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<chapter id="configuration">
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<title>
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Configuring &kexi;
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</title>
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<para>
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This chapter describes how you can configure &kexi; to suit your
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own needs and preferences.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="configuring-window-layout">
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<title>
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Window Layout
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</title>
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<para>
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&kexi; provides a <firstterm>Mutiple Document
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Interface</firstterm> (MDI). This means that you can have
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several database objects (such as tables, queries, forms and
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scripts) open at the same time and in the same &kexi; main
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window. Each database object is shown in a <firstterm>child
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window</firstterm> within the main window.
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</para>
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<para>
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There is a choice of two MDI modes available, allowing a choice
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of how child windows are managed and displayed. The two modes
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are:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><guisubmenu>IDEAl Mode</guisubmenu>; and</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><guisubmenu>Childframe Mode</guisubmenu>.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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These modes are described in the following two sections. You
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can change the MDI mode from the <guisubmenu>MDI
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Mode</guisubmenu> sub-menu under the <guimenu>Window</guimenu>
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menu. Note that changing the MDI mode requires &kexi; to be
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restarted before the new mode takes effect.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="window-layout-ideal">
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<title>
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IDEAl mode
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</title>
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<!-- TODO: Screenshot of IDEAl mode -->
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<para>
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IDEAl mode is the default MDI mode, and may be familiar from
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other &tde; applications. In this mode, a single child window
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is shown maximized within the &kexi; main window at once.
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A tab bar, containing one tab for each child window, allows
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other child windows to be viewed by simply clicking on the
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relevant tab.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="window-layout-childframe">
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<title>
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Childframe mode
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</title>
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<!-- TODO: Screenshot of Childframe mode -->
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<para>
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In Childframe mode, child windows are displayed in the
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main &kexi; window, but need not be maximized within it.
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In order to use Childframe mode, you need to select
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<action>
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<guimenu>Window</guimenu>,
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<guisubmenu>MDI Mode</guisubmenu>,
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<guimenuitem>Childframe Mode</guimenuitem>
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</action> from the menu.
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</para>
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<para>
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Each child window has a titlebar with buttons for maximizing,
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minimizing and closing it. They can also be moved and resized
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within the main window in the normal way (for example, they
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can be moved by clicking and dragging the title bar).
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</para>
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<para>
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The buttons behave as follows: the right-most button closes
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the child window. The button on its left maximizes the child
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window - note this causes the buttons to move to the top right
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of the main window, above the <guilabel>Properties
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editor</guilabel> if it is open. The next button to the left
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toggles the child window between minimized and restored.
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</para>
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<para>
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The left-most button detaches, or
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<firstterm>undocks</firstterm>, the child window, allowing it
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to be moved out of the main window. For more information on
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docking and undocking windows, see the next section.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="docking-windows">
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<title>
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Docking and Undocking Windows
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</title>
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<para>
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By default, the <guilabel>Project Navigator</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Properties Editor</guilabel> panels are displayed as
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part of the main &kexi; window. It is possible to
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<firstterm>undock</firstterm> each panel, so that it is
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displayed in a separate window. Once undocked, it is possible
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to <firstterm>dock</firstterm> the panel so it appears back in
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the main window again.
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</para>
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<para>
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In <link linkend="window-layout-childframe">Childframe
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mode</link>, it is also possible to undock child windows. For
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example, a child window showing a database table could be
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undocked, allowing the child window showing the table to be
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maximized on the screen.
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</para>
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<para>
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It can be useful to undock a window when using:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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a small screen;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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large tables, queries or forms; and/or
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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more than one montitor.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>
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Docking and undocking side panels
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</title>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Project Navigator</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Properties Editor</guilabel> side panels may be
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undocked by either:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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double-clicking on the 'grip' bar at the top of the
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panel; or
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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clicking once on the arrow at the top of the panel, next
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to the cross.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<!-- TODO: Screenshot -->
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</para>
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<para>
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Once undocked, panel windows may be docked into the main
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window again similarly to undocking:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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double-clicking on the 'grip' bar at the top of the window; or
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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clicking once on the arrow at the top of the panel, next
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to the cross.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<!-- TODO: Screenshot -->
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>
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Docking and undocking child windows
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</title>
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<para>
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Child windows may be docked and undocked in <link
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linkend="window-layout-childframe">Childframe mode</link>
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only.
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</para>
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<para>
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In Childframe mode, child windows may be undocked by:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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right-clicking in the tab bar, on the tab corresponding
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to the window to be undocked, and selecting
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<guilabel>Undock</guilabel>; or
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</para>
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<!-- TODO: Screenshot -->
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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right-clicking on the title bar of the child window, and
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selecting <guilabel>Undock</guilabel>; or
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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if the child window is <emphasis>not</emphasis>
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maximized, clicking the arrow in the top right corner of
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the child window (next to the minimize, maximize and
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close buttons for that child window);
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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if the child window is maximized, clicking the arrow to
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the right of the menu bar (next to the minimize, restore
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and close buttons for that child window).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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To dock a child window, right-clicking in the tab bar, on the
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tab corresponding to the window to be docked, and select
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<guilabel>Dock</guilabel>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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