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<article id="index" lang="en">
  
  <articleinfo>
    <abstract role="description">
      <para>
        The MATE Control Center 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>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>MATE 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
        under the terms of the
        <ulink type="help" url="mate-help:fdl">
          <citetitle>
            GNU Free Documentation License
          </citetitle>
        </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="mate-help:fdl">here</ulink>.
      </para>
      <para>
        Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their products and
        services are claimed as trademarks. Where those names appear in any
        MATE documentation, and those trademarks are made aware to the members
        of the MATE Documentation Project, the names have been printed in caps
        or initial caps.
      </para>
    </legalnotice>

    <releaseinfo>
      This manual describes version &VERSION; of the MATE Control Center.
    </releaseinfo>
  </articleinfo>
  
  <sect1 id="intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>
    <para>
      The <application>MATE Control Center</application> provides a single window from which to launch all preference tools. 
    </para>
    <para>
      To launch the <application>MATE Control Center</application>,
      type <command>mate-control-center</command> in a terminal window. 
    </para>
    <para>For help on using preference tools, see the <ulink type="help" url="help:user-guide?prefs">User Guide</ulink>.</para>
  </sect1>
  
  <sect1 id="matecc-interface">
    <title>Usage</title>
    <para>
      The <application>MATE 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>
</article>