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 <chapter id="gosdeskback-1">
-  <title>Using the Desktop Background</title>
-  <highlights>
-	 <para>By default, the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager
-		manages your desktop background. If you do not use <application>Nautilus
-		</application> to manage your desktop background, ignore this chapter. This
-		chapter describes how to use the <application>Nautilus</application> desktop
-		background.</para>
-  </highlights>
-  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-21">
-	 <title>Introduction to the Desktop Background</title>
-	 <indexterm>
-		<primary>desktop background</primary>
-		<secondary>introduction</secondary>
-	 </indexterm>
-	 <para>The desktop background lies behind all of the other components on
-		your visible desktop. The desktop background is an active component of the user
-		interface. You can perform the following tasks from your desktop background:
-		</para>
-	 <itemizedlist>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Start your applications, and open your files and folders. </para>
-		  <para>You can add desktop background objects for convenient access to
-			 files, folders, and applications that you use frequently. For example, you can
-			 create a symbolic link to a file that you use often, then add this link to your
-			 desktop background. You can also store files and folders on the desktop
-			 background. </para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Open the 
-			 <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu.</para>
-		  <para>Right-click on the desktop background to open the 
-			 <guimenu>Desktop Background </guimenu> menu. You can use the 
-			 <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu to perform actions on the
-			 desktop background.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Open the 
-			 <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu.</para>
-		  <para>Middle-click on the desktop background to open the 
-			 <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu. You can use the 
-			 <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu to navigate between windows and
-			 workspaces.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Work with 
-			 <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
-		  <para>You can move objects to 
-			 <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> and empty your 
-			 <guilabel> Trash</guilabel>.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Customize your desktop background.</para>
-		  <para>You can customize the pattern or color of the desktop
-			 background.</para>
-		</listitem>
-	 </itemizedlist>
-	 <para>By default, your desktop background contains two objects.
-		<xref linkend="gosdeskback-FIG-12"/> shows the desktop background with the
-		default objects.</para>
-	 <figure id="gosdeskback-FIG-12">
-		<title>Desktop Background with Default Objects</title>
-		<screenshot> 
-		  <mediaobject> 
-			 <imageobject>
-				<imagedata fileref="figures/naut_desktop.png" format="PNG"/> 
-			 </imageobject> 
-			 <textobject> 
-				<phrase>Screenshot of desktop background with default
-				  objects</phrase> 
-			 </textobject> 
-		  </mediaobject> 
-		</screenshot>
-	 </figure>
-	 <para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-TBL-84"/> describes the functions of the
-		default objects on the desktop background.</para>
-	 <table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-TBL-84">
-	 <title>Functions of Default Desktop Background Objects</title>
-	 <tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
-		colname="COLSPEC2" colwidth="35.94*"/>
-		<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="35.94*"/><colspec
-		colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="64.06*"/>
-		<thead>
-		  <row rowsep="1">
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
-				<para>Object</para></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para> Component</para></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para>Function </para></entry>
-		  </row>
-		</thead>
-		<tbody>
-		  <row>
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
-				<screenshot> 
-				  <mediaobject> 
-					 <imageobject>
-						<imagedata fileref="figures/naut_home_launcher.png" format="PNG"/> 
-					 </imageobject> 
-					 <textobject> 
-						<phrase>Screenshot of Nautilus home location icon</phrase> 
-					 </textobject> 
-				  </mediaobject> 
-				</screenshot></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para>
-				  <guilabel>Home</guilabel> location</para></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para>Opens a <application>Nautilus</application> window and
-				  displays your home location in the view pane.</para></entry>
-		  </row>
-		  <row>
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
-				<screenshot> 
-				  <mediaobject> 
-					 <imageobject>
-						<imagedata fileref="figures/naut_trash_launcher.png" format="PNG"/> 
-					 </imageobject> 
-					 <textobject> 
-						<phrase>Screenshot of Nautilus Trash icon</phrase> 
-					 </textobject> 
-				  </mediaobject> 
-				</screenshot></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para>
-				  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel></para></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para>Opens a <application>Nautilus</application> window and
-				  displays your 
-				  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the view pane.</para></entry>
-		  </row>
-		</tbody>
-	 </tgroup>
-	 </table>
-  </sect1>
-  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-22">
-	 <title>Starting Your Desktop Background</title>
-	 <indexterm>
-		<primary>desktop background</primary>
-		<secondary>starting</secondary>
-	 </indexterm>
-	 <para>If <application>Nautilus</application> does not currently manage your
-		desktop background, the default objects do not appear on your desktop
-		background. In this case, you might need to restart the desktop background. If
-		the default objects do not appear on your desktop background, one of the
-		following might be true:</para>
-	 <itemizedlist>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Your <application>Nautilus</application> preferences are set so
-			 that <application>Nautilus</application> does not manage your desktop
-			 background. To restart the desktop background, you must set your
-			 <application>Nautilus </application> preferences so that
-			 <application>Nautilus</application> manages the desktop background.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>You have inadvertently killed a desktop background process. To
-			 restart the desktop background, you must set your <application>Nautilus
-			 </application> preferences so that <application>Nautilus</application> manages
-			 the desktop background.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>You have deleted the <filename>/.nautilus</filename> directory.
