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1 <tip category="KDE2">
2 <html>
3 <p>
4 You can minimize all your windows on the current desktop at once and
5 thus reach the desktop itself by clicking on the desktop icon on the
6 panel.</p>
7 <p>If you do not currently have the icon there, you can add it by
8 right clicking on the panel, and then selecting
9 Add Applet to Panel->Show Desktop.
10 <br>
11 <center>
12 <img src="crystalsvg/48x48/filesystems/desktop.png">
13 </center>
14 </html>
15 </tip>
18 <tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
19 <html>
20 <p>
21 If you temporarily need more screen real-estate, you can <strong>"fold
22 in" the panel</strong> by clicking on one of the arrows at the ends of
23 the panel. Alternatively, make it hide automatically by changing the
24 settings in the Control Center (Desktop->Panels, Hiding tab).
25 </p>
26 <p>For more information about Kicker, the KDE Panel, see <a
27 href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.
28 </p>
29 </html>
30 </tip>
32 <tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
33 <html>
34 <p>
35 The window list, which is accessible via an icon on the panel, provides a
36 quick overview of all windows on all virtual desktops. Alternatively,
37 press Alt+F5 to display the window list.</p><br>
38 <center>
39 <img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/window_list.png">
40 </center>
41 </html>
42 </tip>
44 <tip category="Konqueror">
45 <html>
46 <p>The <b>"Location" label</b> in Konqueror is draggable.</p>
47 <p>This means you can create a shortcut (e.g. on the desktop or the panel)
48 by dragging it there with the mouse. You can also drop it on to Konsole or
49 edit fields to get the URL typed in there (as you can with links or files
50 displayed in Konqueror).</p>
51 </html>
52 </tip>
54 <tip category="Keyboard">
55 <html>
56 <p>
57 You can assign <b>keyboard shortcuts</b> to your favorite applications in the
58 KDE menu editor (K-menu->Settings->Menu Editor). Select the application
59 (e.g. Konsole), then click on the image next to "Current shortcut
60 key:". Press the key combination you want (say, Ctrl+Alt+K).
61 <p>That is it: now you can fire up Konsoles with Ctrl+Alt+K.</p>
62 </html>
63 </tip>
65 <tip category="KDE2|Win2Unix">
66 <html>
67 <p>
68 You can configure the number of virtual desktops by adjusting the "Number
69 of desktops" slider in the Control Center (Desktop->Multiple Desktops).
70 </p>
72 <p>For more information about using virtual desktops, look at <a
73 href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html#using-multiple-desktops">the
74 KDE User Guide</a>.</p>
75 </html>
76 </tip>
78 <tip category="Keyboard">
79 <html>
80 <p>
81 You can cycle through the virtual desktops by holding the Ctrl key and
82 pressing Tab or Shift+Tab.</p>
83 <p>For more information about using virtual desktops, look at <a
84 href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html#using-multiple-desktops">the
85 KDE User Guide</a>.</p>
86 </html>
87 </tip>
89 <tip category="Desktop">
90 <html>
91 <P>Clicking with the right mouse button on panel icons or applets opens a
92 popup menu that allows you to move or remove the item, or add a new
93 one.</P>
94 <p>For more information about customizing Kicker, the KDE Panel, see
95 <a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p>
96 </html>
97 </tip>
99 <tip category="General">
100 <html>
101 <P>You can run non-KDE applications without problems on a KDE
102 desktop. It is even possible to integrate them into the menu system.
103 The KDE program "KAppfinder" will look for known programs to integrate
104 them into the menu.</P>
105 </html>
106 </tip>
108 <tip category="General|Desktop">
109 <html>
110 <p>You can quickly move the panel to another screen edge by "grabbing" it with
111 the left mouse button and moving it to where you want it.</p>
112 <p>For more information about personalizing Kicker, the KDE Panel,
113 take a look at <a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p>
114 </html>
115 </tip>
117 <tip category="LookNFeel">
118 <html>
119 <p>You can <strong>quickly change the background</strong> image of the
120 desktop by dragging a graphics image from a Konqueror window to the
121 desktop background.</p>
122 </html>
123 </tip>
125 <tip category="LookNFeel">
126 <html>
127 <p>You can change the background color of the desktop by dragging a color
128 from a color selector in any application to the desktop background.
