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First, select the service with which you have registered and
click Continue. Then enter the user data received on regis-
tration with the messaging service: a user ID, a password,
and the server name and port. Complete the configuration
of the messenger account by clicking Finish.
Add contacts to chat with them by clicking File → Add
Contact. An assistant appears to help with creation. Howev-
er, you must be online and connected to the selected
messaging service to add a contact to your list.
To start a chat, click the desired contact and type your
message in the lower part of the chatting window. Press
Enter
to send the message. The upper part of the window
displays the messages you have sent and received.
Starting OpenOffice.org
The office suite OpenOffice.org offers a complete set of
office tools, including word processor, spreadsheet, presen-
tation, vector drawing, and database components. Because
OpenOffice.org is available for a number of operating sys-
tems, you can use the same data across different computing
platforms.
To start OpenOffice.org, press
click the Office icon on the desktop. To create a new docu-
ment, select File → New and choose the type of document
to create. To open an existing document, select Open and
choose the appropriate file 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 the main menu button.
2. Click Office → Document Viewer. Select Acrobat Reader
or KPDF to open the PDF viewer of your choice. Alter-
natively, press
Alt
+
F2
Alt
+
F2
and enter OOo or
and enter acroread or kpdf.
3. To view a PDF file, click File → Open. Locate the desired
PDF file and click Open.
4. Navigate through the documents by 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.
Searching for Data
KDE provides more than one application for finding data
on your computer or in the file system. With Kerry, you can
easily search your personal information space (usually your
home folder), which is indexed by Beagle. KFind is another
option.
Using Kerry
Use Kerry to find documents, e-mails, Web history, IM/ITC
conversations, source code, images, music files, applications,
and much more:
1. Press
F12
to open the Kerry Beagle Search dialog.
2. Enter the search string in Search. Enter words or
phrases and modify your search options as described
in the tips displayed in the search window.
3. Select the scope of the search in Within on the right.
4. Click Find to start the search. The results are displayed
in the window. Use the links in each result to open the
result directly or show its location in the file system
with the file manager.
Using KFind
To perform basic and advanced searches, use KFind. Start
it from the main menu by clicking Find Files/Folders or press
Alt
+
F2
and enter kfind.
Searching by Name
To use a filename (or a part of it) as the search keyword,
proceed as follows:
1. Enter the filename or a part of the filename in the
Named input field. Use wild cards, such as an asterisk
(*), to indicate missing characters in the filename.
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