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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &tde; (Trinity Desktop Environment) User Guide</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&tde-authors;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<copyright>
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<year>2004-2005</year>
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<holder>The &kde; Team</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
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<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<date>&tde-release-date;</date>
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<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo>
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<abstract>
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<para>A general user guide to the Trinity Desktop Environment.
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</para>
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<para>Please report problems with this document to
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<email>trinity-devel@lists.pearsoncomputing.net</email>.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>TDE</keyword>
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<keyword>desktop</keyword>
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<keyword>handbook</keyword>
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<keyword>tutorial</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<part id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<chapter id="welcome">
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<title>Welcome to the &tde; User Guide</title>
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<para>This User Guide provides an overview of &tde;. Use this
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guide after installing &tde; and accompanying packages. This guide should be
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a first point of reference for basic &tde; configuration questions, or
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to learn to perform common tasks.</para>
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<sect1 id="what-the-ug-is">
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<title>What this guide aims to be</title>
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<para>The first place to look and a one-stop location for questions
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regarding &tde;.</para>
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<para>A quick guide to commonly performed tasks. In most cases, learning
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basic functions does not require configuring every option in an application.
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Provided in this guide is information that works
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for most common situations, along with links to sources of
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further information.</para>
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<para>There are also some tips and tricks showing useful features
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of &tde; and ways to save time and effort.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="what-the-ug-is-not">
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<title>What this book is not</title>
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<para>This guide is not intended to replace the individual application
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handbook help manuals. Use the appropriate handbook to help with specific program
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configuration and troubleshooting issues not covered in this guide. Where to find
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additional information is provided when answers are outside the scope of this guide.</para>
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<para>Several applications provided outside the main &tde; suite
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are mentioned in this guide, but mostly this guide covers only the
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applications provided as part of the main suite.</para>
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<para>The user guide is not specific to a distribution and covers a default &tde;
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installation. Local installations might be customized by
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distribution providers, or end-users. Therefore advice provided in this guide is
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generic. For example, file paths used to run files might be different than
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described in this guide.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="typographic-conventions">
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<title>Conventions used in this book</title>
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<para>The following formatting conventions are used:
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<informaltable>
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<tgroup cols="3">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>Type of Text</entry>
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<entry>Style</entry>
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<entry>Example</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>Text appearing in the &GUI; (on buttons, &etc;)</entry>
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<entry>Light gray background</entry>
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<entry><guilabel>Settings</guilabel></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>Names of keys</entry>
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<entry>Bold font</entry>
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<entry>&Ctrl;</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>Menu entries</entry>
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<entry><quote>Menu Name</quote>-><quote>Menu Item</quote></entry>
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<entry><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>Key combinations (pressed simultaneously)</entry>
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<entry><quote>Modifier Key</quote>+<quote>Action Key</quote></entry>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap>
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</keycombo></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>Text you should enter</entry>
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<entry>Bold, fixed width font</entry>
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<entry><userinput>ls -al tde/</userinput></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>Text you should replace as appropriate</entry>
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<entry>Italic green font</entry>
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<entry><replaceable>user</replaceable></entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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</para>
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<para>Mouse buttons often are referred to as the left mouse button and right mouse button.
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Traditionally, the left mouse button is used the primary button to select items and the right
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mouse button is used as the secondary button to open popup context menus. Within that context,
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terms such as "left-click" and "right-click" have become common. Unfortunately, that terminology
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describes the buttons from a right-handed perspective. For people using a mouse configured
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for left-handed use, the roles of the buttons are reversed. That is, the right mouse button
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becomes the primary button and the left mouse button becomes the secondary button. To avoid
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confusion in this guide, that traditional terminology will be used as little as possible.
