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|Welcome to the '''spoken tutorial''' on ''' Introduction to gedit Text Editor '''.

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|In this tutorial, we will learn about:

'''gedit Text Editor''' Installation of '''gedit''' in ''' Ubuntu Linux ''' and ''' Windows OS '''.

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|We will also learn how to create a new file, open, '''save''' and close an existing file.

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|To record this tutorial, I am using: ''' Ubuntu Linux ''' 14.04 operating system, ''' gedit 3.10 ''' 

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|  00:36
|To follow this tutorial, you should have working knowledge of any operating system. 

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|First we will see how to install ''' gedit Text Editor '''. 

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|You can find instructions on how to install ''' gedit Text Editor ''' on ''' Windows ''' , by visiting the link shown. 

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|''' gedit Text Editor''' is pre-installed in ''' Ubuntu Linux OS '''.

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|  01:02
|It can be installed on ''' Ubuntu Linux ''' using ''' Ubuntu Software Centre '''.

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|For more details on ''' Ubuntu Software Centre''', refer to the ''' 'Linux' spoken tutorials '''on our website. 

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|''' gedit Text Editor ''' is already preinstalled in my system. 

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|Now, let us open ''' gedit Text Editor '''. 

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|Click ''' Dash Home ''' on the top left corner of the computer desktop. 

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|In the ''' Search box, ''' type "gedit". The''' text Editor ''' icon appears. Click on it. 

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|This will open a new ''' gedit Text Editor ''' window. 

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|Alternately, you can open '''  Text Editor ''' using the ''' Terminal'''. 

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|I will close this window now. 

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|To open a ''' Terminal ''' , press the ''' CTRL+ALT + T ''' keys together. 

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|Type ''' gedit ''' and press ''' Enter''' . 

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|A new ''' gedit Text Editor ''' window opens. 

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|The top most bar with all the menus is called the ''' Menu bar ''' .

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|Next is the ''' Tool bar ''' which contains the most commonly used menus in icon form. 

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|The display area is where all activities such as typing, editing take place.

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|You can see a ''' tab ''' named ''' Untitled Document 1'''.
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|This is the default name given by ''' gedit Text Editor ''' to the newly opened document. 

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|In the text area, let us type ''' Welcome to Spoken Tutorial '''.

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|Below this, we will type some more text as shown here. 

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|Now, in the '''tab''', you can see an asterisk next to the name of the file.

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|This means that the file is not yet saved. 

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|The bottom bar is the ''' Status bar'''  which displays information about the current activity. 

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|The ''' Status bar ''' displays the cursor position with respect to line number and column number. 

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|It also displays whether the mode is '''overwrite''' or '''insert'''.

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|By default, it is in ''' INS ''', that is, '''insert mode ''' . 

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|We will learn about the other two later on. 

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|Now let us see how to ''' save '''  the file. 

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|For this, click on the ''' File ''' option in the ''' Menu bar ''' and then on ''' Save '''. 

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|The '''Save''' dialog box opens up. I’ll type the filename as ''' Students.txt '''. 

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|Choose the destination where you want to save the file.

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|I'll select ''' Desktop '''. 

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|Click on the ''' Save ''' button. 

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|Notice that the saved filename is now displayed in the tab. 

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|Also, notice that the asterisk has disappeared. 

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|Now let us close this file.

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|Click '''File''' in the Menu bar and select '''Close'''. 

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|We can insert new files into the window by clicking ''' File ''' and ''' New '''.

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|Alternately, you can click the icon in the ''' Toolbar ''' with plus sign. 

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|Now, let us see how to open an existing document. 

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|Click'''  File ''' in the ''' Menu bar '''  and select ''' Open ''' . 

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|Select the file ''' Students.txt ''' from the ''' Desktop ''' folder where we had saved the file previously. 

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|Click on the ''' Open ''' button. 

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|Now we will add few more student details.

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|It is a good practice to save the file frequently. This avoids loss of data if there is a power cut or system crash. 

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|''' Auto save '''  option can be used to save a file automatically, in a specified time interval. 

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|Let us see how to use the '''auto save''' option. 

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|Click ''' Edit ''' in the ''' Menu bar '''. Then click ''' Preferences '''. 

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|''' gedit Preferences ''' dialog box appears. 

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|Click the ''' Editor ''' tab at the top of the window. 

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|Under the ''' File Saving ''' option, check the ''' Autosave ''' files checkbox. 

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|And, in the ''' minutes ''' box, enter 2. Click on ''' Close '''. 

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|Now our files will get auto saved after every 2 minutes. 

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|You can continue with your typing as it saves automatically. 

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|Otherwise, you can click on the icon in the ''' Toolbar ''' with down-arrow to save the changes. 

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|Lastly, to exit the ''' gedit Text Editor ''' window, click on ''' File ''' and '''Quit'''. 

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|  06:03
|This brings us to the end of this tutorial. 

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|Let us summarise. 

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|In this tutorial, we learnt about: Installation of gedit in Ubuntu Linux and Windows OS

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|We also learnt how to create a new file open, save and close an existing file and quit '''  Text Editor '''

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|  06:27
|Do the following Assignment. 

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|Open a new window in ''' gedit Text Editor'''. 

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|Type an invitation letter. 

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|Save it as ''' Invitation.txt '''.

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|Now close the file. 

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|Open the same file and make some changes. 

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|Use ''' Save as ''' option to save the file and give ''' Invitation1.txt ''' as filename. 

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|Note the changes in the contents of the files ''' Invitation.txt ''' and ''' Invitation1.txt'''.

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|  07:02
|The video at the following link summarises the '''Spoken Tutorial''' project. Please download and watch it. 

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|  07:10
|The Spoken Tutorial Project Team: conducts workshops using spoken tutorials and gives certificates on passing online tests.

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|  07:19
|For more details, please write to us. 

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|  07:23
|Do you have questions in THIS Spoken Tutorial?

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|  07:26
| Please visit this site. Choose the minute and second where you have the question. Explain your question briefly.

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|  07:35
|Someone from our team will answer them.

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|  07:39
|The '''Spoken Tutorial forum''' is for specific questions on this tutorial.
Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them. This will help reduce the clutter. With less clutter, we can use these discussion as instructional material.

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|  07:58
|Spoken Tutorial project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India. More information on this mission is available at this link. 

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|  08:11
|This is Nirmala Venkat from '''IIT Bombay''', signing off. Thanks for watching.


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