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Contents
About This Guide ix
Part I KDE Desktop 1
1 Getting Started with the KDE Desktop 3
1.1 Logging In and Selecting a Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 Desktop Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Managing Folders and Files with Konqueror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.5 Accessing Network Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.6 Finding Data on your Computer or in the File System . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.7 Moving Text between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1.8 Exploring the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1.9 E-Mail and Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1.10 Opening or Creating Documents with OpenOffice.org . . . . . . . . . 32
1.11 Managing Passwords with KWallet Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
1.12 Displaying, Decompressing, and Creating Archives . . . . . . . . . . . 36
1.13 Taking Screen Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
1.14 Viewing PDF Files with KPDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
1.15 Controlling Sound with KMix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
1.16 Managing Packages with the ZEN Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
1.17 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2 Customizing Your Settings 45
2.1 The KDE Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2.2 Configuring Desktop Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.3 Configuring 3D Desktop Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2.4 Configuring the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55