Index_M

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M

Magnifier, 129

main board, 518

man command, 405

man pages, 59

Math, 279–80

math, scripts and, 461–62

Mattis, Peter, 286

McCool, Rob, 364

Measure tool (GIMP), 304

memory

RAM (random access memory), 454

swap partitions and, 30

usage, 150–51, 437

Menu tab (Open Office), 213–14

Menu toolbar (Calc), 222

Microsoft Excel, 135–37, 220–21, 228–29

Microsoft Notepad, 105, 107–9

Microsoft Outlook, 323–24

Microsoft PowerPoint, 242

Microsoft Windows. See Windows

Microsoft Word

basic functions of, 114–15

vs. AbiWord, 176–78

vs. Open Office Writer, 193, 197–205, 211

vs. Writer, 188–89

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension), 321

Minix, 8

mkdir command, 55, 58, 406

modems, 85–88, 522–23

money management applications, 131–35

monitors, 521

More, 63

motherboards, 518, 519

mouse

controlling, using numeric pad, 130–31

options, 25–27

Move tool (GIMP), 299

movie clips, 347–49

Mozilla

configuring, 93–97

in GNOME, 170

history, 309

setting up e-mail with, 310–13

using, 309–19

Multimedia Player, 347–49

multiple desktops, 77, 80

music players, 337

mv command, 406

MySQL, 11

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