Introduction to Menus

You can access all desktop environment functions through menus. The Menu Panel contains menus, so you can use a combination of menus and panels to perform your tasks. You can perform various actions on your menus, such as copy menu items to panels.

You can access the following menus in your desktop environment:

• Applications menu: You can access many of your applications, commands, and configuration options from the Applications menu. You can also access the desktop environment preference tools from the Applications menu.

• Actions menu: You can access various commands that enable you to perform desktop environment tasks from the Actions menu. For example, you can start the Search Tool application, or log out of the desktop environment.

• GNOME Menu: You can also access the items in the Applications and Actions menus from the GNOME Menu. You can have many GNOME Menu buttons in your panels.

You can also right-click on the desktop to open the Desktop menu. The Desktop menu enables you to perform desktop-related tasks.

All of these menus provide you with multiple ways to perform your tasks, and enable you to work in the way that you prefer.