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>Creating new panels</A
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>	
	To add a new <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> to your desktop,
	select the <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Create panel</B
> command
	from <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Panel</B
> menu. You have a choice of
	five possible panel types:
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>	    
	    <TT
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><B
>Edge Panel</B
></TT
> &#8212; An Edge Panel is exactly
	    like the main Panel that starts up with GNOME; it stretches along
	    the whole length of one of screen edges. By selecting this type of
	    panel you may add a new Panel to another edge of your screen to give
	    yourself more functionality.
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>	    <TT
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><B
>Aligned Panel</B
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> &#8212; Aligned Panel is also
	     positioned along one of the screen edges. But unlike the Edge
	     Panel, the Aligned Panel will not stretch across the entire edge of
	     the screen it is on: it will only stretch as much as necessary to
	     display the icons and applets it contains. It can be positioned
	     either at one of the corners (in this case, it will stretch towards
	     the opposite corner) or at the center of the edge (in this case, it
	     will stretch in both directions, automatically recentering when you
	     add new objects).
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> 
	    If the Aligned panel is aligned with one of the corners, the
	    hide buttons will work slightly differently than for the Edge Panel.
	    The hide button closest to the edge of your screen will hide the
	    Panel as usual but the other hide button will send the whole panel
	    to the opposite edge. When the latter move is made it will not hide
	    the Panel since it is changing the side of the screen it resides on.
	    If you want to hide it you will have to press the hide button once
	    again.
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>	    <TT
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><B
>Sliding Panel</B
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> &#8212; This type of panel is
	    very similar to the Aligned Panel, but can be placed anywhere along
	    the screen edge, not necessarily in one of the corners or in the
	    center. As you add objects, it will only grow in one direction
	    &#8212; it won't automatically recenter.
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>	    <TT
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><B
>Floating Panel</B
></TT
> &#8212; This type of panel can
	    be placed anywhere on your screen, not necessarily along one of the
	    edges.
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>	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Menu Panel</B
></TT
> &#8212; The <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Menu
	    Panel</SPAN
> is a special panel which is always placed at the
	    top of your screen and contains several pull-down menus.  These are
	    <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Programs</B
>, <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Favorites</B
>,
	    <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Settings</B
>, <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Desktop</B
>, a
	    clock/calendar, and a special launcher which provides quick access
	    to GNOME-related Internet resources (look for the bullet hole icon).
	    This panel can also hold the other objects which other panels can
	    hold, but it does not have the configuration properties which other
	    panels have. Note that the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Menu Panel</SPAN
> is more
	    restrictive than other panels, and some normal panel operations,
	    such as moving the panel, cannot be performed on it.
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>	  
	  You can also change type of existing panel &#8212; for
	  example, convert edge panel to a floating panel, see <A
HREF="panelproperties.html"
>the section called <I
>Individual Panel Properties</I
></A
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>	
	Any <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> you have on your desktop can be moved
	by using the middle mouse button, or by simultaneously pressing the left
	and right mouse buttons, to drag the panel to the desired edge of your
	screen. If you do not have a middle mouse button and did not configure
	your mouse to emulate a middle button you may also move a
	<SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> by changing its location in the
	<SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel properties</SPAN
> dialog.  You can read more about
	this in <A
HREF="panelproperties.html"
>the section called <I
>Individual Panel Properties</I
></A
> of this documentation.
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>	To remove an existing panel, right-click on it and choose
	<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Remove this panel</B
> command from the
	<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Panel</B
> menu. You will be prompted for a
	confirmation.
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>	  At all times, you must have at least one panel; GNOME will not allow
	  you to remove your only panel.
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