Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - KDE... Manual de usuario

SUSE Linux Enterprise

Desktop

www.novell.com10 SP2

May08,2008 KDE User Guide

KDE User Guide

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Contents

About This Guide ix

Part I KDE Desktop 1

1Getting Started with the KDE Desktop 3

1.1 Logging In and Selecting a Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.2 LoggingOut............................ 7

1.3 DesktopComponents........................ 8

1.4 Managing Folders and Files with Konqueror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1.5 Accessing Network Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

1.6 Finding Data on your Computer or in the File System . . . . . . . . . . 28

1.7 Moving Text between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

1.8 Exploring the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

1.9 E-Mail and Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

1.10 Opening or Creating Documents with OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . 32

1.11 Managing Passwords with KWallet Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

1.12 Displaying, Decompressing, and Creating Archives . . . . . . . . . . . 36

1.13 Taking Screen Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

1.14 Viewing PDF Files with KPDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

1.15 Controlling Sound with KMix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

1.16 Managing Packages with the ZEN Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

1.17 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

2Customizing Your Settings 45

2.1 The KDE Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

2.2 Conguring Desktop Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

2.3 Conguring 3D Desktop Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

2.4 Conguring the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

2.5 Conguring System and Security Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Part II Ofce and Collaboration 65

3The OpenOfce.org Ofce Suite 67

3.1 Understanding OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

3.2 Word Processing with Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

3.3 Using Spreadsheets with Calc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

3.4 Using Presentations with Impress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

3.5 Using Databases with Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

3.6 Creating Graphics with Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

3.7 Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

3.8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . . 99

4Kontact: E-Mailing and Calendaring 101

4.1 KontactOverview........................ 101

4.2 Mail.............................. 104

4.3 Contacts............................ 109

4.4 Calendar............................ 111

4.5 Syncing Data with a Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

4.6 Kontact for GroupWise Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

4.7 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

5GroupWise Linux Client: E-Mailing and Calendaring 117

5.1 Getting Acquainted with the Main GroupWise Window . . . . . . . . 117

5.2 Using Different GroupWise Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

5.3 Understanding Your Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

5.4 UsingtheToolbar........................ 128

5.5 Using Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

5.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

6Synchronizing a Handheld Computer with KPilot 135

6.1 Conduits Used by KPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

6.2 Conguring the Handheld Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

6.3 Conguring the KAddressBook Conduit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

6.4 Managing To-Do Items and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

6.5 Working with KPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

7Instant Messaging with Kopete 143

7.1 Conguring Kopete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

7.2 Chatting with Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

7.3 Customizing Kopete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

7.4 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

8Using Voice over IP with Ekiga 149

8.1 ConguringEkiga........................ 149

8.2 The Ekiga User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

8.3 MakingaCall.......................... 153

8.4 AnsweringaCall......................... 153

8.5 Using the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

8.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

9Accessing Network Resources 157

9.1 General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing . . . . . . . . . 158

9.2 Accessing Network Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

9.3 Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

9.4 Managing Windows Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

9.5 Conguring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer . . . . . . . . 166

9.6 Conguring Shortcuts to Network Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

9.7 Conguring and Using a Small Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

10 Encryption with KGpg 175

10.1 Why Signing and Encrypting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

10.2 Generating a New Key Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

10.3 Exporting the Public Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

10.4 ImportingKeys......................... 178

10.5 The Key Server Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

10.6 Text and File Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

10.7 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

11 Searching with Kerry 185

11.1 Searching Using Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

11.2 Conguring Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

12 Managing Printers 189

12.1 Installing a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

12.2 Modifying Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

12.3 Deleting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

12.4 Starting Print Jobs in KDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

12.5 Monitoring Print Jobs in KDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Part III Internet 197

13 Managing Network Connections 199

13.1 Using KNetworkManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

13.2 KInternet............................ 203

13.3 Troubleshooting......................... 205

14 Browsing with Konqueror 209

14.1 TabbedBrowsing......................... 210

14.2 Automatic Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

14.3 Proles............................. 211

14.4 Saving Web Pages and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

14.5 Searching with Konqueror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

14.6 Bookmarks........................... 214

14.7 Java and JavaScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

14.8 Enabling Advertisement Blockers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

