Menu Panel
The Menu Panel stretches the full length
of the top edge of your screen. The Menu Panel includes textual rather than
graphical menus. Figure 4–1 shows the Menu Panel. Your
system administrator might have set your default Menu Panel according to your
local requirements, so you might see a slightly different Menu Panel.
Figure 4–1 Typical Menu Panel
The typical Menu Panel contains the following objects:
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Object
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Description
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Applications menu
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The Applications menu contains
the standard GNOME applications.
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Actions menu
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The Actions menu provides commands
that enable you to perform desktop tasks.
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Home folder launcher
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Click on this launcher to open your home folder in
a Nautilus file manager window.
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Terminal launcher
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Click on this launcher to start
the Terminal application. Terminal provides access to a UNIX command line.
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Volume Control applet
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Volume Control enables you to control the volume of the speaker
on your system.
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Clock applet
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Clock shows the current
time. Click on the time readout to display a menu of clock commands.
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Window
list icon
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The window
list is a list of all your open windows. To give focus to a window, click
on the icon at the extreme right of the Menu Panel, then choose the window.
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Unlike other types of panel, you can only have one Menu Panel at a time
on your desktop.