-			 To restart the desktop background, you must set up
-			 <application>Nautilus</application> so that <application>Nautilus</application>
-			 manages the desktop background. </para>
-		</listitem>
-	 </itemizedlist>
-	 <para>To set your preferences so that <application>Nautilus</application>
-		manages the desktop background perform the following steps:</para>
-	 <orderedlist>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Open the 
-			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>, then choose 
-			 <menuchoice>
-				<guimenu>Programs</guimenu>
-				<guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu>
-				<guimenuitem>Nautilus</guimenuitem>
-			 </menuchoice>. A <application>Nautilus </application> window is
-			 displayed. </para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Choose 
-			 <menuchoice>
-				<guimenu>Preferences</guimenu>
-				<guimenuitem>Edit Preferences</guimenuitem>
-			 </menuchoice>. A 
-			 <guilabel>Preferences </guilabel> dialog is displayed. Choose 
-			 <guilabel>Windows &amp; Desktop</guilabel> from the 
-			 <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Select the 
-			 <guilabel>Use Nautilus to draw the desktop</guilabel> option.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Click 
-			 <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to close the dialog.</para>
-		</listitem>
-	 </orderedlist>
-	 <para>To set up <application>Nautilus</application> so that <application>
-		Nautilus</application> manages the desktop background perform the following
-		steps:</para>
-	 <orderedlist>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Open the 
-			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>, then choose 
-			 <menuchoice>
-				<guimenu>Programs</guimenu>
-				<guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu>
-				<guimenuitem>Nautilus</guimenuitem>
-			 </menuchoice>. A 
-			 <guilabel>Nautilus First Time Setup</guilabel> dialog is
-			 displayed.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>The 
-			 <guilabel>Nautilus First Time Setup</guilabel> dialog enables you to
-			 customize your <application>Nautilus</application> environment. Follow the
-			 instructions on the 
-			 <guilabel>Nautilus First Time Setup</guilabel> dialog. On the 
-			 <guilabel>GMC to Nautilus Transition</guilabel> screen, select the 
-			 <guilabel>Use Nautilus to draw the desktop</guilabel> option.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>When you reach the 
-			 <guilabel>Finished</guilabel> screen, click on the 
-			 <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button.</para>
-		</listitem>
-	 </orderedlist>
-  </sect1>
-  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-2">
-	 <title>Desktop Background Objects</title>
-	 <indexterm>
-		<primary>desktop background</primary>
-		<secondary>desktop background objects</secondary>
-	 </indexterm>
-	 <para>A desktop background object is an icon on your desktop background
-		that you can use to open your files, folders, and applications. All objects on
-		your desktop background reside in the directory <filename>/.nautilus/desktop
-		</filename>. When you move objects to the desktop background, the objects are
-		moved to this directory.</para>
-	 <para>By default, your desktop background contains the 
-		<guilabel>Home</guilabel> location and 
-		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> objects. You can also add objects to your
-		desktop background to provide convenient access to files, folders, and
-		applications that you use frequently. For example, you can add a symbolic link
-		to your desktop background to enable you to open a particular folder that you
-		use often. </para>
-	 <para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-TBL-86"/> describes the types of object
-		that you can add to your desktop.</para>
-	 <table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-TBL-86">
-	 <title>Types of Desktop Background Objects</title>
-	 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
-		colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="30.23*"/>
-		<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="69.77*"/>
-		<thead>
-		  <row rowsep="1">
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				<para>Object Type</para></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para>Description</para></entry>
-		  </row>
-		</thead>
-		<tbody>
-		  <row>
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				<para>Symbolic link</para></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para> A symbolic link is an object that points to another file or
-				  folder. When you choose a symbolic link from the desktop background, the file
-				  or folder that the symbolic link points to is opened. You can move or copy a
-				  symbolic link to the desktop background.</para>
-				<para>You can identify symbolic links by the default arrow emblem
-				  that appears on all symbolic links.</para></entry>
-		  </row>
-		  <row>
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				<para>Nautilus link</para></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para> A Nautilus link is a file that contains the following
-				  information:</para>
-				<itemizedlist>
-				  <listitem>
-					 <para>A command to run when the object is chosen.</para>
-				  </listitem>
-				  <listitem>
-					 <para>An icon that represents the object.</para>
-				  </listitem>
-				</itemizedlist>
-				<para>When you choose a Nautilus link from the desktop background,
-				  the command specified in the Nautilus link file is executed.</para></entry>
-		  </row>
-		  <row>
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				<para>File</para></entry>
-			 <entry>
-				<para>You can add files to your desktop background. Files on your
-				  desktop background reside in the directory
-				  <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename>.</para></entry>
-		  </row>
-		  <row>
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				<para>Folder </para></entry>
-			 <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
-				<para> You can move folders to your desktop background, and you can
-				  create folders on your desktop background. Folders on your desktop background
-				  reside in the directory <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename>.</para></entry>
-		  </row>
-		</tbody>
-	 </tgroup>
-	 </table>
-	 <para>You can modify desktop background objects as follows:</para>
-	 <itemizedlist>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>View the properties of the object.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Rename the object.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Change the permissions of the object.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Change the icon that represents the object.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Resize the icon that represents the object.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Add an emblem to the object.</para>
-		</listitem>
-	 </itemizedlist>
-	 <para>For more information on how to modify desktop background objects, see 
-		<xref linkend="gosnautilus-8"/>. The following sections describe how to work with objects on the
-		desktop background.</para>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-30">
-		<title>To Select Objects on the Desktop Background</title>
-		<para>To select an object on the desktop background, click on the object.
-		  To select multiple objects, press 
-		  <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and click on the objects that you want to
-		  select.</para>
-		<para>You can also select an area on the desktop background to select all
-		  objects within that area. Click-and-hold on the desktop background, then drag
-		  over the area that contains the objects that you want to select. When you
-		  click-and-hold on the desktop background and drag, a grey rectangle appears to
-		  mark the area that you select.</para>
-		<para>To select multiple areas, press 
-		  <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and drag over the areas that you want to select.
