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Page 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 www.novell.com KDE User Guide May 08, 2008...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents About This Guide Part I KDE Desktop 1 Getting Started with the KDE Desktop Logging In and Selecting a Desktop ....Logging Out ......Desktop Components .
Page 4 Configuring System and Security Aspects ....Part II Office and Collaboration 3 The OpenOffice.org Office Suite Understanding OpenOffice.org ....Word Processing with Writer .
Page 5 7 Instant Messaging with Kopete Configuring Kopete ..... . . Chatting with Friends ..... . . Customizing Kopete .
Page 6 12.3 Deleting a Printer ......12.4 Starting Print Jobs in KDE ..... 12.5 Monitoring Print Jobs in KDE .
Page 7 1 7 Reading News Feeds with Akregator Part IV Multimedia 1 8 Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 18.1 Graphics Formats ......18.2 Starting The GIMP .
Page 8 A Finding the Information You Need Included Documentation ..... Additional Resources and More Information ... . . B Moving from Windows to Linux Starting Applications from the Main Menu .
Page 9: About This Guide
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 efficient use of KDE in everyday life.
Page 10: Additional Documentation
GNOME desktop. For an overview of all manuals for SUSE Linux Enterprise, refer to http://www .novell.com/documentation/sled10/, where you can also download the manuals, or access the information online in the help center of your desktop. 3 Documentation Conventions The following typographical conventions are used in this manual: •...
Page 11 • ls, --help: commands, options, and parameters • user: users or groups • Alt , Alt + F1 : a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard • File, File > Save As: menu items, buttons •...
Page 13: Part I Kde Desktop
Part I. KDE Desktop...
Page 15: Getting Started With The Kde Desktop
This chapter assists you in becoming familiar with the KDE desktop of your SUSE Linux Enterprise®. If you have not yet installed your system, see Installation Quick Start at http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/. KDE stands for K Desktop Environment and is a graphical user interface that has many applications designed to help you in your daily work.
Page 16 start your system. If you did not set up your system and your user account yourself, check with your system administrator for your username and password. The program managing the login process depends on the desktop environment installed on your system. For KDE, it is KDM. If the GNOME desktop is additionally installed on your system, it may be GDM.
Page 17 If your system administrator has created an encrypted home directory for you (which is useful as a protection against theft or unauthorized removal of the hard disk), your home directory is mounted on login. After login, you can directly access the data as usual—without entering another password.
Page 18: Switching Desktops
3 Enter your username. 4 Enter your password. The GNOME desktop is started. See GNOME User Guide at http://www.novell.com/documentation/ for more information about using the GNOME desktop. sled10/ 5 To switch back to KDE again, click Desktop > Log Out on the panel of the GNOME desktop then click OK.
Page 19: Logging Out
TIP: Looking Up KDE Keyboard Shortcuts If you are interested in other KDE keyboard shortcuts, look them up in the KDE control center, described in Section 2.1, “The KDE Control Center” (page 45). For quick access, you can also add the Lock and Logout icons to the panel. To do so, right-click the panel then click Add Applet to Panel.
Page 20: Desktop Components
1.3 Desktop Components The graphical desktop environment should not pose any problems for former Windows* or Macintosh* users. The main components of the desktop are the icons on the desktop and the panel at the bottom of the screen. Figure 1.2 An Example KDE Desktop Desktop icons represent files, directories, applications, functions, and removable media, like CDs or DVDs.
Page 21 Network Browsing Displays network services you can access. Some of the services might require au- thentication. To learn more, refer to Chapter 9, Accessing Network Resources (page 157). Printer Opens KJobViewer, which displays print jobs you have sent to printers. See Sec- tion 12.4, “Starting Print Jobs in KDE”...
Page 22 Desktop Previewer Next to the quick launcher, find the desktop previewer, which shows your different desktops. These virtual desktops enable you to organize your work. If you use many programs simultaneously, you might want to run some programs in one desktop and other programs in the other desktop.
Page 23 Figure 1.4 Main Menu Search Function Just type a part of the application name into the search field without pressing the Enter key afterward. If the application is installed on your system, the menu structure leading to this application is highlighted in the main menu. The following section provides information about a number of actions that can be trig- gered from the main menu.
Page 24 Lock Session If you leave your computer you can prevent unauthorized access by others by locking your screen. After locking, a screen saver starts. Access to the session can only be regained with a password. To unlock, enter your normal login password. Log Out Opens a dialog with several options: you can end the current session, turn off the computer, restart the computer, or cancel the logout.
Page 25 Figure 1.6 Viewing the Contents of a USB Stick For the same action to be performed every time you insert a removable medium of that type, activate Always do this for this type of media in the detection dialog before clicking If you insert or connect a removable medium to the system that has been encrypted with LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup), KDE recognizes this and prompts for the password as shown in...
Page 26 Procedure 1.1 Configuring Removable Media Handling In the autodetection dialog, you can also configure how KDE should handle several types of removable media. For example, if you know that a certain type of medium that you use often always contains photos, you can configure it to open an image viewer application automatically: 1 In the autodetection dialog, click Configure.
Page 27 Procedure 1.2 Restoring Default Media Handling Options To reset the action assigned to the type of medium and restore the default options, proceed as follows: 1 Start the KDE control center from the main menu by selecting Personal Settings. 2 In the left-hand navigation bar, click Peripherals > Storage Media. The configu- ration dialog appears on the right.
Page 28 If you start Konqueror as a file manager (see Section 1.4, “Managing Folders and Files with Konqueror” (page 17)) and click Storage Media on the start window or enter media:/ in the location bar, Konqueror displays the storage devices as shown in Figure 1.10, “Displaying Media in Konqueror”...
Page 29: Managing Folders And Files With Konqueror
NOTE: Removing Media Safely If you want to remove or disconnect a medium from your computer, make sure that the data on the medium is currently not accessed by any application or user. Otherwise risk a loss of data. To safely remove the medium, proceed as follows: 1.
Page 30 Start Konqueror as a file manager by clicking the house icon in the panel. Konqueror displays the contents of your home directory. Figure 1.11 The File Manager Konqueror The Konqueror file manager window consists of the following elements: Menu Bar The menu bar holds menu items for actions like copying, moving, or deleting files, changing views, starting additional tools, defining your settings, and getting help.
Page 31 and so on. In Linux, all files and directories are located in a tree-like structure. The topmost directory is referred to as the file system root or just /. All other directories can be accessed from it. In the following, find a short overview of the most important directories in a Linux file system: /home holds the private data of every user who has an account on your system.
Page 32 Display Field The display field shows the contents of the selected directory or file. In the View menu, choose between different view modes to display the contents, such as Icon View, Tree View, or Detailed List View. If you click a file, Konqueror shows a preview of the contents or loads the file into an application for further processing.
Page 33: Creating A New Folder
to another by simply dragging them. When dropping the objects, you are asked whether the objects should be moved or copied. To delete a file or folder, proceed as follows: • Select the object and press Del or right-click the file then select Move to Trash from the context menu.
Page 34 the user concept of Linux, refer to Section “Users and Access Permissions” (Chapter 15, Working with the Shell, ↑Deployment Guide). Instead of using the “traditional” way to change access permissions in a shell, you can also use the graphical user interface Konqueror provides.
Page 35 Apart from this traditional permission concept for file system objects, you can also use access control lists (ACLs) with Konqueror. With ACLs, permissions can be defined more flexibly than the traditional permission concept allows. They allow assigning permissions to individual users or groups even if these do not correspond to the original owner or the owning group.
Page 36 and x indicate that the user has read, write, and execute access to the file or folder. 7 You can modify the access rights for the user by clicking the corresponding check marks for this user in the column r, w, or x. 8 When all access permissions are set according to your wishes, click OK to close the dialog.
Page 37 Figure 1.12 Configuring File Associations in Konqueror 1 In Konqueror, click Settings > Configure Konqueror > File Associations. 2 To search for an extension, enter the extension in Find Filename Pattern. Only file types with a matching file pattern appear in the list. For example, to modify the application for *.png files, enter png in Find Filename Pattern.
Page 38 4a Click OK then determine the extensions of the filename. 4b Specify a description in the text field and select which application to use. 5 Click OK. 1.4.5 Saving View Profiles You can temporarily change the view of certain folders by selecting a different View Mode in the View menu.
Page 39: Accessing Network Resources
Apart from this functionality, you can also create image galleries that show your images in an album-like fashion. Open your image directory in Konqueror and click Tools > Create Image Gallery. A dialog opens where you can specify the background and foreground colors, the page title, the location to save the gallery, and other settings.
Page 40: Finding Data On Your Computer Or In The File System
SUSE Linux Enterprise offers various different ways of accessing and creating network- shared resources. Given that the network structure and the configuration of your com- puter allow for it, you can easily browse your network for shared resources and services with your file manager, Konqueror.
Page 41: Finding Files
tions, source code, images, music files, applications, and much more. For more infor- mation, refer to Chapter 11, Searching with Kerry (page 185). With KFind, you can locate files on your computer or in the file system using a variety of search criteria, such as file content, dates, owner, or file size.
Page 42 Question Mark The question mark (?) stands for exactly one character. For example, searching for mar? can find marc, but marc? cannot find anything if your files are named marc and marc.png. You can put as many question marks in the search term as you want. It finds exactly that number of characters. You can combine those two wild card symbols in any search term.
Page 43: Moving Text Between Applications
9 Click Find to perform the search. For detailed information about the search options available, refer to the KFind online help. For advanced searches, you may want to use search patterns or regular expressions. KRegExpEditor offers search options based on regular expressions. You can install KRegExpEditor with YaST as the package kdeutils3-extra.
Page 44: Exploring The Internet
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).
Page 45: Managing Passwords With Kwallet Manager
For an introduction to OpenOffice.org, see Chapter 3, The OpenOffice.org Office Suite (page 67) or view the help in an OpenOffice.org program. 1.11 Managing Passwords with KWallet Manager Remembering all the passwords for protected resources to which you need to log in can be problematic.
Page 46 You can alter the settings at any time by right-clicking the KWallet icon in the panel and selecting Configure Wallet. A dialog box opens where you can select several options. By default, all passwords are stored in one wallet, kdewallet, but you can also add new wallets.
Page 47 Procedure 1.3 Inserting New Entries in Your Wallet 1 In the top right part of the window, select the subfolder to which to add an entry. The lower left part shows a list of entries belonging to the subfolder. You can add a new entry to Maps or Passwords.
Page 48: Displaying, Decompressing, And Creating Archives
1.12 Displaying, Decompressing, and Creating Archives To save space on the hard disk, use a packer that compresses files and directories to a fraction of their original size. The application Ark can be used to manage such archives. It supports common formats, such as zip, tar.gz, tar.bz2, lha, and rar. Start Ark from the main menu or from the command line with ark.
Page 49: Taking Screen Shots
1.13 Taking Screen Shots With KSnapshot, you can create snapshots of your screen or individual application windows. Start the program from the main menu or by pressing Alt + F2 and entering ksnapshot. The KSnapshot dialog consists of two parts. The upper area (Current Snapshot) contains a preview of the current screen and three buttons for creating and saving the screen shots.
Page 50: Viewing Pdf Files With Kpdf
1.14 Viewing PDF Files with KPDF PDF is probably one of more important document formats. KPDF is a KDE program that can view and print them. Start KPDF by pressing Alt + F2 and entering kpdf. Load a PDF file with File > Open. KPDF displays it in its main window.
Page 51: Managing Packages With The Zen Tools
by right-clicking the device icon. You can mute or hide each one of them separately. For further information about KMix, refer to the online help. Figure 1.19 The KMix Mixer 1.16 Managing Packages with the ZEN Tools The ZEN tools serve as graphical front-ends for the ZENworks Management Daemon (zmd), allowing you easily to install or remove software, apply security updates, and manage services and catalogs with just a few clicks.
Page 52 In case of an access denial to the update catalog you will see a warning message with a recommendation to visit the Novell Customer Center and check your subscription. The Novell Customer Center is available at http://www.novell...
Page 53: Installing Software
Use the links All and None to select or deselect all patches. Clicking Update installs the selected programs. Figure 1.20 Selecting the Software Updates 1.16.3 Installing Software To install software packages, start Install Software from the menu or run zen-installer. The interface is almost identical to Software Updater (see Sec- tion 1.16.2, “Obtaining and Installing Software Updates”...
Page 54: Configuring The Software Updater