129 </p>
130 </html>
131 </tip>
134 <tip category="Panel">
135 <html>
136 <p>
137 A fast way to get your favorite application onto your panel is to
138 right-click the panel (Panel Menu) and select Add to Panel->Application->whatever.
139 </p>
140 </html>
141 </tip>
144 <tip category="Panel">
145 <html>
146 <p>
147 You can add more applets to your panel by selecting Panel
148 Menu->Add->Applet from the K menu.
149 </p>
150 </html>
151 </tip>
153 <tip category="Panel">
154 <html>
155 <p>
156 You can add a little command line to your panel by selecting Panel
157 Menu->Add to Panel->Applet->Run Command from the K menu.
158 </p>
159 <p>For information about other applets available for the KDE Panel,
160 take a look at <a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p>
161 </html>
162 </tip>
164 <tip category="Panel|LookNFeel">
165 <html>
166 <p>Want to see the local time of your friends or
167 business partners <b>around the world</b>?</p>
168 <p>Just press the middle mouse button on the <b>panel clock</b>.</p>
169 </html>
170 </tip>
172 <tip category="Panel|LookNFeel">
173 <html>
174 <p>Your <b>panel clock</b> can be configured to display the time
175 in <b>plain</b>, <b>digital</b>, <b>analog</b> or <b>fuzzy-style</b>
176 mode.</p>
177 <p>See <a href="help:/kicker/clock-applet.html">the Kicker
178 Handbook</a> for more information.</p>
179 </html>
180 </tip>
182 <tip category="Keyboard|Help">
183 <html>
184 <p>
185 You can access a <strong>man page</strong> by entering a
186 hash mark (#) and the name of the man page wherever you can enter
187 a URL, like in the location field of the web browser or the
188 <strong>Alt+F2</strong> command-line.</p><br>
189 <center>
190 <img src="oxygen/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png">
191 </html>
192 </tip>
194 <tip category="Keyboard|Help">
195 <html>
196 <p>
197 You can access an <strong>info page</strong> by entering a double hash mark (##)
198 and the
199 name of the info page wherever you can enter a URL, like in the URL
200 line of the web browser or the <strong>Alt+F2</strong> command-line.
201 </p>
202 <br>
203 <center>
204 <img src="oxygen/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png">
205 </html>
206 </tip>
208 <tip category="Keyboard|Konsole">
209 <html>
210 <p>
211 Some people open many terminal windows just to enter <em>one single</em>
212 command.</p>
213 <ul>
214 <li>Use <strong>Alt+F2</strong> for just firing up programs (Alt+F2 "kword") or
215 <li>use Konsole tabs (Ctrl+Shift+n) if you need text output.
216 </ul>
217 <p>On the topic of konsole tabs, if you want to keep track of what
218 task you are doing in each tab, you can rename the active tab
219 by typing Ctrl+Alt+s. So now you can have a shell that you are logged
220 in as root named "root".</p>
221 </html>
222 </tip>
224 <tip category="Panel">
225 <html>
226 <p>If you want another panel, to make more space for your applets and
227 buttons, press right mouse button on the panel to invoke the panel menu
228 and select "Add to Panel->Panel->Panel".</p><p>
229 (You can then put anything on the fresh panel, adjust its size and
230 so on.)</p>
231 </html>
232 </tip>
234 <tip category="General">
235 <html>
236 <p>
237 You can hide mixer devices in KMix by clicking on "Hide" in the
238 context menu that appears when you click with the right mouse button
239 on one of the sliders.