-		  </para>
-	 </sect2>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-29">
-		<title>To Open an Object from the Desktop Background</title>
-		<para>To open an object from the desktop background, double-click on the
-		  object. When you double-click on an object, the default action for the object
-		  executes. For example, if the object is a text file, the text file opens in a
-		  <application> Nautilus</application> window. The default actions for file types
-		  are specified in the <application>File Types and Programs</application>
-		  capplet.</para>
-		<para>To open an object in a new <application>Nautilus</application>
-		  window, right-click on the object, then choose 
-		  <guimenuitem>Open in New Window</guimenuitem>. </para>
-		<para>To execute an action other than the default action for an object,
-		  right-click on the object, then choose 
-		  <guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem>. Choose an action from the 
-		  <guisubmenu>Open With</guisubmenu> submenu. </para>
-		<para>The items in the 
-		  <guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem> submenu correspond to the contents
-		  of the following parts of the <application>File Types and
-		  Programs</application> capplet:
-		  <itemizedlist>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>
-				  <guilabel>Edit Applications List</guilabel> dialog</para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>
-				  <guilabel>Edit Components List</guilabel> dialog</para>
-			 </listitem>
-		  </itemizedlist></para>
-		<para>You can set your preferences in a
-		  <application>Nautilus</application> window so that you click once on a file to
-		  execute the default action.</para>
-	 </sect2>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-20">
-		<title>To Add a Symbolic Link to the Desktop Background</title>
-		<para>You can create symbolic links on your desktop background to perform
-		  the following actions:</para>
-		<itemizedlist>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>Open a particular file in a particular application.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>Open a particular folder in a
-				<application>Nautilus</application> window.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>Run a binary file or a script.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		</itemizedlist>
-		<para>To create a symbolic link on the desktop background, perform the
-		  following steps:</para>
-		<orderedlist>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>Display the file or folder for which you want to create a
-				symbolic link in a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>Create a symbolic link to the file or folder. To create a
-				symbolic link to a file or folder, select the file or folder to which you want
-				to create a link. Choose 
-				<menuchoice>
-				  <guimenu>File</guimenu>
-				  <guimenuitem>Create Link</guimenuitem>
-				</menuchoice>. A link to the file or folder is added to the current
-				folder. You can identify symbolic links by the default arrow emblem that
-				appears on all symbolic links. The following figure shows a symbolic link to a
-				file:</para>
-			 <screenshot> 
-				<mediaobject> 
-				  <imageobject>
-					 <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_samplesymlink_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
-				  </imageobject> 
-				  <textobject> 
-					 <phrase>Screenshot of a file icon with the symbolic link
-						emblem</phrase> 
-				  </textobject> 
-				</mediaobject> 
-			 </screenshot>
-		  </listitem>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>Drag the symbolic link to the desktop background. The icon for
-				the object is moved to the desktop background. </para>
-		  </listitem>
-		</orderedlist>
-	 </sect2>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-3">
-		<title>To Add a Nautilus Link to the Desktop Background</title>
-		<para>When you choose a Nautilus link on the desktop background, the
-		  command in the Nautilus link file is executed. To add a Nautilus link to your
-		  desktop background, you must first create an application launcher for the
-		  object in a menu.</para>
-		<para>To add a Nautilus link to your desktop background, perform the
-		  following steps:</para>
-		<orderedlist>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>Create an application launcher in a menu for the object that
-				you want to add to your desktop background. The command that you enter for the
-				launcher is the command that is executed when you use the desktop background
-				object. The following table shows some sample commands and the actions that the
-				commands perform.</para>
-			 <informaltable frame="topbot">
-				<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0"
-				  colwidth="47.36*"/>
-				  <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="52.64*"/>
-				  <thead>
-					 <row rowsep="1">
-						<entry>
-						  <para>Sample Command</para></entry>
-						<entry>
-						  <para>Action </para></entry>
-					 </row>
-				  </thead>
-				  <tbody>
-					 <row>
-						<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-						  <para>
-							 <command>gedit</command></para></entry>
-						<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
-						  <para>Starts the <application>gedit</application>
-							 application.</para></entry>
-					 </row>
-					 <row>
-						<entry>
-						  <para>
-							 <command>gedit
-								/user123/loremipsum.txt</command></para></entry>
-						<entry>
-						  <para>Opens the file
-							 <filename>/user123/loremipsum.txt</filename> in the
-							 <application>gedit</application> application.</para></entry>
-					 </row>
-					 <row>
-						<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-						  <para>
-							 <command>nautilus
-								/user123/Personal</command></para></entry>
-						<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
-						  <para>Opens the folder <filename>/user123/Personal
-							 </filename> in a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para></entry>
-					 </row>
-				  </tbody>
-				</tgroup>
-			 </informaltable>
-			 <para>For more information on how to add launchers to menus, see
-				<xref linkend="goseditmainmenu-1"/>.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>Drag the launcher from the menu to the desktop background. An
-				icon for the object is added to the desktop background. </para>
-			 <para>If you want, you can remove the menu item that you created in
-				step 1. </para>
-		  </listitem>
-		</orderedlist>
-	 </sect2>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-16">
-		<title>Adding a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
-		<para>This section describes how you can add file objects and
-		  folder objects to the desktop background.</para>
-		<sect3 id="gosdeskback-18">
-		  <title>To Move a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
-		  <para>You can move a file or folder from a
-			 <application>Nautilus</application> window to the desktop background. To move a
-			 file or folder to the desktop background, perform the following steps:</para>
-		  <orderedlist>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window. </para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>In the view pane, display the file or folder that you want to
-				  move.</para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>Drag the file or folder to the desktop background. The icon
-				  for the file or folder is moved to the desktop background. The file or folder
-				  is moved to the <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename> directory.</para>
-			 </listitem>
-		  </orderedlist>
-		</sect3>
-		<sect3 id="gosdeskback-17">
-		  <title>To Copy a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
-		  <para>You can copy a file or folder from a
-			 <application>Nautilus</application> window to the desktop background. To copy a
-			 file or folder to the desktop background, perform the following steps:</para>
-		  <orderedlist>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window. </para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>In the view pane, display the file or folder that you want to
-				  move.</para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>Press 
-				  <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>, then drag the file or folder to the
-				  desktop background. An icon for the file or folder is added to the desktop
-				  background. The file or folder is copied to the <filename>/.nautilus/desktop
-				  </filename> directory.</para>
-			 </listitem>
-		  </orderedlist>
-		</sect3>
-		<sect3 id="gosdeskback-19">
-		  <title>To Create a Folder Object on the Desktop Background</title>
-		  <para>To create a folder object, right-click on the desktop background
-			 to open the 
-			 <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu. Choose 
-			 <guimenuitem> New Folder</guimenuitem>. An 
-			 <guilabel>untitled</guilabel> folder is added to the desktop
-			 background. Type the name of the new folder, then press 
-			 <keycap> Return</keycap>. The folder is displayed with the new name.
-			 The new folder resides in the <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename>
-			 directory.</para>
-		</sect3>
-	 </sect2>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-25">
-		<title>To Remove an Object from the Desktop Background</title>
-		<para>To remove an object from the desktop background right-click on the
-		  object, then choose 
-		  <guimenuitem>Move to Trash</guimenuitem>. Alternatively, drag the
-		  object to 
-		  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
-	 </sect2>
-  </sect1>
-  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-8">
-	 <title>Using Trash on the Desktop Background</title>
-	 <indexterm>
-		<primary>desktop background</primary>
-		<secondary>using Trash</secondary>
-	 </indexterm>
-	 <screenshot> 
-		<mediaobject> 
-		  <imageobject>
-			 <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_trash_launcher.png" format="PNG"/> 
-		  </imageobject> 
-		  <textobject> 
-			 <phrase>Screenshot of Nautilus Trash icon</phrase> 
-		  </textobject> 
-		</mediaobject> 
-	 </screenshot>
+<title>Using the Desktop Background</title>
+<highlights><para>By default, the <application>Nautilus</application> file
+manager manages your desktop background. If you do not use <application>Nautilus
+</application> to manage your desktop background, ignore this chapter. This
+chapter describes how to use the <application>Nautilus</application> desktop
+background.</para></highlights>
+<sect1 id="gosdeskback-21">
+<title>Introduction to the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>introduction</secondary>
+</indexterm><para>The desktop background lies behind all of the other components
+on your visible desktop. The desktop background is an active component of
+the user interface. You can perform the following tasks from your desktop
+background:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Start your applications, and open your files and folders. 