1.16.4 Remove Software Start Remove Software from the menu or run zen-remover to uninstall software packages. The list of packages can be narrowed with the links Products (uninstalls the complete products), Patterns (see Section “Installing and Removing Patterns” (Chapter 8, System Configuration with YaST, ↑Deployment Guide) for details on patterns), Packages, and Patches.
Page 55 With Mount, embed a directory mounted on your machine. This is useful, for ex- ample, in a network that regularly mirrors the Novell YUM server and exports its content to the local network. To add the directory, provide the full path to the direc- tory in Service URI.
Page 56: For More Information
At the moment, the SUSE Linux services (YUM and ZYPP) do not provide different catalogs. Each service only has one catalog. If Software Updater was configured during installation or with suse_register, it subscribes to the YUM and ZYPP catalogs automatically. If you manually add a service, you must subscribe to its catalogs. Preferences On the Preferences tab, specify whether Software Updater should be launched at start- up or not.
Page 57: Customizing Your Settings
Customizing Your Settings You can change the way your KDE desktop looks and behaves to suit your own personal tastes and needs. There are several ways to influence the look and feel of the KDE desktop depending on the scope of changes to make. For users, the following options are available: •...
Page 58 Figure 2.1 KDE Control Center TIP: Starting Individual Modules You can also start individual modules of the KDE control center from a terminal or by adding a special applet to your panel. To start modules from a shell, enter kcmshell --list to get a list of all modules available.
Page 59 changes. Reset all items on the page to the default values by clicking Default. Changing some settings may require root permissions. Log in as root if prompted to do so. The following list introduces the major categories and highlights the most important settings you can change there.
Page 60 the type of port with which it is connected to your computer or modify keyboard and mouse settings, such as repeat delay, single or double clicking options, and double-click intervals. You can assign default actions to certain types of removable media (for example, always start KsCD when detecting an audio CD) and configure printers.
Page 61: Configuring Desktop Objects
2.2 Configuring Desktop Objects Your KDE desktop comes with a predefined set of desktop icons. By adding various objects such as folders, files, or links, you can create additional icons on your desktop and arrange them as you like. Procedure 2.1 Creating and Arranging Desktop Icons 1 To add a new desktop object, for example, from the main menu or the Konqueror file manager, select an entry and drag it onto the desktop.
Page 62 Procedure 2.2 Configuring the Screen Saver 1 Right-click an empty space on the desktop and select Configure Desktop. 2 In the dialog that opens, click Screen Saver. 3 In the list of screen savers, click a screen saver to see a preview in the right side of the dialog.
Page 63 Procedure 2.3 Changing the Desktop Background 1 Right-click an empty patch of the desktop and select Configure Desktop. A con- figuration dialog appears. 2 In Settings for Desktop select the virtual desktops to which the changes should apply. 3 To change the picture on the background, click Picture and select one of the pictures in the list.
Page 64 Some users might need more desktops than provided by default. Procedure 2.4 Adding Additional Virtual Desktops 1 Right-click the desktop previewer in the panel and select Configure Desktops. A configuration dialog appears where you can increase or reduce the number of virtual desktops.
Page 65: Configuring 3D Desktop Effects
2.3 Configuring 3D Desktop Effects Configuring desktop effects (Xgl) for your KDE desktop is as simple as a few clicks in YaST and the KDE control center (Personal Settings). Figure 2.2 3D Desktop Effects on KDE To find out whether your hardware supports desktop effects and to prepare for the configuration, proceed as follows: 1 Install the following packages with YaST: compiz-kde, xgl, xgl-hardware-list, and compiz.
Page 66 3 In the list on the left, unfold the Desktop > Display manager entries. 4 Select the DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER entry and set its value to Xgl. 5 Click Finish to apply the changes. 6 Reboot your machine. Desktop effects should now be available to you. These are the most prominent features available to you when using desktop effects and their default keyboard shortcuts: •...
Page 67: Configuring The Panel
To disable desktop effects in a running session, proceed as follows: 1 Open the KDE control center and select KDE Components > Session Manager. 2 In the Advanced group, set Preferred Window Manager to kwin. 3 Apply your settings and leave the module. To disable desktop effects permanently, proceed as follows: 1 Start YaST.
Page 68 2b Select the application to add from one of the categories of the submenu. The application icon is inserted into the panel. 2c To change the icon for the application, right-click the button and select Configure Application Button. By clicking the application icon in the dialog box that appears, open a new window in which to select a different icon.
Page 69 Procedure 2.6 Moving Elements within Panels 1 To move an application icon to a different position in the panel, right-click the icon and select Move. The mouse pointer changes into a cross-hair. Drag the pointer to the place in the panel to insert the icon then press the left mouse button. The icon is inserted at the new position.
Page 70 2 If you added additional panels, a list appears at the top of the window, showing the available panels. Select the panel to configure. 3 If desired, choose a different position on the desktop, adjust the panel length, or increase or decrease the panel size and Apply your settings. 4 To activate or deactivate automatic hiding of the panel or change the default hiding options, click Hiding on the left window pane.
Page 71 Figure 2.3 Editing the Main Menu 3 Click the Menus tab. 4 You can define whether to see the applications names or the descriptive text (or both) in the main menu. Select from Name only, Name (Description), Description only, and Description (name). 5 To change a menu item, click Edit K Menu.
Page 72: Configuring System And Security Aspects
2.5 Configuring System and Security Aspects By default, SUSE Linux Enterprise provides various fonts commonly available in dif- ferent file formats (Bitmap, TrueType, etc.). These are known as system fonts. Users can additionally install their own fonts from various collections. Such user-installed fonts are, however, only visible and available to the corresponding user.
Page 73 Instead of using KWallet to manage your passwords, you can also make use of single- sign on with Novell CASA, if this is configured for your system. Single sign-on is a method of access control that enables users to authenticate once and thus gain access to the resources of multiple software systems.
Page 74 YaST. Procedure 2.11 Managing Passwords with Novell CASA 1 Start Novell CASA Manager from the main menu by selecting System > Confi- guration > Novell CASA Manager. 2 If the CASA services are not available yet, a message box lets you start the ap- propriate YaST module to enable CASA first.
Page 75 OK. A tab is added for each store you selected, so you can now access and manage the passwords stored there from Novell CASA Manager. 6 To delete a password from one of the stores, select the entry, right-click and choose Delete.
Page 76 You can also edit existing passwords, import or export passwords, or link passwords with Novell CASA. For more information, click Help > Contents to access the CASA online help. Find the complete CASA documentation at http://developer .novell.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Downloads/casa. KDE User Guide...
Page 77: Part Ii Office And Collaboration
Part II. Office and Collaboration...
Page 79: The Openoffice.org Office Suite
You can also open and edit files in other formats, including Microsoft Office, then save them back to this format, if needed. This chapter covers information about the Novell® edition of OpenOffice.org and some of the key features you should be aware of when getting started with the suite.
Page 80 3.1.1 Advantages of the Novell Edition of OpenOffice.org SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop includes the Novell edition of OpenOffice.org. The Novell edition includes several enhancements that are not yet included in the standard edition. Calc Enhancements The Novell edition of OpenOffice.org Calc includes the following enhancements that are not found in the standard edition: •...
Page 81 • A simple linear solver that allows simple numerical analysis. Writer Enhancements The Novell edition of OpenOffice.org Writer includes the following enhancements that are not found in the standard edition: • The Navigator provides a tree view of the document structure, providing improved document navigation.
Page 82 • An improved OpenSymbol font with attractive bullets rather than a symbol which is displayed when a glyph is missing. OpenClipart The linux version of the Novell edition of OpenOffice.org includes a large selection of free clipart from the OpenClipart project. To access http://openclipart.org...
Page 83 3.1.2 Using the Standard Edition of OpenOffice.org You can use the standard edition of OpenOffice.org rather than the Novell edition. If you install the latest version of OpenOffice.org, all of your Novell Edition files remain compatible. However, the standard edition does not contain the enhancements made in the Novell edition.
Page 84 Converting Documents to the OpenOffice.org Format OpenOffice.org can read, edit, and save documents in a number of formats. It is not necessary to convert files from those formats to the OpenOffice.org format to use those files. However, if you want to convert the files, you can do so. To convert a number of documents, such as when first switching to OpenOffice.org, do the following: 1 Select File >...
Page 85 If the recipient needs to be able to edit the file Save the document in the format the other user needs. For example, to save as a Microsoft Word file, click File > Save As, then select the Microsoft Word file type for the version of Word the other user needs.
Page 86 • In a terminal window, enter ooffice. The OpenOffice.org window opens. Click File New, then choose the module you want to open. If any OpenOffice.org application is open, you can open any of the other applications by clicking File > New > Name of Application. 3.1.5 Improving OpenOffice.org Load Time To speed up the load time of OpenOffice.org by preloading the application at system startup:...
Page 87: Customizing Menus
2 Click Customize Toolbar. 3 Select the toolbar you want to customize. The toolbar you clicked should already be selected. You can change the toolbar you want to customize by selecting the desired toolbar from the Toolbar menu. 4 Select the check boxes next to the commands you want to appear on the toolbar, and deselect the check boxes next to the commands you do not want to appear.
Page 88: Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
2 Select the menu you want to change, or click New to create a new menu. Click Help for more information about the options in the Customize dialog. 3 Modify, add, or delete menu items as desired. 4 Click OK. Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts You can reassign currently assigned keyboard shortcuts and assign new shortcuts to frequently used functions.
Page 89: Changing The Global Settings
Changing the Global Settings Global settings can be changed in any OpenOffice.org application by clicking Tools > Options on the menu bar. This opens the window shown in the figure below. A tree structure is used to display categories of settings. Figure 3.1 The Options Window The following table lists the settings categories along with a brief description of each category:...
Page 90 Settings Description Application Category Load/Save Includes the settings related to the opening and saving of several file types. There is a dialog for general settings and several special dialogs to define how external formats should be handled. Language Covers the various settings related to languages and Settings writing aids, such as your locale and spell checker settings.
Page 91: Finding Templates
Settings Description Application Category OpenOf- Provides dialogs to set and edit connections and Base fice.org registered databases. Base Charts Defines the default colors used for newly created charts. Internet Includes the dialogs to configure any proxies and to change settings related to search engines. IMPORTANT All settings listed in the table are applied globally for the specified applications.
Page 92: Word Processing With Writer
Table 3.3 Where to Find OpenOffice.org Templates and Extras Location What You Can Find OpenOffice.org documentation Web site, Templates for Calc spreadsheets, CD cases, seed packets, fax cover sheets, and http://documentation more .openoffice.org/Samples _Templates/User/template_2 _x/index.html Worldlabel.com, see Templates for many types of labels http://www .worldlabel.com/Pages/ openoffice-template.htm...
Page 93: Creating A New Document
3.2.1 Creating a New Document There are two ways to create a new document: To create a document from scratch, click File > New > Text Document. To use a standard format and predefined elements for your own documents, try a wizard. Wizards are small utilities that let you make some basic decisions and then produce a ready-made document from a template.
Page 94: Formatting With Styles
a Word document. Most Word documents can be imported into OpenOffice.org without any problem. Formatting, fonts, and all other aspects of the document remain intact. However, some very complex documents—such as documents containing complicated tables, Word macros, or unusual fonts or formatting—might require some editing after being imported.
Page 95 Type of Style What it Does header and footer except for the first page, you can use a first page style that disables headers and footers. You can also use different page styles for left and right pages so that you have bigger margins on the insides of pages and your page numbers appear on an outside corner.
Page 96: Menu Options
Using Styles Versus Using Formatting Buttons and Menu Options Using styles rather than the Format menu options and buttons helps give your pages, paragraphs, texts, and lists a more consistent look and makes it easier to change your formatting. For example, if you emphasize text by selecting it and clicking the Bold button, then later decide you want emphasized text to be italicized, you need to find all of your bolded text and manually change it to italics.
Page 97: Using Templates To Format Documents
Creating a Style OpenOffice.org comes with a collection of styles to suit many users’ needs. However, most users eventually need a style that does not yet exist. To create a new style: 1 Right-click in any empty space in the Styles and Formatting window. Make sure you are in the list of styles for the type of style you want to create.
Page 98: Working With Large Documents
