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→Adding Items to a GNOME Destop Panel
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To edit the properties or preferences for a panel item move the mouse pointer over the item in the panel and click the right mouse button. Select either ''Properties'' or ''Preferences'' from the menu and the appropriate dialog will appear. For example, the ''Preferences'' panel for the Weather item allows various settings to be changed, such as the location and units for displaying temperature (celcius or farenheit). The system monitor can similarly be configured to also display system load, memory and network graphs.
To delete an item from a panel right click with the mouse on the item and select ''Remove from Panel''.
If you find there is an application you frequently launch from the desktop ''Applications'' or ''System'' menus, these may also be added to a panel. To do so launch the ''Add to Panel'' dialog as outlined above and click on the ''Application Launcher''. The resulting dialog will list each menu item and all sub-menu items. If for example, you wanted to be able launch OpenOffice Word Processor from the panel simply click on the arrow next to ''Office'' in the ''Add to Panel'' dialog to unfold the list of Office applications. Select ''OpenOffice.org Word Processor'' and click on the ''Add'' button:
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