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    Revision as of 12:59, 8 August 2011

    General System

    Where have these features gone?
    How to install KDE software
    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
    File:Network-receive.svg Mouse pointer settings for large displays


    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
    Keyboard actions Configuring keyboard actions


    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 KWord's 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

    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
    link=[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Perspective Photo KDE Tutorial 1-5: Perspective Adjustment
    Correct Lens Distortion with digiKam
    Improve Photos with digiKam’s Local Contrast Tool
    link=[Special:myLanguage/Digikam/Exposure_Blending Exposure Blending with digiKam
    Renaming Photos with digiKam
    Watermark Photos with digiKam

    We now have a host of additional tutorials that will improve your productivity in digiKam or showFoto. They are listed on the Photography category page. The digiKam Tutorials page gives brief descriptions of them. Enjoy the power!

    Klipper

    How to search in phone books using Klipper

    Marble

    Installing Marble on a Nokia N900
    Setting up Offline Routing on a Nokia N900
    Route Planning and Guidance Mode on a Nokia N900
    GPS Tracking
    Map Theme Configuration
    Using Bookmarks
    Searching Places

    Development

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