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index daab51a..70f2b66 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosdeskback.xml
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosdeskback.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ Trash</guilabel>.</para></listitem>
<para>You can customize the pattern or color of the desktop background.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-<para>By default, your desktop background contains three objects. The following figure
-shows the desktop background with the default objects.</para>
+<para>By default, your desktop background contains three objects. The following
+figure shows the desktop background with the default objects:</para>
+
<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">
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ files, folders, and applications that you use frequently. For example, you
can add a launcher to your desktop background to enable you to open a particular
application that you use often. </para>
<para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-tbl-86"/> describes the types of object that
-you can add to your desktop.</para>
+you can add to your desktop background.</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*"/>
@@ -237,14 +238,13 @@ 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>
+the <application>File Types and Programs</application> 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>
+Programs</application> preference tool:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Default action</guilabel> drop-down list box in
the <guilabel>Edit file type</guilabel> dialog</para></listitem>
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ steps:</para>
New Launcher</guimenuitem>. A <guilabel>Create Launcher</guilabel> dialog
is displayed.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>For information on how to enter the properties of the launcher
-in the <guilabel>Create Launcher</guilabel> dialog, see the panels chapter.
-</para>
+in the <guilabel>Create Launcher</guilabel> dialog, see <emphasis>
+Working With Panels</emphasis>.</para>
<para>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>
@@ -553,8 +553,8 @@ the selected folder or the desktop background.</para></entry></row>
and CD-ROMs.</para></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="colspec0"><para><guimenuitem>Change Desktop Background
</guimenuitem></para></entry><entry colname="colspec1"><para>Starts the <application>
-Background</application> desktop preference tool to enable you to change the
-desktop background.</para></entry></row>
+Background</application> preference tool to enable you to change the desktop
+background.</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.
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ 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. </para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Use the <application>Background</application> preference tool.
+</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Choose a pattern or color for the background from the <guilabel>
Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog. To change the pattern or color
of the desktop background, perform the following steps:</para>