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<chapter id="shortcuts">
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<title>Tips & Tricks for Your Daily Work </title>
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<epigraph>
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<attribution>Fortune Cookies</attribution>
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<para>Everyone can make an omelette with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.</para>
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</epigraph>
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<para>Nearly everyone can use &kde;; this is why the developers made it. There are no cryptic switches with which to cope, and few configuration files you need edit in <acronym>ASCII</acronym> style. However, there are some ways you can do your work more elegantly, saving you time for the truly important things, like &ksirtet;.</para>
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<sect1 id="shortcut-table">
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<title>Shortcut Table </title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Alt;<keycap>Tab</keycap> </keycombo> or <keycombo>&Alt;&Shift;<keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Cycle through the windows </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo> or <keycombo>&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Tab</keycap> </keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Cycle through your desktops </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap> </keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Mini Command line</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Alt;<keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Window Menu </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Alt;<keycap>F4</keycap> </keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Close the current window </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>F{1..8}</keycap></keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Switch to a specific desktop </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>Esc</keycap> </keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Window destroyer (every window you click on will be destroyed). Press this key combination again to cancel the killer cursor. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>Backspace</keycap> </keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>This exits &kde; (without saving!) Use this as a last resort </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>Numpad +</keycap></keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Cycles to the next screen resolution. You need to configure this in your &X-Server; configuration for it to work. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>Numpad -</keycap> </keycombo></term>
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<listitem><para>Cycles to the previous screen resolution. You need to configure this in your &X-Server; configuration for it to work.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="mouse-techniques">
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<title>Mouse Techniques </title>
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<para>Note these are defaults only, and you can customise them to your liking.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Clicking on the border or the titlebar</term>
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<listitem>
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<variablelist>
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<term><mousebutton>Left</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem><para>Activates and raises the window.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><mousebutton>Middle</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem><para>Lowers the window</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><mousebutton>Right</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem><para>Shows the <guimenu>Window menu</guimenu> if the window is active, otherwise activates the window.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Doubleclick on the window title</term>
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<listitem><para>Shades the window (<quote>rolls it up</quote> so only the titlebar is visible).</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Drag on the titlebar</term>
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<listitem><para>Moves the window around.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Drag on corners or edges</term>
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<listitem><para>Resizes the window.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Alt;<mousebutton>Left</mousebutton></keycombo> Button</term>
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<listitem><para>Moves the window around.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Alt;<mousebutton>Middle</mousebutton> </keycombo> Button</term>
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<listitem><para>Raises the window.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><keycombo>&Alt;<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> </keycombo> Button</term>
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<listitem><para>Resizes the window in the direction you drag the mouse.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Click on the Icon on the top left</term>
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<listitem><para>Close the application</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Click on the Sticky Button</term>
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<listitem><para>toggles sticky </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Clicking on Maximise</term>
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<listitem>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><mousebutton>Left</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem><para>Maximises the window</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><mousebutton>Middle</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem><para>Maximises only vertically</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><mousebutton>Right</mousebutton></term>
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<listitem><para>Maximises horizontally</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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