Home

GNOME User Guide

1. Use the buttons on the upper left corner or previous song Use w to adjust the volume You can also use the items on the Playback menu to repeat or shuffle songs GNOME User Guide Helix Banshee also has an integrated CD player When you insert a music CD your CD title appears in the left panel Select the title and click the Play button to play your full CD 10 1 2 Organizing Your Music To create a new playlist click Music gt New Playlist or press Ctrl N A new playlist is displayed in the left panel Double click New Playlist and enter the name you want You can drag and drop songs from one playlist to another or use the options on the Edit menu to remove or delete songs and rename or delete playlists You can sort a playlist by clicking the title of the column Click the column again to reverse the sort You can also right click Music Library then click Sort Playlists You can edit the name of the artist album and title as well as the track number and track count Simply select a song then click Edit gt Edit Song Metadata You can also rate your music which gives you the option to only play songs with a certain rating by selecting the number of stars you want to assign in the Rating field Figure 10 3 Editing Song Dialog Box E Editing Song r a Track Duration Track Number Track Count 0 Artist Various _ Number of Plays Album Classical Treasures 25 Classical Favorite 0 Last Played
2. The Main Window page 193 contains the main controls of the application Closing it exits the application At the very top the menu bar offers access to file functions extensions and help Below that find icons for the various tools Hover the mouse over an icon to display information about it GNOME User Guide Figure 9 1 The Main Window File Xtns Help meey F ANZA 78 BB HT AD 0 2a zg 4o8 Lied Paintbrush o amp Opacity 100 0 Mode Normal Brush e circte 11 gt Pressure sensitivity Fade out Incremental Use color from gradier p E A The current foreground and background color are shown in two overlapping boxes The default colors are black for the foreground and white for the background Click the box to open a color selection dialog Swap the foreground and background color with the bent arrow symbol to the upper right of the boxes Use the black and white symbol to the lower left to reset the colors to the default To the right the current brush pattern and gradient are shown Click the displayed one to access the selection dialog The lower portion of the window allows configuration of various options for the current tool Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 193 194 Layers Channels Paths Undo In the first section use the drop down box to select the image to which the tabs refer By clicking Auto control
3. Folder List The folder list gives you a list of the available folders for each account To see the contents of a folder click the folder name and the contents are displayed in the e mail list Toolbar The toolbar gives you fast and easy access to the frequently used features in each component 150 GNOME User Guide Search Tool The search tool lets you search your e mail contacts calendar and tasks to easily find what you re looking for Message List The message list displays a list of e mail that you have received To view an e mail in the preview pane click the e mail in the e mail list Shortcut Buttons The shortcut bar lets you switch between folders and between Evolution tools At the bottom of the shortcut bar there are buttons that let you switch tools and above that is a list of all the available folders for the current tool If you have the Evolution Connector for Microsoft Exchange installed you have an Exchange button in addition to buttons for the other tools Status Bar The status bar periodically displays a message or tells you the progress of a task This most often happens when you re checking or sending e mail These progress queues are shown in the previous figure The Online Offline indicator is here too in the lower left of the window Preview Pane The preview pane displays the contents of the e mail that is selected in the e mail list 4 2 1 The Menu Bar The menu bar s content
4. Search Bookmarks Name Location Description H O Bookmar Bookmarks Too Add bookmarks to this fold _ N NOVELL World http www novell com N NOVELL Novel http www novell com N NOVELL Support http support novell co Welcome to S http www suse com u 8 object s To open the bookmark manager click Bookmark gt Manage Bookmarks A window opens and displays your bookmarks With New Folder create a new folder with a name and a description If you need a new bookmark click New Bookmark This lets you insert the name location keywords and also a description The keyword is a shortcut to your bookmark If you need your newly created bookmark in the sidebar check Load this bookmark in the sidebar 7 3 2 Importing Bookmarks from Other Browsers If you used a different browser in the past you probably want to use your preferences and bookmarks in Firefox too At the moment you can import from Netscape 4 x 6 7 Mozilla 1 x and Opera To import your settings click File gt Import Select the browser from which to import settings After you click Next your settings are imported Find your imported bookmarks in a newly created folder beginning with From Browsing with Firefox 175 176 7 3 3 Live Bookmarks Live bookmarks display headlines in your bookmark menu and keep you up to date with the latest news This enables you to save time with one glance at
5. Using ethernet eth0 Click on the icon to get information about your connection such as IP address gateway address and similar details Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 25 Connecting to a Wired Connection 1 Make sure that an Ethernet cable is connected to your computer s network inter face card 2 Click the Network Connections icon on the main panel then click Ethernet eth0 After a wired network connection is established the Network Connections icon changes to show your connection type A connection to the network is confirmed when Wired is listed next to the Network menu item You can also confirm connectivity by clicking the Network Connections icon If connected the Connection Information window displays your IP address and other details about your connection Connecting to a Wireless Connection 1 Make sure that your computer contains a wireless network interface card 2 Click the Network icon on the main menu then click Wireless lt device gt The Network Connections icon changes to a wireless signal strength bar and any de tected wireless networks are displayed in the Network Connections menu If your network name is displayed select the network name from the Network Connec tions menu After you are connected the Network icon shows that you have a wireless connection If you do not see your wireless network name in the Network Connections menu 1 Click the Network icon on the main panel then
6. n Various Edvard Grieg Peter Schmalfuss Pi The Romantic Piano 5 12 12 Various Claude Debussy Peter Schmalfuss The Romantic Piano 3 54 13 Various Suite Bergamasque Claude Debus The Romantic Piano 5 12 m Marine Raathnwan Incaf Riia Diana Ma The Ramantic Diann F410 be i gt 20 Items 1 02 57 Total Play Time 10 2 Using Helix Banshee with Your iPod To play music from your iPod simply plug your iPod into your system Your iPod ap pears in the left panel in Helix Banshee Select the song you want to hear then click the Play button Figure 10 6 iPod List in Helix Banshee Library 3892 Aaron s Photo iPod Aaron s Photo iPod eT POR 4 Track Artist H Aaron s iPod 3892 9 Dave Matti P Aaron s Shuffle 27 10 Dave Matt When the iPod is selected in the left panel information about your iPod is displayed at the bottom left including disk usage and Sync Properties and Eject buttons 208 GNOME User Guide Figure 10 7 iPod Buttons in Helix Banshee 7 Dave 8 Dave I ce of 27 ce wll a 9 Dave we There are three ways to manage the music on your iPod e Manually Browse your iPod and drag music between your library and the iPod e Automatically sync Automatically copies everything in your library to the iPod e Automatic merge All the music on your iPod that is not in your library is downloaded to your library and all the music that is in your library and not in your iPod
7. Manual proxy configuration HITP proxy ETP proxy Socks host Secure HTTP proxy Automatic proxy configuration Autoconfiguration URL 9 Help The following table lists the Internet connection options that you can modify Table 2 9 Internet Connection Options Option Description Direct Internet connection Connects directly to the Internet without a proxy server Manual proxy configuration Connects to the Internet through a proxy server and lets you configure the proxy server manually HTTP proxy The DNS name or IP address of the proxy server to use when you request a HTTP service Specify the port number of the HTTP service on the proxy server in the Port box Customizing Your Settings 83 84 Option Description Secure HTTP proxy FTP proxy Socks host Automatic proxy configura tion Autoconfiguration URL The DNS name or IP address of the proxy server to use when you request a Secure HTTP service Spec ify the port number of the Secure HTTP service on the proxy server in the Port box The DNS name or IP address of the proxy server to use when you request an FTP service Specify the port number of the FTP service on the proxy server in the Port box The DNS name or IP address of the Socks host to use Specify the port number for the Socks protocol on the proxy server in the Port spin box Connects to the Internet through a proxy server and lets you configure the proxy
8. Using the menu you can view connection informations such as the IP address being used and your hardware address If you need to update or make changes to your network settings click Computer gt Control Panel gt Network Card This launches the Network Card Setup wizard which steps you through the configuration process Using this option requires you to provide the password for root Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 28 Accessing Network Shares Other network devices like workstations and servers can be set up to share some or all of their resources Typically files and folders are marked to let remote users access them These are called network shares If your system is configured to access network shares you can use Nautilus File Manager to access them To access network shares double click Computer gt Home Folder then click Network Servers The window displays the network shares that you can access Double click the network resource that you want to access You might be required to authenticate to the resource by providing a username and password To access NES shares double click the UNIX Network icon A list of UNIX shares available to you is displayed To access Windows shares double click the Windows Network icon The Windows shares available to you are displayed Figure 1 7 Workgroups on a Windows Network Windows Network File Edit View Places Help Ute blk_group Ui brwg1 US gwdoc Ar
9. VYM is a software for visualizing your thoughts by creating and manipulating mind maps Most manipulations do not require more than one mouse click Branches can be inserted deleted and reordered very easily VYM also offers a set of flags allowing you to mark certain parts of the map important time critical etc Links notes and images can be added to a mind map as well VYM mind maps use an XML format allowing you to export your mind maps to HTML easily Find more information about VYM at http www insilmaril de vym C 2 Network The following section features various Linux applications for networking purposes Get to know the most popular Linux browsers and e mail and chat clients Table C 2 Network Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application Web Browser Internet Explorer Firefox Konqueror Firefox Opera Opera Epiphany E Mail Client Personal MS Outlook Lotus Notes Evolution Kontact Mozilla Information Management Mozilla Thunderbird Thunderbird Instant Messaging IRC MSN AIM Yahoo Messen Gaim Kopete Konversa Clients ger XChat Gaim tion XChat Conferencing Video and NetMeeting GnomeMeeting Ekiga Audio GNOME User Guide Task Windows Application Linux Application Voice over IP X Lite Ekiga Skype FTP Clients leechftp wsftp gftp kbear Epiphany Epiphany is a lean but powerful Web browser for the GNOME desktop Many of its features and extensions resemble Firefox
10. hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program Gnomovision which makes passes at compilers written by James Hacker signature of Ty Coon 1 April 1989 Ty Coon President of Vice This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs If your program is a subroutine library you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the library If this is what you want to do use the GNU Lesser General Public License nt tp www fsf org licenses lgpl htm1 instead of this License D 2 GNU Free Documentation License Version 1 2 November 2002 Copyright C 2000 2001 2002 Free Software Foundation Inc 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111 1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document but changing it is not allowed D 2 1 PREAMBLE The purpose of this License is to make a manual textbook or other functional and useful document free in the sense of freedom to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it with or without modifying it either commercially or non commercially Secondarily this License preserves for the author and publisher a way to get credit for their work while not being considered responsible for modifications made by others GNU Licenses 255 256 This License is a kind of copyleft which means that derivative works of the document must
11. 2 en 247 D 2 GNU Free Documentation License About This Guide This manual introduces you to the GNOME graphical desktop environment as imple mented in openSUSE and shows you how to configure it to meet your personal needs and preferences It also introduces you to several programs and services including office programs such as OpenOffice org Web browsers file managers scanning tools and image editing tools It is intended for users who have some experience using a graphical desktop environment such as Macintosh Windows or other Linux desktops This guide contains the following parts Part I GNOME Desktop page 1 e Part II Office and Collaboration page 101 e Part III Internet page 169 e Part IV Multimedia page 181 e Appendix C Getting to Know Linux Software page 223 1 Audience This guide is intended for users of the GNOME desktop 2 Feedback We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other doc umentation included with this product Please use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page of the online documentation or go to http www novell com documentation feedback html and enter your comments there 3 Documentation Updates For the latest version of this documentation see the http www novell com documentation opensusel02 Web site 4 Additional Documentation There are other manuals available on this product If you want to hav
12. AAE t 54G Free 57G Total x Network Wired Bz Using ethernet eth0 Alternatively you can also start programs from the command line Click Computer gt More Applications gt System gt Gnome Terminal to open a dialog where you can enter a command to start the application The name of the command is often but not always the application name written in lowercase B 2 Managing Files To start the File Manager click Computer gt Home Folder or click your home folder icon on the desktop GNOME User Guide Figure B 3 File Manager user123 File Browser Fie Edit View Go Bookmarks Help a m Forward Up Home Computer Search B Buser A Places x Ea sera Desktop Documents E Fite System public_html 5 items Free space 53 9 GB For more information about the File Manager see Section 1 5 1 Managing Folders and Files with the File Manager page 14 B 3 Using the Command Line To run commands in a command line environment similar to a command prompt on Windows click Computer gt More Applications gt System gt Gnome Terminal Figure B 4 Windows Command Prompt and Terminal Terminal File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help jgarcia linux gt Jj Moving from Windows to Linux 219 B 4 Customizing Your Desktop To change to the way your GNOME desktops looks and behaves click Computer gt Control Center Some of the settings you might want to change include the
13. Find more information about Epiphany athttp www gnome org projects epiphany Evolution Evolution is personal information management software for the GNOME desktop combining mail calendar and address book functionality It offers advanced e mail filter and search options provides sync functionality for Palm devices and allows you to run Evolution as an Exchange or GroupWise client to integrate better into heterogeneous environments Find more information about Evolution at http www gnome org projects evolution Firefox Firefox is the youngest member of the Mozilla browser family It runs on various platforms including Linux MacOS and Windows Its main features include built in customizable searches pop up blocking RSS news feeds password management tabbed browsing and some advanced security and privacy options Firefox is very flexible allowing you to customize almost anything you want searches toolbars skins buttons etc Neat add ons and extensions can be downloaded from the Firefox Web site ht tps addons update mozilla org application firefox Find more information about Firefox at http www mozilla org products firefox You can also read our introduc tion to using Firefox in Chapter 7 Browsing with Firefox page 171 Gaim Gaim is a smart instant messenger program supporting multiple protocols such as AIM and ICQ Oscar protocol MSN Messenger Yahoo IRC Jabber SILC and Group Wise Messenger It is
