The &appname; 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.

# &appname; Manual

MATE Documentation Project
MATE Desktop
Kevin
Breit
2015-2021
MATE Documentation Project
2001, 2002
Ximian, Inc.
MATE Documentation Project
GNOME Documentation Project
2.15
July 2015
MATE Documentation Project
2.14
March 2006

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This manual describes version &VERSION; of the &appname;.

## Feedback

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; application or this manual, follow the directions in the MATE Feedback Page.

## Introduction

The &app; provides a single window from which to launch all preference tools.

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

### To Start &appname;

You can start &app; in the following ways:

System menu

  Choose Control Center menu item.

Command line

  Execute the following command: `mate-control-center`

## Usage

The &app; window lists all preference tools installed on your system in groups.

From the left pane, you can quickly access to a preference tool by selecting its group first, or type any keyword in the filter box. You can also access to common tasks, such as Change Theme, and Set Preferred Applications.

To open a preference tool, just click on it.

The preference tool description is shown on mouse hover.