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      id="shell-apps-search">

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    <link type="guide" xref="index#apps"/>
    <desc>In the <gui>Activities</gui> overview...</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-02-26" status="outdated"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<title>Search for Programs and Applications</title>

<!-- Obsolete page, this stuff is covered elsewhere. -->

 <p>
 To search your computer for a program or application:
 </p>
 <steps>
 <item>
 <p>
     Enter the <gui> Activities </gui> overview by pressing <keyseq><key> Alt </key><key> F1 </key></keyseq> or by touching the cursor to the top left corner (a.k.a. the "hot" corner), or by pressing the Meta key.
 </p>
 </item>
  <item>
 <p>
    Just start typing the name of the program or application you  want to find.  What you type will be entered in the  <gui> Type to search </gui> box.  As you type, programs and applications matching what you have typed will appear as you type.
 </p>
 </item>
 </steps>

 <note style = "tip">
 <p>
   Pressing the <key>Esc</key> key will escape the search and bring you back to the overview.
   </p>
 </note>
 <p>
 To launch a found application:
 </p>
 <list>
 <item><p>
 You can drag icons from the  search results to the workspaces to launch them without leaving the overview.
 </p></item>
 <item><p>
  Alternatively, you can just click on the icon.  It will open in a workspace.
  </p></item>
</list>

</page>