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Although this guide is revised periodically, those traditional terms might still be used.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="system-locations">
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<title>System Locations</title>
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<para>The following system location information might be useful:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>&tde; prefix</term>
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<listitem><para>&tde; installs into its own folder tree, which is found by
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running the command <userinput><command>tde-config</command> <option>--prefix</option></userinput>. This folder is referred to
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by the environment variable $<envar>TDEDIR</envar> and possibly
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$<envar>TDEDIRS</envar>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>&tde; user-specific settings</term>
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<listitem><para>The environment variable $<envar>TDEHOME</envar>
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points to the folder where &tde; should find user-specific settings.
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The default location is <filename class="directory">$HOME/.trinity</filename>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="overview">
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<title>Overview, or <quote>Where to look in the User Guide</quote></title>
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<para>Here's an overview of what's in the User Guide:</para>
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<para><xref linkend="desktop"/> contains an introduction to the basic
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use of &tde;, such as <xref linkend="windows-how-to-work"/>, and the tools
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used in all &tde; applications, like <xref
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linkend="programs-save-open" />. Those users new to &tde; or
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computers in general, will find this section helpful.</para>
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<para><xref linkend="components"/> explains some important components
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of a &tde; installation and how they fit together. &tde;'s multimedia
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and networking capabilities are extensive and not covered thoroughly
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here, but there's a taster of both of them in this part of the User
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Guide. At the end of this part are suggestions for tweaking &tde;
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in <xref linkend="tinkering-under-the-hood"/>.</para>
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<para><xref linkend="tde-online"/> highlights &tde;'s suite of
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Internet applications. &tde; includes a powerful web browser,
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&konqueror;, a full-featured email client, &kmail;, a news reader,
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&knode;, and many more applications to use the Internet.
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This part of the User Guide contains
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information about configuring these applications.</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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</part>
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<part id="desktop">
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<title>The Desktop</title>
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<chapter id="basics">
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<title>The Basics</title>
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<para>The <quote>desktop</quote><indexterm><primary>Desktop</primary>
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</indexterm> is the name for the layout of
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the screen when starting &tde;. The desktop might look slightly different,
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but the main features should be the same as the following image.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="desktop.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>A default desktop layout</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>Let us look at the most important parts:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Most of the screen is
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occupied by the background<indexterm><primary>Background</primary></indexterm>. With some distributions,
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there might be a picture for the background. This picture is referred to as the
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<quote>wallpaper,</quote><indexterm><primary>Wallpaper</primary></indexterm> and can be changed by every user.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>In the left-hand side are two icons:
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<guiicon>Trash</guiicon> and <guiicon>Home</guiicon>. Selecting
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these will open the <filename>Trash</filename> folder and Home
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folder, respectively. Add more icons to the desktop as desired
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to open favorite programs, or access removable media.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>At the bottom is the &tde; Panel<indexterm><primary>Panel</primary></indexterm>, also known as
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<quote>&kicker;</quote>. The Panel contains several useful ways of
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interacting with &tde;. The Panel houses the &kmenu; button, from where
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any &tde; application can be started. The Panel can be configured to show all the
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programs that are running, as well as the date and time, and more.