14. Konversation at http konversation kde org Kopete Kopete is a very intuitive and easy to use instant messenger tool supporting proto cols including IRC ICQ AIM GroupWise Messenger Yahoo MSN Gadu Gadu Lotus Sametime SMS messages and Jabber Find more information about Kopete at http kopete kde org You can also read an introduction to using Kopete in our Kopete chapter Ekiga Ekiga is a smart and lean Voice over IP client using the SIP protocol to establish calls Find more information at http www gnomemeeting org You can also read our Linphone chapter Mozilla Thunderbird Thunderbird is an e mail client application that comes as part of the Mozilla suite It is also available for Microsoft Windows and MacOS which facilitates the tran sition from one of these operating systems to Linux Find more information about Mozilla Thunderbird at http www mozilla org products thunderbird Opera Opera is a powerful Web browser with neat add ons like an optional e mail client and a chat module Opera offers pop up blocking RSS feeds built in and customiz able searches a password manager and tabbed browsing The main functionalities are easily reached through their respective panels Because this tool is also available for Windows it allows a much easier transition to Linux for those who have been using it under Windows Find more information about Opera at http www opera com Getting to Know Linux Software 23
15. Sends mail using an outbound mail server This is the most common choice for sending mail If you choose SMTP there are additional configuration options SMTP Configuration 1 Type the host address in the Host field Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 147 If you are unsure what your host address is contact your system administrator 2 Select if your server requires authentication If you selected that your server requires authentication you need to provide the following information a Select your authentication type in the Authentication list or Click Check for Supported Types to have Evolution check for supported types Some servers do not announce the authentication mechanisms they support so clicking this button is not a guarantee that available mechanisms actually work b Type your username in the Username field c Select if you want Evolution to remember your password 3 Select if you use a secure connection SSL 4 Click Forward Continue with Section Account Management page 148 Account Management Now that you have finished the e mail configuration process you need to give the account a name The name can be any name you prefer Type your account name on the Name field then click Forward Continue with Section Time Zone page 148 Time Zone In this step you need to select your time zone either on the map or select from the time zone drop down list 148 GNOME User Guide When you h
16. Windows Network v 25 items Adding a Network Place 1 Click Computer gt Home Folder gt File gt Connect to Server 2 Specify the name you want displayed for this link and its URL then click Connect An icon for the network place is added to the desktop GNOME User Guide Sharing Directories from Your Computer You can make directories on your computer available to other users on your network Enabling Sharing Use YaST to enable sharing on your computer In order to enable sharing you must have root privileges and be a member of a workgroup or domain 1 Click Computer gt More Applications gt System gt YaST 2 In YaST click Network Services gt Windows Domain Membership 3 Inthe Windows Domain Membership module click Allow Users To Share Their Directories 4 Click Finish Sharing a Directory If directory sharing is enabled on your computer use the following steps to configure a directory to be shared 1 Open the File Manager and browse to the directory you want to share 2 Right click the folder for the directory you want to share then click Sharing Options 3 Select the Share this folder check box then type the name you want to use for this share 4 If you want other users to be able to copy files to your shared directory select the Allow other people to write in this folder check box 5 Optional Type a comment if desired 6 Click Create Share Getting Started with th
17. With Properties set the paper size specify the print command choose grayscale or color and determine the margins When satisfied with your settings approve with Print 7 7 For More Information Get more information about Firefox from the official home page at http www mozilla com firefox Refer to the integrated help to find out more about certain options or features GNOME User Guide Part IV Multimedia Managing Your Digital Image Collection f spot is a management tool for your collection of digital images tailored for the GNOME desktop It allows you to assign different tags to your images in order to categorize them and offers various neat image editing options The first time you run f spot tell it where to find the images to import to your f spot collection If you already have a collection of images stored on your hard drive enter the path to the respective directory and optionally include subfolders f spot imports these images into its database TIP If all the images you are importing belong to the same category you can attach the appropriate tag on import Select Attach Tag and choose the matching tag from the drop down menu Figure 8 1 Importing Images to f spot Import From home tux B Attach Tag Select Tag v Include subdirectories X Cancel J OK Managing Your Digital Image Collection 183 184 f spot s main window is divided into three main areas Categories tags and detaile
18. amount of RAM installed on the computer Conditional If you configure how a laptop manages battery power configure the action you want taken if battery power reaches a critical level The available options are Do nothing The computer does not shut down or automatically go into any kind of power saving mode Suspend Suspend mode turns off power consuming computer components such as the display and the hard drive without saving the contents of RAM Any unsaved data is lost Hibernate The computer saves the contents of RAM to the hard disk then shuts down When you turn the computer on again the saved data is put back into RAM restoring your computer to the state it was in before it shut off Hiber nate requires an amount of free hard disk space equal to the amount of RAM in stalled on the computer Shut down The computer turns off without saving anything All unsaved data is lost Choose the option you prefer by selecting it from the menu If you have sufficient free disk space Hibernate is the best choice Optional If you want power management to prefer power savings over perfor mance select the check box for that option If the check box is selected the performance of some power consuming features such as the display is reduced slightly to reduce power consumption GNOME User Guide 7 Click Close The options you selected go into effect immediately Setting General Power Options To set general power o
19. patterns mail folders or types of objects 1 Click Computer gt More Applications gt System gt Search Settings 2 On the Indexing tabbed page click Add in the Privacy section 3 Select a resource to exclude from indexing then specify the path to the resource 4 Click OK twice GNOME User Guide 1 5 4 Accessing Files on the Network This chapter helps you access network resources using the following tasks e Section Connecting to Your Network page 25 e Section Managing Network Connections page 27 e Section Accessing Network Shares page 28 e Section Sharing Directories from Your Computer page 29 Connecting to Your Network You can connect to a network with wired and wireless connections To view your net work connection status click Computer In the Status area of the main menu The Net work Connections icon shows your network connection status For example in the following figure the computer is connected to a wired network using an Ethernet con nection Figure 1 6 Network Connections Icon in the Main Menu Search System Show Favorite Applications Help Control Center Q Install Software Lock Screen Firefox 4 Helix Banshee Web Browser Music Player amp OpenOffice org Wr F Spot Word Processor Photo Browser Log Out Sa Home Folder Status W File Browser Hard Drive More Applications 54G Free 57G Total a Network Wired
20. 138 e Section Receiving Mail page 139 e Section Receiving Mail Options page 142 e Section Sending Mail page 147 e Section Account Management page 148 e Section Time Zone page 148 e Section Importing Mail Optional page 149 Defining Your Identity The Identity window is the first step in the assistant 138 GNOME User Guide Here you enter some basic personal information You can define multiple identities later by clicking Edit gt Preferences then clicking Mail Accounts When the First Run Assistant starts the Welcome page is displayed Click Forward to proceed to the Identity window 1 Type your full name in the Full Name field 2 Type your e mail address in the E Mail Address field 3 Optional Select if this account is your default account 4 Optional Type a reply to address in the Reply To field Use this field if you want replies to e mails sent to a different address 5 Optional Type your organization name in the Organization field This is the company where you work or the organization you represent when you send e mail 6 Click Forward Receiving Mail The Receiving E mail option lets you determine where you get your e mail You need to specify the type of server you want to receive mail with If you are unsure about the type of server to choose ask your system administrator or ISP e Select a server type in the Server Type list The following a list of serve
21. 5 Switching between Applications Similar to the taskbar on Windows the bottom panel in GNOME lets you easily switch between open windows Unlike Windows GNOME lets you set up multiple desktops where each one can run different programs Switch between them with a single click B 6 Accessing Network Resources From your desktop you can access files and directories or certain services on remote hosts or make your own files and directories available to other users in your network openSUSE offers various different ways of accessing and creating network shared re sources Given that the network structure and the configuration of your computer allow for it you can easily browse your network for shared resources and services with the file manager Figure B 6 GNOME Network Browsing Windows Network File Edit View Places Help Ue Ute Ute blk_group bob bosco Ue Ut Uta brwg1 ex2000 exch55 US Lt Uta gwdoc iprintdoc matrix Ar At Arm Windows Network 25 items To learn more about the various possibilities of accessing network resources refer to Section 1 5 4 Accessing Files on the Network page 25 Moving from Windows to Linux 221 Getting to Know Linux Software Linux comes with a wealth of applications often offering more than one solution to specific needs The difficulty is finding the application that suits your needs best The next few sections introduce some of the most powerful Linux counter
22. Address Book Ekiga offers to manage your SIP contacts Start the address book with Tools gt Address book An empty list window opens To add a contact First select Personal with your mouse Then right click into the address window and select New Contact Alternatively just press Ctrl gt N The following entries need to be made for a valid contact Name Enter the name of your contact This may be a full name but you can also use a nickname here SIP Address Enter a valid SIP address for your contact Email Enter the e mail address of your contact for your own reference Speed Dial With a Speed Dial you may access often used numbers more easily However this is optional as well Categories Add your own categories if you have many different contacts Local Address Book By default you have a local address book with the name Personal available If you need more address books create them with File New Address Book or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl B GNOME User Guide To call any contact from the address book double click this contact with the mouse The call will be directly initiated 6 6 For More Information The official home page of Ekiga is http www ekiga org This site offers the frequently asked questions as well as a more detailed documentation For information about the support of the H3 23 teleconferencing protocol in Linux see http www openh323 org This is also a good starting point when sear
23. Applications to the Panel page 9 1 3 1 Default Desktop Icons To remove an icon from the desktop simply drag it onto the trash can However be careful with this option if you move folder or file icons to the trash can the actual data is deleted If the icons only represent links to a file or to a directory only the links are deleted Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 7 8 NOTE You cannot move the Home icon to the trash 1 3 2 Desktop Menu Right clicking an empty spot on the desktop displays a menu with various options Click Create Folder to create a new folder Create a launcher icon for an application with Create Launcher Provide the name of the application and the command for starting it then select an icon to represent it You can also change the desktop back ground and align desktop icons 1 3 3 Bottom Panel The desktop includes a panel across the bottom of the screen The bottom panel contains the Computer menu similar to the Start menu in Windows and the icons of all appli cations currently running You can also add applications and applets to the panel for easy access If you click the name of a program in the taskbar the program s window is moved to the foreground If the program is already in the foreground a mouse click minimizes it Clicking a minimized application reopens the respective window Figure 1 1 GNOME Bottom Panel Computer S May Mon mar 20 2 31 AM E The Show Desk
24. Creator and Windows Movie Maker MainActor Kino Editor Adobe Premiere Media Studio Pro MainActor TV Viewer AVerTV PowerVCR 3 0 xawtv analog motv ana CinePlayer DVR log xawtv4 tvtime kdetv zapping Kaffeine amaroK The amaroK media player handles various audio formats and plays the streaming audio broadcasts of radio stations on the Internet The program handles all file types supported by the sound server acting as a back end currently aRts or GStreamer Find more information about amaroK at http amarok kde org You can also read our amaroK chapter Audacity Audacity is a powerful free sound editing tool Record edit and play any Ogg Vorbis or WAV file Mix tracks apply effects to them and export the results to WAV or Ogg Vorbis Find more information about Audacity at http audacity sourceforge net Helix Banshee Helix Banshee is a music management and playback application for the GNOME desktop With Helix Banshee import CDs sync your music collection to an iPod play music directly from an iPod create playlists with songs from your library and create audio and MP3 CDs from subsets of your library For more information refer to GNOME User Guide Grip Grip provides CD player functionalities for the GNOME desktop It supports CDDB lookups for track and album data Find more information at http www nostatic org grip Getting to Know Linux Software 233 234 Kaffeine Kaffeine is a versatile mult
25. Helix Banshee can import music from a file folder or CD 1 In Helix Banshee click Music gt Import Music 2 Select an import source 3 Click Import Music Source To rip music from a CD to your music collection 1 Insert a CD into your CD or DVD drive Helix Banshee automatically lists the CD as a playlist in the left menu Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee 207 2 Click the playlist then click Import CD in the upper right corner Figure 10 5 Import CD Helix Banshee Music Player Music Edit Playback View Help Ko gt ba moa Music Library 20 The Romantic Piano romantic Pave oo Pa Z am Te z Scenes from Chiddhood Op 15 No 7 The Romantic Piano 2 Frederic Chopin Noctume in E flat m The Romantic Piano 3 Franz Schubert Waltz in A flat Major The Romantic Piano 4 Franz Schubert Waltz in A flat Major The Romantic Piano 5 Various Franz Schubert Waltz in A flat Major The Romantic Piano 0 30 6 Various Franz Schubert Waltz in A flat Major The Romantic Piano 0 38 LJ 7 Various Franz Schubert Waltz in D flat Major The Romantic Piano 0 37 8 Various Franz Schubert Waltz in A flat Major The Romantic Piano 0 37 9 Various Franz List Sylvia Capova Piano Le The Romantic Piano 4 23 10 Various Lyric Pieces Op 65 Edvard Grieg The Romantic Piano 2 18
