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<tip category="KDE|General">
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<html>
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<P>
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There is a lot of information about KDE on the
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<A HREF="http://www.kde.org/">KDE web site</A>. There are
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also useful sites for major applications like
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<A HREF="http://www.konqueror.org/">Konqueror</A>,
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<A HREF="http://www.koffice.org/">KOffice</A> and
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<A HREF="http://www.kdevelop.org/">KDevelop</A>, or important
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KDE utilities like
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<A HREF="http://printing.kde.org/">KDEPrint</A>,
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which can be put to its full usage even outside KDE...
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</P>
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<br>
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<center>
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<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/filesystems/desktop.png">
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</center>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General|I18N">
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<html>
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<p>
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KDE is translated into many languages. You can change the country and
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language with the Control Center in "Regional & Accessibility"
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->."Country/Region & Language".
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</p>
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<p>For more information about KDE translations and translators, see <a
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href="http://i18n.kde.org/">http://i18n.kde.org</a>.
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</p>
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<br>
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<center>
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<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/locale.png">
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Andrea Rizzi</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE2">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can minimize all your windows on the current desktop at once and
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thus reach the desktop itself by clicking on the desktop icon on the
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panel.</p>
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<p>If you do not currently have the icon there, you can add it by right clicking on the panel, and then selecting Add to Panel->Special Button->Desktop Access.
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<br>
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<center>
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<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/filesystems/desktop.png">
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</center>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
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<html>
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<p>
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If you temporarily need more screen real-estate, you can <strong>"fold
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in" the panel</strong> by clicking on one of the arrows at the ends of
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the panel. Alternatively, make it hide automatically by changing the
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settings in the Control Center (Desktop->Panels, Hiding tab).
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</p>
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<p>For more information about Kicker, the KDE Panel, see <a
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href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.
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</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
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<html>
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<p>
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The program Klipper, which is started by default and resides in the
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system tray at the right end of the panel, keeps a number of text
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selections around. These can be retrieved or even (in the case of
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URLs, for example) be executed.</p>
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<p>You can find more information about using Klipper in <a
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href="help:/klipper">the Klipper Handbook</a></p>
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<br>
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<center>
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<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/klipper.png">
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</center>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
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<html>
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<p>
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The window list, which is accessible via an icon on the panel, provides a
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quick overview of all windows on all virtual desktops. Alternatively,
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press Alt+F5 to display the window list.</p><br>
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<center>
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<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/window_list.png">
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</center>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Konqueror">
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<html>
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<p>The <b>"Location" label</b> in Konqueror is draggable.</p>
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<p>This means you can create shortcuts (e.g. on the desktop or the panel)
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by dragging it there with the mouse. You can also drop it on to Konsole or
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edit fields to get the URL typed in there (as you can with links or files
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displayed in Konqueror).</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>For quick access to KDEPrint Manager type
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<strong>"print:/manager"</strong>... -- <em>"Type where?"</em>,
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you may ask. Type it...</p>
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<ul>
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<li>...either in Konqueror's <i>address field</i>,</li>
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<li>...or in a <i>Run Command</i> dialog,
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opened by pressing <strong>Alt+F2</strong>.</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<center>
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<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png">
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE2|Desktop">
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<html>
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<p>
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Double-clicking on the titlebar of any window "shades" it, which means
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that only the titlebar stays visible. Double-clicking the titlebar a
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second time will make the window visible again.<br>
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Of course, you can change this behavior within the Control Center.
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</p>
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<p>For more information about ways to manipulate windows in KDE, take
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a look at <a href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html">the KDE User Guide</a>.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Desktop">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can cycle through the windows on a virtual desktop by holding the
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Alt key and pressing Tab or Shift+Tab.</p><br>
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<center><img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/kcmkwm.png"></center></p>
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<p>For more information, see <a
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href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html">the KDE
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User Guide</a>.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Keyboard">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can assign <b>keyboard shortcuts</b> to your favorite applications in the
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KDE menu editor (K-menu->Settings->Menu Editor). Select the application
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(e.g. Konsole), then click on the image next to "Current shortcut
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key:". Press the key combination you want (say, Ctrl+Alt+K).
