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The
menu is located on the top panel. It contains programs which are grouped into sub-menus by type. The categories are:At the bottom of the Run Application allows you run any program by typing its name, or by selecting it from a list.
menu,Ubuntu installs a number of useful accessory programs which can be found under
-> .The Archive Manager opens, extracts and creates file archives. It relies on having the right programs installed in order to create, modify and extract some archive file formats.
The calculator looks and works like a normal electronic calculator.
Using the calculator is easy, you press the keys with the mouse just as you would press them in a normal calculator, and read the results in the big display at the top.
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You can learn more about the calculator using the F1 key.
-> menu item or theCharacter map allows you to access all the characters available on the system. It is used to explore fonts and preview characters, which can be copied and then pasted into other applications.
The Character Map window is divided into four parts:
a top toolbar to select the font you want to explore;
a list of scripts to which characters belong;
the set of characters for the script that is currently selected, which can be switched to show detailed information about a single character;
a bottom selection bar.
If you double click on a character, it is entered in the selection bar where it can be copied and pasted to other applications.
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If you want to know more about Unicode, you can find a technical introduction at the Unicode Web site.
Dictionary is a dictionary lookup tool: you enter a word and it searches for it. Since the data it can access is very complete, many people are using Dictionary as an essential tool in their everyday work to check meanings or to just verify the spelling of a word.
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For more information see dict.org for a web interface to the Dictionary vocabulary.
Emacs is a popular text editor. It is commonly found on UNIX and GNU/Linux systems. Emacs is much loved as it is an extensible, customizable, real-time display editor. In short this means that emacs is a powerful text editor and everything else, including the kitchen sink.
Emacs provides an interactive tutorial to help you learn how to use it. The tutorial can be started by selecting
-> .