Tutorials

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    Check out the list of KDE Community Websites for other articles, tips, and tutorials from online magazines, articles, and writers all over the world.


    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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