+</para>
+<para>You can add desktop background objects for convenient access to files,
+folders, and applications that you use frequently. For example, you can create
+a symbolic link to a file that you use often, then add this link to your desktop
+background. You can also store files and folders on the desktop background.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Open the <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu.</para>
+<para>Right-click on the desktop background to open the <guimenu>Desktop Background
+</guimenu> menu. You can use the <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu
+to perform actions on the desktop background.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Work with <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
+<para>You can move objects to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> and empty your <guilabel>
+Trash</guilabel>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Customize your desktop background.</para>
+<para>You can customize the pattern or color of the desktop background.</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para>By default, your desktop background contains three objects. <xref linkend="gosdeskback-fig-12"/>
+shows the desktop background with the default objects.</para>
+<figure id="gosdeskback-fig-12">
+<title>Desktop Background with Default Objects</title>
+<screenshot>
+<mediaobject>
+  <imageobject>
+    <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_desktop.png" format="PNG"/>
+  </imageobject>
+  <textobject>
+	<phrase>Shows desktop with default desktop background objects.
+</phrase>
+  </textobject>
+</mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+</figure>
+<para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-tbl-84"/> describes the functions of the default
+objects on the desktop background.</para>
+<table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-tbl-84">
+<title>Functions of Default Desktop Background Objects</title>
+<tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="colspec2" colwidth="35.94*"/>
+<colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.94*"/><colspec colname="colspec1"
+colwidth="64.06*"/>
+<thead>
+<row rowsep="1"><entry colname="colspec2" valign="top"><para>Object</para></entry>
+<entry valign="top"><para>Component</para></entry><entry valign="top"><para>
+Function </para></entry></row>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<row><entry colname="colspec2" valign="top"><screenshot>
+<mediaobject>
+  <imageobject>
+    <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_home_launcher.png" format="PNG"/>
+  </imageobject>
+  <textobject>
+	<phrase>
+Shows Nautilus home location icon.</phrase>
+  </textobject>
+</mediaobject>
+</screenshot></entry><entry valign="top"><para><guilabel>
+Home</guilabel> location</para></entry><entry valign="top"><para>Opens a <application>
+Nautilus</application> window, and displays your home location in the view
+pane.</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec2" valign="top"><screenshot>
+<mediaobject>
+  <imageobject>
+    <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_starthere_launcher.png" format="PNG"/>
+  </imageobject>
+  <textobject>
+	<phrase>
+Shows Nautilus Start Here icon.</phrase>
+  </textobject>
+</mediaobject>
+</screenshot></entry><entry colname="colspec0"
+valign="top"><para><guilabel>Start Here</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="colspec1"
+valign="top"><para>Provides an access point to some of the key features of
+the GNOME desktop. For more information, see <xref linkend="gosnautilus-445"/>.
+</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec2" valign="top"><screenshot>
+<mediaobject>
+  <imageobject>
+    <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_trash_launcher.png" format="PNG"/>
+  </imageobject>
+  <textobject>
+	<phrase>
+Shows Nautilus Trash icon.</phrase>
+  </textobject>
+</mediaobject>
+</screenshot></entry><entry valign="top"><para><guilabel>
+Trash</guilabel></para></entry><entry valign="top"><para>Opens a <application>
+Nautilus</application> window, and displays your <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>
+in the view pane.</para></entry></row>
+</tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</table>
+</sect1>
+<sect1 id="gosdeskback-22">
+<title>Starting Your Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>starting</secondary>
+</indexterm><para>If <application>Nautilus</application> does not currently
+manage your desktop background, the default objects do not appear on your
+desktop background. In this case, you might need to restart the desktop background.
+If the default objects do not appear on your desktop background, one of the
+following might be true:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Your <application>Nautilus</application> preferences are set
+so that <application>Nautilus</application> does not manage your desktop background.
+To restart the desktop background, you must set your <application>Nautilus
+</application> preferences so that <application>Nautilus</application> manages
+the desktop background.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>You have inadvertently killed a desktop background process.
+To restart the desktop background, you must set your <application>Nautilus
+</application> preferences so that <application>Nautilus</application> manages
+the desktop background.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>You have deleted the <filename>/.nautilus</filename> directory.
+To restart the desktop background, you must set up <application>Nautilus</application>
+so that <application>Nautilus</application> manages the desktop background.
+</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para>To set your preferences so that <application>Nautilus</application>
+manages the desktop background perform the following steps:</para>
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu>
+<guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A <application>Nautilus
+</application> window is displayed. </para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>
+Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>
+dialog is displayed. Choose <guilabel>Windows &amp; Desktop</guilabel> from
+the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Select the <guilabel>Use Nautilus to draw the desktop</guilabel>
+option.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to close the dialog.</para>
+</listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+<para>To set up <application>Nautilus</application> so that <application>
+Nautilus</application> manages the desktop background perform the following
+steps:</para>
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu>
+<guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A <guilabel>Nautilus
+First Time Setup</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Nautilus First Time Setup</guilabel> dialog
+enables you to customize your <application>Nautilus</application> environment.
+Follow the instructions on the <guilabel>Nautilus First Time Setup</guilabel>
+dialog. On the <guilabel>GMC to Nautilus Transition</guilabel> screen, select
+the <guilabel>Use Nautilus to draw the desktop</guilabel> option.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>When you reach the <guilabel>Finished</guilabel> screen, click
+on the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect1>
+<sect1 id="gosdeskback-2">
+<title>Desktop Background Objects</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>desktop background
+objects</secondary></indexterm><para>A desktop background object is an icon
+on your desktop background that you can use to open your files, folders, and
+applications. All objects on your desktop background reside in the desktop
+background directory. When you move objects to the desktop background, the
+objects are moved to this directory. By default, the desktop background directory
+is <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename>. You can also use your home directory
+as the desktop background directory. For more information, see <xref linkend="gosnautilus-55"/>.