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<p>That is it: now you can fire up Konsoles with Ctrl+Alt+K.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE2|Win2Unix">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can configure the number of virtual desktops by adjusting the "Number
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of desktops" slider in the Control Center (Desktop->Multiple Desktops).
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</p>
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<p>For more information about using virtual desktops, look at <a
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href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html#using-multiple-desktops">the
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KDE User Guide</a>.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE|General">
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<html>
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<p>The KDE project was founded in October 1996 and had its first release,
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1.0, on July 12, 1998.</p>
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<p>You can <em>support the KDE project</em> with work (programming, designing,
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documenting, proof-reading, translating, etc.) and financial or
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hardware donations. Please contact <a
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href="mailto:kde-ev@kde.org">kde-ev@kde.org</a>
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if you are interested in donating, or <a
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href="mailto:kde-quality@kde.org">kde-quality@kde.org</a> if you would
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like to contribute in other ways.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
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<html>
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<p>KDE provides some shortcuts to change the size of a window:</p>
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<table><tr>
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<th>To maximize a window...</th> <th>click the maximize button...</th>
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</tr><tr>
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<td>...full-screen,</td> <td>...with the left mouse button</td>
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</tr><tr>
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<td>...vertically only,</td> <td>...with the middle mouse button</td>
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</tr><tr>
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<td>...horizontally only,</td> <td>...with the right mouse button</td>
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</tr></table>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>You can stay up to date with new developments in KDE and releases
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by regularly checking the web site <A
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HREF="http://www.kde.org">http://www.kde.org</A>.</p>
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<BR>
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<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p align="center"><strong>KDEPrinting (I)</strong></p>
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<p><strong>kprinter</strong>, KDE's new printing utility supports
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different print subsystems. These subsystems differ very much
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in their abilities.</p>
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<p>Among the supported systems are:
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<ul>
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<li>CUPS, the new Common UNIX Printing System;</li>
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<li>LPR/LPD, traditional BSD-style printing;</li>
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<li>RLPR (no need for "printcap" editing or root privileges to
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use network printers);</li>
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<li>printing through an external program (generic).</li>
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</ul>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p align="center"><strong>KDEPrinting (II)</strong></p>
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<p>Not all print subsystems provide equal abilities
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for KDEPrint to build on.</p>
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<p>The <A HREF="http://printing.kde.org/">KDEPrinting Team</A>
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recommends installing a <A
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HREF="http://www.cups.org/"><strong>CUPS-based</strong></A>
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software as the underlying print subsystem.</p>
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<p> CUPS provides easy usage, powerful features, broad printer
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support and a modern design (based on IPP, the "Internet
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Printing Protocol"). Its usefulness is proven for home users
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as well as for large networks.
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</p>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>
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KDE is based on a well-designed C++ foundation. C++ is a programming
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language well suited to desktop development. The KDE object model
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extends the power of C++ even further. See
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<a href="http://developer.kde.org/">http://developer.kde.org/</a>
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for details.</p><br>
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<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Konqueror">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can use Konqueror to <strong>browse through tar archives</strong>,
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even compressed ones. You can extract files simply by dragging them
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to another place, e.g. another Konqueror window or the desktop.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Keyboard">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can cycle through the virtual desktops by holding the Ctrl key and
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pressing Tab or Shift+Tab.</p>
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<p>For more information about using virtual desktops, look at <a
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href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html#using-multiple-desktops">the
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KDE User Guide</a>.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>You can start <strong>kprinter</strong> as a standalone program
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from any xterm, Konsole window or from the "Run Command" dialog (started
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by pressing <i>Alt+F2</i>). Then select the file to print. You can print
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as many items of different types as you want, all at once.
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</p>
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<center>
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<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png"></center>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>You may at any time switch <strong>kprinter</strong> to another
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print subsystem "on the fly" (and you do not need to be root to do it.)
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</p>
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<p>Laptop users who frequently change to different environments may find
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<A HREF="ftp://truffula.com/pub/">RLPR</A> a useful complement to CUPS
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(or any other print subsystem they use as their preferred one).