240 </p>
241 <p>Take a look at <a href="help:/kmix">the KMix Handbook</a> for more
242 KMix tips and tricks.</p>
243 <p align="right"><em>Contributed by Stefan Schimanski</em></p>
244 </html>
245 </tip>
247 <tip category="Multimedia">
248 <html>
249 <p>
250 Sound in KDE is coordinated by the <b>artsd</b> sound server. You can
251 configure the sound server from the Control Center by selecting
252 Sound & Multimedia->Sound Server.
253 </p>
254 <p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jeff Tranter</em></p><br>
255 </html>
256 </tip>
258 <tip category="Multimedia">
259 <html>
260 <p>
261 Most non-KDE sound applications that do not know about the sound server can be
262 run using the <b>artsdsp</b> command. When the application is run, accesses to
263 the audio device will be redirected to the <b>artsd</b> sound server.
264 </p>
266 <p>
267 The command format is:<br>
268 <b>artsdsp</b> <em>application</em> <em>arguments</em> ...
269 </p>
270 <p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jeff Tranter</em></p><br>
271 </html>
272 </tip>
275 <tip category="Panel">
276 <html>
277 <p>
278 If you hold down the <b>Shift</b> key while moving a panel item (like a button
279 or applet), it will move the other items as well.
280 </p>
281 </html>
282 </tip>
285 <tip category="LookNFeel">
286 <html>
287 <p>Thanks to the <a href="http://svg.kde.org" title="ksvg">KSVG
288 project</a>, KDE now has full support for the Scalable Vector Graphics
289 (SVG) image filetypes. You can view these images in Konqueror and even
290 set an SVG image as a background for your desktop.</p>
292 <p>There is also a great bunch of <a
293 href="http://kdelook.org/index.php?xcontentmode=7" title="kdelook
294 SVG">SVG wallpapers</a> for your desktop background available at <a
295 href="http://kdelook.org" title="kdelook">kde-look.org</a>.</p>
296 </html>
297 </tip>
300 <tip category="General">
301 <html>
302 <p>You can use the mouse wheel to quickly perform a number of tasks;
303 here are a few you might not have known of:
305 <ul><li>Ctrl+Mouse-Wheel in the Konqueror web browser to change the font-size,
306 or in Konqueror file manager to change icon size.</li>
308 <li>Shift+Mouse-Wheel for fast scrolling in all KDE applications.</li>
310 <li>Mouse-Wheel over the taskbar in Kicker to quickly alternate between
311 different windows.</li>
313 <li>Mouse-Wheel over the Desktop Previewer and Pager to change
314 desktop.</li></ul></p>
316 </html>
317 </tip>
319 <tip category="General">
320 <html>
321 <p>While remembering passwords may be tedious, and writing them down
322 on paper or in a text file may be insecure and untidy, KWallet is an
323 application that can save and manage all of your passwords in strongly
324 encrypted files, and permit access to them with the use of one master
325 password.</p>
327 <p>KWallet can be accessed from kcontrol, KDE's Control Center; from
328 there, simply go to Security & Privacy->KDE Wallet. For more
329 information on KWallet and on how to use it, check <a
330 href="help:/kwallet" title="kwallet">the handbook</a>.</p>
332 </html>
333 </tip>
335 <tip category="Desktop">
336 <html>
337 <p>By pressing the Middle Mouse-Button on the desktop you can get a
338 brief list of all the windows on each desktop. From here you can also
339 unclutter or cascade the windows.</p>
340 </html>
341 </tip>
343 <tip category="Desktop">
344 <html>
345 <p>Different virtual desktops can be customized individually, to a
346 certain extent. For example, you can specify a particular background
347 for a given desktop: Take a look in KDE's Control Center, under
348 Appearance & Themes->Background, or right-click on the desktop and
349 select Configure Desktop.</p>
350 </html>
351 </tip>