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<Chapter Id="quick-start">
<Title>The Desktop at a Glance</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>overview of desktop</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>desktop overview</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>File Manager</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Style Manager</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Front Panel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>desktop</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Para>&newline;To help you organize and manage your work, the desktop provides windows,
workspaces, controls, menus, and the Front Panel.</Para>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.1">
<Para><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Windows</GlossTerm> contain software applications and are
framed with controls so you can move them, size them, or place them in
additional workspaces.
<!-- See <xref survival-skills> and <xref ManagingWindowsSI>. --></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.2">
<Para><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Workspaces</GlossTerm> are the screen areas where you place the
windows needed for your work, arrange them, and put them away when you're done.
<!-- See <xref UsingWorkspacesSI>. --></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.3">
<Para><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Controls</GlossTerm> enable you to manipulate objects, select
choices, or type information.
<!-- See <xref SettingUpOrganizingWorkspacesSI>. --></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.4">
<Para><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Menus</GlossTerm> provide access to commands you use to manage
windows and operate applications.
<!-- See <xref UsingMenusSI>. --></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.5">
<Para>The <GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Front Panel</GlossTerm> is a collection of frequently used
controls, available in every workspace.
<!-- See <link hyperlink="FPanel _hometopic" JumpNewView>the Front Panel help
volume<\link>. --></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>Here are some of the windows, icons and objects you'll encounter as
you use the desktop:</Para>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="q-mini-icons"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Window icons</GlossTerm>&newline;&newline;When you <Symbol Role="Variable">minimize</Symbol> a window, it becomes an icon on the
workspace. Shown here are the window icons for File Manager, Style Manager,
and Text Editor.&newline;&newline;To minimize a window, click the minimize button near the upper right
corner of the window frame.&newline;&empty;<InlineGraphic Entityref="VI-ZoomedViewOfMinimizeButton" Id="HIMGR.QST.grph.1"></InlineGraphic>&sigspace; Minimize button
&newline;To restore the window, <GlossTerm>double-click</GlossTerm> mouse button 1 on
the icon.&newline;&newline;&empty;
<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Style Manager</GlossTerm>
</Para>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="q-mini-stylemanager"></InlineGraphic>&newline;&empty;</Para>
<Para>Use Style Manager to easily customize many elements of the desktop including:
</Para>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.6">
<Para>Colors
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.7">
<Para>Workspace backdrops
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.8">
<Para>Font size
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.9">
<Para>Keyboard, mouse, and window behavior
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="VI-StyleManagerFrontPanelControl"></InlineGraphic>To start Style
Manager, click its Front Panel control.</Para>
<Para>&empty;&newline;</Para>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="q-mini-desktop-icons"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Workspace objects</GlossTerm>&newline;&newline;You can place the files, folders, and <GlossTerm Role="baseform=action">actions</GlossTerm> you use
frequently on the workspace backdrop as icons.&newline;&newline;To place an object on the workspace, <GlossTerm>drag</GlossTerm> its icon from a
File Manager or Application Manager window and drop it directly on the
workspace backdrop.&newline;&newline;A workspace object is a <Emphasis>reference</Emphasis> to the actual object,
not a copy.&newline;&newline;&empty;
</Para>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="q-mini-filemanager"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">File Manager</GlossTerm>&newline;&newline;File Manager displays the files, folders, and programs on your system as
icons. Working with File Manager icons saves you from having to learn complex
commands.&newline;</Para>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="VI-FileManagerFrontPanelControl"></InlineGraphic>&newline;To open a
File Manager view of your home folder, click the File Manager control
in the Front Panel.&newline;&empty;&newline;&newline;<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Application Manager</GlossTerm>
</Para>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="q-mini-AppMgr"></InlineGraphic>&newline;&empty;</Para>
<Para>Application Manager provides easy access to the applications and
actions you use in your everyday work.&newline;&newline;You can place the applications and actions you use frequently on
the workspace backdrop.&newline;</Para>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="VI-AppMgrIcon"></InlineGraphic>To open Application Manager,
click its Front Panel control.&newline;&empty;&newline;&newline;<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Front Panel</GlossTerm>
</Para>
<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="q-mini-frontpanel"></InlineGraphic>&newline;&empty;</Para>
<Para>The Front Panel provides controls, applications, and indicators you use in
your everyday work. The Front Panel also provides the <Emphasis>workspace
switch</Emphasis> for selecting a workspace.&newline;&empty;&newline;</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>More about the desktop ...</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.10">
<Para><XRef Linkend="survival-skills"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.11">
<Para><XRef Linkend="survival-skills-mouse"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.12">
<Para><XRef Linkend="survival-skills-keyboard"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.13">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ManagingWindowsSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.14">
<Para><XRef Linkend="UsingWorkspacesSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.15">
<Para><XRef Linkend="SettingUpOrganizingWorkspacesSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.16">
<Para><XRef Linkend="UsingMenusSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.17">
<Para><XRef Linkend="getting-help"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.18">
<Para><XRef Linkend="LogOutLockScreenTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.19">
<Para><XRef Linkend="DesktopKeyboardNav">
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HIMGR.QST.item.20">
<Para><OLink Type="JumpNewView" LocalInfo="Loginmgr SDL-RESERVED-hometopic">Login
Manager Help</OLink>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Chapter>
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