26. See a woe GEORG 196 9 5 Printing Mages 2 5 4 e464 2 bbe Ree RG A ASG 198 9 6 For More Information 2 0000 004 199 10 Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee 201 10 1 Managing Your Library 2 2 2 a 202 10 2 Using Helix Banshee with Your iPod 2 2 2 048 208 10 3 Creating Audio and MP3 CDs 040 210 10 4 Sharing Your Music 2 2 ee 211 10 5 Configuring Preferences 2 2 2 ee eee ee 212 11 Burning CDs and DVDs 213 A Finding the Information You Need 215 A 1 Included Documentation oa oa a a a 2 0404 215 A 2 Additional Resources and More Information ooa aaa aaa 216 B Moving from Windows to Linux 217 B 1 Starting Applications from the Main Menu 2 218 B 2 Managing Files 2 2 0202 ee eee 218 B 3 Using the Command Line 2 2 2 2 0 004 219 B 4 Customizing Your Desktop 0048 220 B 5 Switching between Applications 040 221 B 6 Accessing Network Resources 2 2 04 221 C Getting to Know Linux Software 223 Gq VOICE a seata ahead oe we bled BA a Bee el A tle ot 223 G2 Network ona os en ek ek a ee BO a ee 228 G3 Multimedia 2 05 ate a A Be a Boo atk ee ee a 232 CA Graphs 4 ear a gt Se SE ee a a ESE SG 236 C 5 System and File Management 2 240 C 6 Software Development 20008 244 D GNU Licenses 247 D 1 GNU General Public License 2
27. Session Startup Programs Session Name The following table lists the session options that you can modify Table 2 11 Session Preferences for Current Session Option Description Show Splash Screen on Login Ask on Logout Automatically Save Changes to Session Displays a splash screen when you start a session Displays a confirmation dialog when you end a session Automatically saves the current state of your session The session manager saves the session managed applications that are open and the set tings associated with the session managed appli cations The next time you start a session the applications start automatically with the saved settings Customizing Your Settings 91 Option Description If you do not select this option the Logout Con firmation dialog displays a Save Current Setup option when you end your session Sessions Lets you manage multiple sessions in the desktop as follows To create a new session click Add The Add a New Session dialog i s displayed letting you specify a name for your session To change the name of a session select the Edit The Edit Ses session and then click sion Name dialog is displayed letting you specify a new name for your session To delete a session sel then click Delete Setting Session Properties Use the Current Session tabbed page to specify startup order valu styles for the session managed ap
28. The Mono Project is an open development initiative that is working to develop an open source Unix version of the NET development platform Its objective is to enable Unix developers to build and deploy cross platform NET applications MonoDevelop complements the Mono development with an IDE Find more infor mation about MonoDevelop at http www monodevelop com Qt Qt is a program library for developing applications with graphical user interfaces It allows you to develop professional programs rapidly The Qt library is available not only for Linux but for a number of Unix flavors and even for Windows and Macintosh Thus it is possible to write programs that can be easily ported to those platforms Find more information at http www trolltech com Language bindings for Qt development are summarized under http developer kde org language bindings Qt Designer Qt Designer is a user interface and form builder for Qt and KDE development It can be run as part of the KDevelop IDE or in stand alone mode QtDesigner can be run under Windows and even integrates into the Visual Studio development suite Find more information about Qt Designer at http www trolltech com products qt designer html Subversion Subversion does the same thing CVS does but has major enhancements like moving renaming and attaching meta information to files and directories The Subversion home page is http subversion tigris org Valgrind Valgrind is a
29. View Executable Files When They Are Clicked Ask Each Time Ask Before Emptying Trash or Deleting Files Include a Delete Command That Bypass es Trash GNOME User Guide Performs the default action for an item when you click the item If this option is selected and you point to an item the title of the item is underlined Performs the default action for an item when you double click the item Opens the File Manager in Browser mode whenever you open it Runs an executable file when you click the file An executable file is a text file than can execute that is a shell script Displays the contents of an executable file when you click the file Displays a dialog when you click an exe cutable file The dialog asks whether you want to execute the file or display the file Displays a confirmation message before the Trash is emptied or before files are deleted Adds a Delete menu item to the Edit menu and the pop up menu that is displayed when you right click a file folder or desktop object When you select an item Option Description and click Delete the item is immediately deleted from your file system Display To configure the way icon captions and dates appear in the File Manager click Edit gt Preferences gt Display then select from the following options Table 1 7 File Manager Display Options Option Description Icon captions Sets the order of information to appear beneath icon names Y
30. YaST opens 3 Follow the instructions in YaST to configure the modem 2 1 6 Configuring the Mouse Use the Mouse Preference tool to configure your mouse for right hand use or for left hand use You can also specify the speed and sensitivity of mouse movement Click Computer gt Control Panel gt Hardware gt Mouse You can customize the settings for the Mouse Preference tool in the following areas e Buttons e Cursors e Motion Configuring Button Preferences Use the Buttons tabbed page to specify whether the mouse buttons are configured for left hand use You can also specify the delay between clicks for a double click Customizing Your Settings 43 Figure 2 6 Mouse Preferences Dialog Buttons Page Mouse Preferences Buttons Cursors Motion Mouse Orientation _ Left handed mouse Double Click Timeout Timeout 0 4 seconds The following table lists the mouse button preferences you can modify Table 2 3 Mouse Button Preferences Option Description Left handed Configures your mouse for left hand use swapping the functions Mouse of the left mouse button Timeout Use the slider to specify the amount of time that can pass between clicks when you double click If the interval between the first and second clicks exceeds the time that is specified here the ac tion is not interpreted as a double click Configuring Pointer Preferences Use the Cursors tabbed page to set your mouse pointer prefere
31. a window Type your query in the input field Firefox finds the first occurence of this phrase You can find other oc curences of the phrase by pressing F3 or Find Next button in the find bar You can also highlight all occurences by pressing the Highlight all button 7 3 Managing Bookmarks Bookmarks offer a convenient way of saving links to your favorite Web sites To add the current Web site to your list of bookmarks click Bookmarks gt Bookmark This Page If your browser currently displays multiple Web sites on tabs only the URL on the currently selected tab is added to your list of bookmarks When adding a bookmark you can specify an alternative name for the bookmark and select a folder where Firefox should store it To bookmark Web sites on multiple tabs select Bookmark All Tabs Firefox creates a new folder that includes bookmarks of each site displayed on each tab To remove a Web site from the bookmarks list click Book marks right click the bookmark in the list then click Delete 7 3 1 Using the Bookmark Manager The bookmark manager can be used to manage the properties name and address loca tion for each bookmark and organize the bookmarks into folders and sections It resem bles Figure 7 2 Using the Firefox Bookmark Manager page 175 174 GNOME User Guide Figure 7 2 Using the Firefox Bookmark Manager File Edit View Ws R z2 New Bookmark New Folder New Separator Move Properties Rename
32. accessi bility of the GNOME Desktop to users with visual impairments Subpixel Smoothing LCDs Uses techniques that exploit the shape ofindivid ual Liquid Crystal Display LCD pixels to render fonts smoothly Use this option for LCD or flat screen displays GNOME User Guide Click Details to specify further details of how to render fonts on your screen e Resolution Dots Per Inch Use the spin box to specify the resolution to use when your screen renders fonts e Smoothing Select one of the options to specify how to antialias fonts e Hinting Select one of the options to specify how to apply hinting to improves the quality of fonts at small sizes and at low screen resolutions e Subpixel Order Select one of the options to specify the subpixel color order for your fonts Use this option for LCD or flat screen displays 2 2 4 Configuring Menus and Toolbars You can configure the appearance and behavior of menus and toolbars Click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Menus amp Toolbars Showing Icons in Menus If you want icons to appear in menus select Show icons in menus Not all menu items have icons Defining New Keyboard Shortcuts If you want to be able to define new keyboard shortcuts for menu items select Enable menu accelerators When this option is enabled you can change an application shortcut key by placing the mouse pointer over the menu item you want to change then pressing the new key
33. and to configure typing break settings Click Computer gt Control Center gt Hardware gt Keyboard You can set the following preferences Keyboard e Typing Break e Layouts GNOME User Guide Layout Options Configuring Keyboard Preferences Use the Keyboard tabbed page to set general keyboard preferences Figure 2 2 Keyboard Preferences Dialog Keyboard Page Keyboard Preferences Repeat Keys v Key presses repeat when key is held down Delay Short Speed Slow Cursor Blinking v Cursor blinks in text boxes and fields Speed Slow Type to test settings 59 Accessibility Keyboard Typing Break Layouts Layout Options X Close You can modify any of the following keyboard preferences Table 2 1 Keyboard Preferences Option Description Key Presses Repeat When Enables keyboard repeat The action associated with Key is Held Down a key is performed repeatedly when you press and hold that key For example if you press and hold a character key the character is typed repeatedly Use the Delay option to select the delay from the time you press a key to the time that the action repeats Use the Speed option to set the speed at which the action is repeated Customizing Your Settings 39 Option Description Cursor Blinks in Text Boxes Lets the cursor blink in fields and text boxes and Fields Use the slider to specify the speed at which the cursor blinks Type to Test Se
34. be used as query For example the following line will search for all PDF or HTML documents containing the word apple whose author property contains john and whose title does not contain the word oranges apple ext pdf OR ext html author john title oranges Setting Search and Indexing Preferences Use the Search Preferences dialog box to set search and indexing preferences To open Search Preferences click Computer gt More Applications gt Beagle Settings You can also click Search gt Preferences in the Desktop Search dialog box On the Search tabbed page click Start search amp indexing services automatically to start the search daemon when you log in this is selected by default You can also choose the keystrokes that will display the Desktop Search window by specifying any combination of Ctrl Alt and a function key F12 is the default keystroke On the Indexing tabbed page you can choose to index your home directory selected by default to not index your home directory and to add additional directories to index Make sure you have rights to the directories you add You can also specify resources that you don t want indexed see Section Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed page 24 for more information Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed Use the Search Preferences dialog box to specify resources that you don t want indexed These resources can include directories
35. be used for images to print For most printers a resolution of 300 pixels per inch results in an acceptable quality GNOME User Guide In Colorspace select whether the image should be in color RGB or Grayscale Select the Fill Type for the new image Foreground Color and Background Color use the colors selected in the toolbox White uses a white background in the image Transparent creates a clear image Transparency is represented by a gray checkerboard pattern Enter a comment for the new image in Comment When the settings meet your needs press OK To restore the default settings press Reset Pressing Cancel aborts creation of a new image 9 3 2 Opening an Existing Image To open an existing image select File gt Open or press Ctrl O In the dialog that opens select the desired file You can also press Ctrl L and type directly the URI of the desired image Then click Open to open the selected image or press Cancel to skip opening an image 9 3 3 Scanning an Image Instead of opening an existing image or creating a new one you can scan one To scan directly from The GIMP make sure that the package xsane is installed To open the scanning dialog select File gt Acquire gt XSane scanning device Create a preview when the object to scan is smaller than the total scanning area Press Acquire preview in the Preview dialog to create a preview If you want to scan only part of the area select the desired rectangular part wit
36. click Other 2 Inthe Specify an ESSID dialog type the wireless network name in the ESSID field 3 Conditional If the wireless network is encrypted click Show Encryption Key to display the Encryption Key field 4 Type the encryption code then click OK 26 GNOME User Guide Your wireless network s name should now appear in the Network Connections menu 5 Select the wireless network s name Upon connection the Network icon turns blue You can also confirm connection by clicking the Network icon and viewing Connection Information If connected your IP address and other details are displayed in the Con nection Information dialog Managing Network Connections The Network icon lets you monitor manage and configure your network connections Clicking the icon opens a window that displays which network connection is active if you have more than one network device in your computer For example if your laptop computer is configured to use a wireless port and a port for a network cable you will see two network connections in the list If you are connected to the network via a cable and need to switch to use your wireless simply click the Network icon and then click Wireless eth1 This switches your network connection and acquires a new IP address if needed IMPORTANT Prior to making the change you should save any data because the change in services might require that certain applications or services be restarted
37. computer If File Manager does not open double click the icon for that drive to view the contents WARNING Do not simply remove disks from the drive after using them Floppy disks CDs and DVDs must always be unmounted from the system first Close all File Manager sessions still accessing the medium then right click the icon for the medium and select Eject from the menu Then safely remove the floppy disk or CD when the tray opens automatically GNOME User Guide Floppy disks can also be formatted by clicking Computer gt More Applicatiodns gt System gt Floppy Formatter In the Floppy Formatter dialog select the density of the floppy disk and the file system settings Linux native ext2 the file system for Linux or DOS FAT to use the floppy with Windows systems 1 5 3 Finding Files on Your Computer To locate files on your computer click Computer enter your search terms in the Search field then press Enter The results are displayed in the Desktop Search dialog box Figure 1 5 Desktop Search Dialog Box a Desktop Search beagle Search View Help Find beagle Q Find Now x Applications 2 results Search Settings Search lt Configure search amp indexing properties Search for data on your desktop v Images 1 result beagle_search png PNG 706x579 36 3 KB Documents 1 result beagle txt Today You can use the results lists to open a file forward it
38. controlled using themes You can choose from a variety of preinstalled themes Selecting a style from the list overview applies it automatically Details opens another dialog where you can customize the style of single desktop elements like window content window borders and icons Making changes and leaving the dialog by clicking Close switches the theme to Custom Theme Click Save Theme to save your modified theme under a custom name The In ternet and other sources provide many additional themes for GNOME as tar gz files Install these with the Install theme GNOME User Guide Creating a Custom Theme The themes that are listed in the Theme Preferences tool are different combinations of controls options window frame options and icon options You can create a custom theme that uses different combinations of options 1 2 Click gt Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Theme Select a theme from the list of themes then click Theme Details Select the controls option that you want to use in the custom theme from the list in the Controls tabbed page Click the Window Border tab then select the window frame option that you want to use in the custom theme Click the Icons tab then select the icons option that you want to use in the custom theme Click Close gt Save Theme A Save Theme to Disk dialog is displayed Type a name and a short description for the custom theme in the dialog then click Save The
