Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - KDE... User manual

SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop
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May14,2007 KDE User Guide

KDE User Guide
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Contents
About This Guide ix
Part I KDE Desktop 1
1Getting Started with the KDE Desktop 3
1.1 Logging In and Selecting a Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 LoggingOut............................ 7
1.3 DesktopComponents........................ 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 OpenOfce.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
2Customizing Your Settings 45
2.1 The KDE Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2.2 Conguring Desktop Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.3 Conguring 3D Desktop Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2.4 Conguring the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

2.5 Conguring System and Security Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Part II Ofce and Collaboration 61
3The OpenOfce.org Ofce Suite 63
3.1 Understanding OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3.2 Word Processing with Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
3.3 Using Spreadsheets with Calc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
3.4 Using Presentations with Impress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
3.5 Using Databases with Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
3.6 Creating Graphics with Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
3.7 Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
3.8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . . 96
4Kontact: E-Mailing and Calendaring 97
4.1 KontactOverview......................... 97
4.2 Mail.............................. 100
4.3 Contacts............................ 105
4.4 Calendar............................ 107
4.5 Syncing Data with a Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
4.6 Kontact for GroupWise Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
4.7 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
5GroupWise Linux Client: E-Mailing and Calendaring 113
5.1 Getting Acquainted with the Main GroupWise Window . . . . . . . . 113
5.2 Using Different GroupWise Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
5.3 Understanding Your Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
5.4 UsingtheToolbar........................ 124
5.5 Using Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
5.6 LearningMore.......................... 128
6Synchronizing a Handheld Computer with KPilot 131
6.1 Conduits Used by KPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
6.2 Conguring the Handheld Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
6.3 Conguring the KAddressBook Conduit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
6.4 Managing To-Do Items and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
6.5 Working with KPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

7Instant Messaging with Kopete 139
7.1 Conguring Kopete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
7.2 AddingContacts......................... 140
7.3 AddingGroups......................... 140
7.4 UsingKopete.......................... 141
8Using Voice over IP with Ekiga 143
8.1 ConguringEkiga........................ 143
8.2 The Ekiga User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
8.3 MakingaCall.......................... 147
8.4 AnsweringaCall......................... 147
8.5 Using the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
8.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
9Accessing Network Resources 151
9.1 General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing . . . . . . . . . 152
9.2 Accessing Network Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
9.3 Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
9.4 Managing Windows Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
9.5 Conguring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer . . . . . . . . 160
9.6 Conguring Shortcuts to Network Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
9.7 Conguring and Using a Small Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
10 Encryption with KGpg 169
10.1 Generating a New Key Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
10.2 Exporting the Public Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
10.3 ImportingKeys......................... 172
10.4 The Key Server Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
10.5 Text and File Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
10.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
11 Searching with Kerry 179
11.1 Searching Using Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
11.2 Conguring Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
12 Managing Printers 183
12.1 Installing a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
12.2 Modifying Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
12.3 Deleting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

12.4 Starting Print Jobs in KDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
12.5 Monitoring Print Jobs in KDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Part III Internet 191
13 Managing Network Connections 193
13.1 Using KNetworkManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
13.2 KInternet............................ 197
13.3 Troubleshooting......................... 199
14 Browsing with Konqueror 203
14.1 TabbedBrowsing......................... 204
14.2 Automatic Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
14.3 Proles............................. 205
14.4 Saving Web Pages and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
14.5 Searching with Konqueror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
14.6 Bookmarks........................... 208
14.7 Java and JavaScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
14.8 Enabling Advertisement Blockers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
14.9 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
15 Browsing with Firefox 211
15.1 Navigating Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
15.2 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
15.3 Managing Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
15.4 Using the Download Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
15.5 Customizing Firefox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
15.6 Printing from Firefox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
15.7 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
16 Transferring Data from the Internet 221
16.1 Adding Transfers to the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
16.2 Timer-Controller Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

17 Reading News Feeds with Akregator 223
Part IV Multimedia 225
18 Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 227
18.1 Graphics Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
18.2 Starting The GIMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
18.3 GettingStarted......................... 230
18.4 SavingImages.......................... 232
18.5 EditingImages.......................... 233
18.6 PrintingImages......................... 241
18.7 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
19 Managing Your Digital Image Collection 243
19.1 Conguring Your Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
19.2 Downloading Pictures from the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
19.3 Retrieving Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
19.4 ManagingAlbums........................ 246
19.5 ManagingTags.......................... 247
19.6 Creating Powerful Search Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
19.7 Exporting Image Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
19.8 Viewing and Editing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
19.9 UsefulTools........................... 260
19.10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
19.11 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
20 Playing Music and Movies 265
20.1 Mixers............................. 265
20.2 Playing Music Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
20.3 Handling Audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
20.4 Playing Movie Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
21 Burning CDs and DVDs 279
21.1 Creating a Data CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
21.2 Creating an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
21.3 Copying a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
21.4 Writing ISO Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
21.5 Creating a Multisession CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
21.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

AFinding the Information You Need 287
A.1 Included Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
A.2 Additional Resources and More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
BMoving from Windows to Linux 293
B.1 Starting Applications from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
B.2 ManagingFiles ......................... 295
B.3 Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
B.4 Customizing Your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
B.5 Setting Up Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
B.6 Switching between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
B.7 Accessing Network Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
CGetting to Know Linux Software 301
C.1 Ofce............................. 301
C.2 Network............................ 306
C.3 Multimedia........................... 309
C.4 Graphics............................ 314
C.5 System and File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
C.6 Software Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
DSupport of Tablet PCs 325
D.1 Installing Tablet PC Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
D.2 Conguring Your Wacom Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
D.3 Using Common Tablet PC Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
D.4 Troubleshooting......................... 335
D.5 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Index 337

About This Guide
This manual introduces the KDE desktop of your SUSE Linux Enterprise® and a variety
of applications you will encounter when working with the KDE desktop. It guides you
through using these applications and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly
for end users who want to make efcient use of KDE in everyday life.
The manual is subdivided into the following parts:
KDE Desktop
Get to know your KDE desktop and learn how to cope with basic and daily tasks,
using the central KDE applications and some small utilities. Get an impression of
the numerous possibilities KDE offers to modify and individualize your desktop
according to your needs and wishes.
Ofce and Collaboration
Use the ofce and collaboration software your SUSE Linux Enterprise offers, such
as the OpenOfce.org suite, several e-mailing and calendaring programs, and ap-
plications for online conversations. Also nd vital information concerning the
management and exchange of data on your system: how to share les on the net-
work, how to effectively search and encrypt data, and how to manage printers.
Internet
Learn how to use NetworkManager or KInternet to connect to the Internet. Explore
the Internet applications included in your SUSE Linux Enterprise, such as Konqueror
or the Firefox Web browser, a download manager, or a news feed reader.
Multimedia
Find topics such as graphics applications, digital cameras, sound applications, and
CD and DVD writers.

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Installation Quick Start
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GNOME User Guide
This manual introduces the GNOME desktop of your SUSE Linux Enterprise and
a variety of applications you will encounter when working with the GNOME
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