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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="plugin-dashboard" xml:lang="oc">
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<link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-additional-plugins"/>
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<revision version="3.4" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>
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<name>Jim Campbell</name>
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<email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Display recently-used and most-used files on startup.</desc>
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<title>Dashboard</title>
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<p>The <app>Dashboard</app> plugin provides quick access to your most
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recently-used files and most-frequently used files. To activate the
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<app>Dashboard</app> plugin, select
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<guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
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<gui>Plugins</gui><gui>Dashboard</gui></guiseq>. You will need to restart
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<app>gedit</app> to activate the <app>Dashboard</app> plugin.</p>
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<p>The <app>dashboard</app> also includes a <gui>Search</gui> window,
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allowing you to search for files that may not appear in the list of
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<section id="gedit-recently-used">
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<title>Recently used files</title>
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<p>The dashboard will initially display a shortcut for an <gui>empty
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document</gui> and seven of your most recently-used files. Click on the
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<gui>empty document</gui> to create a new file. Click on any of the other
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files to open that file.</p>
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<section id="gedit-most-used">
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<title>Most frequently-used files</title>
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<p>Similarly, the dashboard displays a shortcut for an <gui>empty
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document</gui> and seven of your most frequently-used files. Click on the
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<gui> empty document</gui> to create a new file. Click on any of the other
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files to open that file.</p>
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<p>Once activated, the <app>dashboard</app> will be displayed by default
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when you open <app>gedit</app>. You can also open the <app>dashboard</app>
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by clicking <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>New</gui></guiseq>, or by pressing
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<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq>.</p>