A detailed explanation of templates is beyond the scope of this section. However, more information is found in the help system, and detailed how-tos are found at the OpenOffice.org Documentation page, see http://documentation.openoffice .org/HOW_TO/index.html. Creating a Template A template is a text document containing only the styles and content that you want to appear in every document, such as your address information and letterhead on a letter.
Page 99 Navigating in Large Documents The Navigator tool displays information about the contents of a document. It also lets you quickly jump to different elements. For example, you can use the Navigator to get a quick overview of all images included in the document. To open the Navigator, click Edit >...
Page 100 NOTE If you are coming to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Word, you might be ner- vous about using master documents because the master document feature in Word has a reputation for corrupting documents. This problem does not exist in OpenOffice.org Writer, so you can safely use master documents to manage your projects.
Page 101: Using Writer As An Html Editor
3.2.6 Using Writer as an HTML Editor In addition to being a full-featured word processor, Writer also functions as an HTML editor. Writer includes HTML tags that can be applied as you would any other style in a Writer document. You can view the document as it will appear online, or you can directly edit the HTML code.
Page 102: Using Spreadsheets With Calc
3.3 Using Spreadsheets with Calc Calc is the OpenOffice.org spreadsheet application. Create a new spreadsheet with File > New > Spreadsheet or open one with File > Open. Calc can read and save in Microsoft Excel's format, so it is easy to exchange spreadsheets with Excel users. NOTE Calc can process many VBA macros in Excel documents;...
Page 103: Using Templates In Calc
Modifying a Style 1 Click Format > Styles and Formatting. 2 In the Formatting and Styles window, click either the Cell Styles or the Page Styles icon. 3 Right-click the name of the style you want to change, then click Modify. 4 Change the desired formatting options.
Page 104: Using Presentations With Impress
3 Click File > Templates > Save. 4 Specify a name for the template. 5 In the Categories box, click the category you want to place the template in. The category is the folder where the template is stored. 6 Click OK. 3.4 Using Presentations with Impress Use OpenOffice.org Impress to create presentations for screen display or printing, such as slide shows or transparencies.
Page 105: Using Master Pages
Impress uses styles and templates the same way other OpenOffice.org mod- ules do. See Section 3.2.4, “Using Templates to Format Documents” (page 85) for more information about templates. 3.4.2 Using Master Pages Master pages give your presentation a consistent look by defining the way each slide looks, what fonts are used, and other graphical elements.
Page 106 When you have created all of the slide masters you want to use in your presen- tations, you can save them in an Impress template. Then, any time you want to create presentations that use those slide masters, open a new presentation with your template.
Page 107: Using Databases With Base
3.5 Using Databases with Base OpenOffice.org includes a database module: Base. Use Base to design a database to store many different kinds of information, from a simple address book or recipe file to a sophisticated document management system. Tables, forms, queries, and reports can be created manually or using convenient wizards. For example, the Table Wizard contains a number of common fields for business and personal use.
Page 108 4 Browse to the directory where you want to save the database, specify a name for the database, then click OK. Setting Up the Database Table Next, define the fields you want to use in your database table. 1 In the Table Wizard, click Personal. The Sample tables list changes to show the predefined tables for personal use.
Page 109 9 Click Create a primary key, click Automatically add a primary key, click Auto value, then click Next. 10 Accept the default name for the table, select Create a form based on this table, then click Finish. Creating a Form Next, create the form to use when entering data into your address book.
Page 110: Creating Graphics With Draw
What’s Next? After you have created your database tables and forms, you are ready to enter your data. You can also design queries and reports to help sort and display the data. Refer to OpenOffice.org online help and other sources listed in Section 3.8, “Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice.org”...
Page 111: Creating Mathematical Formulas With Math
3 Click in your document, outside the Draw frame. The drawing is automatically inserted into your document. 3.7 Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math It is usually difficult to include complex mathematical formulas in your documents. The OpenOffice.org Math equation editor lets you create formulas using operators, functions, and formatting assistants.
Page 112 OpenOffice.org Migration Guide (http://documentation.openoffice.org/ manuals/oooauthors2/0600MG-MigrationGuide.pdf) Information about migrating to OpenOffice.org from other office suites, including Microsoft Office Taming OpenOffice.org (http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/) Books, news, tips and tricks OpenOffice.org Macros (http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php) Extensive information about creating and using macros KDE User Guide...
Page 113: Kontact: E-Mailing And Calendaring
Kontact: E-Mailing and Calendaring Kontact combines the functionality of a number of KDE applications into a convenient, single interface for personal information management. These applications include KMail for e-mail, KOrganizer for the calendar, KAddressbook for contacts, and KNotes for notes. It is also possible to sync data with external devices, such as a PalmPilot or other handheld device.
Page 114 Figure 4.1 The Kontact Window Showing the Summary 4.1.1 Mail The folder area to the left contains a list of your mail folders (mail boxes) indicating the total number of messages and how many are still unread. To select a folder, simply click it.
Page 115 Messages can be marked with different status flags. Change the status with Message > Mark Message. You can use this feature to assign a status to a message, such as important or ignored. For example, you can highlight important messages that you do not want to forget.
Page 116: Mail
4.1.6 Notes Use the Notes component to keep sticky notes to yourself. If you are using KDE, use the KNote icon in the system tray to make your notes visible on the desktop. 4.1.7 Feeds The Feeds window is divided into three frames—a tree view with RSS feeds on the left, an article list on the top right, and the article view on the bottom right side.
Page 117 Figure 4.2 The Kontact Mail Component 4.2.1 Configuring Identities and Accounts Kontact can manage multiple e-mail accounts, such as your private e-mail address and your business address. When writing an e-mail, select one of the identities previously defined by clicking View > Identity. To create a new identity profile, select Settings > Configure KMail then Identities >...
Page 118 each e-mail with your contact information. To activate this option, select Enable Signa- ture and decide whether to obtain the signature from a file, an input field, or the output of a command. With Picture, you can specify the path to a small (48x48 pixel) monochrome icon to display in all your mails if the recipient's software supports this feature.
Page 119 4.2.3 Creating Messages To compose new messages, select Message > New Message or click the corresponding icon in the toolbar. To send messages from different e-mail accounts, select one of the identities as described in Section 4.2.1, “Configuring Identities and Accounts” (page 105).
Page 120 e-mails deleted with Del or Edit > Move to Trash. drafts is where you can save un- finished messages. If you are using IMAP, the IMAP folders are listed below the local folders. Each incoming mail server has its folders in the Folder list. If you want to organize your messages in additional folders, create new folders by se- lecting Folder >...
Page 121: Contacts
Applying Filters Filters are applied in the order listed in the dialog accessed with Settings > Configure Filters. Change the order by selecting a filter and clicking the arrow buttons. Filters are only applied to new incoming messages or sent messages as specified in the filter's advanced options.
Page 122: Adding Contacts
4.3.1 Adding Contacts To add a contact with the name and e-mail address from an e-mail, right-click the address in the mail component and select Open in Address Book. To add a new contact without using an e-mail, select File > New Contact in the address component. Both methods open a dialog in which to enter information about the contact.
Page 123: Calendar
The wizard then adds the available re- sources to Kontact. Kontact can access multiple address books, such as shared ones offered by Novell GroupWise or an LDAP server. Select Settings > Show Extension Bar > Address Books to view the current address books.
Page 124: Scheduling An Event
Figure 4.4 The Kontact Calendar 4.4.1 Scheduling an Event Add a new event or meeting with Actions > New Event. Enter the desired details. Under Reminder, specify the exact time (minutes, hours, or days in advance) when the attendees should be reminded of the event. If an event recurs, specify the appropriate interval. Another way to create an event at a specific point in the calendar is to double-click the corresponding field in one of the program's calendar views.
Page 125: Syncing Data With A Handheld
4.4.2 Adding Calendars IMPORTANT: Groupware Calendars The best way to add groupware resources is with Groupware Wizard, a separate tool. To use it, close Kontact then run groupwarewizard in a command line or from the Office group of the KDE menu. Select the server type, such as SLOX, GroupWise, or Exchange, from the list offered then enter the address and authentication data.
Page 126: Contact Information
4.6.1 Terminology Differences The following table lists some key terminology differences between Kontact and GroupWise. Table 4.1 Kontact and GroupWise Terminology Differences GroupWise Kontact Appointments Events Busy search Free/Busy Notes Journal entries Posted, nonposted items An event without attendees is posted. If an event has attendees, it is a Sent item.
Page 127: For More Information
Inviting Attendees to Events Unlike GroupWise, Kontact does not automatically enter you as an attendee for events you schedule. Make sure that you remember to invite yourself. 4.7 For More Information Kontact includes help for itself and its various components. Access it with Help > Kontact Handbook.
Page 129: Groupwise Linux Client: E-Mailing And Calendaring
GroupWise Linux Client: E-Mailing and Calendaring GroupWise® is a robust, dependable messaging and collaboration system that connects you to your universal mailbox anytime and anywhere. This section gives you an intro- ductory overview of the GroupWise client to help you start using the GroupWise cross- platform client quickly and easily.
Page 130 Figure 5.1 GroupWise Main Window You can open more than one main window in GroupWise by clicking Window and then New Main Window. This is useful if you proxy for another user. You can look at your own main window and the main window belonging to the person you want to proxy for.
Page 131: Folder And Item List Header
5.1.2 Folder and Item List Header The folder and item list header provides a drop-down list where you can select the mode of GroupWise you want to run (Online or Caching), select to open your archived or backup mailbox, and select a proxy mailbox. 5.1.3 Folder List The folder list at the left of the main window lets you organize your GroupWise items.
Page 132 Mailbox Folder The Mailbox displays all the items you have received, with the exception of scheduled items (appointments, tasks, and reminder notes) you have accepted or declined. Accepted scheduled items are moved to the Calendar. Sent Items Folder The Sent Items folder displays all sent items from the Mailbox and Calendar. The Sent Items folder in versions prior to GroupWise 6.5 was a query folder, which had some differences from the current Sent Items folder.
Page 133 Contacts Folder The Contacts folder, by default, represents the Frequent Contacts address book in the Address Book. Any modification you make in the Contacts Folder is also made in the Frequent Contacts address book. From this folder, you can view, create and modify contacts, resources, organizations and groups.
Page 134 Checklist Folder Task List Folder Any item type can reside in this Only tasks show in this folder. Tasks are sched- folder. uled items that are associated with a due date. To mark an item completed, click To mark an item completed, open the item, then the check box next to the item in click Completed.
Page 135: Shared Folders
Junk Mail Folder All e-mail items from addresses and Internet domains that are junked through Junk Mail Handling are placed in the Junk Mail folder. This folder is not created in the folder list unless a Junk Mail option is enabled. While Junk Mail options are enabled, this folder cannot be deleted.
Page 136: Using Different Groupwise Modes
5.1.4 Item List The Item List on the right side of the Main Window displays your mail and phone messages, appointments, reminder notes, tasks, and document references. You can sort the Item List by clicking a column heading. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading a second time.
Page 137: Understanding Your Mailbox
5.2.2 Caching Mode Caching mode stores a copy of your network mailbox, including your messages and other information, on your local drive. This allows you to use GroupWise whether or not your network or Post Office Agent is available. Because you are not connected to the network all the time, this mode cuts down on network traffic and has the best per- formance.
Page 138 5.3.2 Icons Appearing Next to Items in Your Mailbox and Calendar The icons that appear next to items in your Mailbox and Calendar show information about the items. The following table explains what each icon means. Table 5.3 Icon Descriptions Icon Description Next to an item you have sent in Caching mode, the...
Page 139 Icon Description Draft item. Appears next to an item you have sent. Appears next to an item you have replied to. Appears next to an item you have forwarded. Appears next to an item you have delegated. Appears next to an item you have replied to and forwarded Appears next to an item you have replied to and delegated.
Page 140: Using The Toolbar
Icon Description Unopened reminder note with a low, standard, or high priority. Opened reminder note with a low, standard, or high priority. Unopened phone message with a low, standard, or high priority. Opened phone message with a low, standard, or high priority. The sender has requested that you reply to this item.
Page 141: Using Shortcut Keys
5.5 Using Shortcut Keys You can use a number of shortcut keys in GroupWise for accessibility or to save time when you perform various operations. The table below lists some of these keystrokes, what they do, and the context where they work. Table 5.4 Shortcut Keys Keystroke...
Page 142 Keystroke Action Where It Works Ctrl+M Open a new mail message Main Window, Calendar, item, dialog box Ctrl+O Open the selected message Item List Ctrl+P Open the Print dialog box Main Window, item Ctrl+Q Turn the QuickViewer on and off Main Window, Calendar Ctrl+R Mark the selected item unread...
