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  <articleinfo>
    <abstract role="description">
      <para>
        The GNOME Control Center provides a central place for the user to setup their GNOME experience. It can let you configure anything from the behavior of your window borders to the default font type.
      </para>
    </abstract>
    <title>Control Center</title>
    <authorgroup>
      <author>
	<firstname>Kevin</firstname><surname>Breit</surname>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>
    <copyright>
      <year>2001, 2002</year>
      <holder>Ximian, Inc.</holder>
    </copyright>

    <publisher role="maintainer">
      <publishername>GNOME Documentation Project</publishername>
    </publisher>
    
    <revhistory>
      <revision> 
        <revnumber>2.14</revnumber> 
        <date>2006-03</date> 
      </revision> 
    </revhistory>

    <legalnotice id="legalnotice">
      <para>
	Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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            GNU Free Documentation License
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        </ulink>, Version 1.1 or any later version
        published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections,
        no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
        can be found <ulink type="help" url="gnome-help:fdl">here</ulink>.
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      <para>
        Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their products and
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    </legalnotice>

    <releaseinfo>
      This manual describes version &VERSION; of the GNOME Control Center.
    </releaseinfo>
  </articleinfo>
  
  <sect1 id="intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>
    <para>
      The <application>GNOME Control Center</application> provides a single window from which to launch all preference tools. 
    </para>
    <para>
      To launch the <application>GNOME Control Center</application>,
      type <command>gnome-control-center</command> in a terminal window. 
    </para>
    <para>For help on using preference tools, see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:user-guide?prefs">User Guide</ulink>.</para>
  </sect1>
  
  <sect1 id="gnomecc-interface">
    <title>Usage</title>
    <para>
      The <application>GNOME Control Center</application> shows icons for all preference tools installed on your system in a window. Select a preference tool to see its description in the status bar.</para>
    <para>
      To open a preference tool, double-click on its icon.
    </para>
  </sect1>
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