+</para>
+<para>By default, your desktop background contains three objects. You can
+also add objects to your desktop background to provide convenient access to
+files, folders, and applications that you use frequently. For example, you
+can add a symbolic link to your desktop background to enable you to open a
+particular folder that you use often. </para>
+<para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-tbl-86"/> describes the types of object that
+you can add to your desktop.</para>
+<table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-tbl-86">
+<title>Types of Desktop Background Objects</title>
+<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="30.23*"/>
+<colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="69.77*"/>
+<thead>
+<row rowsep="1"><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para>Object Type</para></entry>
+<entry valign="top"><para>Description</para></entry></row>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para>Symbolic link</para></entry>
+<entry valign="top"><para>A symbolic link is an object that points to another
+file or folder. When you choose a symbolic link from the desktop background,
+the file or folder that the symbolic link points to is opened. You can move
+or copy a symbolic link to the desktop background.</para><para>You can identify
+symbolic links by the default arrow emblem that appears on all symbolic links.
+</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para>Nautilus link</para></entry>
+<entry valign="top"><para>A Nautilus link is a file that contains the following
+information:</para><itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>A command to run when the object is chosen.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>An icon that represents the object.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist><para>When you choose a Nautilus link from the desktop background,
+the command specified in the Nautilus link file is executed.</para></entry>
+</row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para>File</para></entry><entry
+valign="top"><para>You can add files to your desktop background. Files on
+your desktop background reside in your desktop background directory. </para></entry>
+</row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para>Folder </para></entry><entry
+colname="colspec1" valign="top"><para>You can move folders to your desktop
+background, and you can create folders on your desktop background. Folders
+on your desktop background reside in your desktop background directory.</para></entry>
+</row>
+</tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</table>
+<para>You can modify desktop background objects in the following ways:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>View the properties of the object.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Rename the object.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Change the permissions of the object.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Change the icon that represents the object.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Resize the icon that represents the object.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Add an emblem to the object.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para>For more information on how to modify desktop background objects, see <xref
+linkend="gosnautilus-1"/>.</para>
+<para>The following sections describe how to work with objects on the desktop
+background.</para>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-30">
+<title>To Select Objects on the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>selecting objects
+</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>desktop background objects</primary>
+<secondary>selecting</secondary></indexterm><para>To select an object on the
+desktop background, click on the object. To select multiple objects, press <keycap>
+Ctrl</keycap>, then click on the objects that you want to select.</para>
+<para>You can also select an area on the desktop background to select all
+objects within that area. Click-and-hold on the desktop background, then drag
+over the area that contains the objects that you want to select. When you
+click-and-hold on the desktop background and drag, a grey rectangle appears
+to mark the area that you select.</para>
+<para>To select multiple areas, press <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>, then drag over
+the areas that you want to select. </para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-29">
+<title>To Open an Object from the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>opening objects
+</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>desktop background objects</primary>
+<secondary>opening</secondary></indexterm><para>To open an object from the
+desktop background, double-click on the object. Alternatively, right-click
+on the object, then choose <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem>. When you open
+on an object, the default action for the object executes. For example, if
+the object is a text file, the text file opens in a <application>Nautilus
+</application> window. The default actions for file types are specified in
+the <application>File Types and Programs</application> desktop preference
+tool.</para>
+<para>To execute an action other than the default action for an object, right-click
+on the object, then choose <guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem>. Choose an
+action from the <guisubmenu>Open With</guisubmenu> submenu. </para>
+<para>The items in the <guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem> submenu correspond
+to the contents of the following parts of the <application>File Types and
+Programs</application> desktop preference tool:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><guilabel>Default action</guilabel> drop-down list box in
+the <guilabel>Edit file type</guilabel> dialog</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><guilabel>Viewing component</guilabel> drop-down list box
+in the <guilabel>Edit file type</guilabel> dialog</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para>You can set your preferences in a <application>Nautilus</application>
+window so that you click once on a file to execute the default action.</para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-20">
+<title>To Add a Symbolic Link to the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>adding symbolic
+links</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>desktop background objects
+</primary><secondary>symbolic links</secondary></indexterm><para>You can create
+symbolic links on your desktop background to perform the following actions:
+</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Open a particular file in a particular application.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><para>Open a particular folder in a <application>Nautilus</application>
+window.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Run a binary file or a script.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para>To create a symbolic link on the desktop background, perform the following
+steps:</para>
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>Display the file or folder for which you want to create a
+symbolic link in a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Create a symbolic link to the file or folder. To create a
+symbolic link to a file or folder, select the file or folder to which you
+want to create a link. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
+<guimenuitem>Make Link</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A link to the file or folder
+is added to the current folder. You can identify symbolic links by the default
+arrow emblem that appears on all symbolic links. The following figure shows
+a symbolic link to a file:</para>
+<screenshot>
+<mediaobject>
+  <imageobject>
+    <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_samplesymlink_icon.png" format="PNG"/>
+  </imageobject>
+  <textobject>
+	<phrase>Shows file icon with symbolic link emblem.
+</phrase>
+  </textobject>
+</mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><para>Drag the symbolic link to the desktop background. The icon
+for the object is moved to the desktop background. </para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-3">
+<title>To Add a Nautilus Link to the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>adding Nautilus
+links</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>desktop background objects
+</primary><secondary>Nautilus links</secondary></indexterm><para>When you
+choose a Nautilus link on the desktop background, the command in the Nautilus
+link file is executed. To add a Nautilus link to your desktop background,
+you must first create an application launcher for the object in a menu.</para>
+<para>To add a Nautilus link to your desktop background, perform the following
+steps:</para>
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>Create an application launcher in a menu for the object that
+you want to add to your desktop background. The command that you enter for
+the launcher is the command that is executed when you use the desktop background
+object. The following table shows some sample commands and the actions that
+the commands perform.</para>
+<informaltable frame="topbot">
+<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="47.36*"/>
+<colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="52.64*"/>
+<thead>
+<row rowsep="1"><entry valign="top"><para>Sample Command</para></entry><entry
+valign="top"><para>Action</para></entry></row>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para><command>gedit</command></para></entry>
+<entry colname="colspec1" valign="top"><para>Starts the <application>gedit
+</application> application.</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry valign="top"><para><command>gedit /user123/loremipsum.txt</command></para></entry>
+<entry valign="top"><para>Opens the file <filename>/user123/loremipsum.txt
+</filename> in the <application>gedit</application> application.</para></entry>
+</row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para><command>nautilus /user123/Personal
+</command></para></entry><entry colname="colspec1" valign="top"><para>Opens
+the folder <filename>/user123/Personal</filename> in a <application>Nautilus
+</application> window.</para></entry></row>
+</tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</informaltable>
+<para>For more information on how to add launchers to menus, see <xref linkend="goseditmainmenu-1"/>.
