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Ubuntu: Up and Running
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Ubuntu: Up and Running

by Robin Nixon
April 2010
Beginner content levelBeginner
464 pages
12h 7m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Other Features of the File Manager

The Nautilus file manager offers many useful features to make handling files and folders as easy as possible. In the next few sections, we’ll look at the file manager’s Edit Preferences window and its tabs, as well as the file manager’s menu bar features. In these sections, you will learn:

  • How to use the tree and bookmarks to navigate quickly through your system

  • The difference between icon, list, and compact views, and what each offers

  • What you normally see, such as names, dates, and so on

  • How to view attached devices in the Computer folder

  • How to preview files, including sound files

  • How to zoom in and out

  • How to browse a compressed archive

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