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<desc>Workspaces are a way of grouping windows on your desktop.</desc>
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<title>What is a workspace, and how will it help me?</title>
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<media type="image" src="figures/shell-workspaces.png"
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<p>Workspace selector</p>
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<media type="image" src="figures/unity-workspace-intro.png"
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<p>Workspace switcher button</p>
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<p>Workspaces refer to the grouping of windows on your desktop. You can create many workspaces, which act like virtual desktops. Workspaces are meant to reduce clutter and make the desktop easier to navigate.</p>
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<p>You could use workspaces to organize your work. For example, you could have all your communication windows, such as e-mail and your chat program on one workspace and the work you are doing on a different workspace. Your music manager could be on a third workspace.</p>
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<p>In the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, move your cursor to the right-most side of the screen. A vertical panel will appear with your current workspaces plus an extra empty (having no open application windows on it) workspace.
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To add a workspace, move a window from an existing workspace onto the empty workspace in the right panel. To do this, click on an application window in a workspace and drag and drop it onto the empty workspace. This workspace now contains the window you dropped into it, and a new empty workspace should appear at the bottom of the workspace panel.
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To remove a workspace simply close all the window in it, or move the window onto a previous workspace.
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<p>There is always at least one workspace.</p>
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<p>Workspaces refer to the grouping of windows on your desktop. These virtual desktops increase the size of your working area. Workspaces are meant to reduce clutter and make the desktop easier to navigate. </p>
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<p>You could use workspaces to organize your work. For example, you could have all your communication windows, such as email and your chat apps on one workspace and the work you are doing on a different workspace Your music manager could be on a third workspace.</p>
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<p>Open the <link xref="unity-launcher-intro">Launcher</link> and click the <gui>workspace switcher</gui> icon near the bottom. By default, Ubuntu shows 4 workspaces, arranged in 2 rows and 2 columns. You can change the number of workspaces easily:</p>
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<title>Change the number of workspaces</title>
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<item><p>Go to the <link xref="unity-dash-intro">dash</link> and open the <app>Terminal</app>.</p></item>
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<item><p>To change the number of rows, type the following command, changing the final number to the number you wish. Press <key>Enter</key>.</p>
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<p><code>gconftool-2 --type=int --set /apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/vsize 2</code></p></item>
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<item><p>To change the number of columns, type the following command, changing the final number to the number you wish. Press <key>Enter</key>.</p>
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<p><code>gconftool-2 --type=int --set /apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/hsize 2</code></p></item>
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