39. custom theme now appears in your list of available themes Installing a New Theme You can add a theme to the list of available themes The new theme must be an archive file that is tarred and zipped a tar gz file 1 2 3 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Theme Click Install Theme Specify the location of the theme archive file in the Location field then click OR Customizing Your Settings 71 72 You can also click Browse to browse for the file 4 Click Install to install the new theme Installing a New Theme Option You can install new controls options window frame options or icons options You can find many controls options on the Internet 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Theme 2 Click Theme Details then click the tab for the type of theme you want to install For example to install an icons option click the Jcons tab 3 Click Install Theme 4 Specify the location of the theme archive file in the Location field then click OK 5 Click Install to install the new theme option Deleting a Theme Option You can delete controls options window frame options or icons options 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Theme 2 Click Theme Details then click the tab for the type of option you want to delete 3 Click Go To Theme Folder A File Manager window opens on the default option folder 4 Use the File Manager window to
40. default for this computer linux only GB Help X Close vV Apply The following table lists the screen resolution preferences you can modify Table 2 6 Screen Resolution Preferences Option Description Resolution Select the resolution in pixels to use for the screen Refresh Rate Select the refresh rate to use for the screen Rotation Select the rotation mode for your screen if you use a nonstandard monitor Make Default for This Computer Makes the screen resolution settings the default Only settings only for the computer that you are logged in to Customizing Your Settings 49 If you cannot find a setting you want you might need to use the Administrator Settings to reconfigure your graphics card and monitor settings See Configuring the Graphics Card and Monitor http www novell com documentation nld nld _deployment data bsj9mwg html bsmqn45 in the Deployment Guide for more information 2 2 Look and Feel Look and Feel settings include the following e Section 2 2 1 Changing the Desktop Background page 50 e Section 2 2 2 Configuring Desktop Effects page 53 Section 2 2 3 Configuring Fonts page 65 Section 2 2 4 Configuring Menus and Toolbars page 67 Section 2 2 5 Configuring the Screen Saver page 69 Section 2 2 6 Choosing a Theme page 70 Section 2 2 7 Customizing Window Behavior page 73 2 2 1 Changing the Desktop Background The desktop b
41. desktop cube To change any of these effects see Section Modifying Desktop Effects page 55 You can also enable Xgl by running the following command as root gnome xgl switch enable xgl To disable Xgl click Disable Desktop Effects in the Desktop Effects Settings dialog box or run the following command as root gnome xgl switch disable xgl Modifying Desktop Effects Use the Desktop Effects Settings tool to enable or disable specific desktop effects or to change the keystrokes or mouse actions used to control those effects 1 Click Computer gt Control Center 2 Click Desktop Effects in the Look and Feel group 3 Choose from the following options e Section Window Effects page 56 e Section Desktop Cube page 57 e Section Other Features page 59 4 Click Close You can also use gconf editor to change Xgl settings 1 Click Computer gt More Applications gt System gt GNOME Configuration Editor or press Alt F2 and enter gconf editor Customizing Your Settings 55 56 2 Navigate to the apps compiz general and apps compiz plugins registry folders and make the changes you want 3 Click File gt Quit to close the Configuration Editor Window Effects Use the options on this tabbed page to specify what happens when you move windows how window transitions appear and to change window opacity Figure 2 12 Window Effects Tabbed Page 3D Desktop Window Effects Desktop Cube Ot
42. first have an AIM account Once you have those accounts set them up in the Gaim Add Account dialog 1 Start Gaim by clicking Computer gt More Applications gt Communicate gt Gaim 2 Click Accounts gt Add to open the Add Account dialog The first time you run Gaim or any subsequent times you start Gaim when you don t have any accounts set up the Add Account dialog opens automatically 3 Choose the protocol you want to set up The Add Account dialog differs for each protocol depending on what setup options are available for that protocol 4 Enter the setup options for the chosen protocol Typical options include your account name and password Your protocol might support additional options such as a buddy icon alias login options or others 5 Click Save 6 Repeat Step 2 to Step 5 for each additional protocol 158 GNOME User Guide Once an account is added you can log in to that account by entering your account name and password in the Gaim Login dialog 5 3 Managing Your Buddy List Use the Buddy List to manage your contacts also known as buddies You can add and remove buddies from your Buddy List and you can organize your buddies in groups so they are easy to find 5 3 1 Displaying Buddies in the Buddy List Once your accounts are set up all buddies who are online appear in your Buddy List If you also want your buddies who are not online to appear in the Buddy List click Buddies gt Show Offline Budd
43. first page you can use a first page style that disables headers and footers You can also use different page styles for left and right pages so that you have bigger margins on the insides of pages and your page numbers appear on an outside corner Applies standardized formatting to specified list types For example you can define a checklist with square check boxes and a bullet list with round bullets then easily apply the correct style when creating your lists Opening the Styles and Formatting Window The Styles and Formatting window called the Stylist in earlier versions of OpenOf fice org is a versatile formatting tool for applying styles to text paragraphs pages frames and lists To open this window click Format gt Styles and Formatting OpenOffice org comes with several predefined styles You can use these styles as they are modify them or create new styles TIP By default the Styles and Formatting window is a floating window that is it opens in its own window that you can place anywhere on the screen If you use styles extensively you might find it helpful to dock the window so that it always present in the same part of the Writer interface To dock the Styles and Formatting window press Ctrl while you double click on a gray area in the window This tip applies to some other windows in OpenOffice org as well in cluding the Navigator Applying a Style To apply a style select the element you want to appl
44. for individual Writer files You can maintain chapters or other subdocuments as individual files col lected in the master document Master documents are also useful if multiple people are working on a document You can separate each person s portion of the document into subdocuments collected in a master document allowing multiple writers to work on their subdocuments at the same time without fear of overwriting other people s work The OpenOffice org Office Suite 121 122 NOTE If you are coming to OpenOffice org from Microsoft Word you might be ner vous about using master documents because the master document feature in Word has a reputation for corrupting documents This problem does not exist in OpenOffice org Writer so you can safely use master documents to manage your projects To create a master document 1 Click New gt Master Document or Open an existing document and click File gt Send gt Create Master Document 2 Insert subdocuments 3 Click FileSave The OpenOffice org help files contain more complete information about working with master documents Look for the topic entitled Using Master Documents and Subdoc uments TIP The styles from all of your subdocuments are imported into the master docu ment To ensure that formatting is consistent throughout your master document you should use the same template for each subdocument Doing so is not mandatory however if subdocuments are formatte
45. listed in Section 3 8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice org page 134 The OpenOffice org Office Suite 113 114 NOTE Much of the information in this section can also be applied to other OpenOf fice org modules For example other modules use styles similarly to how they are used in Writer Section 3 2 1 Creating a New Document page 114 e Section 3 2 2 Sharing Documents with Other Word Processors page 115 e Section 3 2 3 Formatting with Styles page 116 Section 3 2 4 Using Templates to Format Documents page 119 e Section 3 2 5 Working with Large Documents page 120 e Section 3 2 6 Using Writer as an HTML Editor page 123 3 2 1 Creating a New Document There are two ways to create a new document To create a document from scratch click File gt New gt Text Document To use a standard format and predefined elements for your own documents try a wizard Wizards are small utilities that let you make some basic decisions then produce a ready made document from a template For example to create a business letter click File gt Wizards gt Letter Using the wizard s dialogs easily create a basic document using a standard format A sample wizard dialog is shown in Figure 3 2 An OpenOffice org Wizard page 115 GNOME User Guide Figure 3 2 An OpenOffice org Wizard Steps Please choose the type of letter and page design Page design Busin
46. or burning of image archives to CD You can also use it as an image viewer on the command line Find more information about f spot at http www gnome org projects f spot You can also refer to our chapter in GNOME User Guide gThumb gThumb is an image viewer browser and organizer for the GNOME desktop It supports the import of your digital images via gphoto2 allows you to carry out basic transformation and modifications and lets you tag your images to create al bums matching certain categories Find more information about gThumb at http gthumb sourceforge net Gwenview Gwenview is a simple image viewer for KDE It features a folder tree window and a file list window that provides easy navigation of your file hierarchy Find more information at http gwenview sourceforge net home Inkscape Inkscape is a free SVG editor Users of Adobe Illustrator Corel Draw and Visio can find a similar range of features and a familiar user interface in Inkscape Among its features find SVG to PNG export layering transforms gradients and grouping of objects Find more information about Inkscape at http www inkscape org GNOME User Guide Kivio Kivio is a flow charting application that integrates into the KOffice suite Former users of Visio find a familiar look and feel in Kivio Find more information about Kivio at http www koffice org kivio KolourPaint KolourPaint is an easy to use paint program for the KDE desktop You
47. possible to log in to different accounts on different IM networks and chat on different channels simultaneously Gaim also exists in a Windows version Find more information about Gaim at http gaim sourceforge net about php Getting to Know Linux Software 229 230 gftp gftp is an FTP client using the GTK toolkit Its features include simultaneous downloads resume of interrupted file transfers file transfer queues download of entire directories FTP proxy support remote directory caching passive and non passive file transfers and drag and drop support Find more information at http oftp seul org GnomeMeeting Ekiga GnomeMeeting recently renamed Ekiga is the open source equivalent of Mi crosoft s NetMeeting It features LDAP and ILS support for address lookup and integrates with Evolution to share the address data stored there GnomeMeeting Eki ga supports PC to phone calls allowing you to call another party with just your computer sound card and microphone without any additional hardware Find more information about GnomeMeeting Ekiga at http www ekiga org kbear KBear is a KDE FTP client with the ability to have concurrent connections to multiple hosts three separate view modes support for multiple protocols like FTP and SFTP a site manager plug in firewall support logging capabilities and much more Find more information at http sourceforge net projects kbear Konqueror Konqueror is a multitalented appl
48. select from the following options Table 1 5 File Manager Views Options Section Option Description Default View new folders using Determines whether new folders are dis View played as icons or as a list Arrange items Sets the order items are listed in Items can be listed by name size type modification date or emblems Sort folder before files Places this folder at the top of the list if this check box is selected the default Show hidden and backup Shows hidden files and backup files in files your directories If this check box is not selected the default hidden and backup files do not appear Icon View Default zoom level Sets the size of items that appear in the Defaults File Manager Use compact layout Displays items closer together Text beside icons Displays icon captions next to the icons rather than under them List View Default zoom level Determines the size of items that appear Defaults in the list view Tree View Show only folders When selected displays on folders in the Defaults tree in the side pane Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 17 Behavior To configure the behavior of the File Manager click Edit gt Preferences gt Behavior then select from the following options Table 1 6 File Manager Behavior Options Option Description Single Click to Activate Item Double Click to Activate Items Always Open in Browser Windows Run Executable Files When They Are Clicked
49. settings e Appearance and behavior settings such as fonts colors and mouse settings e Applications that you were running such as a file manager or an OpenOffice org program 4 GNOME User Guide TIP You cannot save and restore applications that Session Manager does not manage For example if you start the vi editor from the command line in a terminal window Session Manager cannot restore your editing session For information on configuring session preferences see Section 2 4 8 Managing Sessions page 90 1 1 2 Switching Desktops If you installed both the GNOME and the KDE desktops use the following instructions to switch desktops 1 Click Computer gt Logout gt Ok In KDE click N gt Logout gt Logout 2 On the login screen click Session 3 Select the desktop you want GNOME or KDE then click OK 4 Type your username then press Enter 5 Type your password then press Enter 1 1 3 Locking Your Screen To lock the screen you can do either of the following e Click Computer gt Lock Screen e Ifthe Lock button is present on a panel click it To add the Lock button to a panel right click the panel and then click Add to Panel gt Actions gt Lock Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 5 6 When you lock your screen the screen saver starts To lock your screen correctly you must have a screen saver enabled To unlock the screen move your mouse to display the locked screen dialog En
50. the Document under the terms of section 4 Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special permission from their copyright holders but you may include translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the original versions of these Invariant Sections You may include a translation of this License and all the license notices in the Document and any Warranty Disclaimers provided that you also include the orig GNOME User Guide inal English version of this License and the original versions of those notices and dis claimers In case of a disagreement between the translation and the original version of this License or a notice or disclaimer the original version will prevail If a section in the Document is Entitled Acknowledgements Dedications or History the requirement section 4 to Preserve its Title section 1 will typically re quire changing the actual title D 2 10 TERMINATION You may not copy modify sublicense or distribute the Document except as expressly provided for under this License Any other attempt to copy modify sublicense or dis tribute the Document is void and will automatically terminate your rights under this License However parties who have received copies or rights from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance D 2 11 FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE The Free Software Foundation may pub