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</p>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General|Help">
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<html>
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<P>
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KDE's help system can display not only KDE's own HTML-based help, but
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also info and man pages.</P>
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<p>For more ways of getting help, see <a
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href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/getting-help.html">the KDE User
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Guide</a>.</p>
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<br>
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<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png"></center>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Desktop">
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<html>
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<P>Clicking with the right mouse button on panel icons or applets opens a
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popup menu that allows you to move or remove the item, or add a new
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one.</P>
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<p>For more information about customizing Kicker, the KDE Panel, see
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<a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<P>If a toolbar is not large enough to display all buttons on it, you can
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click on the small arrow at the far right end of the toolbar to see
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the remaining buttons.</P>
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</html>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>
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Need comprehensive info about KDEPrinting?<br> </p>
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<p> Type <strong>help:/kdeprint/</strong> into a Konqueror address field
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and get the
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<a href="http://printing.kde.org/documentation/handbook/">KDEPrint Handbook</a>
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displayed.</p> <p>This, plus more material (like a
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<a href="http://printing.kde.org/faq/">FAQ</a>, various
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<a href="http://printing.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/">Tutorials</a>,
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a "TipsNTricks" section and the
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<a href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-print/">kdeprint mailing list</a>)
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are available at
|
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<a href="http://printing.kde.org/">printing.kde.org</a>...
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</p>
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<center>
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<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png">
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<P>You can run non-KDE applications without problems on a KDE
|
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desktop. It is even possible to integrate them into the menu system.
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The KDE program "KAppfinder" will look for known programs to integrate
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them into the menu.</P>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General|Desktop">
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<html>
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<p>You can quickly move the panel to another screen edge by "grabbing" it with
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the left mouse button and moving it to where you want it.</p>
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<p>For more information about personalizing Kicker, the KDE Panel,
|
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take a look at <a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p>
|
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>
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If you need to kill some time, KDE comes with an extensive collection
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of games.</p><br>
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<center>
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<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/package_games.png">
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="LookNFeel">
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<html>
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<p>You can <strong>quickly change the background</strong> image of the
|
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desktop by dragging a graphics image from a Konqueror window to the
|
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desktop background.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="LookNFeel">
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<html>
|
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<p>You can change the background color of the desktop by dragging a color
|
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from a color selector in any application to the desktop background.
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</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Panel">
|
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<html>
|
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|
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<p>
|
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|
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A fast way to get your favorite application onto your panel is to
|
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right-click the panel (Panel Menu) and select Add to Panel->Application->whatever.
|
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|
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</p>
|
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Panel">
|
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<html>
|
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<p>
|
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|
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You can add more applets to your panel by selecting Panel
|
||
|
|
Menu->Add->Applet from the K menu.
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|
|
</p>
|
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|
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</html>
|
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</tip>
|
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<tip category="Panel">
|
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<html>
|
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|
|
<p>
|
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|
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You can add a little command line to your panel by selecting Panel
|
||
|
|
Menu->Add to Panel->Applet->Run Command from the K menu.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
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<p>For information about other applets available for the KDE Panel,
|
||
|
|
take a look at <a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
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<tip category="Panel|LookNFeel">
|
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|
|
<html>
|
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|
|
<p>Want to see the local time of your friends or
|
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|
|
business partners <b>around the world</b>?</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Just press the middle mouse button on the <b>panel clock</b>.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
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|
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|
||
|
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<tip category="Panel|LookNFeel">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>Your <b>panel clock</b> can be configured to display the time
|
||
|
|
in <b>plain</b>, <b>digital</b>, <b>analog</b> or <b>fuzzy-style</b>
|
||
|
|
mode.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>See <a href="help:/kicker/clock-applet.html">the Kicker
|
||
|
|
Handbook</a> for more information.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
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|
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|
|
<tip category="Keyboard">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
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|
|
If you know its name, you can <strong>execute any program</strong> by pressing
|
||
|
|
<strong>Alt+F2</strong>
|
||
|
|
and entering the program name in the command-line window provided.<p>
|
||
|
|
<br>
|
||
|
|
<center>
|
||
|
|
<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/kmenu.png">
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Keyboard|Konqueror">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can <strong>browse any URL</strong> by pressing
|
||
|
|
<strong>Alt+F2</strong> and entering the URL in the
|
||
|
|
command-line window provided.