Page 143 Keystroke Action Where It Works Ctrl+Shift+T Open a new task Main Window, Calendar, item, dialog box Ctrl+Shift+R Open a new reminder note Main Window, Calendar, item, dialog box Ctrl+Shift+P Open a new phone message Main Window, Calendar, item, dialog box Alt+F4 From the Main Window or Calen- Main Window, Calendar,...
Page 144: For More Information
Keystroke Action Where It Works Shift+Home Shift + [letter] In the Folder List, Shift + the first Folder list letter of a subfolder name goes to the subfolder. Cycle through fields, buttons, and Main Window, Calendar, areas dialog box, item Shift+Tab Reverse the order of cycling Main Window, Calendar,...
Page 145 Page For the latest version of the GroupWise user guide and for extensive GroupWise admin- istration documentation, go to the GroupWise 7 area on the Novell Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/gw7). This user guide is also available from the GroupWise client by clicking Help > User Guide.
Page 147: Synchronizing A Handheld Computer With Kpilot
Synchronizing a Handheld Computer with KPilot Handheld computers are in widespread use among users who need to have their schedules, to-do lists, and notes with them everywhere they go. Often users want the same data available on both the desktop and the portable device. This is where KPilot comes in—it is a tool to synchronize data on a handheld with that used by the KDE applications KAddressBook, KOrganizer, and KNotes, which are part of Kontact.
Page 148: Conduits Used By Kpilot
Some conduits open a file during a sync operation, which means that the corresponding program should not be running at that time. Specifically, KOrganizer should not be running during a sync operation. 6.1 Conduits Used by KPilot The conduits used by KPilot can be enabled and configured after selecting Settings > Configure KPilot.
Page 149: Configuring The Handheld Connection
Figure 6.1 Configuration Dialog with the Available Conduits 6.2 Configuring the Handheld Connection To be able to use KPilot, first set up the connection with the handheld computer. The configuration depends on the type of cradle (docking unit) used with the handheld. There are two types of these: USB cradles or cables and serial cradles or cables.
Page 150: Configuring The Kaddressbook Conduit
2 Enter your username and the name of the device to which the handheld is con- nected. 3 Choose from one of the following options: • Select Automatically Detect Handheld & Username if you want the assistant to detect your handheld. If the autodetection fails, refer to Section 6.2.2, “Creating a /dev/pilot Link”...
Page 151: Managing To-Do Items And Events
the details: what to do in case of conflicts, the way in which backup databases are saved, and how certain fields stored on the handheld should be assigned to the fields expected by KAddressBook. 6.4 Managing To-Do Items and Events On the KDE desktop, to-dos (tasks) and events (appointments) are managed with KOr- ganizer.
Page 152: Working With Kpilot
Figure 6.3 Dialog Showing the Path to a KOrganizer Calendar File KOrganizer should not be running when data is being exchanged with the handheld. Otherwise KPilot fails to carry out the sync operation. 6.5 Working with KPilot Synchronizing the data of KDE applications with those of the handheld computer is easy.
Page 153 Figure 6.4 The Main Window of KPilot 6.5.1 Backing Up Data from the Handheld To do a full backup, select File > Backup. The backup is performed during the next sync operation. After that, switch back by selecting File > HotSync from the menu. Otherwise, the time-consuming full backup will be performed again during the next sync operation.
Page 154 6.5.2 Installing Programs on the Handheld The File Installer module is an interesting and useful tool for the installation of handheld programs. These programs normally have the extension .prc and they are ready to start immediately after uploading them to the handheld. Before using such add-on pro- grams, read their licenses as well as the instructions included.
Page 155: Instant Messaging With Kopete
Instant Messaging with Kopete Kopete is an online messenger application allowing multiple partners connected to the Internet to chat with each other. Kopete currently supports all common messenger protocols, such as AOL* Instant Messenger (AIM), GroupWise® Messenger, ICQ, IRC, Jabber*, Lotus* Sametime, MSN, SMS, and Yahoo!*. 7.1 Configuring Kopete Before you can chat with your friends, you need to configure an account: 1 Open Kopete by pressing Alt + F2 and entering kopete.
Page 156: Chatting With Friends
6 Switch back to Kopete and enter the data received on registration with the mes- saging service. This usually consists of the nickname or e-mail address and a password. Complete the configuration of your account by clicking Finish. After you have configured your account you need to add contacts to chat with them. If you have already created an account on another PC this data is imported and automati- cally added to your contact list.
Page 157: Customizing Kopete
If you want to see your previous chat session, select a contact and go to Edit > View History. This menu item opens a dialog where you can search and view your chat ses- sions with this person. You can view other options by right-clicking a username. A pop-up menu opens. An important option is Start Chat to start a chatting session.
Page 158 Figure 7.2 The Main Kopete Window Empty groups can be disabled by activating Settings > Hide Empty Groups. 7.3.2 Using a Global Identity Kopete can manage several accounts which is helpful if you have friends using different messenger protocols. Instead of creating several identities for various protocols, you can also set up a “global identity”: 1 In Kopete, select Settings >...
Page 159 4c In order to use data that you have already specified in KAddressbook, go to the Address Book Link tab first. Click Change..., select your entry from the list and click OK. Now you can switch back to the Nickname or Photo tab and activate the address book options there.
Page 160: For More Information
5 Click OK to confirm your settings. To modify the default notification options, select Settings > Configure Notifications. Select which event is important for you and change the notification settings. For example, if you want to be informed by a sound when any of your contacts has come online, select A contact has come online and activate Play a sound.
Page 161: Using Voice Over Ip With Ekiga
Using Voice over IP with Ekiga Modern telecommunication means far more than just making a phone call. It is also about exchanging text messages and sometimes even video conferencing. Roaming enables you to be reachable under one phone number all across the world. Ekiga brings these features to your Linux desktop, allowing you to communicate over broadband Internet.
Page 162 1 Enter your full name (name and surname). 2 Enter your ekiga.net account data or choose not to sign up with ekiga .net. To add other accounts later, configure them using Edit > Accounts. 3 Determine your connection type. 4 Determine the type of firewall to use to enable you to make calls with Ekiga. 5 Choose the audio manager to use.
Page 163: The Ekiga User Interface
5 Leave the configuration dialog with OK and activate the account. The status of your account displayed in the Ekiga main window changes to Registered. 8.2 The Ekiga User Interface All functions of Ekiga are available through the menu bar. Shortcuts to the most impor- tant functions are available in a toolbar to the left and by special key combinations.
Page 164 At the bottom of the user interface, several tabs provide the functionality for Dialpad, Audio, Video, and Statistics. Some settings like the Audio settings may only be changed during a phone call. Many of the functions of Ekiga are available with keyboard shortcuts. Table 8.1, “Keyboard Shortcuts for Ekiga”...
Page 165: Making A Call
8.3 Making a Call Once Ekiga is configured appropriately, making a call is straightforward. 1 Start Ekiga using the menu or the command line. 2 Enter the SIP address of the party to call at the SIP address prompt. The address should look like: •...
Page 166: Using The Address Book
Panel Applet Normally, the Ekiga panel applet would run silently without giving any notice of its existence. This changes as soon as a call comes in. The main window of Ekiga opens and you hear a ring sound on your headset or speakers. Once you have noticed an incoming call, just click Accept to answer the call then start talking.
Page 167: For More Information
To call any contact from the address book, double-click this contact. The call is initiated immediately. 8.6 For More Information The official home page of Ekiga is http://www.ekiga.org/. This site offers answers to frequently asked questions as well as more detailed documentation. For information about the support of the H323 teleconferencing protocol in Linux, see http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/H.323.
Page 169: Accessing Network Resources
Accessing Network Resources From your desktop, you can access files and directories or certain services on remote hosts or make your own files and directories available to other users in your network. SUSE Linux Enterprise® offers various different ways of accessing and creating network shared resources: Network Browsing Your file manager, Konqueror, lets you browse your network for shared resources...
Page 170: General Notes On File Sharing And Network Browsing
Configuring Shortcuts to Network Folders By creating shortcuts to remote network folders (FTP, WebDAV, Windows Network Drives, and SSH), interacting with them can be greatly simplified. Learn how to configure this in Section 9.6, “Configuring Shortcuts to Network Folders” (page 168). Configuring a Small Web Server If you need a simple way to share information with others, set up a lean Web server.
Page 171: Accessing Network Shares
9.2 Accessing Network Shares Networking workstations can be set up to share folders. Typically, files and folders are marked to let remote users access them. These are called network shares. If your system is configured to access network shares, you can use your file manager to access these shares and browse them just as easily as if they were located on your local machine.
Page 172: Sharing Folders In Mixed Environments
9.3 Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments Sharing and exchanging documents is a must-have in corporate environments. Konqueror offers you file sharing with Samba, which makes your files and folders available to both Linux and Windows users. To configure Samba file sharing with Konqueror, proceed as follows: 1 Press ALT >...
Page 173 6 To limit the number of users allowed to share folders to certain groups, click Allowed Users, select Only users of a certain group are allowed to share folders, click Choose Group, and select the appropriate group from the list in the window that opens.
Page 174 More Samba Options These contain basic settings like name, an optional comment, and basic access rights as well as user and security settings and an option to hide particular files and subfolders in the shared folder. 9 Apply your settings and leave the file sharing dialog with OK. The folder icon now appears in Konqueror with a plug.
Page 175: Managing Windows Files
9.4 Managing Windows Files With your SUSE Linux Enterprise machine being an Active Directory client as described in Chapter 12, Active Directory Support (↑Deployment Guide), you can browse, view, and manipulate data located on Windows servers. The following examples are just the most prominent ones: Browsing Windows Files with Konqueror Use Konqueror's smb:/ browsing option to browse your Windows data.
Page 176 Figure 9.5 Browsing Data on the AD Server 3 Click the Users folder and select your personal user folder icon. The contents of your My Documents folder are displayed. To create folders in your Windows user folder using Konqueror, proceed as you would when creating a Linux folder: 1 Right-click the background of the Konqueror folder view to open the menu.
Page 177 Figure 9.6 Editing a Text File with Kate 3 To save the newly created text, select Save as. 4 Click the Network Folders icon to the left and select SMB Shares. Figure 9.7 Saving a File to a Remote Windows Folder 5 Navigate to your Windows folder.
Page 178: Configuring And Accessing A Windows Network Printer
1 Make sure that you have a valid MS Exchange account under your current Win- dows user identity. 2 Request the Exchange server's address from your system administrator. 3 Press Alt + F2 and enter konqueror http://address_exchange_server. You are logged in to your Exchange account without having to reauthenticate. Figure 9.8 Accessing MS Exchange through Konqueror 4 Write or read your e-mails and log out as usual.
Page 179 2 Select Peripherals > Printers. Figure 9.9 Adding a Printer 3 Select Add > Add Special (pseudo) Printer. Figure 9.10 Adding Printer Details 4 Enter the printer's name, a short description, and its location. Accessing Network Resources...
Page 180: Configuring Shortcuts To Network Folders
5 Enter a command line similar to the following example in Command Settings: smbclient //domain/printer -k -d 0 -c 'put %in' > /dev/null 2>&1 Replace domain and printer with the exact values matching your setup. 6 Check Enable output file and select application/postscript to pipe all your print jobs to a postscript file.
Page 181 Figure 9.11 Adding a Network Folder After finishing, you can access the network share in Konqueror by clicking the newly created link instead of entering a lengthy URL for this share in the location bar. Figure 9.12 New Network Folder If you add a network folder in this way, you can also access this folder easily when opening or saving a file from a KDE application.
Page 182: Configuring And Using A Small Web Server
Figure 9.13 Opening a File from a Network Share TIP: Linking to Network Shares on the Desktop For quick access to network shares you need very often, you can also create links to these resources on your desktop. To do so, select the desired resource in Konqueror and drag it onto your desktop while keeping the left mouse button pressed.
Page 183 IMPORTANT: Security Considerations Before setting up a file server with kpf, check with your system administrator whether your company's security policies allow this. You should never set up a file server in a corporate or private environment if you are not entirely sure that your network is protected by an outer firewall.
Page 184 Figure 9.14 Selecting the File Server Root Directory All files in the folder and its subfolders, including hidden files (files that start with a dot) and symbolic links, are made publicly available, so be careful not to share sensitive information, such as passwords, cryptographic keys, your address book, or documents private to your organization.
Page 185 Figure 9.15 Published Contents On the hosting machine, you can monitor the network traffic on your file server by right-clicking the globe icon and selecting Monitor. A short set of statistics similar to the following is given. Figure 9.16 File Server Statistics Accessing Network Resources...
Page 187: 0 Encryption With Kgpg
Encryption with KGpg KGpg is an important component of the encryption infrastructure on your system. This program helps you to generate and manage all needed keys. Use its editor function for the quick creation and encryption of files or use the applet in your panel to encrypt or decrypt by dragging and dropping.
