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1.8 Exploring the Internet
In KDE, the default Web browser is Konqueror. To start Konqueror, click the Konqueror
icon on the panel or press Alt + F2 and enter konqueror. Learn more about Konqueror
as a Web browser in
Chapter 14, Browsing with Konqueror
(page 209).
In addition to Konqueror, you can use a Mozilla-based browser, Firefox. Start Firefox
from the main menu or by pressing Alt + F2 and entering firefox. You can type an
address into the location bar at the top or click links in a page to move to different pages,
just like in any other Web browser. For more information about Firefox, see
Chapter 15,
Browsing with Firefox
(page 217) .
1.9 E-Mail and Scheduling
KMail is an e-mail client that supports e-mail protocols like POP3 and IMAP. It also
has multiple e-mail account support, powerful filters, PGP/GnuPG privacy, and online
attachments. Start KMail from the main menu or press Alt + F2 and enter kmail.
Kontact is a personal information management (PIM) tool that combines well-known
applications like KMail, KOrganizer, and KAddressBook into a single interface. This
lets you have easy access to your e-mail, calendar, address book, and other PIM func-
tionality. To start Kontact, press Alt + F2 and enter kontact. For detailed information
about using Kontact, see
Chapter 4, Kontact: E-Mailing and Calendaring
(page 101).
1.10 Opening or Creating Documents
with OpenOffice.org
The office suite OpenOffice.org offers a complete set of office tools including a word
processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing, and database components. Because
OpenOffice.org is available for a number of operating systems, you can use the same
data across different computing platforms. You can also open and edit files in Microsoft
Office formats then save them back to this format, if needed.
To start OpenOffice.org, press Alt + F2 and enter OOo or click the Office icon on the
desktop.
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