51. the search terms Linux CD RW helporOpenOffice file conversion problem if you were having trouble with the CD burning or with OpenOffice org file conversion Google also has a specific Linux search engine ht tp www google com linux that you might find useful GNOME User Guide Moving from Windows to Linux If you are coming from Microsoft Windows take a look at how familiar elements of Windows translate to openSUSE After logging in you will notice that the desktop has a familiar layout and recognizable icons many of them similar to the Windows and Macintosh desktops Figure B 1 GNOME Desktop 218 B 1 Starting Applications from the Main Menu Similar to the Start menu on Windows you can access all the programs installed on your system from the main menu To open the menu click Computer in the left corner of the panel The function oriented menu structure makes it easy to find the right appli cation for your purpose even if you do not know the application names yet Find more information about the main menu in Section 1 4 Using the Main Menu page 10 Figure B 2 Main Menu in GNOME Search System Show Favorite Applications Help 5 Control Center Q Install Software E Lock Screen Firefox B Helix Banshee Web Browser Music Player amp OpenOffice org Wr F Spot h Word Processor Photo Browser Log Out fm Home Folder Status 3 File Browser m Hard Drive
52. the type of network connection you are using Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 13 1 5 Accessing Folders and Files You can access folders and files on your computer and on a network Section 1 5 1 Managing Folders and Files with the File Manager page 14 e Section 1 5 2 Accessing Floppy Disks CDs or DVDs page 20 e Section 1 5 3 Finding Files on Your Computer page 21 e Section 1 5 4 Accessing Files on the Network page 25 1 5 1 Managing Folders and Files with the File Manager Use the File Manager to create and view folders and documents run scripts and create CDs of your data In addition the File Manager provides support for Web and file viewing You can open the File Manager in the following ways e Click Computer gt Home Folder e Double click your Home directory icon on the desktop e Click Computer gt More Applications gt File Manager 14 GNOME User Guide Figure 1 3 File Manager user123 File Browser File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help gt a s Forward Up Home Computer Bj 4 Busen Documents Places File System oS e B gt os public_html 5 items Free space 53 9GB You can change to the browser mode by right clicking the folder then clicking Browse Folder This gives you a familiar view with a location window that shows the current path and buttons for common functions This applies to the current File Manage
53. themselves be free in the same sense It complements the GNU General Public License which is a copyleft license designed for free software We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free software because free software needs free documentation a free program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the software does But this License is not limited to software manuals it can be used for any textual work regardless of subject matter or whether it is published as a printed book We recommend this License principally for works whose purpose is instruction or reference D 2 2 APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS This License applies to any manual or other work in any medium that contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be distributed under the terms of this Li cense Such a notice grants a world wide royalty free license unlimited in duration to use that work under the conditions stated herein The Document below refers to any such manual or work Any member of the public is a licensee and is addressed as you You accept the license if you copy modify or distribute the work in a way re quiring permission under copyright law A Modified Version of the Document means any work containing the Document or a portion of it either copied verbatim or with modifications and or translated into an other language A Secondary Section is a named appendix or a front mat
54. to use the sidebar as well To display the Sidebar select View gt Sidebar and select the desired contents 7 2 Finding Information There are two ways to find information in Firefox the search bar and the find bar The search bar looks for pages while the find bar looks for things on the current page 7 2 1 Finding Information on the Web Firefox has a search bar that can access different engines like Google Yahoo or Amazon For example if you want to find information about openSUSE using the current engine click in the search bar type openSUSE and hit Enter The results appear in your window To choose your search engine click the icon in the search bar A menu opens with a list of available search engines 7 2 2 Installing a Different Search Engine If you favorite search engine is not listed Firefox gives you the possibility to configure it Try the following steps 1 Establish an Internet connection first 2 Click in the search bar on the icon 3 Select Add Engines from the menu 4 Firefox displays a Web page with available search engines It is also sorted by categories You can choose from Wikipdedia Leo and others Click the desired search plug in 5 Install your search plug in with Ok or abort with Cancel Browsing with Firefox 7 2 3 Searching in the Current Page To search inside a Web page click Edit gt Find in This Page or press Ctrl F The find bar opens Usually it is displayed at the bottom of
55. whether the active image is chosen automatically By default Auto is enabled Layers shows the different layers in the current images and can be used to manipulate the layers Channels shows and can manipulate the color channels of the image Paths are a vector based method of selecting parts of an image They can also be used for drawing Paths shows the paths available for an image and provides access to path functions Undo shows a limited history of modifications made to the current image 9 3 Getting Started Although The GIMP can be a bit overwhelming for new users most quickly find it easy to use once they work out a few basics Crucial basic functions are creating opening and saving images 9 3 1 Creating a New Image To create a new image select File gt New or press Ctrl N This opens a dialog in which to make settings for the new image If desired select a predefined setting called a Template To create a custom template select File gt Dialogs gt Templates and use the controls offered by the window that opens In the Image Size section set the size of the image to create in pixels or another unit Click the unit to select another unit from the list of available units The ratio between pixels and a unit is set in Resolution which appears when the Advanced Options section is open A resolution of 72 pixels per inch corresponds to common screen display It is sufficient for Web page graphics A higher resolution should
56. which the executable runs unless that component itself accompanies the executable If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code even though third parties are not com pelled to copy the source along with the object code 4 You may not copy modify sublicense or distribute the Program except as ex pressly provided under this License Any attempt otherwise to copy modify sublicense or distribute the Program is void and will automatically terminate your rights under this License However parties who have received copies or rights from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance 5 Youare not required to accept this License since you have not signed it However nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License Therefore by modifying or distributing the Program or any work based on the Program you in dicate your acceptance of this License to do so and all its terms and conditions for copying distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it 6 Each time you redistribute the Program or any work based on the Program the recipient automatically receives a license f
57. works only with pixel graphics which is the normal format for photographs and scanned images Pixel graphics consist of small blocks of color that together create the entire image The files can easily become quite large because of this It is also not possible to increase the size of a pixel image without losing quality Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 192 Unlike pixel graphics vector graphics do not store information for all individual pixels Instead they store information about how image points lines or areas are grouped to gether Vector images can also be scaled very easily The drawing application of OpenOffice org for example uses this format 9 2 Starting The GIMP Start The GIMP from the main menu Alternatively enter gimp amp in a command line 9 2 1 Initial Configuration When starting The GIMP for the first time a configuration wizard opens for preparatory configuration The default settings are acceptable for most purposes Press Continue in each dialog unless you are familiar with the settings and prefer another setup 9 2 2 The Default Windows Three windows appear by default They can be arranged on the screen and except the toolbox closed if no longer needed Closing the toolbox closes the application In the default configuration The GIMP saves your window layout when you exit Dialogs left open reappear when you next start the program The Toolbox The main window of The GIMP shown in Figure 9 1
58. you have labeled with the Classical genre Helix Banshee automatically updates all smart playlists when a change is made to your music library If you import new songs Helix Banshee checks to see if they match any of your available smart playlists When applicable Helix Banshee also updates your smart playlists if you just listened to a song or updated a song s metadata The first time you create a smart playlist you need to enable the plug in You can then create a new smart playlist choose from a list of predefined smart playlists or create a smart playlist based on a current search 204 GNOME User Guide Enabling the Smart Playlist Plug In 1 In Helix Banshee click Edit gt Plugins 2 Select the check box to the right of Smart Playlists in the left column Plugin Name Overview Smart Playlists Plugin Name Smart Playlists Audioscrobbler Multimedia Keys Description Metadata Searcher Create playlists that automatically add and remove songs based on customizable queries Notification Area Icon Author s Aaron Bockover Gabriel Burt Dominik Meister 3 Click Close Creating a Smart Playlist 1 In Helix Banshee click Music gt New Smart Playlist 2 Specify a name for the smart playlist then select the criteria for songs in this playlist to match Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee 205 New Smart Playlist Playlist Name M
59. your favorite Sites Many sites and blogs support this format A Web site indicates this by showing an orange icon in the right part of the location bar Click itand choose Add NAME OF THE FEED as Live Bookmark A dialog box opens where you can select the name and location of your live bookmark Confirm with Add Some sites do not tell Firefox that they support a news feed although they actually do To add a live bookmark manually you need the URL of the feed Do the following Procedure 7 1 Adding a Live Bookmark Manually 1 Open the bookmark manager with Bookmarks gt Manage Bookmarks A new window opens 2 Select File gt New Live Bookmark A dialog box opens 3 Insert a name for the live bookmark and add your URL in the Feed Location for example http www novell com newsfeeds rss coolsolutions xml Firefox updates your live bookmarks 4 Close your bookmark manager 7 4 Using the Download Manager With the help of the download manager keep track of your current and past downloads To open the download manager click Tools gt Downloads Firefox opens a window with your downloads While downloading a file see a progress bar and the current file If necessary pause a download and resume it later To open a downloaded file click Open With Remove remove it from the list If you need information about the file right click the filename and choose Properties GNOME User Guide If you need further control of the downloa
60. your new password by typing it again then click OK 2 3 4 Managing Keyrings GNOME Keyring Manager provides an interface for viewing secrets stored in keyrings on your computer Secrets include such items as e Passwords e Wireless credentials 78 GNOME User Guide e Certificates e Credentials for logging in to another computer Most users should never use Keyring Manager because secrets are managed by the ap plications that create them A few users might find it necessary to use Keyring Manager to delete a secret To delete a secret 1 Open Keyring Manager by clicking Computer gt Control Center gt Personal gt Keyring Manager 2 Inthe list of keyrings on the left side of Keyring Manager click Default 3 Click the secret you want to delete in the list in the top right area of Keyring Manager 4 Click KeyringDelete Keyring The secret is removed from the list 2 3 5 Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts A keyboard shortcut is a key or combination of keys that provides an alternative to standard ways of performing an action You can customize the keyboard shortcuts for a number of actions To open the Keyboard Shortcuts tool click Computer gt Control Center gt Personal gt Shortcuts Customizing Your Settings 79 Figure 2 26 Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog Keyboard Shortcuts Shortcut Desktop i Launch Help Browser Disabled Log Out Disabled Sleep Disabled Lock Screen Disabled Home Folder Disabled Search Disa
61. 0 characters second Type to test settings Ks Help X Close Features Basic Tab The keyboard accessibility functions can be deactivated automatically after a certain time Set an appropriate time limit measured in seconds with the slider The system can additionally provide audible feedback when the keyboard accessibility functions are activated and deactivated Enable Sticky Keys Basic Tab Some keyboard shortcuts require that one key a modifier key is kept pressed constantly this applies to Alt Ctrl and Shift while the rest of the shortcut is typed When sticky keys are used the system regards those keys as staying pressed after being pressed once For an audible feedback generated each time a modifier key is pressed activate Beep when the modifier is pressed If Disable If Two Keys Pressed Together is selected Customizing Your Settings 75 76 the keys do not stick anymore when two keys are pressed simultaneously The system then assumes that the keyboard shortcut has been completely entered Enable Repeat Keys Basic Tab Activate Repeat Keys to make settings with sliders for Delay and Speed This determines how long a key must be pressed for the automatic keyboard repeat function to be acti vated and at what speed the characters are then typed Test the effect of the settings in the field at the bottom of the dialog Select parameters that reflect your normal typing habits Enable Slow Keys Fi
62. 1 232 Skype Skype is an application for several platforms Linux Windows Mac Os X that can be used for phone calls over the Internet with a good sound quality and with end to end encryption When using Skype configuring the firewall or router is not necessary For more information refer to http www skype com products XChat XChat is an IRC client that runs on most Linux and UNIX platforms as well as under Windows and MacOS X Find more information about XChat at http www xchat org C 3 Multimedia The following section introduces the most popular multimedia applications for Linux Get to know media players sound editing solutions and video editing tools Table C 3 Multimedia Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application Audio CD Player CD Burner CD Ripper Audio Player Video Player Audio Editor GNOME User Guide CD Player Winamp Windows Media Player Nero Roxio Easy CD Creator WMPlayer Winamp Windows Media Player iTunes Winamp Windows Media Player SoundForge Cooledit Auda city KsCD Grip Helix Banshee K3b kaudiocreator Sound Juicer Helix Banshee amaroK XMMS Rhythmbox Helix Banshee Kaffeine MPlayer Xine XMMS Totem RealPlayer Audacity Task Windows Application Linux Application Sound Mixer sndvol32 alsamixer Kmix Music Notation Finale SmartScore Sibelius LilyPond MusE Noteedit Rosegarden Video
63. 11 Obtaining Software Updates page 32 Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 3 1 1 Logging in and Selecting a Desktop When you start your system you are prompted to enter your username and password This is the username and password you created during installation If you did not install the system check with your system administrator for the username and password The login has three menu items e Login Prompt Enter your username and password to log in Session Specify the desktop to run during your session If other desktops are installed they appear in the list Actions Perform a system action such as shut down the computer reboot the computer or configure the Login Manager Section 1 1 1 What Is a Session page 4 Section 1 1 2 Switching Desktops page 5 Section 1 1 3 Locking Your Screen page 5 1 1 1 What Is a Session A session is the period of time from when you log in to when you log out The login screen offers several login options For example you can select the language of your session so that text that appears in the interface is presented in that language After your username and password are authenticated the Session Manager starts The Session Manager lets you save certain settings for each session It also lets you save the state of your most recent session and return to that session the next time you log in The Session Manager can save and restore the following