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Drag the launcher from the menu to the desktop background.
+An icon for the object is added to the desktop background. </para>
+<para>If you want, you can remove the menu item that you created in step 1.
+</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-16">
+<title>Adding a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>adding a file or
+folder to</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>desktop background objects
+</primary><secondary>files and folders</secondary></indexterm><para>The following
+sections describe how you can add file objects and folder objects to the desktop
+background.</para>
+<sect3 id="gosdeskback-18">
+<title>To Move a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>moving a file or
+folder to</secondary></indexterm><para>You can move a file or folder from
+a <application>Nautilus</application> window to the desktop background. To
+move a file or folder to the desktop background, perform the following steps:
+</para>
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window. </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><para>In the view pane, display the file or folder that you want
+to move.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Drag the file or folder to the desktop background. The icon
+for the file or folder is moved to the desktop background. The file or folder
+is moved to your desktop background directory.</para>
+<para>Alternatively, select the file or folder, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>
+File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Cut Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Right-click
+on any desktop background object, then choose <guimenuitem>Paste Files</guimenuitem>.
+</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+<para>What about Cut, Copy and Paste solely in reference to the desktop background.
+Eg, to create a copy of a file by copying it from the desktop background,
+then pasting it?</para>
+</sect3>
+<sect3 id="gosdeskback-17">
+<title>To Copy a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>copying a file
+or folder to</secondary></indexterm><para>You can copy a file or folder from
+a <application>Nautilus</application> window to the desktop background. To
+copy a file or folder to the desktop background, perform the following steps:
+</para>
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window. </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><para>In the view pane, display the file or folder that you want
+to move.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Press <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>, then drag the file or folder
+to the desktop background. An icon for the file or folder is added to the
+desktop background. The file or folder is copied to your desktop background
+directory.</para>
+<para>Alternatively, select the file or folder, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>
+File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+Right-click on any desktop background object, then choose <guimenuitem>Paste
+Files</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect3>
+<sect3 id="gosdeskback-19">
+<title>To Create a Folder Object on the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>creating a folder
+on</secondary></indexterm><para>To create a folder object, right-click on
+the desktop background to open the <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu.
+Choose <guimenuitem>New Folder</guimenuitem>. An <guilabel>untitled</guilabel>
+folder is added to the desktop background. Type the name of the new folder,
+then press <keycap>Return</keycap>. The folder is displayed with the new name.
+The new folder resides in your desktop background directory.</para>
+</sect3>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-25">
+<title>To Remove an Object from the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>removing an object
+from</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>desktop background objects
+</primary><secondary>removing</secondary></indexterm><para>To remove an object
+from the desktop background right-click on the object, then choose <guimenuitem>
+Move to Trash</guimenuitem>. Alternatively, drag the object to <guilabel>
+Trash</guilabel>.</para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-86">
+<title>To Delete an Object from the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>deleting an object
+from</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>desktop background objects
+</primary><secondary>deleting</secondary></indexterm><para>When you delete
+an object from the desktop background, the object is not moved to <guilabel>
+Trash</guilabel>, but is immediately deleted from the desktop background.
+The <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item is only available if you select
+the <guilabel>Include a Delete command that bypasses Trash</guilabel> option
+in the <application>Nautilus</application> <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>
+dialog. For more information on this option, see <xref linkend="gosnautilus-55"/>.
+</para>
+<para>To delete an object from the desktop background right-click on the object,
+then choose <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>. </para>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>
+<sect1 id="gosdeskback-8">
+<title>Using Trash on the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>using Trash</secondary>
+</indexterm><indexterm><primary>Trash</primary><secondary>using on desktop
+background</secondary></indexterm>
+<screenshot>
+<mediaobject>
+  <imageobject>
+    <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_trash_launcher.png" format="PNG"/>
+  </imageobject>
+  <textobject>
+	<phrase>Shows Nautilus Trash icon.</phrase>
+  </textobject>
+</mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+<para>You can move the following items to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Files</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Folders</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Desktop background objects</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para>When you move an item to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, the item is temporarily
+stored in your <filename>/.Trash</filename> folder. If you need to retrieve
+a file from <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you can view <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>
+and move the file out of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
+<para>When you empty <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you delete the items in <guilabel>
+Trash</guilabel> permanently. </para>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-44">
+<title>To Display Trash</title>
+<indexterm><primary>Trash</primary><secondary>displaying</secondary></indexterm>
+<para>You can display the contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the following
+ways:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>From the desktop background</para>
+<para>Double-click on the <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object on the desktop
+background. The contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> are displayed in a <application>
+Nautilus</application> window.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>From a <application>Nautilus</application> window</para>
+<para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show
+Trash</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>
+are displayed in the window.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="gosdeskback-10">
+<title>To Empty Trash</title>
+<indexterm><primary>Trash</primary><secondary>emptying</secondary></indexterm>
+<para>You can empty the contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the following
+ways:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>From the desktop background</para>
+<para>Right-click on the <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object, then choose <guimenuitem>
+Empty Trash</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>From a <application>Nautilus</application> window</para>
+<para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Empty
+Trash</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>
+<sect1 id="gosdeskback-9">
+<title>Using the Desktop Background Menu</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>using Desktop Background
+menu</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Desktop Background menu</primary>
+<secondary>description</secondary></indexterm><para>You can open the following
+menus from the desktop background:</para>
+<screenshot>
+<mediaobject>
+  <imageobject>
+    <imagedata fileref="figures/file_manager_menu.png" format="PNG"/>
+  </imageobject>
+  <textobject>
+	<phrase>Shows Desktop Background menu. The context describes the graphic.