Page 188: Generating A New Key Pair
10.2 Generating a New Key Pair To be able to exchange encrypted messages with other users, first generate your own key pair. One part of it—the public key—is distributed to your communication partners, who can use it to encrypt the files or e-mail messages they send. The other part of the key pair—the private key—is used to decrypt the encrypted contents.
Page 189 Figure 10.1 KGpg: Creating a Key Confirm your settings with OK. The next dialog prompts you to enter a password twice. The relative strength of your chosen password is measured and displayed by the Pass- word strength meter. The program then generates the key pair and displays a summary. It is a good idea to save or print a revocation certificate right away.
Page 190: Exporting The Public Key
10.3 Exporting the Public Key After generating your key pair, make the public key available to other users. This enables them to use it to encrypt or sign the messages or files they send you. To make the public key available for others, select Keys > Export Public Key(s). The dialog that opens offers four options: Email Your public key is sent to a recipient of your choice by e-mail.
Page 191 IMPORTANT: Establishing a Web of Trust Encrypted communication is only secure to the extent that you can positively associate public keys in circulation with the specified user. By cross-checking and signing these keys, you contribute to the establishment of a Web of Trust. For these reasons, make really sure you only sign keys you personally checked.
Page 192: The Key Server Dialog
Therefore, you could still trust him and his own key, but assign lower trust levels to the keys signed by him. Notice that the trust level does not trigger any automatic actions by KGpg. 10.5 The Key Server Dialog Several Internet-based key servers offer the public keys of many users. To engage in encrypted communication with a large number of users, use these servers to distribute your public key.
Page 193 Figure 10.4, “Hits and Import” (page 181). Confirm the following message with OK then exit the key server dialog with Close. The imported key then appears in the main overview of the key manager and is ready for use. Figure 10.4 Hits and Import 10.5.2 Exporting Your Keys to a Key Server To export your key to one of the freely accessible key servers on the Internet, select the Export tab in the key server dialog.
Page 194: Text And File Encryption
10.6 Text and File Encryption KGpg also offers the possibility to encrypt text or clipboard contents. Right-click the padlock icon and find the options Encrypt clipboard and Decrypt clipboard as well as the option for opening the integrated editor. 10.6.1 Encrypting and Decrypting the Clipboard Files copied to the clipboard can easily be encrypted with a few clicks.
Page 195: For More Information
to create the file. Open the editor (Open Editor from the context menu), enter the desired text, and click Encrypt. Then select the key to use and complete the encryption procedure. To decrypt files, use Decrypt and enter the password associated with the key. Generating and checking signatures on documents is just as easy as encrypting directly from the editor.
Page 197: 1 Searching With Kerry
Searching with Kerry Kerry is a KDE front-end for the Beagle search tool, which indexes your personal in- formation space to help you find whatever you need. You can use Kerry to find docu- ments, e-mails, Web history, IM/ITC conversations, source code, images, music files, applications, and much more.
Page 198 of Mars, Venus, or both. To exclude search terms, use a minus symbol (–) in front of them. For example, Mars -Venus finds all data containing any occur- rence of Mars but without any occurrence of Venus. To search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotes.
Page 199: Configuring Kerry
11.2 Configuring Kerry You can configure Kerry by right-clicking its icon in the tray and choosing Configure Kerry or by clicking Configure in Kerry's main window. The configuration dialog has four tabs. On the Search tab, you can change the Default result sort order, Maximum number of results displayed on one page, or shortcuts for activating Kerry Beagle Search.
Page 200 5 Press OK. 11.2.2 Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed To exclude some folders or files from being indexed by Kerry, follow these steps: 1 If the Kerry Beagle configuration dialog is not open yet, right-click the Kerry icon in the tray and choose Configure Kerry. 2 Click the Indexing tab.
Page 201: 2 Managing Printers
KDE Printing Manager. After configuring the printer correctly, you can address it from any application. For information about how to manage printers with iPrint® refer to the iPrint User Guide at http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/. NOTE: Troubleshooting If you have problems configuring your printer, ask your system administrator.
Page 202 To set up a printer in KDE, start the Printing Manager from the main menu (Tools > Printing > Printing Manager). Alternatively, press Alt + F2 and enter kcontrol. In the left-hand navigation bar of the KDE Control Center, click Peripherals > Printers. Figure 12.1 Printing Manager You can set up a printer as root with the help of a wizard, as described in the following.
Page 203: Modifying Printer Settings
• Local printer (parallel, serial, USB): A printer that is attached to your workstation through a parallel, serial, or USB connection. • Remote LPD queue: A printer attached to a different UNIX or Linux system that can be accessed over a TCP/IP network (for example, a printer attached to another Linux system on your network).
Page 204: Deleting A Printer
2 Click Administrator Mode and enter your root password. 3 In the display field showing the list of available printers, select the printer to modify. 4 Right-click and select Configure. 5 Modify the properties in the configuration dialog then click OK. 12.3 Deleting a Printer 1 Start the Printer Manager from the main menu (Tools >...
Page 205 drag them from the desktop and drop them into the list or use the file dialog to locate them. To specify the number of copies and various other options, click Expand at the bottom left. The window then expands and shows three tabs: Copies, Advanced Options, and Additional Tags.
Page 206: Monitoring Print Jobs In Kde
12.5 Monitoring Print Jobs in KDE Start KJobViewer from the main menu or with kjobviewer from the command line. A window like that in Figure 12.3, “Monitoring Print Jobs with KJobViewer” (page 194) opens, listing all the print jobs queued on your printer. As long as your print job is not active, you can edit it.
Page 207 The icons in the toolbar correspond to the functions you can access by way of the menu. Display a help text explaining the function by holding the mouse pointer over one of the icons. The job list consists of eight columns. The job ID is automatically assigned by the print system to identify the various jobs.
Page 209: Part Iii Internet
Part III. Internet...
Page 211: 3 Managing Network Connections
Managing Network Connections To surf the Internet or send and receive e-mail messages, you must have configured an Internet connection with YaST. Depending on your environment, in YaST select whether to use NetworkManager. In KDE, you can then establish Internet connections with NetworkManager or KInternet.
Page 212 A wired connection has been established. Currently there is no connection to the Internet. A wireless connection has been established. Blue bars show the strength of the signal. More blue bars means better signal strength. A connection is being established or terminated. Right-clicking the icon opens the KNetworkManager menu with various options for managing network connections.
Page 213: Wireless Networks
13.1.1 Wireless Networks The signal strength of wireless networks is shown in the menu. Encrypted wireless networks are marked with a lock icon. To connect to an encrypted network, choose it from the menu. In the dialog that opens, choose the type of Encryption the network uses and enter the appropriate Passphrase or Key.
Page 214: Networkmanager And Security
To configure a new VPN connection with KNetworkManager, left-click the KNetwork- Manager applet and follow these steps: 1 Choose VPN Connections > Configure VPN. 2 Press Add and Forward to start a configuration wizard. 3 In the next dialog, choose the type of VPN connection to create. 4 Name your configuration in Connection name.
Page 215: Kinternet
If the encryption setting changes but the name and MAC address remain the same, NetworkManager attempts to connect, but it first asks you to confirm the new encryption settings and provide any updates, such as a new key. In a system with a wireless connection only, NetworkManager does not automatically start the connection during boot.
Page 216 Currently there is no connection to the Internet. The connection is being established or terminated. The connection has been established. Data is being transmitted to or from the Internet. An error has occurred. If a connection has already been configured with YaST, use View Log to identify the reason for the error.
Page 217: Troubleshooting
To establish Internet connections automatically, use dial on demand (DoD). If this mode is selected, KInternet automatically connects to your Internet service provider (ISP) as soon as a request is submitted. After a certain time-out, the connection is ter- minated. A DoD connection is evident from the blue D at the bottom right corner of the KInternet icon.
Page 218 13.3.1 KNetworkManager Some common problems related to KNetworkManager include the applet not starting, a missing VPN option, and issues with SCPM. NetworkManager Desktop Applet Does Not Start The KNetworkManager applet should start automatically if the network is set up for NetworkManager control.
Page 219 13.3.2 KInternet Problems related to KInternet include the applet not starting or not all devices appearing. KInternet Desktop Applet Does Not Start If KInternet does not start automatically, first make sure that the package kinternet is installed. If KInternet is installed but is not running for some reason, you can start it manually.
Page 221: 4 Browsing With Konqueror
Browsing with Konqueror Konqueror is not only a versatile file manager. It is also a modern Web browser. If you start the browser with the icon in the panel, Konqueror opens with the Web browser profile. As a browser, Konqueror offers tabbed browsing, the possibility of saving Web pages with graphics, Internet keywords, bookmarks, and support for Java and JavaScript.
Page 222: Tabbed Browsing
Start Konqueror from the main menu or by entering the command konqueror. To load a Web page, enter its address in the location bar, for example, http://www .suse.com. Konqueror now tries to reach the address and display the page. Entering the protocol at the beginning of the address (http:// in this case) is not strictly re- quired.
Page 223: Profiles
14.3 Profiles Section 14.1, “Tabbed Browsing” (page 210) described how to handle tabs in Konqueror. You can save your tabs with URLs and the position of the window in a profile. This differs from the session management already mentioned. With profiles, your saved tabs are at hand without the intensive start-up time of session management.
Page 224 14.5.1 Using the Search Bar Konqueror contains a search bar where you can choose from many search engines. If you want to search for a specific term, proceed as follows: 1 Start Konqueror. 2 Locate the search bar. It is on the right side after the location bar. 3 Click the icon inside the search bar.
Page 225 If you do not find your preferred search engine here, easily define a new one. For ex- ample, to search Novell's Cool Solutions™ for some interesting articles, normally go to http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions, find the search page, and enter your query. This can be simplified by using the following procedure: Procedure 14.2 Creating New Web Shortcuts...
Page 226: Bookmarks
14.6 Bookmarks Instead of remembering and reentering addresses for sites visited often, you can book- mark these URLs using the Bookmark menu. As well as Web page addresses, you can also bookmark any directories of your local disk in this way. To create a new bookmark in Konqueror, click Bookmarks >...
Page 227: Enabling Advertisement Blockers
block access for others. Java and JavaScript are often disabled for security reasons. Unfortunately, some Web pages require JavaScript for correct display. 14.8 Enabling Advertisement Blockers Some Web pages open annoying advertisements. With the help of Konqueror, these windows can be blocked. Proceed as follows: Procedure 14.3 Blocking Annoying Advertisements 1 Start Konqueror.
Page 229: 5 Browsing With Firefox
Browsing with Firefox Included with your SUSE Linux Enterprise® is the Mozilla Firefox Web browser. With features like tabbed browsing, pop-up window blocking, and download and image management, Firefox combines the latest browsing and security technologies with an easy to use interface. Using tabs you can view more than one Web page in a single window.
Page 230 Figure 15.1 The Browser Window of Firefox 15.1.1 Tabbed Browsing If you often use more than one Web page at a time, tabbed browsing makes it easier to switch between the pages. It allows you to load Web sites in separate tabs within one window.
Page 231: Finding Information
15.1.2 Using the Sidebar Use the left side of your browser window for viewing bookmarks or the browsing his- tory. Extensions may add new ways to use the sidebar as well. To display the sidebar, select View > Sidebar and select the desired contents. 15.2 Finding Information There are two ways to find information in Firefox: use the search bar to search the In- ternet with a search engine and the find bar to search the page currently displayed.
Page 232: Managing Bookmarks
15.2.2 Searching in the Current Page To search inside a Web page, click Edit > Find in This Page or press Ctrl + F . The find bar opens. Usually, it is displayed at the bottom of a window. Type your query in the input field.
Page 233 Figure 15.2 Using the Firefox Bookmark Manager To open the bookmark manager, click Bookmark > Organize Bookmarks. A window opens and displays your bookmarks. With New Folder, create a new folder with a name and a description. If you need a new bookmark, click New Bookmark. This lets you insert the name, location, keywords, and also a description.
Page 234: Live Bookmarks
2 Select File > New Live Bookmark 3 Insert a name for the live bookmark and enter the URL in the Feed Location, for example, http://www.novell.com/newsfeeds/rss/coolsolutions .xml. Firefox updates your live bookmarks. 4 Close your bookmark manager. 15.3.4 The Bookmarks Toolbar The Bookmarks Toolbar is displayed beneath the navigation bar and lets you quickly access bookmarks.
Page 235: Using The Download Manager
To manage the Bookmarks Toolbar you can use the bookmark manager as described Section 15.3.1, “Using the Bookmark Manager” (page 220). Its content is located in the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder. It is also possible to manage the toolbar directly. To add a folder, bookmark, or separator, right-click on an empty space in the toolbar and choose the appropriate entry from the pop-up menu.
Page 236: Customizing Firefox
