# Preface

The Common Desktop Environment: Information Manager User's Guide describes how to use the Information Manager to access, read, and search online documentation.

## How This Book Is Organized

This book contains the following chapters:

INFOUG.Gstart.mkr.1. Describes how information libraries are organized and how to start and exit the Information Manager.

INFOUG.Rdbooks.mkr.1. Provides basic information on how to read online documentation.

INFOUG.Navigate.mkr.1. Describes the various ways to move around within an information library and within individual books.

INFOUG.Search.mkr.1. Describes how to search for specific information and how to use a scope to target your search.

INFOUG.Bkmarks.mkr.1. Describes how to personalize online books by adding marks and annotations to selected passages.

INFOUG.Mngrafx.mkr.1. Provides instructions on how to resize graphics and move them to separate windows for continued reference.

INFOUG.Printing.mkr.1. Describes how to print books or selected parts of a book.

INFOUG.Custom.mkr.1. Describes how to set various preferences that define the default behavior of the Information Manager.

## Related Books

This book assumes that you are familiar with the information presented in the Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide. Once you've read this book, you may want to read more detailed information on information libraries in the Common Desktop Environment: Information System Author's and Programmer's Guide.

## What DocBook SGML Markup Means

This book is written in the Structured Generalized Markup Language (SGML) using the DocBook Document Type Definition (DTD). The following table describes the DocBook markup used for various semantic elements.

## DocBook SGML Markup

`Markup Appearance` | `Semantic Element(s)` | `Example`
`AaBbCc123` | The names of commands. | Use the `ls` command to list files.
`AaBbCc123` | The names of command options. | Use `ls` `−a` to list all files.
AaBbCc123 | Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value. | To delete a file, type `rm` filename.
`AaBbCc123` | The names of files and directories. | Edit your `.login` file.
AaBbCc123 | Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized. | Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.