+</phrase>
+  </textobject>
+</mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+<indexterm><primary>Desktop Background menu</primary><secondary>illustration
+</secondary></indexterm><para>To open the <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu>
+menu, right-click on a vacant space on the desktop background. You can use
+the <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu to perform actions on the desktop
+background.</para>
+<para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-tbl-85"/> describes the items in the <guimenu>
+Desktop Background</guimenu> menu.</para>
+<table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-tbl-85">
+<title>Items on the Desktop Background Menu</title>
+<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.94*"/>
+<colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.06*"/>
+<thead>
+<row rowsep="1"><entry valign="top"><para>Menu Item</para></entry><entry valign="top"><para>
+Function </para></entry></row>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<row><entry valign="top"><para><guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+<entry valign="top"><para>Opens a new <application>Nautilus</application>
+window that displays your home location.</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para><guimenuitem>New Folder
+</guimenuitem></para></entry><entry colname="colspec1" valign="top"><para>
+Creates a new folder object on your desktop background. The folder is created
+in your desktop background directory.</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para><guimenuitem>New Terminal
+</guimenuitem></para></entry><entry colname="colspec1" valign="top"><para>
+Starts a <application>GNOME Terminal</application>.</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para><guimenuitem>Clean Up By
+Name</guimenuitem></para></entry><entry colname="colspec1" valign="top"><para>
+Arranges the objects on the desktop background alphabetically by name.</para></entry>
+</row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0"><para><guimenuitem>Cut Files</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+<entry colname="colspec1"><para>Deletes the selected file or files from the
+folder or desktop background and places the file or files in buffer.</para></entry>
+</row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0"><para><guimenuitem>Copy Files</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+<entry colname="colspec1"><para>Copies the selected file or files from the
+folder or desktop background and places the file or files in buffer.</para></entry>
+</row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0"><para><guimenuitem>Paste Files</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+<entry colname="colspec1"><para>Puts the file or files in the buffer into
+the selected folder or the desktop background.</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry colname="colspec0" valign="top"><para><guimenuitem>Disks</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+<entry colname="colspec1" valign="top"><para>Enables you to mount diskettes
+and CD-ROMs.</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry valign="top"><para><guimenuitem>Use Default Background </guimenuitem></para></entry>
+<entry valign="top"><para>Resets the desktop background to the last pattern
+that you chose from the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog.
+You can access the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog from <application>
+Nautilus</application> windows.</para></entry></row>
+<row><entry valign="top"><para><guimenuitem>Change Desktop Background</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+<entry valign="top"><para>Starts the <application>Background</application>
+desktop preference tool to enable you to change the desktop background.</para></entry>
+</row>
+</tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</table>
+</sect1>
+<sect1 id="gosdeskback-12">
+<title>Changing the Pattern or Color of the Desktop Background</title>
+<indexterm><primary>desktop background</primary><secondary>changing pattern
+or color</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>backgrounds</primary>
+<secondary>changing desktop background</secondary></indexterm><para>You can
+change the pattern or color of the desktop background to suit your preferences. <application>
+Nautilus</application> includes background patterns and colors that you can
+use to change the look-and-feel of the desktop background. </para>
+<para>You can change the pattern or color of the desktop background in any
+of the following ways:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Drag a pattern or color from another window or dialog to the
+desktop background. </para>
+<para>If your desktop background is a color, you can create a gradient effect
+from a color into the desktop background color. A gradient effect is a visual
+effect where one color blends gradually into another color. To create a gradient
+effect on your desktop background, drag a color to one of the edges of the
+screen. The color blends from the edge to which you drag the color, to the
+opposite edge of the screen.</para>
+<para>Before you drag a color to a screen edge, check if there is an edge
+panel on the screen edge. If there is an edge panel on the screen edge, you
+must hide the panel before you drag the color.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Use the <application>Background</application> desktop preference
+tool. For more information, see <xref linkend="goscustdesk-7"/>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Use a <application>Nautilus</application> window to choose
+a background pattern or color from the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel>
+dialog. To change the pattern or color of the desktop background, perform
+the following steps:</para>
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>
+Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <guilabel>Backgrounds
+and Emblems</guilabel> dialog is displayed. </para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>To display a list of patterns that you can use, click on the <guibutton>
+Patterns</guibutton> button. To display a list of the colors that you can
+use, click on the <guibutton>Colors</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>To change the desktop background to a pattern, drag the pattern
+to the desktop background. To change the desktop background to a color, drag
+the color to the desktop background.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Done</guibutton> to close the dialog.</para>
+</listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</sect1>
+</chapter>
 
-	 <para>You can move the following items to 
-		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>:</para>
-	 <itemizedlist>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Files</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Folders</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Desktop background objects</para>
-		</listitem>
-	 </itemizedlist>
-	 <para>When you move an item to 
-		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, the item is temporarily stored in your
-		<filename>/.Trash</filename> folder. If you need to retrieve a file from 
-		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you can view 
-		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> and move the file out of 
-		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
-	 <para>When you empty 
-		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you delete the items in 
-		<guilabel> Trash</guilabel> permanently. </para>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-44">
-		<title>To Display Trash</title>
-		<para>You can display the contents of 
-		  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the following ways:</para>
-		<itemizedlist>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>From the desktop background</para>
-			 <para>Double-click on the 
-				<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object on the desktop background. The
-				contents of 
-				<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> are displayed in a <application>
-				Nautilus</application> window.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>From a <application>Nautilus</application> window</para>
-			 <para>Choose 
-				<menuchoice>
-				  <guimenu>File</guimenu>
-				  <guimenuitem>Show Trash</guimenuitem>
-				</menuchoice>. The contents of 
-				<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> are displayed in the window.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		</itemizedlist>