64. 4x768 to 1920x2000 range and your color depth must be set at 24 bit 3 D acceleration must also be enabled Use SaX2 to change your graphic card and monitor properties if necessary 1 Click Computer gt Control Center 2 Click Desktop Effects in the Look and Feel group The Desktop Effects tool analyzes your system and tries to determine whether or not you can run Xgl If it finds anything wrong it will advise you on what actions you can take For example you might be advised to change your screen resolution or color depth or to activate 3 D acceleration Follow the onscreen prompts to configure your system for Xgl Desktop Effects Settings 3D Desktop Video card Intel Corporation 82915G GV 910GL Integrated Your graphics card is supported 3D Acceleration Enabled Desktop Effects Disabled Your graphics card is supported To enable Xgl press Enable Desktop Effects below This will log you out and return you to the login screen Enable Desktop Effects X Close 3 Click Enable Desktop Effects 4 Type the root password then click Continue 5 Click OK to log out of your session then type your username and password to log back in 54 GNOME User Guide The default desktop effects are now enabled For example windows wobble when they first appear and when you move them widows fade away when you close them and dragging a window to the far right of the screen rotates the
65. Alt Up arrow or move mouse pointer to the top left corner of the screen Left click window and drag Super key Windows key Button 3 Super key Windows key scroll mouse up Super key Windows key scroll mouse down Here are some other things you can do with Xgl GNOME User Guide e Section Switching Tasks page 63 e Section Unfolding the Cube page 63 e Section Displaying a Skydome Image Behind the Cube page 64 Switching Tasks Press Alt Tab to display a thumbnail view of all windows open on your desktop While holding the the Alt key down press Tab to cycle through the list of windows The cur rently highlighted window will appear in focus Release the keys to access that window Figure 2 18 Thumbnail View Welcome English Wilkomme Bienvenue Frangais openSUSE Mozilla Firefox Unfolding the Cube Press Ctrlt Alt Down arrow to unfold the desktop cube opening a panoramic view of all your desktops Your desktop cube is laid out like a film strip on your screen and you can use the Left and Right arrows to select a different screen This is similar to the switcher feature Alt Tab but lets you view a thumbnail of your entire desktop instead of only your active windows Customizing Your Settings 63 Figure 2 19 Panoramic View of All Desktop Cubes 28 mF Mem am fea Displaying a Skydome Image Behind the Cube You can add background wallpaper also know
66. BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY GENERAL SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES GNU Licenses 253 254 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS D 1 3 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs If you develop a new program and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can re distribute and change under these terms To do so attach the following notices to the program It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey the exclusion of warranty and each file should have at least the copyright line and a pointer to where the full notice is found one line to give the program s name and an idea of what it does Copyright C yyyy name of author This program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation eithe
67. Dar KDar stands for KDE disk archiver and is a hardware independent backup solution KDar uses catalogs unlike tar so it is possible to extract a single file without reading the whole archive and it is also possible to create incremental backups KDar can split an archive into multiple slices and trigger the burning of a data CD or DVD for each slice Find more information about KDar at http kdar sourceforge net GNOME User Guide Konqueror Konqueror is the default file manager for the KDE desktop which can also be used as a Web browser document and image viewer and CD ripper For an introduction to using Konqueror as a file manager see KDE User Guide Find more information about this multifunctional application at http www konqueror org KPDF KPDF is a PDF viewing application for the KDE desktop Its features include searching the PDF and full screen reading mode like in Adobe Reader Find more information at http kpdf kde org Nautilus Nautilus is the default file manager of the GNOME desktop It can be used to create folders and documents display and manage your files and folders run scripts write data to a CD and open URI locations For an introduction to using Nautilus as a file manager see the GNOME User Guide Find information about Nautilus on the Internet at http www gnome org projects nautilus taper Taper is a backup and restore program that provides a friendly user interface to allow backup and restora
68. On Title Rossini William Tell Overture Never Played Imported On 3 28 2006 1 10 09 Pv b Advanced Properties Cancel save If you want to set all fields in a group to the same value select multiple songs in a playlist then click Edit gt Edit Song Metadata Make the changes you want then click Copy all common fields You can also use the Back and Forward buttons to cycle through the selected songs Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee 203 Figure 10 4 Editing Multiple Songs Dialog Box Editing song 1 of 5 Metadata Details Artist Clark Minor E Album The Romantic Piano Title Jeux d Eau new Enter Next l Genre Classical Piano KA Track number 1 C Track count 10 F Year i 5 Rating F Copy all common fieis B roman X Cancel fh Click the Details tab to view detailed information about the selected song including when a song was last played when the song was imported how long the song is and how many times the song has been played 10 1 3 Creating Smart Playlists You can create playlists that automatically add and remove songs based on criteria you specify For example a smart playlist can contain songs you rated as five stars but that you haven t listened to for six months Another smart playlist can contain all songs published in 2006 that
69. SE Linux Entertainment News D Internet Search Reference Maps and Directions Shopping openSUSE Mozilla org Home of the Mozi B LEKE Te Products Support Store Developers About Firefox amp Thunderbird Looking for Firefox or Thunderbird You ll find them and a whole lot more at Mozilla com Mozilla Foundation Mozilla Store Other Mozilla Software The Mozilla Foundation provides Get Firefox and SeaMonkey 1 0 5 overall support for Mozilla open Thunderbird on GD g source software projects t shirts and more Camino 1 0 3 Learn more about the Foundation at the new Mozilla Sunbird 0 3 Store EO Minimo Mobile Browser A Bugzilla F All nrniarte a Done 7 1 1 Tabbed Browsing If you often use more than one Web page at a time tabbed browsing may make it easier to switch between them Load Web sites in separate tabs within one window To open a new tab select File gt New Tab This opens an empty tab in the Firefox window Alternatively right click a link and select Open link in new tab Right click the tab itself to access more tab options You can create a new tab reload one or all existing tabs or close them You can also change the sequence of the tabs by dragging and dropping them on a requested position GNOME User Guide 7 1 2 Using the Sidebar Use the left side of your browser window for viewing bookmarks or the browsing his tory Extensions may add new ways
70. Use Original Image Size to take these settings from the image itself This is recommended if you set an ap propriate print size and resolution in the image Adjust the image s position on the page with the fields in Position or by dragging the image in Preview GNOME User Guide When satisfied with the settings press Print To save the settings for future use instead use Print and Save Settings Cancel aborts printing 9 6 For More Information The following resources are useful for users of The Gimp even if some of them apply to older versions e Help provides access to the internal help system This documentation is also available in HTML and PDF formats at http docs gimp org e Many tutorials explaining basic or advanced image manipulation techniques with The GIMP are available at http gimp org tutorials The GIMP User Group offers an informative Web site at http gug sunsite dk e http www gimp org is the official home page of The GIMP Grokking the GIMP by Carey Bunks is an excellent book based on an older version of The GIMP Although some aspects of the program have changed it can provide excellent guidance for image manipulation An online version is available at http gimp savvy com BOOK Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 199 Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee Helix Banshee is a GNOME music management and playback application that lets you import CDs sync your music collec
71. You can add or delete items from current menus reorganize menus and even create new menus 1 Click Tools gt Customize gt Menu 2 Select the menu you want to change or click New to create a new menu Click Help for more information about the options in the Customize dialog 3 Modify add or delete menu items as desired 4 Click OK The OpenOffice org Office Suite 109 110 Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts You can reassign currently assigned keyboard shortcuts and assign new shortcuts to frequently used functions 1 Click Jools gt Customize gt Keyboard 2 Select the keys you want to assign to a function or select the function and assign the keys or key combinations Click Help for more information about the options in the Customize dialog 3 Modify add or delete keyboard shortcuts as desired 4 Click OK Customizing Events OpenOffice org also provides ways to assign macros to events such as application startup or the saving of a document The assigned macro runs automatically whenever the selected event occurs 1 Click Jools gt Customize gt Events 2 Select the event you want to change Click Help for more information about the options in the Customize dialog box 3 Assign or remove macros for the selected event 4 Click OK Changing the Global Settings Global settings can be changed in any OpenOffice org application by clicking Tools gt Options on the menu bar This opens the window shown in th
72. Your Buddy List 2 2 ee ee Chatting 6 Using Voice over IP with Ekiga 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 6 Part IlI Configuring Ekiga The Ekiga User Interface ooa a a a a Making a Call Answering a Call Using the Address Book 2 ee For More Information 2 000008 Internet 7 Browsing with Firefox 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 Navigating Web Sites Finding Information Managing Bookmarks Using the Download Manager oao a aa a a a Customizing Firefox Printing from Firefox 101 103 104 113 124 126 129 133 134 134 137 138 149 157 157 158 159 160 161 161 163 165 165 166 167 169 171 171 173 174 176 177 180 7 7 For More Information 0 00005 2 ae 180 Part IV Multimedia 181 8 Managing Your Digital Image Collection 183 8 1 Downloading Pictures from Your Camera 2 2 185 8 2 Getting Information 2 2 0 02 0000 00 4 186 8 3 Managing Tags sci ee ee A ee a ee ee ae Se ae 186 84 SearchandFind 2 0 a 187 8 5 Exporting Image Collections 187 8 6 Basic Image Processing with f spot 0 2 189 9 Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 191 9 1 Graphics Formats a gnes 0d es ee Gr A OS Se ee a Be 191 9 2 Starting The GIMP 2 a 192 9 3 Getting Started 2 4 4 honi a aia eo wk te od ee eo eel A 194 94 Saving Images is ae as hoo eae ee ee ge
73. a Inkscape Dia Kivio POV Ray Blender KPovmodeler Digikam f spot Vuescan The GIMP gwenview gThumb Eye of Gnome f spot Blender is a powerful rendering and animation tool available on many platforms including Windows MacOS and Linux Find more information about Blender at http www blender3d com Dia Dia is a Linux application aiming to be the Linux equivalent of Visio It supports many types of special diagrams such as network or UML charts Export formats include SVG PNG and EPS To support your own custom diagram types provide the new shapes in a special XML format Find more information about Dia at http www gnome org projects dia Getting to Know Linux Software 237 238 Digikam Digikam is a smart digital photo management tool for the KDE desktop Importing and organizing your digital images is a matter of a few clicks Create albums add tags to spare you from copying images around different subdirectories and eventu ally export your images to your own Web site Find more information about Digikam at http www digikam org You can also refer to our Digikam chapter Eye of Gnome eog Eye of Gnome is an image viewer application for the GNOME desktop Find more information at http www gnome org gnome office eog shtml f spot f spot is a flexible digital photograph management tool for the GNOME desktop It lets you create and manage albums and supports various export options like HTML pages
74. a task list in one easy to use application With its extensive support for communications and data interchange standards Evolution can work with existing corporate networks and applications including Microsoft Exchange To start Evolution click Computer gt More Applications gt Office gt Evolution GNOME User Guide The first time you start it Evolution prompts you with a few questions as it sets up a mail account and helps you import mail from your old mail client Then it shows you how many new messages you have and lists upcoming appointments and tasks as well as the current weather and news from news feeds The calendar address book and mail tools are available in the shortcut bar on the left For more information see Chapter 4 Evolution E Mail and Calendaring page 137 1 9 Moving Text between Applications To copy text between applications select the text and then move the mouse cursor to the position where you want the text copied Click the center button on the mouse or the scroll wheel to copy the text When copying information between programs you must keep the source program open and paste the text before closing it When a program closes any content from that ap plication that is on the clipboard is lost 1 10 Other Useful Programs In addition to the programs already discussed like applets you can add to a panel the system also includes additional programs organized in categories in the Application Brows
75. able 6 1 Keyboard Shortcuts for Ekiga page 164 summarizes the most important ones Table 6 1 Keyboard Shortcuts for Ekiga Ctrl Sequence Description Ctrl O Initiate a call with the current number Ctrl D Hang up Ctrl G Hold the current call Ctrl T Transfer the current call to another party Ctrl S Save the current picture to hard disk Ctrl W Close the Ekiga user interface Ctrl Q Quit Ekiga Ctrl E Start the Accounts manager Ctrl P Open the Ekiga Preferences overview This dialog al lows you to do some fine tuning to your Ekiga settings Ctrl Zoom in to the picture of the Web cam Ctrl Zoom out or the picture of the Web cam Ctrl Return to the normal size of the Web cam display Ctrl F Use full screen for the Web cam Ctrl H Display the history of your calls GNOME User Guide 6 3 Making a Call Once Ekiga is configured appropriately making a call is straightforward 1 Start Ekiga using the menu or the command line 2 Enter the SIP address of the other party at the SIP address prompt The address should look like sip username domainname or username hostname for direct local calls or like username sipserver oruserid sipserver for proxied calls or calls using the service of a SIP provider If you have a SIP provider that accepts real phone calls you may just enter the number like sip lt call number gt 3 Click Call or type Ctrl O and wait for the other party to pi
76. ackground is the image or color that is applied to your desktop You can customize the desktop background in the following ways e Select an image for the desktop background The image is superimposed on the desktop background color The desktop background color is visible if you select a transparent image or if the image does not cover the entire desktop e Select a color for the desktop background You can select a solid color or create a gradient effect with two colors A gradient effect is a visual effect where one color blends gradually into another color 50 GNOME User Guide To change the desktop preferences 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Desktop Background 2 Set the desktop preferences the way that you want them The following settings can be changed Table 2 7 Background Preferences Option Description Desktop Wallpa per Style Add Wallpaper Remove Displays an image of your choice on the desktop Determines what processing steps should be applied to the selected image to adapt it optimally to the current screen resolution To specify how to display the image select one of the following options from the Style drop down list e Centered Displays the image in the middle of the desktop e FillScreen Enlarges the image to cover the desktop and maintains the relative dimensions of the image e Scaled Enlarges the image until the image meets the screen edges and maint
