<tip category="KDE|General">
<html>
<P>
There's lots of information about KDE on the
<A HREF="http://www.kde.org/">KDE web site</A>. There are
also useful sites for major applications like
<A HREF="http://www.konqueror.org/">Konqueror</A>.</P>
<br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/filesystems/desktop.png">
</center>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General|I18N">
<html>
<p>
KDE is translated to many languages. You can change the country and
language with the Control Center or in
K-Menu->Preferences->Personalization->Country & Language.
</p>
<br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/locale.png">
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Andrea Rizzi</em></p>
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</tip>


<tip category="KDE2">
<html>
<p>
You can minimize all your windows on the current desktop at once and
thus reach the desktop itself by clicking on the desktop icon on the
panel.</p><br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/filesystems/desktop.png">
</center>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
<html>
<p>
If you temporarily need more screen real-estate, you can <strong>"fold
in" the panel</strong> by clicking on one of the arrows to the far left
or far right. Alternatively, make it auto-hide
(Preferences/Look&Feel/Panel/Panel).</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
<html>
<p>
The program klipper, which is started by default and resides in the
system tray at the right end of the panel, keeps a number of text
selections around that you can retrieve or even (e.g., in the case of
URLs) execute.</p><br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/klipper.png">
</center>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
<html>
<p>
The window list, which is accessible via an icon on the panel, provides a
quick overview over all windows on all virtual desktops.</p><br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/window_list.png">
</center>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Konqueror">
<html>
<p>The <b>"Location" label</b> in konqueror is draggable.</p>
<p>This means you can create shortcuts (e.g. on the desktop or the panel)
by dragging it there with the mouse. You can also drop it on konsole or
edit fields to get the URL typed in there (as you can with links or files
displayed in konqueror).</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="LooknFeel">
<html>
<p>The style of all GUI elements (buttons, edit fields, toolbars and so on)
can be configured in the Preferences
(K Menu->Preferences <em>or</em> Control Center)
by selecting Look & Feel -> Style.</p>
<br>
<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/style.png"></center>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KDE2|Desktop">
<html>
<p>
Double-clicking on the titlebar of any window "shades" it, which means
that only the titlebar stays visible. Double-clicking the titlebar a
second time will make the window visible again.<br>
Of course, you can change this behavior by using the Control Center.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Desktop">
<html>
<p>
You can cycle through the windows on a virtual desktop by holding the
Alt key and pressing Tab or Shift-Tab.</p><br>
<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/kcmkwm.png"></center></p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard">
<html>
<p>
You can assign <b>keyboard shortcuts</b> to your favourite applications in the
KDE menu editor (K-menu -> System -> Menu Editor). Select the application
(e.g. konsole), then the tab "Advanced" and enter e.g. "Ctrl+Alt+K"
(or use the "Change" button).</p>
<p>That's it! Now fire up konsoles with Ctrl+Alt+K!</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KDE2|Win2Unix">
<html>
<p>
You can configure the number of virtual desktops by selecting
Preferences/Look&Feel/Desktop/Virtual Desktops from the K menu.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KDE|General">
<html>
<p>The KDE project was founded in October 1996 and had its first release,
1.0, on July 12, 1998.</p>
<p>You can <em>support the KDE project</em> with work (programming, designing,
documenting, proof-reading, translating, etc.) and financial or
hardware donations. Please contact <a href="mailto:kde-ev@kde.org">kde-ev@kde.org</a>
if you are interested.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
<html>
<table><tr>
<th>Maximize a window</th>	<th>click the maximize button</th>
</tr><tr>
<td>full-screen</td>		<td>with the left mouse button</td>
</tr><tr>
<td>vertically only</td>	<td>with the middle mouse button</td>
</tr><tr>
<td>horizontally only</td>	<td>with the right mouse button</td>
</tr></table>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>You can stay up to date with new developments in KDE and releases
by regularly checking the web site <A HREF="http://www.kde.org">http://www.kde.org</A>.</p>
<BR>
<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center></p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>
KDE is based on a well-designed C++ foundation. C++ is a programming
language well suited to desktop development. The KDE object model
extends the power of C++ even further. See
 <a href="http://developer.kde.org/">http://developer.kde.org/</a>
for details.</p><br>
<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Konqueror">
<html><p>
You can use Konqueror to <strong>browse through tar archives</strong>,
even compressed ones. You can extract files simply by dragging them
to another place, e.g. another Konqueror window or the desktop.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard"> 
<html>
<p>
You can cycle through the virtual desktops by holding the Ctrl key and
pressing Tab or Shift-Tab.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard|Konsole">
<html>
<p>
You can cycle through the konsole sessions by holding the Shift key and
pressing Left or Right.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard|Konsole">
<html>
<p>
To get a Linux console like terminal, deactivate the menu-, tool- and
scrollbar of the konsole, select the linux font and the linux color
schema and apply the fullscreen mode.</p>
<p>
You might want to set the panel to auto hide then, too.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General|Help">
<html><P>
KDE's help system can not only display KDE's own HTML-based help, but
also info and man pages.</P><br>
<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png"></center>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Desktop">
<html><P>
Clicking with the right mouse button on panel icons or applets opens a
popup menu that allows you to move or remove the item, or add a new one.</P>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html><P>
If a toolbar is not large enough to display all buttons on it, you can
click on the small arrow at the far right end of the toolbar to see
the remaining buttons.</P>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html><P>
You can run non-KDE applications without problems on a KDE
desktop. It is even possible to integrate these into the menu system.
The KDE program "kappfinder" will look for known programs to integrate
them into the menu.</P>
</html>
</tip>

