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<p if:test="!platform:gnome-classic">Move your mouse pointer to the
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<gui>Activities</gui> corner at the top left of the screen to show the
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<gui>activities overview</gui>. This is where you can find all of your
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<gui>Activities</gui> overview. This is where you can find all of your
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applications. You can also open the overview by pressing the
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<key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key> key.</p>
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<p if:test="platform:gnome-classic">You can start applications from the
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<link xref="shell-terminology"><gui>Applications</gui> menu</link> at the top
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left of the screen, or you can use the <gui>activities overview</gui> by
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left of the screen, or you can use the <gui>Activities</gui> overview by
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pressing the <key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key> key.</p>
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<p>There are several ways of opening an application once you're in the
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<gui>activities overview</gui>:</p>
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<p>Start typing the name of an application - searching begins instantly. (If
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this doesn't happen, click the search bar at the top of the screen and
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start typing.) Click the application's icon to start it.</p>
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<p>Some applications have icons in the <em>dash</em>, the vertical strip of
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icons on the left-hand side of the <gui>activities overview</gui>. Click one of
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these to start the corresponding application.</p>
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<p>If you have applications that you use very frequently, you can
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<link xref="shell-apps-favorites">add them to the dash</link> yourself.</p>
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<p>Click the grid button at the bottom of the dash. You will see the
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frequently used applications if the <gui style="button">Frequent</gui> view
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is enabled. If you want to run a new application, press the
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<gui style="button">All</gui> button at the bottom to view all the
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applications. Press on the application to start it.</p>
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<p>You can launch an application in a separate
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<link xref="shell-workspaces">workspace</link> by dragging its icon from the
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dash (or from the list of applications), and dropping it onto one of the
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workspaces on the right-hand side of the screen. The application will open in
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the chosen workspace.</p>
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<p>You can launch an application in a <em>new</em> workspace by middle-clicking
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its icon in the dash or in the application list.</p>
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<gui>Activities</gui> overview:</p>
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<p>Start typing the name of an application - searching begins instantly.
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(If this doesn't happen, click the search bar at the top of the screen
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and start typing.) Click the application's icon to start it.</p>
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<p>Some applications have icons in the <em>dash</em>, the vertical strip
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of icons on the left-hand side of the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.
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Click one of these to start the corresponding application.</p>
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<p>If you have applications that you use very frequently, you can
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<link xref="shell-apps-favorites">add them to the dash</link>
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<p>Click the grid button at the bottom of the dash. You will see the
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frequently used applications if the <gui style="button">Frequent</gui>
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view is enabled. If you want to run a new application, press the
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<gui style="button">All</gui> button at the bottom to view all the
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applications. Press on the application to start it.</p>
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<p>You can launch an application in a separate
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<link xref="shell-workspaces">workspace</link> by dragging its icon from
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the dash (or from the list of applications), and dropping it onto one of
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the workspaces on the right-hand side of the screen. The application will
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open in the chosen workspace.</p>
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<p>You can launch an application in a <em>new</em> workspace by
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middle-clicking its icon in the dash or in the application list.</p>
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