Keywords: KDE, kcontrol, configuration, settings, module

# The KDE Control Center

Version 2.00.00
Last updated: 04/02/2001

### Michael McBride

mpmcbride7@yahoo.com

This documentation describes KDE's control center.

Table of Contents
1. The KDE Control Center
2. Using The Control Center
  2.1. Starting the KDE Control Center
  2.2. The KDE Control Center Screen
  2.3. The KDE Control Center Menus
    2.3.1. File Menu
    2.3.2. View Menu
    2.3.3. Modules Menu
    2.3.4. Help Menu
  2.4. Exiting The KDE Control Center
  2.5. Running Individual Modules
3. The KDE Control Center Modules
  3.1. Navigating Modules
4. Laptop Modules Notes
5. Modules
  5.1. Accessibility
    5.1.1. Introduction
    5.1.2. Section Author
  5.2. Background
    5.2.1. Adding, Removing and Modifying Patterns
    5.2.2. Using external programs to determine background
    5.2.3. Sequential and Random Backgrounds
    5.2.4. Section Author
  5.3. The Battery Monitor Panel
    5.3.1. Introduction
    5.3.2. Use
    5.3.3. Section Author
  5.4. Borders
    5.4.1. Use
    5.4.2. Section Author
  5.5. Browsing With Konqueror
    5.5.1. HTML
    5.5.2. Appearance
    5.5.3. Java/JavaScript
    5.5.4. Section Author
  5.6. Colors
    5.6.1. Introduction
    5.6.2. Section Author
  5.7. Cookies
    5.7.1. Policy
    5.7.2. Management
    5.7.3. Section Author
  5.8. Country and Language
    5.8.1. Locale
    5.8.2. Numbers
    5.8.3. Money
    5.8.4. Time and Dates
    5.8.5. Section Author
  5.9. Date and Time
    5.9.1. Modifying your settings
    5.9.2. Section Author
  5.10. Desktop
    5.10.1. Desktop Tab
    5.10.2. Appearance Tab
    5.10.3. Number of Desktops
    5.10.4. Borders
    5.10.5. Section Author
  5.11. Device Information
    5.11.1. Section Authors
  5.12. DMA Channel Information
    5.12.1. Section Authors
  5.13. E-Mail
    5.13.1. Introduction
    5.13.2. Use
    5.13.3. Section Author
  5.14. Encryption Configuration
    5.14.1. Introduction
    5.14.2. Use
    5.14.3. Section Author
  5.15. Energy
    5.15.1. Introduction
    5.15.2. Use
    5.15.3. Section Author
  5.16. Enhanced Browsing
    5.16.1. Introduction
    5.16.2. Use
    5.16.3. Section Author
  5.17. File Associations
    5.17.1. Introduction
    5.17.2. How to use this module
    5.17.3. Section Author
  5.18. File Manager
    5.18.1. Use
    5.18.2. Section Author
  5.19. Fonts
    5.19.1. Section Author
  5.20. Help Index
    5.20.1. Introduction
    5.20.2. Use
    5.20.3. Section Author
  5.21. Icons
    5.21.1. Introduction
    5.21.2. Use
    5.21.3. Section Author
  5.22. Input/Output Port Information
    5.22.1. Section Authors
  5.23. Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines in Use
    5.23.1. Section Authors
  5.24. Keyboard
    5.24.1. Use
    5.24.2. Section Author
  5.25. Keyboard Layout
    5.25.1. Section Author
  5.26. Key Bindings
    5.26.1. Introduction
    5.26.2. Use
    5.26.3. Section Author
  5.27. Laptop Power Control
    5.27.1. Introduction
    5.27.2. Use
    5.27.3. Section Author
  5.28. Login Manager
    5.28.1. Appearance
    5.28.2. Font
    5.28.3. Background
    5.28.4. Users
    5.28.5. Sessions
    5.28.6. Convenience
    5.28.7. Section Author
  5.29. Low Battery Critical
    5.29.1. Use
    5.29.2. Section Author
  5.30. The Low Battery Warning and Low Battery Critical Panels
    5.30.1. Introduction
    5.30.2. Use
    5.30.3. Section Author
  5.31. Memory Information
    5.31.1. Memory Types
    5.31.2. Memory Information Module
    5.31.3. Section Author
  5.32. MIDI Configuration
    5.32.1. Section Author
  5.33. Mixer
    5.33.1. Section Author
  5.34. Mouse
    5.34.1. General
    5.34.2. Advanced
    5.34.3. Section Author
  5.35. Mouse Behavior
    5.35.1. Use
    5.35.2. Section Author
  5.36. Netscape® Plugins
    5.36.1. Introduction
    5.36.2. Scan
    5.36.3. Plugins
    5.36.4. Section Author
  5.37. Panel
    5.37.1. Introduction
    5.37.2. General
    5.37.3. Look & Feel
    5.37.4. Menus
    5.37.5. Buttons
    5.37.6. Applets
    5.37.7. Section Author
  5.38. Partition Information
    5.38.1. Section Authors
  5.39. Passwords
    5.39.1. Introduction
    5.39.2. Use
    5.39.3. Section Author
  5.40. PCI-bus and Installed PCI Cards
    5.40.1. Section Authors
  5.41. PCMCIA
    5.41.1. Section Author
  5.42. Processor Information
    5.42.1. Section Authors
  5.43. Proxies
    5.43.1. Introduction
    5.43.2. Use
    5.43.3. Section Author
  5.44. Samba Status Information
    5.44.1. Exports
    5.44.2. Imports
    5.44.3. Log
    5.44.4. Statistics
    5.44.5. Section Author
  5.45. Screensaver
    5.45.1. Choosing the screensaver, and configuring its options
    5.45.2. Setting the time, priority and passwords for screensavers.
    5.45.3. Using a non-KDE screensaver
    5.45.4. Section Author
  5.46. SCSI Interface Information
    5.46.1. Section Authors
  5.47. Session Manager
    5.47.1. Use
    5.47.2. Section Author
  5.48. Soundcard Information
    5.48.1. Section Authors
  5.49. Sound Server
    5.49.1. General
    5.49.2. Sound I/O
    5.49.3. Section Author
  5.50. Style
    5.50.1. Introduction
    5.50.2. Section Author
  5.51. System bell
    5.51.1. Section Authors
  5.52. System Notification
    5.52.1. Section Author
  5.53. Taskbar
    5.53.1. Section Author
  5.54. User Agent
    5.54.1. Introduction
    5.54.2. Use
    5.54.3. Section Author
  5.55. Window Behavior
    5.55.1. Focus
    5.55.2. Actions
    5.55.3. Advanced
    5.55.4. Section Author
  5.56. Windows Shares
    5.56.1. Introduction
    5.56.2. Use
    5.56.3. Section Author
  5.57. X Server Information
    5.57.1. Section Authors
6. Credits and License

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