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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 <A
HREF="doc-handlers.html#GCCMIME"
>the section called <I
>GNOME Mime Types</I
> in the chapter called <I
>The GNOME Control Center</I
></A
>. 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 <A
HREF="doc-handlers.html#GCCMIME"
>the section called <I
>GNOME Mime Types</I
> in the chapter called <I
>The GNOME Control Center</I
></A
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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
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><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
HREF="gmccopy.html"
>the section called <I
>Copying and Moving Files</I
></A
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Symlink</B
> - Symlink allows you to
            create a symbolic link to the file you have selected in
            another directory. When you select
            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Symlink</B
> 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
            would like more information on symlinks you may read about
            them in <A
HREF="newbies.html"
>the appendix called <I
>If you are new to Linux/UNIX</I
></A
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>            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties</B
> - The
            <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties</B
> 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:
            <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Statistics</B
></TT
>,
            <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Options</B
></TT
>, and
            <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Permissions</B
></TT
>.
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><B
>Figure 6. File Properties</B
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>                <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><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
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><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
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Needs terminal to
                run</B
></TT
> checkbox.
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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
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><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. To learn more about
                file permissions see <A
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>the appendix called <I
>If you are new to Linux/UNIX</I
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>		Be careful is granting Read and Write permission to Others; this
		allows <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>anyone</I
> using the computer to read or
		write (respectively) the file you've selected.
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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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