearance of Files and Folders
      6.9 Using Removable Media
      6.10 Writing CDs or DVDs
      6.11 Navigating Remote Servers
      6.12 Nautilus Preferences
      6.13 Extending Nautilus

7. Tools and Utilities
      7.1 Running Applications
      7.2 Taking Screenshots
      7.3 Yelp Help Browser

8. Configuring Your Desktop
      8.1 Assistive Technology Preferences
      8.2 CD Database Preferences
      8.3 Desktop Background Preferences
      8.4 File Management Preferences
      8.5 Font Preferences
      8.6 Login Photo Preferences
      8.7 Keyboard Accessibility Preferences
      8.8 Keyboard Preferences
      8.9 Keyboard Shortcuts Preferences
      8.10 Menus and Toolbars Preferences
      8.11 Mouse Preferences
      8.12 Multimedia Systems Selector
      8.13 Network Proxy Preferences
      8.14 Preferred Applications
      8.15 Remote Desktop Preferences
      8.16 Screen Resolution Preferences
      8.17 Screensaver Preferences
      8.18 Sessions Preferences
      8.19 Sound Preferences
      8.20 Theme Preferences
      8.21 Windows Preferences

9. Glossary

Appendix A. Joining the GNOME Project