77. ains the relative dimensions of the image Tiled Repeats the image over the entire screen Opens a dialog where you can select an image file to use as the background picture Removes a Desktop Wallpaper after you select it and then click Remove Customizing Your Settings 51 52 Option Description Desktop Colors Lets you specify a color scheme using the options in the Desktop Color drop down list and the color selector but tons You can specify a color scheme using any of the following options Solid Color specifies a single color for the desktop background To select a color click Color In the Pick a Color dia log select a color and then click OK Horizontal Gradient creates a gradient effect from the left screen edge to the right screen edge Click Left Color to display the Pick a Color dialog then select the color that you want to appear at the left edge Click Right Color then select the color that you want to appear at the right edge Vertical Gradient creates a gradient effect from the top screen edge to the bottom screen edge Click Top Color to display the Pick a Color dialog then select the color that you want to appear at the top edge Click Bottom Color then select the color that you want to appear at the bottom edge 3 When you are satisfied with your choices click Close Your desktop immediately changes to show the new settings GNOME User Guide 2 2 2 Configuring Deskto
78. al word processing options such as the basic fonts and layout that Writer should use The OpenOffice org Office Suite 111 112 Settings Category Description HTML Document Spreadsheet Presentation Drawing Formula Chart Data Sources Changes the settings related to the HTML authoring features of OpenOffice org Changes the settings for Calc such as those related to sort lists and grids Changes the settings that should apply to all presentations For example you can specify the measurement unit for the grid used to arrange elements Includes the settings related to the vector drawing module such as the drawing scale grid properties and some print op tions Provides a single dialog to set special print options for formu las Defines the default colors used for newly created charts Defines how external data sources should be accessed IMPORTANT All settings listed in the table are applied globally They are used as defaults for every new document you create 3 1 6 Finding Templates Templates greatly enhance the use of OpenOffice org by simplifying formatting tasks for a variety of different types of documents OpenOffice org comes with a few tem plates and you can find additional templates on the Internet You can also create your own Creating templates is beyond the scope of this guide but detailed instructions are found in the OpenOffice org help system and in other documents an
79. an be used as a means to find certain images Another way which is quite unique to f spot is to use the Timeline below the toolbar By dragging the little frame along this time line limit the images displayed in the thumbnail overview to those taken in the selected time frame f spot starts with a sensibly chosen default time line but you can always edit the time span by moving the sliders to the right and left ends of the time line 8 5 Exporting Image Collections f spot offers a range of different export functions for your collections under FileExport Probably the most often used of these are Export to Web Gallery and Export to CD To export a selection of images to a web gallery proceed as follows 1 Select the images to export 2 Click File gt Export gt Export to Web Gallery and select a gallery to which to export your images or add a new one f spot establishes a connection to the Web location entered for your web gallery Select the album to which to export the images and decide whether to scale the images automatically and export titles and comments Managing Your Digital Image Collection 187 Figure 8 4 Exporting Images to a Web Gallery Photos Gallery Gallery myGallery Album Export to Album Not Connected gt v Open album in browser when done uploading Style v Resize to 400 pixels Export titles and comments Cancel J OK To export a selection of images to CD proceed as follow
80. appear as c o linux 3 Select if you want to show relative folder names in the subscription dialog box If you select to show relative folder names in the subscription page only the name of the folder is displayed For example the folder evolution mail would appear as evolution 4 Click Forward When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 145 146 Local Delivery Receiving Options If you select Local Delivery as your receiving server type you need to specify the fol lowing options 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new mes sages 2 Click Forward When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 MH Format Mail Directories Receiving Options If you select MH Format Mail Directories as your receiving server type you need to specify the following options 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new mes sages 2 Select if you want to user the folders summary file 3 Click Forward When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 Maildir Format Mail Directories Receiving Options If you select Maildir Format Mail Directories as your receiving server type you need to speci
81. ase to design a database to store many different kinds of information from a simple address book or recipe file to a sophisticated document management system Tables forms queries and reports can be created manually or using convenient wizards For example the Table Wizard contains a number of common fields for business and personal use Databases created in Base can be used as data sources such as when creating form letters It is beyond the scope of this document to detail database design with Base More infor mation can be found at the sources listed in Section 3 8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice org page 134 3 5 1 Creating a Database Using Predefined Options Base comes with several predefined database fields to help you create a database The steps in this section are specific to creating an address book using predefined fields but it should be easy to follow them to use the predefined fields for any of the built in database options The OpenOffice org Office Suite 129 The process for creating a database can be broken into several subprocesses e Section Creating the Database page 130 e Section Setting Up the Database Table page 130 e Section Creating a Form page 131 e Section Modifying the Form page 132 e Section What s Next page 132 Creating the Database First create the database 1 Click File gt New gt Database 2 Select Create a new database th
82. at for photographs and Web page graphics without transparency Its compression method enables reduction of file sizes but information is lost when compressing It may be a good idea to use the preview option when adjusting the compression level Levels of 85 to 75 often result in an acceptable image quality with reasonable compression Saving a backup in a lossless format like XCF is also recommended If editing an image save only the finished image as JPG Repeatedly loading a JPG then saving can quickly result in poor image quality GIF Although very popular in the past for graphics with transparency GIF is less often used now because of license issues GIF is also used for animated images The format can only save indexed images The file size can often be quite small if only a few colors are used PNG With its support for transparency lossless compression free availability and in creasing browser support PNG is replacing GIF as the preferred format for Web graphics with transparency An added advantage is that PNG offers partial trans parency which is not offered by GIF This enables smoother transitions from colored areas to transparent areas antialiasing To save the image in the chosen format press Save To abort press Cancel If the image has features that cannot be saved in the chosen format a dialog appears with choices for resolving the situation Choosing Export if offered normally gives the desired re sults A win
83. atch al of the folowing Limitto 25 V Predefined Smart Playlists Neglected Favorites 700 MB of Favorites 80 Minutes of Favorites Unheard Use the plus and minus symbols to add or remove criteria To use an already defined smart playlist click Predefined Smart Playlists then select the playlist you want 3 Click Save The smart playlist is added to your music library Creating a Smart Playlist from a Search You can create a smart playlist based on search criteria For example if you search for all songs in your music library by a certain artist Helix Banshee can create a smart playlist in which all songs by that artist are selected 1 In Helix Banshee click Music gt New Smart Playlist from Search 2 Specify a name for the smart playlist then specify the search criteria you want 206 GNOME User Guide Create Smart Playlist from Search Playlist Name JAn v Match any of the folowing Artist 2 contains Tite contains Album contains Gene contains Limitto 25 gt Predefined Smart Playlists Use the plus and minus symbols to add or remove criteria To use an already defined smart playlist click Predefined Smart Playlists then select the playlist you want 3 Click Save The smart playlist is added to your music library 10 1 4 Importing Music
84. ate when I type until New accelerator appears Then press the keystrokes you want to use These new keystrokes will appear in the box You can also choose to tile windows by moving the mouse pointer to the top left default top right bottom left or bottom right of the screen Figure 2 16 Application Tiling openSUSE Zoom These options give you the ability to zoom in and out of areas on your screen which significantly improves desktop accessibility to visually impaired users or to anyone who wants to see a part of the screen displayed in a larger size By default pressing the Super key the Windows key Button 3 if you have a two button mouse press the left and right buttons simultaneously zooms in on part to the desktop You can move the mouse while holding those buttons down to see other parts of the screen You can also press the Super key and use the scroll wheel on the mouse to manually zoom in and out of the desktop GNOME User Guide You can choose to deactivate any of these options or to change the zoom keystrokes Water Effect This option creates a ripple effect on your screen when you hold down the specified key or key combination Ctrl Super by default and move the mouse pointer You can also enable or disable a rain effect when you press Shift F9 To change the keystrokes used to enable and disable the rain effect click the box to the right of Activate deac
85. ave finished click Forward then click Apply Evolution opens with your new account created If you want to import e mail from another e mail client continue with Section Importing Mail Optional page 149 Ifnot skip to Section 4 2 Using Evolution An Overview page 149 Importing Mail Optional If Evolution finds e mail or address files from another application it offers to import them Microsoft Outlook and versions of Outlook Express after version 4 use proprietary formats that Evolution cannot read or import To import information you might want to use the Export tool under Windows Before importing e mail from Netscape make sure you have selected File gt Compact All Folders If you don t Evolution will import and undelete the messages in your Trash folders NOTE Evolution uses standard file types for e mail and calendar information so you can copy those files from your evolution directory The file formats used are mbox for e mail and iCal for calendar information Contacts files are stored in a database but can be saved as a standard vCard To export contact data open your contacts tool and select the contacts you want to export press Ctrl A to select them all Click File Save as VCard 4 2 Using Evolution An Overview Now that the first run configuration has finished you re ready to begin using Evolution Here s a quick explanation of what s happening in your main E
86. ble So if you use OpenOffice org in an environment where you frequently share documents with Word users you should have little or no trouble exchanging document files Just open the files edit them and save them as Word files The OpenOffice org Office Suite 115 3 2 3 Formatting with Styles OpenOffice org uses styles for applying consistent formatting to various elements in a document The following types of styles are available Table 3 4 About the Types of Styles Type of Style What it Does Paragraph Character Frame Page List 116 GNOME User Guide Applies standardized formatting to the various types of paragraphs in your document For example apply a paragraph style to a first level heading to set the font and font size spacing above and below the heading location of the heading and other formatting specifications Applies standardized formatting for types of text For exam ple if you want emphasized text to appear in italics you can create an emphasis style that italicizes selected text when you apply the style to it Applies standardized formatting to frames For example if your document uses sidebars you can create frames with specified graphics borders location and other formatting so that all of your sidebars have a consistent appearance Applies standardized formatting to a specified type of page For example if every page of your document contains a header and footer except for the
87. bled E mail Disabled Launch Web Browser Disabled Show the panel run dialog lt Alt gt F2 Show the panel menu lt Alt gt F1 To edit a shortcut click on the corresponding row and dE type a new accelerator or press backspace to clear GB Help X Close To change the shortcut keys for an action select the action and then press the keys you want to associate with the action To disable the shortcut keys for an action click the shortcut for the action then press Backspace 2 4 System System settings include the following Section 2 4 1 Configuring Date and Time page 81 e Section 2 4 2 Configuring Streaming Audio and Video page 81 e Section 2 4 3 Configuring Language Settings page 81 e Section 2 4 4 Configuring Network Proxies page 82 e Section 2 4 5 Configuring Power Management page 84 e Section 2 4 6 Setting Preferred Applications page 89 e Section 2 4 7 Configuring Search with Beagle Settings page 90 80 GNOME User Guide e Section 2 4 8 Managing Sessions page 90 e Section 2 4 9 Setting Sound Preferences page 95 e Section 2 4 10 Managing Users and Groups page 99 e Section 2 4 11 Configuring Administrative Settings with YaST page 99 2 4 1 Configuring Date and Time To change your date and time configuration for example to change your time zone or the way the date and time are displayed click Computer gt Control Cent
88. c Folder when importing to Library X Cancel Box GNOME User Guide Burning CDs and DVDs GNOME uses the Nautilus file manager to burn CDs and DVDs To burna CD or DVD 1 Click Computer gt More Applications gt Multimedia gt GNOME CD DVD Creator or insert a blank disc and click Make Data CD or Make Audio CD 2 Copy the files you want to put on the CD or DVD into the CD DVD Creator window CD DVD Creator File Browser File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help a gs Home Computer ae P L m Bank CDR Disc ballyscanion1 jpg big2 jpg big3 jpg churfirsten_switzeriand ox fruits picture jpa thevee1 jpg JPG tree wintemox JPG Burning CDs and DVDs 213 3 Click Write to Disc 4 Modify information in the Write to Disc dialog or accept the defaults then click Write The files are burned on the disc This could take a few minutes depending on the amount of data being burned and the speed of your burner You can use the Helix Banshee music player to burn audio and MP3 CDs as explained in Section 10 3 Creating Audio and MP3 CDs page 210 214 GNOME User Guide Finding the Information You Need To support you in your everyday work with openSUSE and to help you explore your Linux system Novell and the open source community at large have created a wealth of information We have compiled relevant information and made it available to you in various formats You can access detailed documentation pr
