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      id="mate-terminology">
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    <revision pkgversion="0.0.1" version="0.0.2" date="2014-12-08" status="draft"/>

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    <desc>An overview of terms used to describe different parts of the desktop.</desc>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Mate Documentation Team</name>
      <years>2014</years>
    </credit>

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  </info>

<title>Panels, Workspaces and more...defined</title>

<!-- ALPHABETICAL Please, like a glossary. -->

<terms>

 <item>
  <title>Alt-Tab window switcher</title>
  <p>When you hold down the <key>Alt</key> key and then press <key>Tab</key>, a <em>window switcher</em> appears. This shows a list of the windows you have open, with a preview and the name of the currently-selected window.</p>
 </item>

 <item>
  <title>Control Center</title>
  <p>The <gui>Control Center</gui> is where you can change preferences and configuration details, similar to the Control Panel in Windows or the System Preferences in Mac OS. Click <gui>System</gui> on the top panel then the <gui>Control Center</gui> icon to access them. If you'd like you can access individual ones by taking the <gui>Preferences</gui> portion of the same <gui>System</gui> menu</p>
 </item>

  <item>
  <title>Notifications</title>
  <p><em>Notifications</em> are messages that pop up on the top panel near the clock, telling you that something just happened. For example, when someone chatting with you sends a message, a message will pop up to tell you. If you don't want to deal with a message right now, it hides to your messaging tray. Move your mouse to the bottom-right corner to see your messaging tray.</p>
 </item>

 <item>
  <title>Top bar</title>
  <p>The <em>top bar</em> is the bar that runs along the very top of the screen. The <gui>Activities</gui> button is on one end of the top bar and your user name is on the other.</p>
 </item>

 <item>
  <title>Workspace</title>
  <p>You can put windows on different <em>workspaces</em>. They are a convenient way of grouping and separating windows. They are located on the right side of the bottom panel and can be labeled if you like</p>
 </item>

 <item>
  <title>Workspace Switcher</title>
  <p>The <em>workspace switcher</em> is the list of workspaces that is shown on the right-hand side of the <gui>Windows</gui> view in the activities overview.</p>
 </item>

</terms>

</page>
