Instant Messaging With Kopete; Starting Openoffice.org; Viewing Pdf Files - Novell SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 KDE Quick Manual

Before sending or receiving mails, you must configure your
e-mail account.
1. Click the Mail icon then select Settings → Configure
KMail.
2. In the configuration dialog, click Accounts. There you
can configure the settings for outgoing and incoming
mails.
3. For incoming mails, click the Receiving tab and click
Add. Select the appropriate account type and enter the
details in the following dialog.
4. Proceed similarly for outgoing mails on the Sending
tab. If you are not sure about the settings or items to
select, consult your Internet Service Provider or system
administrator.

Instant Messaging with Kopete

Kopete is an online messenger application that allows mul-
tiple partners connected to the Internet to chat with each
other. Kopete currently supports all common messenger
protocols, such as AOL* Instant Messenger (AIM), Group-
Wise® Messenger, ICQ, IRC, Jabber*, Lotus* Sametime, MSN,
SMS, and Yahoo!*. To be able to use instant messaging (IM),
you must register with a provider offering IM services.
To start Kopete, press Alt
you start Kopete for the first time, a configuration wizard
appears that assists you in creating your user profile.
+ F2 and enter kopete. When
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 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
open the main menu and navigate to Office Suite. To create
a new document, select File → New and choose the type
of document to create. To open an existing document, se-
lect 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 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
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Alt + F2 and enter OOo or
+ F2 and enter acroread or kpdf.