The MATE Control Center provides a central place for the user to setup their MATE experience. It can let you configure anything from the behavior of your window borders to the default font type.

# Control Center

MATE Documentation Project
MATE Desktop
Kevin
Breit
2015
MATE Documentation Project
2001, 2002
Ximian, Inc.
MATE Documentation Project
GNOME Documentation Project
2.15
July 2015
MATE Documentation Project
2.14
2006-03

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This manual describes version &VERSION; of the MATE Control Center.

## Introduction

The MATE Control Center provides a single window from which to launch all preference tools.

To launch the MATE Control Center, type `mate-control-center` in a terminal window.

For help on using preference tools, see the User Guide.

## Usage

The MATE Control Center shows icons for all preference tools installed on your system in a window. Select a preference tool to see its description in the status bar.

To open a preference tool, double-click on its icon.