|
||
|
|
</p><br>
|
||
|
|
<center>
|
||
|
|
<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/filesystems/network.png">
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Konqueror|Keyboard">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>If you are using Konqueror and want to type another location into
|
||
|
|
the location field below the toolbar to get there, you can clear the
|
||
|
|
whole field very quickly with the black button with a white cross
|
||
|
|
to the left of the "Location" label and start typing.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>You can also press Ctrl+L to clear the location field and place the
|
||
|
|
text cursor there.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Keyboard|Help">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can access a <strong>man page</strong> by entering a
|
||
|
|
hash mark (#) and the name of the man page wherever you can enter
|
||
|
|
a URL, like in the location field of the web browser or the
|
||
|
|
<strong>Alt+F2</strong> command-line.</p><br>
|
||
|
|
<center>
|
||
|
|
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png">
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Keyboard|Help">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can access an <strong>info page</strong> by entering a double hash mark (##)
|
||
|
|
and the
|
||
|
|
name of the info page wherever you can enter a URL, like in the URL
|
||
|
|
line of the web browser or the <strong>Alt+F2</strong> command-line.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<br>
|
||
|
|
<center>
|
||
|
|
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png">
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Keyboard|Desktop">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
If you cannot access the titlebar, you can still <strong>move a window</strong>
|
||
|
|
on the screen by holding the Alt key, clicking anywhere into the window
|
||
|
|
and "dragging" it with the mouse.</p><br>
|
||
|
|
<p>Of course, you can change this behavior by using the Control Center.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p> Want KDE's printing power in non-KDE apps? </p>
|
||
|
|
<p> Then use <strong>'kprinter'</strong> as "print command".
|
||
|
|
Works with Netscape, Mozilla, Galeon, gv, Acrobat Reader,
|
||
|
|
StarOffice, OpenOffice.org, any GNOME application and many more...</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>See <a href="http://printing.kde.org/faq/kdeprint.phtml#out">printing.kde.org</a>
|
||
|
|
for more detailed hints...
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<center>
|
||
|
|
<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png">
|
||
|
|
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Keyboard|Desktop">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can <strong>resize a window</strong> on the screen by holding the Alt key,
|
||
|
|
right-clicking anywhere into the window and moving the mouse.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
KDE's mail client (KMail) provides seamless <strong>PGP/GnuPG
|
||
|
|
integration</strong>
|
||
|
|
for encrypting and signing your email messages.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>See <a href="help:/kmail/pgp.html">the KMail Handbook</a> for
|
||
|
|
instructions on setting up encryption.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can find KDE developers all over the world, e.g., in Germany,
|
||
|
|
Sweden, France, Canada, USA, Australia, Namibia, Argentina, and even in
|
||
|
|
Norway!</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
To see where KDE developers can be found, take a look at <a href="http://worldwide.kde.org">worldwide.kde.org</a>.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
KDE's CD player, KsCD, accesses the Internet CD database freedb to provide you
|
||
|
|
with title/track information.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Full details of KsCD's functions are available in <a
|
||
|
|
href="help:/kscd">the KsCD Handbook</a>.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Keyboard|Konsole">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
Some people open many terminal windows just to enter <em>one single</em>
|
||
|
|
command.</p>
|
||
|
|
<ul>
|
||
|
|
<li>Use <strong>Alt+F2</strong> for just firing up programs (Alt+F2 "kword") or
|
||
|
|
<li>use Konsole sessions ("New" in toolbar) if you need text output.
