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>        
        For any file in the main file display you may right mouse click on it
        and choose a variety of properties and actions for it from the
        <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</B
> menu:
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Open</B
> - This will open the file with the
            default application associated with it. You may read more about
            editing these associations in Mime Capplet Chapter in the GNOME
            User's Guide. Some files that are actually archives will allow you
            to "look inside" them. For example, .tar files, .gz files, and .rpm
            files can all be double clicked and the files archived inside them
            will appear in the File Manager.
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Open With</B
> - You may open a file with any
            application using this menu item. You may read more about this in
            <A
HREF="gmclaunch.html"
>the section called <I
>Launching Applications From the GNOME File Manager</I
></A
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>View</B
> - This will view the file with a
            basic text viewer.
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Edit</B
> - This will launch an editor to edit
            the file. The editor launched is determined by the application
            associated with that file type. You may read more about editing this
            association in Mime Capplet Chapter in the GNOME User's Guide..
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Copy</B
> - This will copy the file to the
            clipboard so that it can be pasted elsewhere.
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Delete</B
> - This will delete the file.
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Move</B
> - This will bring up the
            <TT
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><B
>Move</B
></TT
> dialog, which will allow you to move the
            file. You can read more about this dialog and moving files in <A
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>the section called <I
>Copying and Moving Files</I
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Symlink</B
> - Symlink allows you to create a
            symbolic link to the file you have selected i another
            directory. When you select Symlink you will see a dialog which
            allows you to type in the directory and filename that you wish to be
            the symbolic link to the file. This link will be a "shortcut" to the
            selected file. If you do no understand symlinks you might want to
            refer to the 
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties</B
> - The Properties menu item
            will launch the Properties dialog. The Properties dialog allows you
            to edit and view the properties for the selected file.
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> 
            The Properties dialog consists of three tabs, Statistics,
            Options, and Permissions.
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><B
>Figure 6. File Properties</B
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>                <TT
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><B
>Statistics</B
></TT
> - This tab will show you the
                file information including the name, type, size, and
                history. You may change the name of the file in the
                <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>File Name</B
></TT
> text box. Sizes for directories
                will <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>not</I
> show you the size of the directory
                with all the files within it.
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>                <TT
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><B
>Options</B
></TT
> - This tab will allow you to change
                the action options for the file. You can define how to open,
                view, and edit the file. If you need to open it in a terminal
                window you may select the <TT
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><B
>Needs terminal to
                run</B
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>                  If you bring up the Properties dialog from an icon on the
                  desktop you will be able to change the icon for that file in
                  the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Options</B
></TT
> tab.
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>                <TT
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><B
>Permissions</B
></TT
> - This tab allows you to change
                the permissions and ownership of a file if you have access to do
                so. You may select Read, Write, and Exec permissions for the
                User, Group, and Others. You may also set the UID, GID and
                Sticky as well as define who owns the file.
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>	Changing properties on symlinks is meaningless in the File
	Manager. If you need to change the properties on such a file you
	need to change them on the actual file, not the link to it.
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