Tutorials

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General System

		Where have these features gone?
		Modify your system defaults
		Access another computer's display
		Some KDE SC 4 tips you should know - an OpenSUSE page full of useful tips
		How to customize your KDE desktop with KDE-Look.org
		Some common tasks explained
		Entering 'special characters' - characters that are not on your normal keyboard

Workspace

		How to configure panels in KDE SC 4.1.2 (Link to kde forum entry) Equally applicable to later versions.
		Tweaking Plasma
		Using with small screens (eg. Netbooks) Discusses several issues where screen space is at a premium
		Tutorials/Kimpanel Build a plasmoid for controlling input methods

File Management

		Discover Dolphin
		File System Navigation
		Archive Management in Dolphin
		Transfer files from and to a server using ftp, sftp, webdav and the like

In Kontact

		How to send SMS using Kontact?
		Reading and writing to mailing lists with KNode
		Import 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
		How to get your Google Calendar working with Korganizer
		How to synchronize Google contacts and calendar with KAddressbook and KOrganizer

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

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 builds a page for a photo album.
		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.

In Mail Systems

		Using Spamassassin with a Mail Reader
		Spam filtering with Kmail

In Web Browsers

		Make Opera look like a real KDE SC 4 app
		Mousegestures for all Browsers

In Multimedia

		Photo Tutorial 1-1: Levels adjust
		Photo Tutorial 1-4: Brightness/Contrast/Gamma + Hue/Saturation/Lightness
		MIDI on Linux
		Burn an Audio Cd with K3b

Klipper

How to search in phone books using Klipper

Development

		How to create and build a simple kdevelop4 project
		How to get php documentation up to date in Quanta

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