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      id="gedit-tabs">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#gedit-working-with-files" group="second"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-tabs-moving"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2011-03-25" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <credit type="collaborator">
      <name>Daniel Neel</name>
      <email>dneelyep@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
  </info>

  <title>Add and remove tabs</title>
  <p>Working with tabs in <app>gedit</app> allows you to keep an eye on several files in a single window. The tab that is larger than the other tabs indicates the file that is currently open. The smaller tabs indicate other files that are available to work on.</p>
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  <section>
    <title>Adding tabs</title>
    <p>To add a new tab, create a new file with <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq>. The tab will be added to the right side of any other tabs.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Removing tabs</title>
    <p>To remove a tab, click the <guiseq><gui>X</gui></guiseq> on the tab's right side. To remove all open tabs, press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>W</key></keyseq></p>
  </section>

</page>
