To open the GroupWise Client, click Computer → More
Applications → Communicate → GroupWise.
Your main work area in GroupWise is called the Main Win-
dow. From the Main Window of GroupWise, you can read
your messages, schedule appointments, view your Calendar,
manage contacts, change the mode of GroupWise you are
running in, open folders, open documents, and much more.
For more information on using GroupWise, click Help →
User Guide in the GroupWise Client.
Instant Messaging with Gaim
Gaim is a multiprotocol instant messaging (IM) client for
Linux, BSD, Mac* OS X, and Windows. It is compatible with
GroupWise Messenger, AOL* Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ,
Yahoo!*, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr* networks.
To configure Gaim:
1.
Click Computer → More Applications → Communicate
→ Gaim Instant Messenger.
2.
Click Accounts → Add.
3.
Select the protocol you want, then type your screen
name, password, and alias in the appropriate fields.
4.
Select any desired user options, then click Show More
Options.
5.
Type your server address in the Server Address field.
6.
Type your server port (if different from the default) in
the Server Port field.
7.
Select your proxy type, if needed.
8.
Click Save, then click Close in the Accounts window.
9.
Select the account you just created in the Login win-
dow.
10. Type your password in the Password field.
11. Click Sign On.
Starting OpenOffice.org
The OpenOffice.org office suite offers a complete set of
office tools including a word processor, spreadsheet, pre-
sentation, vector drawing, and database components. Be-
cause OpenOffice.org is available for a number of operating
systems, you can use the same data across different com-
puting platforms.
To start OpenOffice.org, press
Alt
+
F2
and enter
OOo
. To
create a new document, click File → New, then choose the
type of document you want to create. To open an existing
document, click Open then select the file you want from
the file system.
Viewing PDF Files
Documents that need to be shared or printed across plat-
forms can be saved as PDF (Portable Document Format)
files, for example, in the OpenOffice.org suite. SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop ships with several PDF viewers such as
KPDF and Adobe* Acrobat* Reader.
To access KPDF or Adobe Acrobat Reader:
1.
Click Computer → More Applications → Office.
2.
Click Acrobat Reader PDF Viewer or KPDF PDF Viewer.
3.
To view a PDF file, click File → Open, locate the desired
PDF file, then click
Open
.
4.
Navigate through the document using the navigation
icons at the top or bottom of the window. If your PDF
document provides bookmarks, you can access them
in the left panel of the viewer.
Obtaining Software Updates
Novell offers a continuous stream of software security up-
dates for your product. Using the Software Updater applet
in your desktop panel, you can easily apply security updates
with a few clicks. Whenever you connect to the Internet,
Software Updater automatically checks for available updates
for your system from the update sources specified in the
Software Updater configuration dialog.
Before you can use Software Updater on your system, you
must register your product at the Novell update server. To
review the available updates, click
on the system tray to
open the list.
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