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<chapter id="panel-and-desktop">
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<title>The Panel and the Desktop</title>
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<sect1 id="kicker-panel">
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<title>&kicker;, the &tde; Panel</title>
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<indexterm
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significance="preferred"><primary>Panel</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm
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significance="preferred"><primary>&kicker;</primary></indexterm>
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<para>&kicker; is the application launcher panel of the Trinity Desktop
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Environment. By default, it appears along the bottom of the screen,
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and takes up the whole of the width of the screen, but this is
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configurable. &kicker; is something of a one-stop shop for (almost!)
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everything that you might want quick access to. Besides the &ticon;
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Menu, where you can start applications, &kicker; is also capable of
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running docked applets like the pager, the taskbar or the clock, and
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extensions, such as child panels. With all these options, you will
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probably want to configure &kicker; so that it works best for you. The
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next section describes some common ways to customize the panel.</para>
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<!-- TODO: steal screenies from kicker manual -->
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</sect1>
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<!-- FIXME: Titles and id's in this section should be more consistent -->
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<sect1 id="kicker-configuring">
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<title>Configuring &kicker;</title>
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<sect2 id="customize-panel-icons">
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<title>Customizing the icons on the panel</title>
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<para>When you first start &tde;, kicker displays some icons next to
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the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu. These can be used to start the
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applications that they represent. To see which application is launched
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by each icon, hold the mouse cursor over the icon until a tooltip (a
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small popup label) appears telling you the name of the application.</para>
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<para>These default icons might not represent the applications you use
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most often, so you can remove the ones you do not want and add icons
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for other applications that you use. To remove an icon, &RMB;-click on
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the icon, and select <guilabel>Remove <replaceable>application
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name</replaceable> Button</guilabel> in the popup menu that
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appears. To add a new icon, &RMB;-click on an empty space on the
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panel, and follow the menu entry <guisubmenu>Add Application to Panel
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</guisubmenu>. This leads you to a copy of the
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<guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu, where you can find all of the &tde;
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applications. For example, to add an icon for the &juk; music player,
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follow through the menus to <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Add Application
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to Panel</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>&juk; (Music
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Player)</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The icon will appear on the
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panel in the space that you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton>-clicked on.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="adding-extras-and-applets">
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<title>Adding extras and applets</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Applets</primary></indexterm>
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<para>&kicker; can add many types of items as well as application
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launch icons. You can find these items using the same menu as before,
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but this time selecting
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<guisubmenu>Add Applet to Panel...</guisubmenu>
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or
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<guisubmenu>Add New Panel</guisubmenu>.
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The items in the <guilabel>Add Applet</guilabel> window are small
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programs that can reside on the panel. An example of an applet is the
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<guilabel>Desktop Preview & Pager</guilabel><indexterm><primary>Pager</primary></indexterm>, which shows a small image of each of your virtual
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desktops. (For more information about virtual desktops, see <xref
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linkend="using-multiple-desktops" />). You can switch to a different
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virtual desktop by clicking on its image in the desktop pager.
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<!-- TODO: screenie --></para>
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<para>You can find information about the other applets available for
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&kicker; in the &kicker; manual. Just enter
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<userinput>help:/kicker</userinput> in the
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<guilabel>Location</guilabel> bar in &konqueror;.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="the-system-tray">
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<sect2info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<personname>
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<firstname>Simon</firstname>
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<surname>Vermeersch</surname>
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</personname>
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<email>titeuf@ph34rus.org</email>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect2info>
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<title>The System Tray</title>
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<!-- Simon Vermeersch -->
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<para>The system tray is where programs that are run, but not directly needed are
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kept. Some programs (like music players) are shown there, because you
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probably want to keep them open, but so that it does not take too much space on
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your screen, it will put an icon in the system tray.</para>
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<para>When you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on such an icon, a
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popup menu will appear where you can see some options of the program (like
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play, pause, stop, ... in a music player).</para>
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<para>When you <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on it, the main window
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of the program will appear. If you hover your mouse above the icon, a tool
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tip will appear with some information (in the music player case information
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like the current song). Programs that normally support system tray icons are
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music players, IRC clients, organizers, ...</para>
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<para>In most of these programs you can configure if you want an icon to be
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shown or not. For other tricks and tips with the system tray see the section on <xref linkend="system-tray" />.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="removing-panel-items">
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<title>Removing Panel Items</title>
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<!-- TODO: Need a screenie to show the handles, since they're not very -->
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<!-- easy to describe (and also very small - possible -->
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<!-- accessibility/usability issue? -->
