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==General System==
==General System==



Revision as of 11:31, 5 September 2010

General System

Where have these features gone?
Modify your system defaults
File:Network-receive.svg 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
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 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 KRunner as a calculator
Using KRunner 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 KDE SC 4 application
Mousegestures for all Browsers

In Multimedia

MIDI in Linux
Burn an Audio Cd with K3b

In Graphics

Photo Tutorial 1-1: Levels adjust
Photo Tutorial 1-2: Curves adjust
Photo Tutorial 1-3: White balance
Photo Tutorial 1-4: Brightness/Contrast/Gamma + Hue/Saturation/Lightness
Photo KDE Tutorial 1-5: Perspective Adjustment
Correct Lens Distortion with digiKam
Improve Photos with digiKam’s Local Contrast Tool
Exposure Blending with digiKam
Renaming Photos with digiKam
Watermark Photos with digiKam

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