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="LookNFeel">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can change the color of the window titlebars by clicking on the title bar of the
|
||
|
|
color example in the <em>Appearance & Themes</em> module within the Control Center.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>This works for all of the other available colors too.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p align="center"><strong>KDE Command Line Printing (I)</strong></p>
|
||
|
|
<p> Want to print from command line, without missing KDE's printing power?</p>
|
||
|
|
<p> Type <strong>'kprinter'</strong>. Up pops the
|
||
|
|
KDEPrint dialog. Select printer, print options and
|
||
|
|
print files (note that you may select <em>different</em>
|
||
|
|
files of <em>different</em> types for <em>one</em> print job...). </p>
|
||
|
|
<p>This works from Konsole, any x-Terminal, or "Run Command"
|
||
|
|
(called by pressing <em>Alt+F2</em>)</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p align="center"><strong>KDE Command Line Printing (II)</strong></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You may specify print files and/or name a printer from the command line:
|
||
|
|
<pre>
|
||
|
|
kprinter -d infotec \
|
||
|
|
/home/kurt/paragliding.jpg \
|
||
|
|
../kdeprint-handbook.pdf \
|
||
|
|
/opt/kde3/flyer.ps
|
||
|
|
</pre>
|
||
|
|
This prints 3 different files (from different folders) to printer "infotec".
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<center>
|
||
|
|
<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png">
|
||
|
|
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="LookNFeel">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
The difference between window manager styles and old-fashioned themes is
|
||
|
|
that the former even reflect window titlebar color settings from the
|
||
|
|
Control Center and might implement different features.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
The K in KDE does not stand for anything. It is the character that comes
|
||
|
|
before L in the Latin alphabet, which stands for Linux. It was chosen
|
||
|
|
because KDE runs on many types of UNIX (and perfectly well on FreeBSD).
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>If you want to know when <b>the next release</b> of KDE is planned,
|
||
|
|
look for the release schedule on <a
|
||
|
|
href="http://developer.kde.org/">http://developer.kde.org</a>. If you only
|
||
|
|
find old release schedules, there will probably be some weeks/months of
|
||
|
|
intensive development left before the next release.</p><br>
|
||
|
|
<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Desktop">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
Under the <em>"B II"</em> window decoration, the title bars
|
||
|
|
automatically move by themselves so they are always visible. You can
|
||
|
|
edit your title bar decoration by right clicking on your title bar and
|
||
|
|
selecting "Configure Window Behavior...".</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Keyboard">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>If you do not like the default completion mode (e.g. in Konqueror), you
|
||
|
|
can right-click on the edit-widget and choose a different mode, e.g.
|
||
|
|
automatic or manual completion. Manual completion works in a similar
|
||
|
|
way to
|
||
|
|
completion in a UNIX shell. Use Ctrl+E to invoke it.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Panel">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>If you want another panel, to make more space for your applets and
|
||
|
|
buttons, press right mouse button on the panel to invoke the panel menu
|
||
|
|
and select "Add to Panel->Panel->Panel".</p><p>
|
||
|
|
(You can then put anything on the fresh panel, adjust its size and
|
||
|
|
so on.)</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>If you want to contribute your own "tip of the day", please send it to
|
||
|
|
<a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org">kde-doc-english@kde.org</a>, and we will be happy to
|
||
|
|
include
|
||
|
|
it in the next release.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Konqueror">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
If you drag a file from Konqueror or from the desktop to Konsole, you
|
||
|
|
will have the choice between pasting the URL or entering that folder.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
Choose the one you want, so you do not have to write the entire path
|
||
|
|
in the terminal window.</p>
|
||
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Gerard Delafond</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can hide mixer devices in KMix by clicking on "Hide" in the
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context menu that appears when you click with the right mouse button
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on one of the sliders.
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</p>
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<p>Take a look at <a href="help:/kmix">the KMix Handbook</a> for more
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KMix tips and tricks.</p>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Stefan Schimanski</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Konqueror">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can add your own "Web Shortcuts" to Konqueror by selecting
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Settings->Configure Konqueror->Web Shortcuts. Click "New..." and
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complete the fields.
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</p>
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<p>For further instructions, and details about the advanced features
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available with Web Shortcuts, see <a
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href="help:/konqueror/enhanced-browsing.html">the Konqueror Handbook</a>.</p>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Michael Lachmann and Thomas Diehl</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Win2Unix">
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<html>
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<p>
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Each UNIX user has a so-called Home folder in which his or her
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files as well as user-dependent configuration files are saved. If you
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work in a Konsole window, you can easily change to your home folder
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by entering the <b>cd</b> command without any parameters.