<tip  category="General|Desktop">
<html><p>
You can quickly move the panel to another screen edge by "grabbing" it with
the left mouse button and moving it to where you want it.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>
If you need to kill some time, KDE comes with an extensive collection
of games.</p><br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/package_games.png">
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="LookNFeel">
<html><p>
You can <strong>quickly change the background</strong> image of the
desktop by dragging a graphics image from a Konqueror window to the
desktop background.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="LookNFeel">
<html><p>
You can change the background color of the desktop by dragging a color
from a color selector in any application to the desktop background.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Panel">
<html>
<p>
A fast way to get your favorite application onto your panel is to
right-click the panel (Panel Menu) and select Add/Application/whatever.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Panel">
<html>
<p>
You can add more applets to your panel by selecting Panel
Menu/Add/Applet from the K menu.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Panel">
<html>
<p>
You can add a little command line to your panel by selecting Panel
Menu/Add/Applet/Application Launcher from the K menu.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard">
<html>
<p>
If you know its name, you can <strong>execute any program</strong> by hitting
<strong>Alt-F2</strong>
and entering the program name in the command-line window provided.<p>
<br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/go.png">
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard|Konqueror">
<html>
<p>
You can <strong>browse any URL</strong> by hitting
<strong>Alt-F2</strong> and entering the URL in the
command-line window provided.
</p><br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/filesystems/ftp.png">
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Konqueror|Keyboard">
<html>
<p>If you are using konqueror and want to type another location into
the location field below the toolbar to get there, you can clear the
whole field very quickly with the black cross-button left of the
"Location" label and start typing.</p>
<p>You can also press Ctrl-O to open a dialog to enter another location.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard|Help">
<html>
<p>
You can access a certain <strong>man page</strong> by entering a
hash mark (#) and the name of the man page whereever you can enter
a URL, like in the location field of the web browser or the
<strong>Alt-F2</strong> command-line.</p><br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png">
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard|Help">
<html>
<p>
You can access a certain <strong>info page</strong> by entering a hash mark (#) and the
name of the info page whereever you can enter a URL, like in the URL
line of the web browser or the <strong>Alt-F2</strong> command-line.
</p>
<br>
<center>
<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png">
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard|Desktop">
<html>
<p>
If you can't access the titlebar, you can still <strong>move a window</strong>
on the screen by holding the Alt key, clicking anywhere into the window
and "dragging" it with the mouse.</p><br>
Of course, you can change this behavior by using the Control Center.
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard|Desktop">
<html>
<p>
You can <strong>resize a window</strong> on the screen by holding the Alt key,
right-clicking anywhere into the window and moving the mouse.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>
KDE's mail client provides seamless <strong>PGP integration</strong>
for encrypting and signing your email messages.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>
You can find KDE developers all over the world, e.g., in Germany,
Sweden, France, Canada, USA, Australia, Namibia, Argentina, even in
Norway!</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>
KDE's CD player accesses the Internet CD database CDDB to provide you
with title/track information.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="LookNFeel">
<html>
<p>You can change the style of the window decorations by clicking with
the right mouse button on the titlebar of a window and selecting a
style from the <em>Decoration</em> submenu.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard|Konsole">
<html>
<p>
Some people open many terminal windows just to enter <em>one single</em>
command.</p>
<ul>
<li>Use <strong>Alt-F2</strong> for just firing up programs (Alt-F2 "kword") or
<li>use konsole sessions ("New" in toolbar) if you need text output.
</ul>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="LookNFeel">
<html>
<p>
You can change the color of the window titlebars by selecting
<em>Preferences/Look&Feel/Color</em> from the K menu.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="LookNFeel">
<html>
<p>
The difference between window manager styles and old-fashioned themes is
that the former even reflect window titlebar color settings from the
control center and might implement different features.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>
The K in KDE stands for nothing. It is the first character in the
Latin alphabet before the L which stands for Linux. It was chosen
because KDE runs on many Unices (and just perfect on FreeBSD).
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>If you want to know when <b>the next release</b> of KDE is planned,
look for the release schedule on <a href="http://developer.kde.org/">http://developer.kde.org</a>. If you only
find old release schedules, there will probably some weeks/months of
intensive development left before the next release.</p><br>
<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Desktop">
<html>
<p>
Under the <em>"B II"</em> window decoration, the title bars
automatically move by themselves so they are always visible! You can
edit your title bar decoration by right clicking on your title bar and
selecting "Decoration".</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Keyboard">
<html><p>
If you don't like the default completion mode e.g. in Konqueror, you
can right-click on the edit-widget and choose a different mode, e.g.
automatic or manual completion. Manual completion works similar to
completion in a Unix Shell. Use Ctrl-E to invoke it.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Panel">
<html>
<p>If you want another panel to have more space for your applets/buttons
in general, press right mouse button on the panel to invoke the panel menu
and select "Add->Extension->Child Panel".</p><p>
(You can then put anything on the fresh panel and/or adjust its size and
so on.)</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html><p>
If you want to contribute your own "tip of the day", please send it to
<a href="mailto:kalle@kde.org">kalle@kde.org</a>, and we'll be happy to integrate
it for the next release.</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="Konqueror">
<html>
<p>
If you drag a file from Konqueror or from the desktop to Konsole, you
will have the choice between pasting the URL or entering that directory.</p>
<p>
Choose the one you want, so you do not have to write the entire path
in the terminal window.</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Gerard Delafond</em></p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>
You can hide mixer devices in KMix by clicking on "Hide" in the
context menu that appears when you click with the right mouse button
on one of the sliders.
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Stefan Schimanski</em></p>
</html>
</tip>


