You can create an icon on your desktop for any application on the GNOME Menu. Just click the GNOME Menu button, find the menu item for the application you want an icon for, and then left-click the application’s icon and hold down the mouse button. While continuing to hold down the button, drag the mouse cursor to any open area on the GNOME desktop (or the GNOME Panel). Release the mouse button and an icon for that application is placed on the desktop. You can then start the application by double-clicking the icon on the desktop (or just clicking an icon that lives on the GNOME Panel).With GNOME, you can enhance icons with emblems. Emblems provide additional information about what an icon is meant to do. You can assign an Emblem by right-clicking an icon and choosing Properties. The Properties window opens. Click the Emblems tab and select one of the emblems. For example, if you select the Cool emblem, a pair of Wayfarer sunglasses is displayed with the icon on the desktop — cool. You can see the cool icon dude in the margin of this paragraph.Another cool GNOME icon feature is the ability to stretch an icon’s boundaries. Right-click an icon and choose Stretch. A dashed line and four square buttons bracket the icon. Click any of the buttons and you can stretch the icon image as much as you want.