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</p>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Win2Unix">
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<html>
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<p>
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You might wonder why there are very few (if any) files whose
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names end in <code>.exe</code> or <code>.bat</code> on UNIX
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systems. This is because filenames on UNIX do not need an
|
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extension. Executable files in KDE are represented by the gear icon
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in Konqueror. In the Konsole window, they are often colored red
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(depending on your settings).
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</p>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix|General">
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<html>
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<p>
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If you want to make your desktop look more interesting, you can find
|
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tons of themes, widget styles window decorations and more at <a href="http://kde-look.org/">kde-look.org</a>.
|
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</p>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
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<html>
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<p>
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Did you know that you can use the middle mouse button to paste
|
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|
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text? Try selecting some text with the left mouse button and click
|
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|
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elsewhere with the middle mouse button. The selected text will be
|
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|
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pasted at the click position. This even works between different programs.
|
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|
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</p>
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>
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Want to print by using "DragNDrop"?
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</p>
|
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<p>
|
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|
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Drag a file and drop it on the "Files" tab of an opened
|
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|
|
<strong>kprinter</strong> dialog. </p>
|
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|
|
<p>Then continue as you would normally: select a printer, job options, etc.
|
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|
|
and click the "Print" button.
|
||
|
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</p>
|
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|
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<center>
|
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|
|
<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png">
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<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p>
|
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>
|
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|
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If you need to calculate a distance on the screen, the program
|
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|
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<em>kruler</em> can be of great help.</p>
|
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|
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<p>
|
||
|
|
Furthermore, if you need to look closely at the ruler to count single
|
||
|
|
pixels, <em>kmag</em> may be very useful. (It is not part of the KDE base
|
||
|
|
installation but needs to be installed separately. It might already be
|
||
|
|
available on your distribution.) <em>kmag</em> works
|
||
|
|
just like <em>xmag</em>, with the difference that it magnifies on the fly.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jesper Pedersen</em></p><br>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
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</tip>
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||
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|
||
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|
<tip category="Multimedia">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
Sound in KDE is coordinated by the <b>artsd</b> sound server. You can
|
||
|
|
configure the sound server from the Control Center by selecting
|
||
|
|
Sound & Multimedia->Sound Server.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jeff Tranter</em></p><br>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
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|
||
|
|
<tip category="Multimedia">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can associate sounds, pop up windows, and more with KDE events. This can be configured
|
||
|
|
from the Control Center by selecting Sound & Multimedia->System Notifications.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jeff Tranter</em></p><br>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
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|
||
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||
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<tip category="Multimedia">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
Most non-KDE sound applications that do not know about the sound server can be
|
||
|
|
run using the <b>artsdsp</b> command. When the application is run, accesses to
|
||
|
|
the audio device will be redirected to the <b>artsd</b> sound server.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
The command format is:<br>
|
||
|
|
<b>artsdsp</b> <em>application</em> <em>arguments</em> ...
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jeff Tranter</em></p><br>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
<tip category="Panel">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
By holding down the <b>Shift</b> button while moving a container (button
|
||
|
|
or applet) on the Panel, the container can then be used to push forward
|
||
|
|
other containers.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
KDE's 'kioslaves' do not just work in Konqueror: you can use network
|
||
|
|
URLs in any KDE application. For example, you can enter a URL like
|
||
|
|
ftp://www.server.com/myfile in the Kate Open dialog, and Kate will
|
||
|
|
open the file and save changes back to the FTP server when you click
|
||
|
|
on 'Save.'
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Network">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can use Konqueror to access your files on any server that you have
|
||
|
|
ssh access to. Just enter fish://<em>username</em>@<em>hostname</em> in
|
||
|
|
Konqueror's location bar.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
In fact, all KDE applications support fish:// URLs - try entering one
|
||
|
|
in the Open dialog of Kate, for instance
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="KMail">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
KMail, the KDE email client, has built-in support for several popular
|
||
|
|
spam filtering apps. To set up automatic spam filtering in KMail,
|
||
|
|
configure your favorite spam filter as you like it, then go to
|
||
|
|
Tools->Anti-spam wizard in KMail.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
For more information, look at <a
|
||
|
|
href="help:/kmail/the-anti-spam-wizard.html">the KMail Handbook
|
||
|
|
Anti-Spam Wizard chapter</a>.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="KWin">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
You can make a window go below other windows by middle-clicking on its titlebar.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
KDE applications offer short "What's This?" help texts for many
|
||
|
|
features. Just click on the question mark on the window titlebar, and
|
||
|
|
then click on the item you need help on. (In some themes, the button
|
||
|
|
is a lowercase "i" instead of a question mark).
