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  <!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml">
  <!ENTITY app "<application>MATE Control Center</application>">
  <!ENTITY appname "MATE Control Center">
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<article id="index" lang="en">
  
  <articleinfo>
    <abstract role="description">
      <para>
        The &appname; provides a central place for the user to setup their MATE experience. It can let you configure anything from the behavior of your window borders to the default font type.
      </para>
    </abstract>
    <title>&appname; Manual</title>
    <authorgroup>
      <author>
	  <firstname>MATE Documentation Project</firstname>
	  <surname></surname>
	  <affiliation>
		 <orgname>MATE Desktop</orgname>
	  </affiliation>
      </author>
      <author>
	<firstname>Kevin</firstname><surname>Breit</surname>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>
    <copyright>
      <year>2015-2021</year>
      <holder>MATE Documentation Project</holder>
    </copyright>
    <copyright>
      <year>2001, 2002</year>
      <holder>Ximian, Inc.</holder>
    </copyright>

    <publisher role="maintainer">
      <publishername>MATE Documentation Project</publishername>
    </publisher>
    <publisher>
      <publishername>GNOME Documentation Project</publishername>
    </publisher>
    
    <revhistory>
      <revision> 
        <revnumber>2.15</revnumber>
        <date>July 2015</date>
          <firstname>MATE Documentation Project</firstname>
          <surname></surname>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>2.14</revnumber> 
        <date>March 2006</date>
      </revision> 
    </revhistory>

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   documentation (GNU FDL), and other legal stuff such as "NO
   WARRANTY" statement. Please do not change any of this. -->

    <releaseinfo>
      This manual describes version &VERSION; of the &appname;.
    </releaseinfo>

    <legalnotice>
        <title>Feedback</title>
        <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; application or this manual, follow the directions in the
        <ulink url="help:mate-user-guide/feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>.
      </para>
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  </articleinfo>
  
  <sect1 id="intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>
    <para>
      The &app; provides a single window from which to launch all preference tools.
    </para>
    <note><para>
      For help on using preference tools, see the <ulink type="help" url="help:mate-user-guide/prefs">User Guide</ulink>.
    </para></note>

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    <sect2 id="mate-control-center-to-start">
      <title>To Start &appname;</title>
      <para>You can start &app; in the following ways:</para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guimenu>System</guimenu> menu</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control Center</guimenu></menuchoice> menu item.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Command line</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Execute the following command: <command>mate-control-center</command></para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect2>

  </sect1>
  
  <sect1 id="matecc-interface">
    <title>Usage</title>
    <para>
      The &app; window lists all preference tools installed on your system in groups.
    </para>
    <tip><para>
      From the left pane, you can quickly access to a preference tool by selecting its group first, or type any keyword in the filter box. You can also access to common tasks, such as <guilabel>Change Theme</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Set Preferred Applications</guilabel>.
    </para></tip>
    <para>
      To open a preference tool, just click on it.
    </para>
    <tip><para>The preference tool description is shown on mouse hover.</para></tip>
  </sect1>
</article>
