Contents 1 General System 2 Workspace 3 File Management 4 In Kontact 5 In Krunner 6 In KOffice 7 In Mail Systems 8 In Web Browsers 9 In Multimedia 10 Klipper 11 Development

[edit] General System

KDE3 Features missing in KDE4 and work-arounds

Modify KDE defaults

Access another computer's display

Some KDE 4 tips you should know

[edit] Workspace

How to configure panels in KDE 4.1.2 (Link to kde forum entry)

Tweaking Plasma

Desktop effects in KWin

Using with small screens (eg. Netbooks) Discusses several issues where screen space is at a premium

[edit] File Management

		Discover Dolphin
		File System Navigation
		Archive Management in Dolphin

[edit] In Kontact

How to send SMS using Kontact?

Reading and writing to mailing lists with KNode

Import your old KNowIt files into KJots

Recover Deleted KJots Books‎

How to blog from KOrganizer

How to sync your Palm Pre with Kontact and Google Calendar

[edit] In Krunner

KRunner is an amazingly useful utility, launched either by Alt + F2, or by a right-click on the desktop, and selecting 'Run Command'. Now learn some of its uses

Using it as a calculator

Using it as an application launcher

Running BASH commands in Krunner

Navigating through options

Using the Unit conversion plugin

[edit] In KOffice

Basic Layout is a tutorial that creates a leaflet with various images and explaining text using KWords frames technology. Several text frames and image frames will be created and positioned on the page.

A Second Layout experiments with placing, grouping and moving images within a text area.

A Third Layout creates a photo album page to examine text run-around and text-flow.

Using the Artistic Text Shape is a tutorial that shows how to get started with the artistic text shape that all KOffice applications provide.

KWord Manual Tutorial on basic concepts of working in a frame-based environment, and detailed guides for all your WP needs.

[edit] In Mail Systems

Using Spamassassin with a Mail Reader

Spam filtering with Kmail

[edit] In Web Browsers

Make Opera look like a real KDE 4 app

Mousegestures for all Browsers

[edit] In Multimedia

Photo KDE Tutorial 1-1: Levels adjust

Photo KDE Tutorial 1-4: Brightness/Contrast/Gamma + Hue/Saturation/Lightness

[edit] Klipper

How to search in phone books using Klipper

[edit] Development

How to create and build a simple kdevelop4 project

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