<tip category="Konqueror">
<html>
<p>
You can add your own "Internet Keyword search provider" by selecting
Settings->Configure Konqueror->Enhanced Browsing. Click "Add" and
complete the fields.
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Michael Lachmann and Thomas Diehl</em></p>
</html>
</tip>


<tip category="Konsole|Keyboard">
<html>
<p>
You can create multiple shell sessions in a single Konsole window to
minimize screen and resource usage. To move quickly from one session
to the next one, you can use Shift-Left Arrow and Shift-Right Arrow.
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Antonio Larrosa</em></p>
</html>
</tip>


<tip category="Win2Unix">
<html>
<p>
Each Unix user has a so-called home directory in which his or her
files as well as user-dependent configuration files are saved. If you
work in a Konsole window, you can easily change to your home directory
by entering the <b>cd</b> command without any parameters.
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p>
</html>
</tip>


<tip category="Win2Unix>
<html>
<p>
You might wonder that there are only very few (if any) files whose
names end in <code>.exe</code> or <code>.bat</code> on Unix
systems. This is because filenames on Unix do not need an
extension. Executable files in KDE are represented by the gear icon,
in the Konsole window, they are often colored red (depending on your
settings).
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix|General">
<html>
<p>
If you want to make your desktop look more interesting, you can find
tons of themes on <a href="http://kde.themes.org/">kde.themes.org</a>.
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p>
</html>
</tip>


<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix">
<html>
<p>
Did you know that you can use the middle mouse button to paste
text? Try selecting some text with the left mouse button and click
elsewhere with the middle mouse button. The selected text will be
pasted at the click position. This even works between different programs.
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p>
</html>
</tip>


<tip category="Konsole">
<html>
<p>
You can rename your Konsole sessions by clicking with the right mouse
button and selecting "Rename session". The change will be reflected in
the Konsole toolbar, making it easier to remember the content of the
session.
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Lotzi Boloni</em></p>
</html>
</tip>


<tip category="General">
<html>
<p>
If you need to calculate a distance on the screen, then the program
called <em>kruler</em> can be of great help.</p>
<p>
If you furthermore need to look closely at the ruler to count single
pixels, then <em>kmag</em> (which is not part of the KDE base
installation but needs to be installed separately, it might already be
available on your distribution) may be very useful. <em>kmag</em> works
just like <em>xmag</em>, with the difference that it magnifies on the fly.
</p>
<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jesper Pedersen</em></p><br>
(This is the last tip in the tips database, next will be the first again.)
</html>
</tip>