disk in an encrypted format. Next time you access this site, Firefox will automatically fill in the login data. To review or manage your passwords, open the Password Manager by clicking Edit > Preferences > Security > Show Passwords..The Password Manager opens with a list of sites and their corresponding usernames.
Page 237: Changing Themes
Figure 15.3 Installing Firefox Extensions In order to disable or activate a temporarily disabled extension, click on an extension in the add-ons manager and choose Disable or Enable. To definitely remove an exten- sion, use Delete. Firefox always has to be restarted for the change to take effect. 15.6.2 Changing Themes If you do not like the standard look and feel of Firefox, install a new theme.
Page 238 Figure 15.4 Installing Firefox Themes You can always switch between installed themes by clicking Tools > Add-ons > Themes and then Use Theme. However, Firefox has to be restarted for the change to take effect. If you do not use a theme anymore, you can delete it in the same dialog with Uninstall. 15.6.3 Adding Smart Keywords to Your Online Searches Searching the Internet is one of the main tasks a browser can perform for you.
Page 239: Printing From Firefox
5 With Create in, choose the location within your bookmarks where to save this smart keyword. 6 Finalize with Add. You have successfully generated a new keyword. Whenever you want to search in Wikipedia , you can now type ws SEARCHTERM into the navigation bar. 15.6.4 Disabling Features For special use cases, for instance when using SUSE Linux Enterprise as an Internet terminal, it is desirable to disable (lockdown) certain features, such as saving or printing...
Page 240: For More Information
users and also binds MHTML archives (ending in either .mht or .mhtml) to Firefox in the desktop shell. 15.9 For More Information Get more information about Firefox from the official home page at http://www .mozilla.com/firefox/. Refer to the integrated help (available via F1 ) to find out more about certain options or features.
Page 241: 6 Transferring Data From The Internet
Transferring Data from the Internet KGet is the download manager for KDE. It manages your transfers in a window. You can stop, resume, delete, queue, and add transfers. Start KGet from the main menu or by pressing Alt + F2 then entering kget. When KGet is started for the first time, you can choose to have it integrated with Kon- queror.
Page 242: Adding Transfers To The List
16.1 Adding Transfers to the List To add a transfer, click File > Paste. Specify a URL then click OK. Finally, select where to save the downloaded file. The entry for the transfer is added to the main window of KGet and the download starts.
Page 243 4 Enter the day, month, year, and time to start the transfer, click the Timer icon, then close the dialog. 5 After making the desired settings for all your transfers, click Options > Offline Mode to set KGet back in online mode. The transfers should start at the specified times.
Page 245: Reading News Feeds With Akregator
Reading News Feeds with Akregator If you want to get the latest news, get your information with a news feed reader. One reader is Akregator. It connects to a server that contains a newsticker file and downloads it then shows the headlines and sometimes a small text to give an overview. See Fig- ure 17.1, “Akregator Showing Some News”...
Page 246 5 Click this folder and choose Feed > Add Feed. 6 Insert the feed URL, for example, http://www.novell.com/newsfeeds/ rss/coolsolutions.xml. A new window opens where you can change the feed name, URL, or the update interval. With the Feed Archive tab, change how long articles should be stored.
Page 247: Part Iv Multimedia
Part IV. Multimedia...
Page 249: 8 Manipulating Graphics With The Gimp
Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP The GIMP (The GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a program for creating and editing raster graphics. In most aspects, its features are comparable to those of Adobe Photoshop and other commercial programs. Use it to resize and retouch photographs, design graphics for Web pages, create covers for your custom CDs, or almost any other graphics project.
Page 250: Starting The Gimp
Unlike raster graphics, vector graphics do not store information for all individual pixels. Instead, it uses geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons. Vector images can be scaled very easily. There are many specialized applications for vector graphics, for example Inkscape. The GIMP has only a very limited support for vector graphics.
Page 251 Figure 18.1 The Main Window The current foreground and background color are shown in two overlapping boxes. The default colors are black for the foreground and white for the background. Click the box to open a color selection dialog. Swap the foreground and background color with the bent arrow symbol to the upper right of the boxes.
Page 252: Getting Started
Layers, Channels, Paths, Undo In the first section, use the drop-down box to select the image to which the tabs refer. By clicking Auto, control whether the active image is chosen automatically. By default, Auto is enabled. Layers shows the different layers in the current images and can be used to manipulate (page 250).
Page 253: Opening An Existing Image
In Colorspace, select whether the image should be in color (RGB) or Grayscale. For detailed information about image types, see Section 18.5.7, “Image Modes” (page 251). In Fill With select the color the image is filled with. You can choose between Foreground Color and Background Color set in the toolbox, White or Transparency for a transparent image.
Page 254: Saving Images
18.3.4 The Image Window The new, opened, or scanned image appears in its own window. The menu bar in the top of the window provides access to all image functions. Alternatively, access the menu by right-clicking the image or clicking the small arrow button in the left corner of the rulers.
Page 255: Editing Images
This is the format used for The GIMP patterns. Saving an image in this format en- ables using the image as a fill pattern in The GIMP. JPEG JPG or JPEG is a common format for photographs and Web page graphics without transparency.
Page 256: Changing The Image Size
18.5.1 Changing the Image Size Once an image is scanned or a digital photograph is loaded from the camera, it is often necessary to modify the size for display on a Web page or for printing. Images can easily be made smaller either by scaling them down or by cutting off parts of them. Making an image larger is much more problematic.
Page 257: Selecting Parts Of Images
Changing the Canvas Size Changing the canvas size is like putting a mat around an image. Even if the mat is smaller, the rest of the image is there, but you can only see part of it. If the mat is larger, you see the original image with extra space around it.
Page 258 Ellipse Select Use this to select elliptical or circular areas. The same options are available as with rectangular selection. Holding Shift during selection produces a circle. Free Select (Lasso) Draw a selection area freehand with this tool by dragging the mouse over the image with the left mouse button pressed.
Page 259: Applying And Removing Color
After using the paint tools to adjust the selection as desired, convert from the quick mask view back to the normal selection view by clicking the icon in the lower left corner of the image window (currently displaying a red box). The selection is again displayed with the marching ants.
Page 260 left then shows available nuances. Click the desired color. It is then shown in Current. If that color is not what you want, try again. The arrow button to the right of Current enables saving a number of possible colors. Click the arrow to copy the current color to the history.
Page 261: Adjusting Color Levels
The text tool creates text on a special layer. To work with the image after adding text, read Section 18.5.6, “Layers” (page 250). When the text layer is active, it is possible to modify the text by clicking in the image to reopen the entry dialog. Change the settings by modifying the tool options.
Page 262: Undoing Mistakes
apply the changes. With Reset, restore the original settings. Cancel aborts level adjust- ment. 18.5.5 Undoing Mistakes Most modifications made in The GIMP can be undone. To view a history of modifica- tions, use the undo dialog included in the default window layout or open one from the toolbox menu with File >...
Page 263: Printing Images
18.5.7 Image Modes The GIMP has three image modes—RGB, Grayscale, and Indexed. RGB is a normal color mode and is the best mode for editing most images. Grayscale is used for black- and-white images. Indexed limits the colors in the image to a set number. It is mainly used for GIF images.
Page 264: For More Information
Figure 18.3 The Print Dialog In the bottom portion of the window, adjust the image size. Press Use Original Image Size to take these settings from the image itself. This is recommended if you set an ap- propriate print size and resolution in the image. Adjust the image's position on the page with the fields in Position or by dragging the image in Preview.
Page 265 • Help provides access to the internal help system. This documentation is also available in HTML and PDF formats at http://docs.gimp.org. • Find many tutorials explaining basic or advanced image manipulation techniques with The GIMP at http://gimp.org/tutorials/. • The GIMP User Group offers an informative Web site at http://gug.sunsite .dk.
Page 267: 9 Managing Your Digital Image Collection
Managing Your Digital Image Collection Managing digital photographs in Linux is very straightforward. KDE's digiKam downloads your images directly from your camera. It helps you organize and manipulate your images to get the best possible result to present to others. The application includes several useful plug-ins that can convert your images to various different formats.
Page 268: Configuring Your Camera
Figure 19.1 The Main Window of digiKam 19.1 Configuring Your Camera To download images from your digital camera, simply connect the camera to the USB port of your computer using the USB cable provided by the camera manufacturer. De- pending on your camera model, you may need to switch your camera to a special data transfer mode.
Page 269: Downloading Pictures From The Camera
To set up a camera in digiKam, select Camera > Add Camera. First, try to detect the camera automatically with Auto-Detect. If this fails, browse the list of supported cameras for your model with Add. If your camera model is not included in the list, try an older model or use USB/IEEE mass storage camera and confirm with OK.
Page 270: Retrieving Information
Select all images to download from the camera by pressing the left mouse button or by clicking individual images with Ctrl pressed. Click Download and select the destination from the list or create a new album with New Album, which automatically suggests a filename with the current date.
Page 271: Managing Tags
• Upload new images from the camera and create the target album on-the-fly during the download. • Create a new album by clicking New Album in the toolbar. • Import an existing folder of images from your hard disk (select Album > Import > Import Folders).
Page 272 If you need to process a huge number of images, an easier way to do the tagging would be using the Edit Comments & Tags option from the context menu that opens when an image is right-clicked. This dialog allows you to assign tags to this image, enter an optional descriptive comment, and rate this image.
Page 273: Creating Powerful Search Filters
19.6 Creating Powerful Search Filters Any image collection soon becomes unmanageable if you do not find a means to search for the images you need and find them without much of a hassle. To help you organize your collection, digiKam offers you two search options: Simple Search A basic search.
Page 274: Exporting Image Collections
Figure 19.4 Creating an Advanced Search Filter 19.7 Exporting Image Collections digiKam provides several export options that help archive and publish your personal image collections. It offers archiving to CD or DVD (with k3b), HTML export, and export to a remote gallery. To save your image collection to CD or DVD, proceed as follows: 1 Select Album >...
Page 275 To create an HTML export of your image collection, proceed as follows: 1 Select Album > Export > HTML Export. 2 Adjust the settings in Create Image Galleries to your needs, using the various submenus. When you are done, click OK to initiate the gallery creation. 2a Determine which part of your collection should be archived by selecting al- bums and tags in Selection.
Page 276: Viewing And Editing Images
19.8 Viewing and Editing Images digiKam comes with a comprehensive image viewing and editing suite consisting of various plug-ins. To enter digiKam's viewing and editing mode, double-click an image thumbnail. To use the plug-ins, you need to install the digikamplugins package. Use View to zoom in and out of your image and to insert histograms.
Page 277 Add Border Select the type of border. Depending on the type of border you have selected, choose one or two colors to be used for the border and set the width of the border around your image. digiKam creates the border and saves the changes to the original copy of your image.
Page 278 Restoration Provides an all-inclusive treatment to images suffering from all sorts of digital de- fects, such as noise and scratches. Noise Reduction Remove artifacts, such as those caused by dust on your lens or sensor. Compensate for pixel noise caused by high ISO settings of your digital camera and reduce noise and artifacts in low quality scans.
Page 279 TIP: Creating and Reusing Your Own Filter Settings If you need to use the same set of settings more than once, for example, if a scratch on the lens ruined an entire series of images, create your set of filter settings. Save them for later use by clicking Save As and saving them to a text file.
Page 280 Crop, Aspect Ratio Crop Crop your image. Crop cuts to any rectangular selection on top of your image. Aspect Ratio Crop crops the image following various sophisticated design principles. Perspective Adjustment Adjust the perspective of an image. For example, if you notice some odd angles in shots containing vertical or horizontal lines, use this tool to set them right.
Page 281 X:Y Ratio These ratios match most of the common paper sizes used to print photographs. Pick the one that suits your purpose best. Golden Ratio A ratio (1:1.618) that is traditionally used by artists and architects to create harmonious results. Use Max.
Page 282 Figure 19.7 Creating a Custom Crop Using Aspect Ratio Crop 19.8.3 Applying Filters and Effects You can select from a variety of basic effects and filters to apply to your images to give them a more artistic or over-the-top look: Black &...
Page 283 Oil Paint Simulate an oil painting. Determine the brush size and the degree of smoothing to apply to your image. Emboss Pretend your image had been embossed to a sheet of paper. Choose an appropriate depth. Solarize Image Simulate an overexposure to sunlight. Distortion Effects Apply various strange distortion effects, such as fish eyes, to your image.
Page 284: Useful Tools
Figure 19.8 Simulating IR Photography 19.9 Useful Tools digiKam offers several little helpers for organizing your image collection and for pro- cessing your images. Find them in the Tools menu: Find Duplicate Images If you suspect your collection to contain a number of duplicates, use this option to find and delete them.
