Tutorials

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General System and Getting Started

The Jargon File explains some of the words that you may be unfamiliar with.

From KDE3 to KDE4
creating keyboard shortcuts
How to install KDE software
Modify your system defaults
Open a console
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

Change the color of the blue folder icon

Some common tasks explained
Entering "special characters" - characters that are not on your normal keyboard
Mouse pointer settings for large displays
Using a single database for KDE programs
How to Install KDE neon
A brief description of KDE


Workspace

How to configure panels in KDE SC 4.1.2 (Link to kde forum entry) Equally applicable to later versions.
Tweaking Plasma
Learn how to create a look and feel package
Using with small screens (eg. Netbooks) Discusses several issues where screen space is at a premium
Kimpanel Build a plasmoid for controlling input methods
Color Management Enabling color management
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
Adding an entry to the Create New menu of file browsers


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
How to use Office365.com with Kontact



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

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.

Mail Systems

Spam filtering with KMail

Web Browsers

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

Multimedia

MIDI in Linux
Burn an Audio Cd with K3b

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
Load thumbnails faster 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