14.9 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

15 Browsing with Firefox 217

15.1 Navigating Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

15.2 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

15.3 Managing Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

15.4 Using the Download Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

15.5 Password Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

15.6 Customizing Firefox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

15.7 Printing from Firefox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

15.8 Opening MHTML Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

15.9 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

16 Transferring Data from the Internet 229

16.1 Adding Transfers to the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

16.2 Adding Transfers from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

16.3 Timer-Controlled Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

17 Reading News Feeds with Akregator 233

Part IV Multimedia 235

18 Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 237

18.1 Graphics Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

18.2 Starting The GIMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

18.3 GettingStarted......................... 240

18.4 SavingImages.......................... 242

18.5 EditingImages.......................... 243

18.6 PrintingImages......................... 251

18.7 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

19 Managing Your Digital Image Collection 255

19.1 Conguring Your Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

19.2 Downloading Pictures from the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

19.3 Retrieving Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

19.4 ManagingAlbums........................ 258

19.5 ManagingTags.......................... 259

19.6 Creating Powerful Search Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

19.7 Exporting Image Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

19.8 Viewing and Editing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

19.9 UsefulTools........................... 272

19.10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

19.11 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

20 Playing Music and Movies 277

20.1 Mixers............................. 277

20.2 Playing Music Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

20.3 Handling Audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

20.4 Playing Movie Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

21 Burning CDs and DVDs 289

21.1 Creating a Data CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

21.2 Creating an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

21.3 Copying a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

21.4 Writing ISO Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

21.5 Creating a Multisession CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

21.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

AFinding the Information You Need 297

A.1 Included Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

A.2 Additional Resources and More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

BMoving from Windows to Linux 303

B.1 Starting Applications from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

B.2 ManagingFiles ......................... 305

B.3 Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

B.4 Customizing Your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

B.5 Setting Up Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

B.6 Switching between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

B.7 Accessing Network Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

CGetting to Know Linux Software 311

C.1 Ofce............................. 311

C.2 Network............................ 316

C.3 Multimedia........................... 319

C.4 Graphics............................ 324

C.5 System and File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

C.6 Software Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

DUsing the Fingerprint Reader 335

D.1 Supported Applications and Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

D.2 Managing Fingerprints with YaST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

D.3 Managing Fingerprints with tf-tool ................ 338

D.4 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

ESupport of Tablet PCs 341

E.1 Installing Tablet PC Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

E.2 Conguring Your Wacom Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

E.3 Using Common Tablet PC Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

E.4 Troubleshooting......................... 351

E.5 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Index 353

About This Guide

This manual introduces the KDE desktop of your SUSE Linux Enterprise® and a variety

of applications you will encounter when working with the KDE desktop. It guides you

through using these applications and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly

for end users who want to make efcient use of KDE in everyday life.

The manual is subdivided into the following parts:

KDE Desktop

Get to know your KDE desktop and learn how to cope with basic and daily tasks,

using the central KDE applications and some small utilities. Get an impression of

the numerous possibilities KDE offers to modify and individualize your desktop

according to your needs and wishes.

Ofce and Collaboration

Use the ofce and collaboration software your SUSE Linux Enterprise offers, such

as the OpenOfce.org suite, several e-mailing and calendaring programs, and ap-

plications for online conversations. Also nd vital information concerning the

management and exchange of data on your system: how to share les on the net-

work, how to effectively search and encrypt data, and how to manage printers.

Internet

Learn how to use NetworkManager or KInternet to connect to the Internet. Explore

the Internet applications included in your SUSE Linux Enterprise, such as Konqueror

or the Firefox Web browser, a download manager, or a news feed reader.

Multimedia

Find topics such as graphics applications, digital cameras, sound applications, and

CD and DVD writers.

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2 Additional Documentation

There are other manuals available on this product. If you want to have a look at the

other end user documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise, the following manuals might

be interesting:

Installation Quick Start

Lists the system requirements and guides you step-by-step through the installation

of your SUSE Linux Enterprise.

GNOME User Guide

This manual introduces the GNOME desktop of your SUSE Linux Enterprise and

a variety of applications you will encounter when working with the GNOME

desktop. It guides you through using these applications and helps you perform key

tasks. It is intended mainly for end users who want to make efcient use of appli-

cations running on the GNOME desktop.

For an overview of all manuals for SUSE Linux Enterprise, refer to http://www

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