Page 285 RAW Image Converter (Single) digiKam supports converting images from various vendor-specific RAW formats to common image formats such as JPEG or PNG. Using this option, convert single images. If you need to convert several images, consider using a batch conversion (Tools >...
Page 286: Troubleshooting
Figure 19.9 Batch Processing: Solarizing Images 19.10 Troubleshooting Although SUSE Linux Enterprise and digiKam support a broad range of cameras, you might occasionally hit one of the following problems when using your digital camera with SUSE Linux Enterprise: Downloading Images from Your Camera Fails If downloading your images fails no matter which protocol you have chosen (PTP or USB), try using the command line instead of digiKam.
Page 287: For More Information
Your Camera is not Officially Supported by digiKam Try gphoto2 --list-cameras and the information at http://www to obtain more information about the status of your camera's .gphoto.org/ support by Linux. If the camera is not listed there, remove the storage medium from the camera and use a card reader device (either an external or internal one).
Page 289: 0 Playing Music And Movies
Playing Music and Movies During installation, YaST normally identifies and configures the sound cards of your computer automatically. Otherwise (or if you installed a new sound card), start YaST and configure the sound card manually in the Sound module. When your sound card has been configured, you can control the volume and balance with a mixer and start other sound applications.
Page 290: Playing Music Files
The main difference between the various mixers is the outer appearance of the user in- terface. However, there are a number of mixers that are designed for specific hardware. One example is envy24control, a mixer for the Envy 24 sound chip. Another one is hdspmixer, which is for RME Hammerfall cards.
Page 291: Quick Start
Figure 20.1 The amaroK Media Player Quick Start On start-up, amaroK scans the folders that are part of your collection for music files. Although you can use amaroK without building a collection, it is recommended to do so, because most of the powerful, advanced features are only available with an existing collection.
Page 292 Use the icons located above the playlist area to Clear the playlist, to Save playlist as, to Undo and Redo changes or to Search for a certain track. To manipulate play modes, either click the Repeat or Random icons in the amaroK status bar several times to switch mode or select the desired Mode from the main amaroK menu.
Page 293 IMPORTANT: Sharing Playlists with Other Players Save playlists in m3u format, so you can share them with any other players using this format. Smart Playlists offer various views of your collection, such as tracks never played, newest tracks, or tracks by genre. For example, to create a random playlist from your collection, select 50 random Tracks and drag the entry to the playlist area.
Page 294 covers of all albums. To filter the covers displayed, click an individual artist in the tree view or enter a term in the input field at the top of the window. Use View to toggle be- tween displaying all albums, albums with covers, or albums without covers. There are three different methods for assigning covers to the albums: Automatically Assign Covers amaroK can automatically fetch all missing covers displayed in the main windows...
Page 295: Handling Audio Cds
The amaroK Tray Icon Like other KDE applications, amaroK adds an icon to the KDE system tray. You can use this icon to control a large number of amaroK's features. Hovering the mouse pointer over the icon displays information about the track currently played, by scrolling the mouse wheel simultaneously you can reduce or increase the playback volume.
Page 296 20.3.1 KsCD—Audio CD Player KsCD is an easy-to-use audio CD player included in the kdemultimedia3-extra package. If it is installed, press Alt + F2 and enter kscd to start the application. KsCD integrates into your KDE panel and can be configured to start playing automatically after a CD has been inserted.
Page 297 the other parameters. Oggenc supports encoding with a variable bit rate. In this way, an even higher degree of compression can be achieved. Instead of the bit rate, specify the desired quality with the parameter -q. -b determines the average bit rate. -m and -M specify the minimum and maximum bit rate.
Page 298 Compressing Audio CDs Using Konqueror Before you start the actual ripping process with Konqueror, configure the handling of audio CDs and the Ogg Vorbis encoder in the KDE Control Center. Select Sound & Multimedia > Audio CDs. The configuration module is divided into three tabs: General, Names, and Ogg Vorbis Encoder.
Page 299: Playing Movie Files
20.4 Playing Movie Files You can choose between several movie players shipped with your SUSE Linux Enter- prise. Kaffeine is the default KDE movie player and can be run with several back-ends, such as Xine and MPlayer. Figure 20.5 Kaffeine Main Window The formats you can view with Kaffeine depends on the back-end (by default, Xine is used).
Page 300 Figure 20.6 RealPlayer for Linux KDE User Guide...
Page 301: 1 Burning Cds And Dvds
Burning CDs and DVDs K3b is a comprehensive program for writing data and audio CDs and DVDs. Start the program from the main menu or by entering the command k3b. The following sections brief you on how to start a basic burning process to get your first Linux-made CD or DVD.
Page 302 Figure 21.1 Creating a New Data Project Then select Burn from the toolbar or hit Ctrl + B . A dialog with six tabs offering various options for writing the CD or DVD opens. See Figure 21.2, “Customizing the Burning Process”...
Page 303 Burning Device The detected writer is displayed under this pop-up menu. You can select the speed here too. WARNING: Select the Writing Speed with Care Normally, you should select Auto, which chooses the maximum writing speed possible. However, if you increase this value but your system is not able to send the data fast enough, the likelihood of buffer underruns in- creases.
Page 304: Creating An Audio Cd
use Tools > Burn CD Image. If this option is used, all other options in this section are deactivated. Remove Image Remove the temporary image file from hard disk when finished. Verify Written Data Check the integrity of the written data by comparing the MD5 sums of the original and the burned data.
Page 305: Copying A Cd Or Dvd
the track first. Right-click and select Properties. A new window opens in which to enter your information. The dialog for burning an audio CD is not very different from the dialog for burning a data CD. However, the Disc at once and the Track at once modes have greater impor- tance.
Page 306: Writing Iso Images
Figure 21.3 Copying a CD Check On the fly to burn the medium while it read from another device. Select Only create image to create an image in the path specified on the Image tab in the Write image file to option and burn the image later. 21.4 Writing ISO Images If you already have an ISO image, go to Tools >...
Page 307: Creating A Multisession Cd Or Dvd
21.5 Creating a Multisession CD or Multisession discs can be used to write data in more than one burning session. This is useful, for example, for writing backups that are smaller than the media. In each session, you can add another backup file. The interesting part is that you are not only limited to data CDs or DVDs.
Page 308: For More Information
21.6 For More Information Apart from the two functions described above, K3b offers other functions, such as reading audio data in WAV format, rewriting CDs, and playing music with the integrated audio player. A detailed description of all available program features is available at http://k3b.org/.
Page 309: A Finding The Information You Need
To support you in your everyday work with SUSE Linux Enterprise® and to help you explore your Linux system, Novell, SUSE, and the open source community have created a wealth of information. Relevant information is compiled and made available in various formats.
Page 310 help center from the main menu, or from the command line with susehelp, you are taken to the main window of the help center from which you can browse the help topics. Figure A.1 Main Window of the KDE Help Center The menu and the toolbar provide options for printing contents from the help center, searching the currently displayed page, and navigating and customizing the help center.
Page 311 The contents of your help center depends on which software packages are currently installed and which languages are selected as your system languages. Glossary Provides a quick reference where you can look up the definitions of words that might be unfamiliar to you. Search Options Holds options for the full text search of the help center.
Page 312: Additional Resources And More Information
2 Select the documents to integrate in the search index and click Build Index. After the index has been generated, you can use the full text search. A.2 Additional Resources and More Information You can also access the specific manuals and documentation for your product on the Internet at http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/. KDE User Guide...
Page 313 If you are searching for additional information, you can also refer to the following In- ternet sites: Novell Technical Support Knowledgebase http://www.novell.com/support/ Product Support Community Resources http://forums.novell.com/novell-product-support-forums/ KDE Documentation Web Site http://www.kde.org/documentation Documentation Web Site for KDE Applications http://www.kde-apps.org In addition, general-purpose search engines are often helpful. For example, you might try the search terms Linux CD-RW help or OpenOffice file conversion problem if you were having trouble with the CD burning or with OpenOffice.org file...
Page 315: B Moving From Windows To Linux
Moving from Windows to Linux If you are coming from Microsoft Windows*, take a look at how familiar elements of Windows translate to SUSE Linux Enterprise®. After logging in, you will notice that the desktop has a familiar layout and recognizable icons, many of them similar to the Windows and Macintosh desktops.
Page 316: Starting Applications From The Main Menu
B.1 Starting Applications from the Main Menu Similar to the Start menu on Windows, you can access all the programs installed on your system from the main menu. To open the menu click the green SUSE icon in the left corner of the panel. The function-oriented menu structure makes it easy to find the right application for your purpose even if you do not know the application names yet.
Page 317: Managing Files
B.2 Managing Files To start Konqueror, the default KDE file manager (and Internet browser), press Alt + F2 and enter konqueror. To view the contents of your home directory, click Personal Files. To open this view directly, use the quick start icon with a house in the panel. Figure B.3 Windows Explorer and Konqueror For more information about Konqueror as a file manager, see Section 1.4, “Managing...
Page 318: Customizing Your Desktop
Figure B.4 Windows Command Prompt and Konsole Terminal Read more about working with the command line in Chapter 15, Working with the Shell (↑Deployment Guide). B.4 Customizing Your Desktop To change to the way your KDE desktops looks and behaves, press Alt + F2 and enter kcontrol.
Page 319: Setting Up Printers
Figure B.5 Windows Control Panel and KDE Control Center For more information, see Section 2.1, “The KDE Control Center” (page 45). B.5 Setting Up Printers To set up or add a printer to SUSE Linux Enterprise, start the Printing Manager from the main menu.
Page 320: Switching Between Applications
Figure B.6 Windows Printers and Faxes and KDE Printing Manager B.6 Switching between Applications Similar to the taskbar on Windows, the bottom panel in KDE lets you easily switch between open windows. Unlike Windows, KDE lets you set up multiple desktops where each one can run different programs.
Page 321: Accessing Network Resources
B.7 Accessing Network Resources From your desktop, you can access files and directories or certain services on remote hosts or make your own files and directories available to other users in your network. SUSE Linux Enterprise offers various different ways of accessing and creating network- shared resources.
Page 323: C Getting To Know Linux Software
Getting to Know Linux Software Linux comes with a wealth of applications, often offering more than one solution to specific needs. The difficulty is finding the application that suits your needs best. The next few sections introduce some of the most powerful Linux counterparts of common Windows* software.
Page 324 Table C.1 Office Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application Office Suite Microsoft Office, StarOffice*, OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, OpenOffice.org KOffice Word Processor Microsoft Word, StarOf- OpenOffice.org/StarOffice fice/OpenOffice.org Writer, Writer, KWord WordPerfect Spreadsheet Microsoft Excel, StarOf- OpenOffice.org/StarOffice fice/OpenOffice.org Calc Calc, Gnumeric, KSpread Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint*,...
Page 325 such as HTML and XML. For more information, refer to http://freemind .sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. GnuCash GnuCash is a software tool to control both your personal and business finances. Learn more about GnuCash at http://www.gnucash.org. Gnumeric Gnumeric is a spreadsheet solution for the GNOME desktop environment. Find more information about Gnumeric at http://www.gnumeric.org.
Page 326 array of financial features and tools. Learn more about KMyMoney at http:// kmymoney2.sourceforge.net. KOffice KOffice is an integrated office suite for the KDE desktop. It comes with various modules like word processing (KWord), spreadsheets (KSpread), presentations (KPresenter), several image processing applications (Kivio, Karbon14, Krita), a database front-end (Kexi), and many more.
Page 327 version of OpenOffice.org even exists, enabling Windows users to switch to an open source alternative while still using Windows. Find more information about OpenOffice.org at and read our OpenOf- http://www.openoffice.org/ fice.org chapter for a short introduction to the office suite. Planner Planner is a project management tool for the GNOME desktop aiming to provide functionality similar to the project management tools used under Windows.
Page 328: Network
VYM (View Your Mind) VYM is a software for visualizing your thoughts by creating and manipulating mind maps. Most manipulations do not require more than one mouse click. Branches can be inserted, deleted, and reordered very easily. VYM also offers a set of flags allowing you to mark certain parts of the map (important, time critical, etc.).
Page 329 Epiphany Epiphany is a lean, but powerful Web browser for the GNOME desktop. Many of its features and extensions resemble Firefox. Find more information about Epiphany at http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/. Evolution Evolution is personal information management software for the GNOME desktop combining mail, calendar, and address book functionality. It offers advanced e- mail filter and search options, provides sync functionality for Palm devices, and allows you to run Evolution as an Exchange or GroupWise®...