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<para>You can remove applets and other special items from the panel
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using the arrow on its handle on the applet's left. Right click on the
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arrow, and choose <guimenuitem>Remove <replaceable>applet
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name</replaceable></guimenuitem>.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="kicker-taskbar">
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<title>The Taskbar</title>
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<!-- TODO: Screenie (again), write more about why taskbar is useful -->
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<para>The taskbar is an item on the panel which displays an entry for
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each window that you have opened. You can use the taskbar to switch
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between windows by clicking on the entry of the window you want to
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activate. The taskbar has entries for windows on each virtual desktop,
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including windows which have been minimized.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="using-the-clipboard">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Philip.Rodrigues;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Using the Clipboard</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Clipboard</primary></indexterm>
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<para>Very often, it's useful to move some text, or an object in a
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program, from one place to another. It's also very common to need to
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duplicate some text, for example, if you're typing the same thing
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several times. The system used for doing this is known as the
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<firstterm>clipboard</firstterm>. There are two slightly different ways to use this system,
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known technically as the <quote>selection</quote> and the
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<quote><glossterm>clipboard</glossterm></quote>. We'll look at them separately:
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</para>
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<!-- TODO: Describe how to select text -->
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<sect2 id="the-selection">
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<title>The Selection</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Selection</primary></indexterm>
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<para>This method uses the mouse to copy text from one place to
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another. The method is:
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>Select the text you want to copy.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click the &MMB; at the place you want the text to be
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copied to. This can be in the same program as you copied the text
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from, or in another program entirely.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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If you have three buttons on your mouse, this is easy, but if not, all
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is not lost! If you have only two buttons, try clicking them both at
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the same time instead of the &MMB;.
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<!-- Should we mention Emulate3Buttons in XF86Config here? -->
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="the-clipboard-proper">
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<title>The Clipboard</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Cut</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>Paste</primary></indexterm>
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<para>With this method, you can copy text, or <quote>cut</quote> it
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(that is, remove it from one place and move it to another). You can
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use either the mouse and the menu entries, or the keyboard with this
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method. I'll list both ways, with the menu entry to use, followed by
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the keyboard shortcut which will do the same thing, like this:</para>
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<para>
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<menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> </para>
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<para>
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<orderedlist>
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<title>Moving (<quote>Cutting</quote>) Text</title>
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<listitem><para>Select the text you want to cut.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>From the menu, select
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<menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>, and the text will be removed from its current location.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Position the text cursor at the point you want to
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insert the text. This can be in the same application you got the text
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from, or another application entirely. Select
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<menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>, and the text will appear at the point where you placed
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the cursor.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Copying text from one place to another is very similar:
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<orderedlist>
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<title>Copying Text</title>
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<listitem><para>Select the text you want to copy.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>From the menu, select
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<menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>, and the text will be copied in the clipboard.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Position the text cursor at the point you want to
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insert the text. This can be in the same application you got the text
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from, or another application entirely. Select
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<menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="klipper">
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<title>More Advanced Clipboard Use</title>
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<indexterm><primary>&klipper;</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>Clipboard</primary><secondary>History</secondary></indexterm>
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<!-- Should we describe this advanced use, or just point to it? -->
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<para>The instructions above describe the default <glossterm>clipboard</glossterm>
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behavior. The &klipper; application, which you can add as an applet in
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the panel (see <xref linkend="kicker-configuring"/> for instructions
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on how to do this), provides some useful clipboard-related features,
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like a clipboard history, and the ability to change the behavior of
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the clipboard and selection. Take a look at the &klipper; Handbook for
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more information.</para>
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<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>Related Information</title>
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<listitem><para>You can find more information about &kicker;, the
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&tde; Panel, in &khelpcenter; or by entering
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<userinput>help:/kicker</userinput> in &konqueror;'s
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<guilabel>Location</guilabel> bar.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>The &klipper;
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Handbook has information about the advanced clipboard management
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features in &tde;. You can read it in &khelpcenter; or by entering
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<userinput>help:/klipper</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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<sect1 id="kicker-related-information">
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<title>Related Information</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>Related Information</title>
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<listitem><para>Though some information has been presented here, there is a lot more information on &kicker; tips, options, tricks and hacks, in the &kicker; handbook. You can access it via the &khelpcenter; or by simply entering <userinput>help:/kicker</userinput> in the &konqueror; Location toolbar.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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