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="KWin">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
KDE supports several different window focus modes: take a look in the
|
||
|
|
Control Center, under Desktop->Window Behavior. For example, if you
|
||
|
|
use the mouse a lot, you might prefer the "Focus follows mouse" setting.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Konqueror">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>
|
||
|
|
Konqueror can continuously scroll webpages up or down: just press
|
||
|
|
Shift+Up Arrow or Shift+Down Arrow. Press the key combination again to
|
||
|
|
increase the speed, or any other key to stop the scrolling.
|
||
|
|
</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General|Help">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>You can use Konqueror's help:/ kioslave to have quick and easy
|
||
|
|
access to an application's handbook by typing <b>help:/</b>, directly
|
||
|
|
followed by the application name, in the Location bar. So, for example
|
||
|
|
to view the handbook for kwrite simply type help:/kwrite.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="LookNFeel">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>Thanks to the <a href="http://svg.kde.org" title="ksvg">KSVG
|
||
|
|
project</a>, KDE now has full support for the Scalable Vector Graphics
|
||
|
|
(SVG) image filetypes. You can view these images in Konqueror and even
|
||
|
|
set an SVG image as a background for your desktop.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>There is also a great bunch of <a
|
||
|
|
href="http://kdelook.org/index.php?xcontentmode=7" title="kdelook
|
||
|
|
SVG">SVG wallpapers</a> for your desktop background available at <a
|
||
|
|
href="http://kdelook.org" title="kdelook">kde-look.org</a>.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Konqueror">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>Konqueror's Web Shortcuts feature lets you submit a query directly
|
||
|
|
to a search engine without having to visit the website
|
||
|
|
first. For example, entering <b>gg:konqueror</b> in Location bar and
|
||
|
|
pressing Enter will search Google for items relating to Konqueror.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>To see what further Web Shortcuts are available, and to make your
|
||
|
|
own, from Konqueror just select Settings->Configure Konqueror... which
|
||
|
|
will open the Settings dialog box, and then just click on the Web
|
||
|
|
Shortcuts icon.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="accessbility">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>KDE is always looking to improve its accessibility, and with the
|
||
|
|
launch of KTTS (KDE Text-to-Speech) you now have the power to convert
|
||
|
|
strings of text into audible speech. </p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>KTTS is constantly improving, and currently provides support to
|
||
|
|
speak all or any portion of plain text files (as viewed in Kate), HTML
|
||
|
|
pages in Konqueror, text in the KDE clipboard, as well as speech of
|
||
|
|
KDE notifications (KNotify).</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>To start the KTTS system, you can either select KTTS in the KDE
|
||
|
|
menu, or hit Alt+F2 to run a command and then type <b>kttsmgr</b>. For
|
||
|
|
more information on KTTS, check the <a href="help:/kttsd" title="KTTSD
|
||
|
|
Handbook">KTTSD Handbook</a>.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>Though KDE is a very stable desktop environment, programs may
|
||
|
|
occasionally freeze or crash, particularly if you are running the
|
||
|
|
development version of a program, or a program made by a
|
||
|
|
third-party. In this case, you can forcibly kill the program if need
|
||
|
|
be.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>Pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+Esc</b> will bring up the skull-and-crossbones
|
||
|
|
cursor, and once you click on a window with it the program will be
|
||
|
|
automatically killed. Note, however, that this is an untidy way of
|
||
|
|
shutting down the program which may result in data being lost, and
|
||
|
|
some partner processes may still remain running. This should only be
|
||
|
|
used as a last resort.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Kontact">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>KMail is KDE's email client, but did you know that you can
|
||
|
|
integrate it -- along with other programs -- to bring them all under
|
||
|
|
one roof? Kontact was made to be a Personal Information Management
|
||
|
|
suite, and it integrates all components under it seamlessly.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>Other possible programs to integrate with Kontact include
|
||
|
|
KAddressBook (for handling Contacts), KNotes (for keeping notes),
|
||
|
|
KNode (to keep up-to-date with the latest news), and KOrganizer (for a
|
||
|
|
comprehensive calender).</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>You can use the mouse wheel to quickly perform a number of tasks;
|
||
|
|
here are a few you might not have known of:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<ul><li>Ctrl+Mouse-Wheel in the Konqueror web browser to change the font-size,
|
||
|
|
or in Konqueror file manager to change icon size.</li>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<li>Shift+Mouse-Wheel for fast scrolling in all KDE applications.</li>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<li>Mouse-Wheel over the taskbar in Kicker to quickly alternate between
|
||
|
|
different windows.</li>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<li>Mouse-Wheel over the Desktop Previewer and Pager to change
|
||
|
|
desktop.</li></ul></p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="Konqueror">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>By pressing F4 in Konqueror you can open a terminal at your current
|
||
|
|
location.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<tip category="General">
|
||
|
|
<html>
|
||
|
|
<p>Although KDE will automatically restore your KDE programs that were