Page 330 kbear KBear is a KDE FTP client with the ability to have concurrent connections to multiple hosts, three separate view modes, support for multiple protocols (like FTP and SFTP), a site manager plug-in, firewall support, logging capabilities, and much more. Find more information at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ kbear.
Page 331: Multimedia
Linphone Linphone is a smart and lean Voice over IP client using the SIP protocol to establish calls. Find more information at http://www.linphone.org/. You can also read our Linphone chapter. Mozilla Thunderbird Thunderbird is an e-mail client application that comes as part of the Mozilla suite. It is also available for Microsoft Windows and MacOS, which facilitates the tran- sition from one of these operating systems to Linux.
Page 332 Table C.3 Multimedia Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application Audio CD Player CD Player, Winamp, Windows KsCD, Grip, Helix Banshee Media Player CD Burner Nero, Roxio Easy CD Creator CD Ripper WMPlayer kaudiocreator, Sound Juicer, Helix Banshee Audio Player Winamp, Windows Media amaroK, XMMS, Rhythmbox,...
Page 333 GStreamer. Find more information about amaroK at http://amarok.kde .org/. You can also read the introduction to amaroK in KDE User Guide. Audacity Audacity is a powerful, free sound editing tool. Record, edit, and play any Ogg Vorbis or WAV file. Mix tracks, apply effects to them, and export the results to WAV or Ogg Vorbis.
Page 334 KsCD KsCD is a neat little CD player application for the KDE desktop. Its user interface very much resembles that of a normal hardware CD player, guaranteeing ease of use. KsCD supports CDDB, enabling you to get any track and album information from the Internet or your local file system.
Page 335 and LilyPond. Find more information about Noteedit at http://developer .berlios.de/projects/noteedit/. Rhythmbox Rhythmbox is a powerful, multitalented media player for the GNOME desktop. It allows you to organize and browse your music collection using playlists and even supports Internet radio. Find more information about Rhythmbox at http://www .gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/.
Page 336: Graphics
Xine Xine is a multimedia player that plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It interprets many multimedia formats. For more information, refer to http://xinehq.de/. XMMS XMMS is the traditional choice for multimedia playback. It is focused on music playback, offering support for CD playback and Ogg Vorbis files. Users of Winamp should find XMMS comfortable because of its similarity.
Page 337 Task Windows Application Linux Application Creating 3D Graphics 3D Studio MAX, Maya, POV- POV-Ray, Blender, Ray, Blender KPovmodeler Managing Digital Pho- Software provided by the cam- DigiKam, f-spot tographs era manufacturer Scanning Vuescan Vuescan, The GIMP Image Viewing ACDSee gwenview, gThumb, Eye of Gnome, f-spot Blender Blender is a powerful rendering and animation tool available on many platforms,...
Page 338 f-spot f-spot is a flexible digital photograph management tool for the GNOME desktop. It lets you create and manage albums and supports various export options like HTML pages or burning of image archives to CD. You can also use it as an image viewer on the command line.
Page 339 KPovmodeler KPovmodeler is a POV-Ray front-end that integrates with the KDE desktop. KPovmodeler saves users from needing a detailed knowledge of POV-Ray scripting by translating the POV-Ray language in an easy-to-understand tree view. Native POV-Ray scripts can be imported to KPovmodeler as well. Find more information at http://www.kpovmodeler.org.
Page 340: System And File Management
C.5 System and File Management The following section provides an overview of Linux tools for system and file manage- ment. Get to know text and source code editors, backup solutions, and archiving tools. Table C.5 System and File Management Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application...
Page 341 Ark is a GUI-based pack program for the KDE desktop. It supports common formats, such as zip, tar.gz, tar.bz2, lha, and rar. You can view, select, pack, and unpack single files within an archive. Due to Ark's integration with Konqueror, you can also trigger actions (such as unpacking an archive) from the context menu in the file manager, similar to WinZip.
Page 342 GOCR GOCR is an OCR (optical character recognition) tool. It converts scanned images of text into text files. Find more information at http://jocr.sourceforge .net/. gzip, tar, bzip2 There are plenty of packaging programs for reducing disk usage. In general, they differ only in their pack algorithm.
Page 343 Nautilus Nautilus is the default file manager of the GNOME desktop. It can be used to create folders and documents, display and manage your files and folders, run scripts, write data to a CD, and open URI locations. For an introduction to using Nautilus as a file manager, see GNOME User Guide.
Page 344: Software Development
C.6 Software Development This section introduces Linux IDEs, toolkits, development tools, and versioning systems for professional software development. Table C.6 Development Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application Integrated Development Borland C++, Delphi, Visual KDevelop, Eric, Eclipse, Environments Studio, .NET MonoDevelop, Anjuta...
Page 345 full-featured Java development environment. Find more information at http:// www.eclipse.org. Eric Eric is an IDE optimized for Python and Python-Qt development. Find more infor- mation about Eric at http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index .html. GCC is a compiler collection with front-ends for various programming languages. Check out a complete list of features and find extensive documentation at http:// gcc.gnu.org.
Page 346 enable Unix developers to build and deploy cross-platform .NET applications. MonoDevelop complements the Mono development with an IDE. Find more infor- mation about MonoDevelop at http://www.monodevelop.com/. Qt is a program library for developing applications with graphical user interfaces. It allows you to develop professional programs rapidly. The Qt library is available not only for Linux, but for a number of Unix flavors and even for Windows and Macintosh.
Page 347: D Using The Fingerprint Reader
Using the Fingerprint Reader With the ThinkFinger driver, SUSE Linux Enterprise® supports the fingerprint reader by UPEK/SGS Thomson Microelectronics included with some IBM and Lenovo ThinkPads. The same fingerprint reader can also be found in other laptops and either as a stand-alone device or built into some USB keyboards. For more details, refer to http://thinkfinger.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/ thinkfinger/README.in.
Page 348: Supported Applications And Actions
D.1 Supported Applications and Actions The PAM module pam_thinkfinger supports fingerprint authentication for the following applications and actions (although you may not be prompted to swipe your finger in all cases): • Logging in to GDM/KDM or a login shell •...
Page 349 2 In the configuration dialog, activate Use Fingerprint Reader and click Finish to save the changes and close the dialog. Now you can register a fingerprint for various users. Procedure D.2 Registering a Fingerprint 1 In YaST, click Security and Users > User Management to open the User and Group Administration dialog.
Page 350: Managing Fingerprints With Tf-Tool
7 After you have registered fingerprints for the desired users, click Finish to close the administration dialog and to save the changes. As soon as the user's fingerprint has been successfully registered, the user can choose to authenticate with either fingerprint or password for the actions and applications listed Section D.1, “Supported Applications and Actions ”...
Page 351: For More Information
Procedure D.4 Verifying or Removing a Fingerprint 1 Open a shell and log in as root. 2 To verify an existing fingerprint for a certain user, run the following command: tf-tool --verify-user login 3 Let the user swipe his finger. tf-tool compares the fingerprint to the print stored for this user and provides a message if the fingerprints match.
Page 353: E Support Of Tablet Pcs
Support of Tablet PCs SUSE Linux Enterprise® comes with support for Tablet PCs with serial Wacom devices. Although the majority of installation is the same as on other systems, several packages must be added manually. Then configure the input device properly. NOTE: Tablet PC Features on 64-bit Architectures Currently, Tablet PC support is only available for 32-bit architectures.
Page 354: Installing Tablet Pc Packages
NOTE: Keyboard or Mouse Needed for Installation During installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise, the pen cannot be used as an input device. If your Tablet PC does not feature a built-in keyboard or touch pad, connect an external keyboard or mouse to your Tablet PC for installation of your system.
Page 355: Configuring Your Wacom Device
E.2 Configuring Your Wacom Device After the Tablet PC packages have been installed, configure your tablet device. Currently, SUSE Linux Enterprise does not support configuration of Wacom devices with SaX2. Instead, it is necessary to edit a system configuration file. Only the system administrator can make the changes to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
Page 356 Example E.1 Configuration for Wacom Devices 1. Add the following InputDevice sections: Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "Mouse[5]" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" Option "InputFashion" "Tablet" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "SendCoreEvents" "on" Option "Type" "cursor" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom"...
Page 357 2. Add the following lines to the ServerLayout section: InputDevice "Mouse[5]" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Mouse[7]" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Mouse[9]" "SendCoreEvents" With these changes, your /etc/X11/xorg.conf should resemble the following: [...] Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[3]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name"...
Page 358 [...] Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Mouse[5]" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Mouse[7]" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Mouse[9]" "SendCoreEvents" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection Default mouse configuration. Newly added configuration for tablet cursor input device. Newly added configuration for the tablet stylus input device.
Page 359: Using Common Tablet Pc Features
E.3 Using Common Tablet PC Features After your Wacom device has been configured, you can now make use of your pen as input device. E.3.1 Using the Virtual Keyboard To log in to the KDE or GNOME desktop or to unlock the screen, you can either enter your username and password as usual or via the virtual keyboard, xvkbd, displayed below the login field.
Page 360 2 To rotate your display, click the icon and select the desired orientation from the context menu. Your display is immediately tilted to the new direction. Also the orientation of the graphics tablet changes so it can still interpret the movement of the pen correctly.
Page 361 E.3.4 Taking Notes and Sketching with the To create drawings with the pen, you can use a professional graphics editor like The GIMP or try one of the note taking applications, Xournal or Jarnal. With both Xournal and Jarnal, you can take notes, create drawings, or comment PDF files with the pen. As a Java-based application available for several platforms, Jarnal also offers basic collaboration features.
Page 362 of text using only the pen (or other input devices—it can even be driven with an eye tracker). Start Dasher from the main menu or with dasher from a shell. Move your pen in one direction and the applications starts to zoom into the letters on the right side. From the letters passing the cross hairs in the middle, the text is created or predicted and is printed to the upper part of the window.
Page 363: Troubleshooting
E.4 Troubleshooting Virtual Keyboard Does Not Appear on Login Screen Occasionally, the virtual keyboard is not displayed on the login screen. To solve this, restart the X server by pressing Ctrl + Alt + <— or press the appropriate key on your Tablet PC (if you use a slate model without integrated keyboard).
Page 364: For More Information
E.5 For More Information Some of the applications mentioned here do not offer integrated online help, but you can find some useful information about usage and configuration in your installed system in /usr/share/doc/package/packagename or on the Web: • For the Xournal manual, refer to http://xournal.sourceforge.net/ manual.html •...
Page 365: Index
Inkscape, 326 Index Kivio, 326 KolourPaint, 326 KPovmodeler, 327 Symbols POV-Ray, 327 VueScan, 327 multimedia, 319 Active Directory amaroK, 278, 320 accessing data, 163 Audacity, 321 applications, 311 Grip, 321 development, 332 Helix Banshee, 321 Anjuta, 332 K3b, 289, 322 CVS, 332 Kaffeine, 321 Eclipse, 332...
Page 366 Kontact, 101, 318 Konversation, 318 Kopete, 143, 318 calendars Linphone, 319 GroupWise, 117 Mozilla Thunderbird, 319 Kontact, 103, 111 Opera, 319 CASA (see Novell CASA) Skype, 319 Firefox, 223 XChat, 319 office copying, 293 Evolution, 317 creating, 289-296 FreeMind, 312...
Page 367 download managers shared, 27, 157-173 Firefox, 223 Firefox, 217-228, 317 downloads bookmarks, 220 managing, 229 importing, 221 DVDs managing, 220 copying, 293 CASA, 223 creating configuring, 224 data, 289 download manager, 223 ISO images, 294 extensions, 224 finding on page, 220 lockdown, 227 navigating, 217 e-mail applications...
Page 368 Ark, 36 galleries, 27 configuring pixel, 237 desktop background, 51 resizing, 244-245 desktop objects, 49 vector, 237 Novell CASA, 61 viewing, 26 panel, 55 GroupWise, 113, 117-133 screen saver, 50 Kontact with, 114 security, 60 terminology, 114 settings, KWallet, 61...
Page 369 panels, 9 contacts, 103, 109 personal settings, 45 creating messages, 107 printing, 192 encryption, 107 session manager, 5 Exchange, 111, 113 KGet, 229 feeds, 104 KGpg, 175-183 filters, 108 clipboard encryption, 182 folders, 107 creating keys, 176 GroupWise, 111, 113 editor, 182 identities, 105 exporting public keys, 178...
Page 370 284 shares, 159 mixers, 277 wireless, 205 KMix, 38 news feed, 233 players, 278 newsticker, 233 KsCD, 284 Novell CASA configuring, 61 digital cameras, 12 Ogg Vorbis, 284 media, 12 oggenc, 284 voice over IP, 149-155 partitions VPN, 201...

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Part I KDE Desktop

1 Getting Started with the KDE Desktop

2 Customizing Your Settings

Part II Office and Collaboration

3 The Openoffice.org Office Suite

4 Kontact: E-Mailing and Calendaring

5 Groupwise Linux Client: E-Mailing and Calendaring

6 Synchronizing a Handheld Computer with Kpilot

7 Instant Messaging with Kopete

8 Using Voice over IP with Ekiga

9 Accessing Network Resources

10 Encryption with Kgpg

1 Searching with Kerry

2 Managing Printers

Part III Internet

3 Managing Network Connections

4 Browsing with Konqueror

5 Browsing with Firefox

6 Transferring Data from the Internet

17 Reading News Feeds with Akregator

Part IV Multimedia

8 Manipulating Graphics with the GIMP

9 Managing Your Digital Image Collection

20 Playing Music and Movies

1 Burning Cds and Dvds

A Finding the Information You Need

B Moving from Windows to Linux

C Getting to Know Linux Software

D Using the Fingerprint Reader

E Support of Tablet Pcs

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