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    <desc>Launch apps from the activities overview.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="3.6.0" version="0.2" date="2012-10-14" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Shobha Tyagi</name>
      <email>tyagishobha@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

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<title>Start applications</title>

<comment>
<cite>shaunm</cite>
<p>If an app is running, it's focused. You can create a new window by dragging
to the windows overview or onto a workspace thumbnail. (Also mention dragging
to overview in list item below, not just workspace thumbnail.) Right-click
icon to choose a window to focus or get new window. Mention middle-click?</p>
</comment>

  <p if:test="!platform:gnome-classic">Move your mouse pointer to the
  <gui>Activities</gui> corner at the top left of the screen to show the
  <gui>activities overview</gui>. This is where you can find all of your
  applications. You can also open the overview by pressing the
  <key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key> key.</p>
  
  <p if:test="platform:gnome-classic">You can start applications from the
  <link xref="shell-terminology"><gui>Applications</gui> menu</link> at the top
  left of the screen, or you can use the <gui>activities overview</gui> by
  pressing the <key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key> key.</p>

  <p>There are several ways of opening an application once you're in the
  <gui>activities overview</gui>:</p>

<list>

 <item>
  <p>Start typing the name of an application - searching begins instantly. (If
  this doesn't happen, click the search bar at the top of the screen and
  start typing.) Click the application's icon to start it.</p>
 </item>

 <item>
  <p>Some applications have icons in the <em>dash</em>, the vertical strip of
  icons on the left-hand side of the <gui>activities overview</gui>. Click one of
  these to start the corresponding application.</p>
  <p>If you have applications that you use very frequently, you can
  <link xref="shell-apps-favorites">add them to the dash</link> yourself.</p>
  </item>

 <item>
  <p>Click the grid button at the bottom of the dash. You will see the
  frequently used applications if the <gui style="button">Frequent</gui> view
  is enabled. If you want to run a new application, press the
  <gui style="button">All</gui> button at the bottom to view all the
  applications. Press on the application to start it.</p>
  </item>

 <item>
  <p>You can launch an application in a separate
  <link xref="shell-workspaces">workspace</link> by dragging its icon from the
  dash (or from the list of applications), and dropping it onto one of the
  workspaces on the right-hand side of the screen. The application will open in
  the chosen workspace.</p>
  <p>You can launch an application in a <em>new</em> workspace by middle-clicking
  its icon in the dash or in the application list.</p>
 </item>

</list>

<note style="tip">
 <title>Quickly running a command</title>
  <p>Another way of launching an application is to press
  <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, enter its <em>command name</em>,
  and then press the <key>Enter</key> key.</p>
  <p>For example, to launch <app>Rhythmbox</app>, press
  <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq> and type 'rhythmbox' (without the
  single-quotes). The name of the app is the command to launch the program.</p>
</note>

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