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    Desktop areas allow you to keep a well organized system when you have many
    tasks to perform at one time. Just like adding a new desk when you have too
    much material to fit on one, desktop areas allow you to move to another area
    to launch more programs.
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>    GNOME is aware of desktop areas even though they are controlled by another
    software program called the 'window manager'. You can set the number of
    desktop areas within the configuration of the window manager you are
    using. If you are using the default window manager or your window manager
    has a graphical configuration tool you may be able to launch it from the
    Window Manager Capplet. You may read more about this Capplet in <A
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>     Most window managers will give you the option of having multiple desktops,
     which are different from desktop areas.  Desktop areas are virtual
     extensions of one desktop whereas multiple desktops are actually separate.
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>     The default setup of GNOME is to use desktop areas with only one
     desktop. The reason for this is with some applications, such as those which
     use Motif, users can experience problems with some drag and drop
     functionality across desktops.
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