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Read <xref linkend="panel-and-desktop"/> for more
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information about the &tde; Panel.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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<!-- Put this somewhere else
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At the far left is the &kmenu;
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button. Selecting this button will open the main &tde; menu, which
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has links to all the installed &tde; applications, and some useful
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commands, like <guilabel>Find Files</guilabel> and <guilabel>Log
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Out</guilabel>. Start an application from the
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&kmenu;. Like the other things on the desktop,
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the &kmenu; can be changed.</para>
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</listitem>
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-->
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<!-- Put this in the Panel section
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<listitem><para>Next to the &kmenu; button are icons which will
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start some commonly-used &tde; applications. These icons are similar
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to the ones on the desktop, but only links to programs
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(and not links to removable media, like CDs).</para>
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</listitem>
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-->
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<sect1 id="logging-in">
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<title>Logging In and Logging Out</title>
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<para>There are two ways to log into &tde;: graphically and via the
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command line.</para>
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<sect2 id="logging-in-graphically">
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<title>Logging in Graphically</title>
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<indexterm><primary>login</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>&tdm;</primary></indexterm>
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<para>A screen similar to the one shown below means
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the computer is ready for logging in graphically.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="tdm.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>A typical TDM display</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para> Enter a username in the
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<guilabel>Username</guilabel> text box and password in the
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<guilabel>Password</guilabel> text box. The password will not be shown
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while typing, instead displaying as asterisks or dots. When finished,
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select the <guibutton>Login</guibutton> button, or press the Enter key,
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and &tde; will start. A &tde; splash image will appear,
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and provide &tde; startup information. When done
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&tde; will be ready to use.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="logging-in-via-cmdline">
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<title>Logging in at the Command Line</title>
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<indexterm><primary><command>starttde</command></primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary><command>startx</command></primary></indexterm>
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<para>For those preferring the command line, log in to &tde;
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with the <command>startx</command> command. If necessary then in the
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system or user <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file, add the line
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<userinput>exec starttde</userinput>. &tde; should start the same way as
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when logging in graphically.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="logging-out">
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<title>Logging Out</title>
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<indexterm><primary>logout</primary></indexterm>
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<para>When finished using &tde; for the moment, then
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log out until next time. The easiest way to do this is to
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select the &kmenu; button
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<guiicon>
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<inlinemediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="../common/kmenu.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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</inlinemediaobject>
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</guiicon>
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at the bottom left of the screen, and then
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select the <guimenuitem>Log Out...</guimenuitem> item.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>Related Information</title>
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<listitem><para>The <ulink url="help:/tdm">&tdm; Handbook</ulink> has information about using and configuring
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the &tde; graphical login manager. Read more in &khelpcenter; or
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by entering <userinput>help:/tdm</userinput> in &konqueror;'s
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<guilabel>Location</guilabel> bar.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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&getting-help;
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&windows-how-to;
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&the-filemanager;
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</chapter>
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&panel-and-desktop;
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&programs-and-documents;
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</part>
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<part id="components">
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<title>&tde; Components</title>
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&control-center;
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&base-tde-applications;
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&extragear-applications;
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<chapter id="multimedia">
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<title>Multimedia With &tde;</title>
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&removable-disks;
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&playing-music;
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&playing-audiocds;
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&playing-movies;
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="multiuser-kde">
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<title>&tde; the Multiuser Desktop</title>
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&your-tde-account;
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&tde-as-root;
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&switching-sessions;
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="networking">
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<title>Networking with &tde;</title>
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&file-sharing;
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&networking-with-windows;
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&shared-sessions;
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="graphics-printing-and-fonts">
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<title>Graphics, Printing, and Fonts</title>
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&printer-setup;
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&printing-from-apps;
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&pdf-files;
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&font-installation;
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&creating-graphics;
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</chapter>
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&customizing-desktop;
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&konsole-intro;
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&tde-edutainment;
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&accessibility;
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&under-the-hood;
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&email;
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&internet-shortcuts;
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&usenet;
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&messaging-intro;
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&tde-office;
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&migrator-applications;
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&migrator-dictionary;
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&standard-menu-entries;
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&glossary;
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<chapter id="troubleshooting">
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<title>Troubleshooting Problems</title>
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<para>Problems that aren't</para>
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<para>Frozen apps (how to kill them)</para>
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<para>Things won't open</para>
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<para>That scary crash dialog</para>
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<para>Reporting Bugs</para>
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<para>More Resources</para>
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&troubleshooting-network-x;
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&troubleshooting-no-open;
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<chapter id="contributing">
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<title>Contributing to &tde;</title>
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<para>Some basic information to get encourage people to contribute to
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&tde;, information about what's available, and how to get
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</chapter>
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<appendix id="appendix-credits">
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<title>Credits and Licenses</title>
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&credits-and-license;
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<sect1 id="license">
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<title>License</title>
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&underFDL;
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</sect1>
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