|
||
|
|
left open after you logged out, you can specifically tell KDE to start
|
||
|
|
particular applications on start up; see the <a
|
||
|
|
href="help:/khelpcenter/faq/configure.html#id2574142" title="Autostart
|
||
|
|
FAQ">FAQ entry</a> for more information.</p>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|
||
|
|
</tip>
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<html>
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<p>You can integrate Kontact, KDE's Personal Information Management
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suit, with Kopete, KDE's Instant Messenger client, so that you can
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view contacts' online status, as well as respond to them easily from
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KMail itself. For a step-by-step guide, check <a
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href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/integrated-messaging.html"
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title="Integrated Messaging">the KDE User Guide</a>.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Kontact">
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<html>
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<p>By entering <b>kmail --composer</b> in Konsole you can
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have KMail only open up the composer window, so that you do not have to
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open the entire email client when you only want to send an email to
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someone.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="General">
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<html>
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<p>While remembering passwords may be tedious, and writing them down
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on paper or in a text file may be insecure and untidy, KWallet is an
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application that can save and manage all of your passwords in strongly
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encrypted files, and permit access to them with the use of one master
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password.</p>
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<p>KWallet can be accessed from kcontrol, KDE's Control Center; from
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there, simply go to Security & Privacy->KDE Wallet. For more
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information on KWallet and on how to use it, check <a
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href="help:/kwallet" title="kwallet">the handbook</a>.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Desktop">
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<html>
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<p>By pressing the Middle Mouse-Button on the desktop you can get a
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brief list of all the windows on each desktop. From here you can also
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unclutter or cascade the windows.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Desktop">
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<html>
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<p>Different virtual desktops can be customized individually, to a
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certain extent. For example, you can specify a particular background
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for a given desktop: Take a look in KDE's Control Center, under
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Appearance & Themes->Background, or right-click on the desktop and
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select Configure Desktop.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Konqueror">
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<html>
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<p>While tabbed browsing in Konqueror is very useful, you can take
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this one step further if you choose to have a split view in order to
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view two locations at the same time. To access this feature, in
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Konqueror select Window->Split View, with either Top-Bottom or
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Left/Right, depending upon your choice.</p>
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<p>This setting will also only apply to a particular tab, rather than
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all tabs you have, so you can choose to have the split view for only
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some of the tabs where you might think it is useful.</p>
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</html>
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</tip>
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<tip category="Keyboard">
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<html>
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<p>
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You can let KDE turn the <b>NumLock</b> ON or OFF at startup.
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</p>
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<p>
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Open the Control Center, select Peripherals->Keyboard and make your
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choice.
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</p>
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<p>
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<hr><br><br>
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<i>This is the last tip in the tips database. Clicking "Next" will take you back to
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the first tip.</i>
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