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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY infocenter "<application
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>KInfoCenter</application
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>">
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<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"
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> <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title
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>The &infocenter;</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author
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><firstname
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>Michael</firstname
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> <surname
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>McBride</surname
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> <affiliation
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><address
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><email
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>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
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></address
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></affiliation>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<date
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>2002-07-03</date>
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<releaseinfo
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>3.10.00</releaseinfo>
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<abstract>
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<para
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>This documentation describes &kde;'s information centre.</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword
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>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword
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>kinfocenter</keyword>
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<keyword
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>system</keyword>
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<keyword
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>information</keyword>
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<keyword
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>module</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title
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>The &infocenter;</title>
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<para
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>The &infocenter; (from now on referred to simply as <quote
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>the information centre</quote
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>) provides you with a centralised and convenient overview of your &kde; and system settings. </para>
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<para
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>The information centre is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information centre organises all of these programs into a convenient location. </para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="info-center">
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<title
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>Using The &infocenter;</title>
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<para
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>This next section details the use of the information centre itself. For information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module"
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>Info Centre Modules</link
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> </para>
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<sect1 id="information-center-starting">
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<title
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>Starting the &infocenter;</title>
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<para
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>The &infocenter; can be started 3 ways: </para>
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<orderedlist
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>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>By selecting <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>K Button</guimenu
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><guisubmenu
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>System</guisubmenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Info Centre</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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> from the &kde; Panel. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>By pressing <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Alt;<keycap
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>F2</keycap
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></keycombo
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>. </para>
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<para
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>This will bring up a dialogue box. Type <userinput
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><command
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>kinfocenter</command
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></userinput
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>, and click <guibutton
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>Run</guibutton
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> or press <keycap
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>Enter</keycap
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>. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>You can type <command
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>kinfocenter &</command
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> at any command prompt. </para>
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</listitem
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>
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</orderedlist
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>
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<para
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>All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result. </para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="information-center-screen"
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>
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<title
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>The &infocenter; Screen</title>
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<para
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>When you start the information centre, you are presented with a window, which can be divided into 3 functional parts. </para>
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<para
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>Across the top is a menubar. The menubar will provide you with quick access to most of &infocenter;'s features. The menus are detailed in <link linkend="info-center-menus"
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>The &kde; Info Centre Menus</link
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>. </para>
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<para
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>Along the left hand side, is a column. This is a where you choose which module to investigate. You can learn how to navigate through the modules in the section called <link linkend="module-intro"
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>Navigating Modules</link
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>. </para>
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<para
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>The main panel shows you some system information. </para>
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<!--
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<para>
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In this example, we are running &kde; 2.99, we started &infocenter;
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as user <systemitem class="username"
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>adridg</systemitem
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>, the computer is
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named <systemitem class="systemname"
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>aramis</systemitem
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>, it is a
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FreeBSD system, Version 4.4-RELEASE, on a Pentium.
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</para
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> -->
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="info-center-menus">
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<title
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>The &infocenter; Menus</title>
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<para
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>This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does. </para>
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<sect2 id="info-center-menu-file">
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<title
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><guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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<para
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>The <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> menu has a single entry. </para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><shortcut
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> <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>Q</keycap
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></keycombo
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> </shortcut
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> <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Quit</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action
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>Closes the info centre.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="info-center-menu-help">
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<title
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><guimenu
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>Help</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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&help.menu.documentation; </sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="info-center-exiting">
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<title
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>Exiting The &kde; Information Centre</title>
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<para
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>You can exit the info centre one of three ways: </para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>Select <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Quit</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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> from the menu bar. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>Type <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>Q</keycap
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></keycombo
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> on the keyboard. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>Click on the <guiicon
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>Close</guiicon
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> button on the frame surrounding the info centre. </para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<!--*****************************************************************-->
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<chapter id="module">
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<title
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>The &infocenter; Modules</title>
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<sect1 id="module-intro">
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<title
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>Navigating Modules</title>
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<para
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>This is a list of the <emphasis
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>standard</emphasis
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> configuration modules (sorted by category) provided by the <application role="package"
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>&kde; base</application
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> package. Please note that there may be many more modules on your system if you have installed additional software. </para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/dma/index.html"
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>DMA-Channels</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/devices/index.html"
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>Devices</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/ioports/index.html"
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>IO-Ports</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/interrupts/index.html"
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>Interrupts</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/memory/index.html"
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>Memory</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/nics/index.html"
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>Network Interfaces</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pci/index.html"
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>PCI</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pcmcia/index.html"
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>PCMCIA</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/partitions/index.html"
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>Partitions</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/processor/index.html"
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>Processor</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/protocols/index.html"
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>Protocols</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/scsi/index.html"
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>SCSI</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/samba/index.html"
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>Samba Status Information</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/sound/index.html"
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>Sound</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/usb/index.html"
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>USB Devices</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/xserver/index.html"
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>X-Server</ulink
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></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<!--****************************************-->
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="credits">
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<title
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>Credits and Licence</title>
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<para
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>&infocenter;</para>
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<para
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>Program copyright 1997-2001 The &infocenter; Developers</para>
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<para
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>Contributors:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email
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>hoelzer@kde.org</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Matthias Elter <email
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>elter@kde.org</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para
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>Documentation <trademark class="copyright"
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>copyright 2000 Michael McBride</trademark
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> <email
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>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
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></para>
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<para
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>Contributors:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Paul Campbell <email
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>paul@taniwha.com</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Helge Deller <email
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>deller@kde.org</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Mark Donohoe </para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Pat Dowler</para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Duncan Haldane <email
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>duncan@kde.org</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Steffen Hansen <email
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>stefh@mip.ou.dk</email
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>.</para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email
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>hoelzer@kde.org</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Martin Jones <email
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>mjones@kde.org</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Jost Schenck <email
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>jost@schenck.de</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Jonathan Singer <email
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>jsinger@leeta.net</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Thomas Tanghus <email
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>tanghus@earthling.net</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Krishna Tateneni <email
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>tateneni@pluto.njcc.com
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></email
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Ellis Whitehead <email
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>ewhitehe@uni-freiburg.de</email
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></para
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></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para
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>Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email
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>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
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></para
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>
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&underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter>
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</book>
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