-	 </sect2>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-10">
-		<title>To Empty Trash</title>
-		<para>You can empty the contents of 
-		  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the following ways:</para>
-		<itemizedlist>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>From the desktop background</para>
-			 <para>Right-click on the 
-				<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object, then choose 
-				<guimenuitem> Empty Trash</guimenuitem>.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		  <listitem>
-			 <para>From a <application>Nautilus</application> window</para>
-			 <para>Choose 
-				<menuchoice>
-				  <guimenu>File</guimenu>
-				  <guimenuitem>Empty Trash</guimenuitem>
-				</menuchoice>.</para>
-		  </listitem>
-		</itemizedlist>
-	 </sect2>
-  </sect1>
-  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-9">
-	 <title>Using Menus From the Desktop Background </title>
-	 <indexterm>
-		<primary>desktop background</primary>
-		<secondary>using menus from</secondary>
-	 </indexterm>
-	 <para>You can open the following menus from the desktop background:</para>
-	 <itemizedlist>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para><guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para><guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu</para>
-		</listitem>
-	 </itemizedlist>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-13">
-		<title>Desktop Background Menu</title>
-		<screenshot> 
-		  <mediaobject> 
-			 <imageobject>
-				<imagedata fileref="figures/file_manager_menu.png" format="PNG"/> 
-			 </imageobject> 
-			 <textobject> 
-				<phrase>Screenshot of Desktop Background menu</phrase> 
-			 </textobject> 
-		  </mediaobject> 
-		</screenshot>
-		<para>To open the 
-		  <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu, right-click on a vacant
-		  space on the desktop background. You can use the 
-		  <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu to perform actions on the
-		  desktop background.</para>
-		<para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-TBL-85"/> describes the items in the 
-		  <guimenu> Desktop Background</guimenu> menu.</para>
-		<table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-TBL-85">
-		<title>Items on the Desktop Background Menu</title>
-		<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0"
-		  colwidth="35.94*"/>
-		  <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="64.06*"/>
-		  <thead>
-			 <row rowsep="1">
-				<entry>
-				  <para>Menu Item</para></entry>
-				<entry>
-				  <para>Function </para></entry>
-			 </row>
-		  </thead>
-		  <tbody>
-			 <row>
-				<entry>
-				  <para>
-					 <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem></para></entry>
-				<entry>
-				  <para> Opens a new <application>Nautilus</application> window
-					 that displays your home location.</para></entry>
-			 </row>
-			 <row>
-				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				  <para>
-					 <guimenuitem>New Folder</guimenuitem></para></entry>
-				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
-				  <para>Creates a new folder object on your desktop background. The
-					 folder is created in the directory <filename>/.nautilus/desktop
-					 </filename>.</para></entry>
-			 </row>
-			 <row>
-				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				  <para>
-					 <guimenuitem>New Terminal</guimenuitem></para></entry>
-				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
-				  <para>Starts a <application>GNOME Terminal</application>.
-					 </para></entry>
-			 </row>
-			 <row>
-				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				  <para>
-					 <guimenuitem>Clean Up By Name</guimenuitem></para></entry>
-				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
-				  <para>Arranges the objects on the desktop background
-					 alphabetically by name.</para></entry>
-			 </row>
-			 <row>
-				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
-				  <para>
-					 <guimenuitem>Disks</guimenuitem></para></entry>
-				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
-				  <para>Enables you to mount diskettes and CD-ROMs. </para></entry>
-			 </row>
-			 <row>
-				<entry>
-				  <para>
-					 <guimenuitem>Reset Desktop Background
-						</guimenuitem></para></entry>
-				<entry>
-				  <para>Resets the desktop background to the last pattern that you
-					 chose from the 
-					 <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog. You can
-					 access the 
-					 <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog from
-					 <application> Nautilus</application> windows.</para></entry>
-			 </row>
-			 <row>
-				<entry>
-				  <para>
-					 <guimenuitem>Change Desktop
-						Background</guimenuitem></para></entry>
-				<entry>
-				  <para>Starts the <application>Background</application> capplet to
-					 enable you to change the desktop background.</para></entry>
-			 </row>
-		  </tbody>
-		</tgroup>
-		</table>
-	 </sect2>
-	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-14">
-		<title>Root Menu</title>
-		<screenshot> 
-		  <mediaobject> 
-			 <imageobject>
-				<imagedata fileref="figures/root_windows_submenu.png" format="PNG"/> 
-			 </imageobject> 
-			 <textobject> 
-				<phrase>Screenshot of Root menu</phrase> 
-			 </textobject> 
-		  </mediaobject> 
-		</screenshot>
-		<para>To open the 
-		  <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu, middle-click on the desktop background.
-		  You can use the 
-		  <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu to navigate between windows and
-		  workspaces.</para>
-			 </sect2>
-  </sect1>
-  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-12">
-	 <title>Customizing the Desktop Background</title>
-	 <indexterm>
-		<primary>desktop background</primary>
-		<secondary>customizing</secondary>
-	 </indexterm>
-	 <para>You can change the pattern or color of the desktop background to suit
-		your preferences. <application>Nautilus</application> includes background
-		patterns and colors that you can use to change the look-and-feel of the desktop
-		background. </para>
-	 <para>You can change the pattern or color of the desktop background in any
-		of the following ways:</para>
-	 <itemizedlist>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Drag a pattern or color from another window or dialog to the
-			 desktop background. </para>
-		  <para>If your desktop background is a color, you can create a gradient
-			 effect from a color into the desktop background color. A gradient effect is a
-			 visual effect where one color blends gradually into another color. To create a
-			 gradient effect on your desktop background, drag a color to one of the edges of
-			 the screen. The color blends from the edge to which you drag the color, to the
-			 opposite edge of the screen.</para>
-		  <para>Before you drag a color to a screen edge, check if there is an
-			 edge panel on the screen edge. If there is an edge panel on the screen edge,
-			 you must hide the panel before you drag the color.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Use the <application>Background</application> capplet. For more
-			 information, see <xref linkend="goscustuserinter-1"/>.</para>
-		</listitem>
-		<listitem>
-		  <para>Use a <application>Nautilus</application> window to choose a
-			 background pattern or color from the 
-			 <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog. To change the
-			 pattern or color of the desktop background, perform the following steps:</para>
-		  <orderedlist>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>Choose 
-				  <menuchoice>
-					 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
-					 <guimenuitem> Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem>
-				  </menuchoice>. The 
-				  <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog is displayed.
-				  </para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>To display a list of patterns that you can use, click on the 
-				  <guibutton> Patterns</guibutton> button. To display a list of the
-				  colors that you can use, click on the 
-				  <guibutton>Colors</guibutton> button.</para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>To change the desktop background to a pattern, drag the
-				  pattern to the desktop background. To change the desktop background to a color,
-				  drag the color to the desktop background.</para>
-			 </listitem>
-			 <listitem>
-				<para>Click 
-				  <guibutton>Done</guibutton> to close the dialog.</para>
-			 </listitem>
-		  </orderedlist>
-		</listitem>
-	 </itemizedlist>
-  </sect1>
-</chapter> 
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