89. can use it for tasks such as painting or drawing diagrams and editing screen shots photos and icons For more information refer to http kolourpaint sourceforge net KPovmodeler KPovmodeler is a POV Ray front end that integrates with the KDE desktop KPovmodeler saves users from needing a detailed knowledge of POV Ray scripting by translating the POV Ray language in an easy to understand tree view Native POV Ray scripts can be imported to KPovmodeler as well Find more information athttp www kpovmodeler org Krita Krita is KOffice s answer to Adobe Photoshop and The GIMP It can be used for pixel based image creation and editing Its features include many of the advanced image editing capabilities you would normally expect with Adobe Photoshop or The GIMP Find more information at http www koffice org krita OpenOffice org Draw See OpenOffice org page 226 POV Ray The Persistence of Vision Raytracer creates three dimensional photo realistic im ages using a rendering technique called ray tracing Because there is a Windows version of POV Ray it does not take much for Windows users to switch to the Linux version of this application Find more information about POV Ray at http www povray org The GIMP The GIMP is the open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop Its feature list rivals that of Photoshop so it is well suited for professional image manipulation There is even a Windows version of GIMP available Find more inf
90. cation level of the current window with Zoom When Shrink Wrap is selected the image window is resized to fit the current image display exactly 9 4 Saving Images No image function is as important as File gt Save It is better to save too often than too rarely Use File gt Save as to save the image with a new filename It is a good idea to save image stages under different names or make backups in another directory so you can easily restore a previous state When saving for the first time or using Save as a dialog opens in which to specify the filename and type Enter the filename in the field at the top For Save in folder select the directory in which to save the file from a list of commonly used directories To use a different directory or create a new one open Browse for other folders It is recom mended to leave Select File Type set to By Extension With that setting The GIMP de termines the file type based on the extension appended to the filename The following file types are frequently useful XCF This is the native format of the application It saves all layer and path information along with the image itself Even if you need an image in another format it is usually a good idea to save a copy as XCF to simplify future modifications GNOME User Guide PAT This is the format used for The GIMP patterns Saving an image in this format en ables using the image as a fill pattern in The GIMP JPG JPG or JPEG is a common form
91. ce org 1 Start the application in one of the following ways On the menu bar click ey This opens Writer To open a different module click File gt New from the newly opened Writer document then choose the module you want to open From the Computer menu click Computer gt More Applications gt Office then click the name of the OpenOffice org module you want to start Ina terminal window enter oof fice The OpenOffice org window opens Click File New then choose the module you want to open 2 Select the module you want to open If any OpenOffice org application is open you can open any of the other applications by clicking File gt New gt Name of Application The OpenOffice org Office Suite 107 108 3 1 4 Improving OpenOffice org Load Time To speed up the load time of OpenOffice org by preloading the application at system startup 1 Click Jools gt Options gt Memory 2 Select Start at Startup The next time you restart your system OpenOffice org will preload When you open an OpenOffice org application module it will open faster 3 1 5 Customizing OpenOffice org You can customize OpenOffice org to best suit your needs and working style Toolbars menus and keyboard shortcuts can all be reconfigured to help you more quickly access the features you use the most You can also assign macros to application events if you want specific actions to occur when those events take place For example if you alwa
92. ching for projects supporting VoIP If you intend to set up your private telephone network you might be interested in the PBX software Asterisk http www asterisk org Information about this project can also be found at http www voip info org wiki Asterisk Using Voice over IP with Ekiga 167 Part Ill Internet Browsing with Firefox Included with your openSUSE is the Mozilla Firefox Web browser With features like tabs pop up window blocking and download and image management Firefox combines the latest Web technologies You can view more than one Web page ina single window You can suppress annoying advertisements and disable images that only slow you down Its easy access to different search engines helps you find the in formation you need Start the program from the main menu or by entering the command firefox The main program features are described in the following sections 7 1 Navigating Web Sites Firefox has much the same look and feel as other browsers It is shown in Figure 7 1 The Browser Window of Firefox page 172 The navigation toolbar includes Forward and Back and a location bar for a Web address Bookmarks are also available for quick access For more information about the various Firefox features use the Help menu Browsing with Firefox 171 172 Figure 7 1 The Browser Window of Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help 3 fat hitp www mozilla org Alz gt G SU
93. ck up the phone 4 Once you are done or wish to end the call click Hang up or type Ctrl D If you need to tweak the sound parameters during a call click View gt View Mode gt Full View to show four tabs holding more options The second one holds the Audio options for Playback level and Recording level Use the sliders to adjust both volumes to fit your needs 6 4 Answering a Call Ekiga can receive calls in two different ways First the user may be called directly with sip user host Alternatively make your calls via a SIP provider Most SIP providers enable you to get calls from a normal land line to your VoIP account Depend ing on the mode Ekiga is run there are several ways in which you would notice an in coming call Normal Application Incoming calls can only be received and answered if Ekiga is already running You hear the ring sound on your headset or your speakers If Ekiga is not running the call cannot be received Using Voice over IP with Ekiga 165 166 Panel Applet Normally the Ekiga panel applet would run silently without giving any notice of its existence This changes as soon as a call comes in The main window of Ekiga opens and you hear a ring sound on your headset or speakers Once you have noticed an incoming call just click Accept to pick up the phone and start talking If you do not want to accept this call click Reject It is also possible to transfer the call to another SIP address 6 5 Using the
94. combination To remove a shortcut key combination place the mouse pointer over the menu item then press lt or Del Customizing Your Settings 67 68 IMPORTANT If you assign a new keyboard combination you are not warned if you select a combination that was previously assigned to something else The previous as signment is removed and replaced by the new one There is no automatic way to restore the original default keyboard shortcut for a command You must manually reassign the keyboard shortcut This feature does not maintain shortcuts that are normally assigned to all ap plications such as Ctrl C for copy This might lead to inconsistencies in your GNOME applications Making Toolbars Detachable If you want to be able to move toolbars to other locations on the screen click Detachable toolbars When this option is enabled a handle displays on the left side of the toolbars in your applications To move a toolbar click and hold on the handle then drag the toolbar to the new location Configuring Placement of Toolbar Button Labels Select one of the following options to specify how toolbar button labels display in your GNOME compliant applications Text below icons Displays icon labels below the icons for each button Text beside icons Displays icons on the toolbar with text beside the most important icons Icons only Displays icons only without any text labels Text only Displays text labels on each b
95. d information for the selected images are displayed in a sidebar to the left and a thumbnails of all images bearing the selected tag or category or if none is selected the entire col lection is displayed in the right part of the window Figure 8 2 f spot Main Window Eile Edit view Find Tags Help amp amp amp g Rotate Left Rotate Right Browse EditImage Fullscreen Slideshow a E Hidden 7 7 7 7 A 7 7 7 7 J 5 Fep tee ee w Places 0 Events Other 7 11 2005 le T 7 11 2005 Ld Name img_4712 jpg IDS Version Original gt Date 7 11 2005 6 54AM Size 2272x1704 Exposure f 3 5 1 30 sec A menu bar right at the top of the window allows you to access the main menus A toolbar below offers several different functions depicted by a matching icon Table 8 1 f spot Toolbar Icon Description Rotate Left or Right Use this shortcut to change an image s orientation Browse The Browse mode allows you to view and search you en tire collection or tagged subsets of it You can also use the time line to search images by creation date Edit Image This mode allows you to select one image and do some basic image processing Details are available in Sec tion 8 6 Basic Image Processing with f spot page 189 GNOME User Guide Icon Description Fullscreen Switch to fullscreen display mode Slideshow Start a slide show 8 1 Downloading Pictures fr
96. d differently you will probably need to do some reformatting to successfully bring subdocuments into the master document without creating inconsistencies For example if two documents imported into your master document include different styles with the same name the master document will use the formatting specified for that style in the first document you import GNOME User Guide 3 2 6 Using Writer as an HTML Editor In addition to being a full featured word processor Writer also functions as an HTML editor Writer includes HTML tags that can be applied as you would any other style in a Writer document You can view the document as it will appear online or you can directly edit the HTML code Creating an HTML Document 1 Click File gt New gt HTML Document 2 Click the arrow at the bottom of the Formatting and Styles window 3 Select HTML Styles 4 Create your HTML document using the styles to tag your text 5 Click FileSave As 6 Select the location where you want to save your file name the file and select HTML Document html from the Filter list 7 Click OK If you prefer to edit HTML code directly or if you want to see the HTML code created when you edited the HTML file as a Writer document click View gt HTML Source In HTML Source mode the Formatting and Styles list is no longer available NOTE The first time you switch to HTML Source mode you are prompted to save the file as HTML if you have not already
97. d manager open the configuration window from Edit gt Preferences and go to the Downloads tab Here determine the download folder how the manager behaves and some configuration of file types 7 5 Customizing Firefox Firefox can be customized extensively You can install extensions change themes and add smart keywords for your online searches 7 5 1 Extensions Mozilla Firefox is a multifunctional application which means that you can download and install add ons known as extensions For example add a new download manager and mouse gestures This has the advantage that Firefox itself stays small and unbloated To add an extension click Tools gt Extensions In the bottom right corner click Get More Extensions to open the Mozilla extensions update Web page where you can choose from a variety of available extensions Click the extension to install then click the install link to download and install it When you restart Firefox the new extension is functional You can also look at the various extensions at http addons mozilla org Figure 7 3 Installing Firefox Extensions a 2 Extensions Themes Beagle Indexer 0 5 Index webpages you visit using Beagle Preferences Disable urinstan_ Ey DOM Inspector 1 8 1 Inspects the structure and properties of a window and its contents Get Extensions Browsing with Firefox 177 7 5 2 Changing Themes If you do not like the standard look and feel of Firefox install a
98. d or installed yourself such as your company s presentation template Impress uses styles and templates the same way other OpenOffice org mod ules do See Section 3 2 4 Using Templates to Format Documents page 119 for more information about templates 3 4 2 Using Master Pages Master pages give your presentation a consistent look by defining the way each slide looks what fonts are used and other graphical elements Impress uses two types of master pages Slide master Contains elements that appear on all slides For example you might want your company logo to appear in the same place on every slide The slide master also determines the text formatting style for the heading and outline of every slide that uses that master page as well as any information you want to appear in a header or footer Notes master Determines the formatting and appearance of the notes in your presentation The OpenOffice org Office Suite 127 Creating a Slide Master Impress comes with a collection of preformatted master pages Eventually most users will want to customize their presentations by creating their own slide masters 1 Start Impress then create a new empty presentation 2 Click View gt Master gt Slide Master This opens the current slide master in Master View 3 Right click the left hand panel then click New Master 4 Edit the slide master until it has the desired look 5 Click Close Master View or View gt Norma
99. d paste paragraphs from other documents with different formatting Changing a Style Styles are powerful because you can change formatting throughout a document by changing a style rather than applying the change separately everywhere you want to apply the new formatting 1 Inthe Styles and Formatting window right click the style you want to change 2 Click Modify 3 Change the settings for the selected style For information about the available settings refer to the OpenOffice org online help 4 Click OK Creating a Style OpenOffice org comes with a collection of styles to suit many users needs However most users eventually need a style that does not yet exist To create a new style 1 Right click in any empty space in the Styles and Formatting window Make sure you are in the list of styles for the type of style you want to create For example if you are creating a character style make sure you are in the character style list 2 Click New 3 Click OK 118 GNOME User Guide 4 Name your style and choose the settings you want applied with that style For details about the style options available in any tab click that tab and then click Help 3 2 4 Using Templates to Format Documents Most word processor users create more than one kind of document For example you might write letters memos and reports all of which look different and require different styles If you create a template for each of your document t
100. d that you follow the rules of this License for verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other re spects You may extract a single document from such a collection and distribute it individually under this License provided you insert a copy of this License into the extracted docu ment and follow this License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document D 2 8 AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate and independent documents or works in or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium is called an aggregate if the copyright resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the legal rights of the compilation s users beyond what the individual works permit When the Document is included in an aggregate this License does not apply to the other works in the aggregate which are not themselves derivative works of the Document If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these copies of the Document then if the Document is less than one half of the entire aggregate the Document s Cover Texts may be placed on covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate or the electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic form Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket the whole aggregate D 2 9 TRANSLATION Translation is considered a kind of modification so you may distribute translations of
101. d tutorials available online GNOME User Guide In addition to templates you can find other extras and add ins online The following table lists a few of the prominent places where you can find templates and other extras Because Web sites often close or their content changes the information in the following table might not be current when you read it Table 3 3 Where to Find OpenOffice org Templates and Extras Location What You Can Find OpenOffice org documentation Web site Templates for Calc spreadsheets CD http documentation cases seed packets fax cover sheets and openoffice org Samples more _Templates User template_2 _x index html1 Worldlabel com http www Templates for many types of labels worldlabel com Pages openoffice template htm For more information about templates see Section 3 2 4 Using Templates to Format Documents page 119 and Section 3 3 2 Using Templates in Calc page 125 3 2 Word Processing with Writer OpenOffice org Writer is a full featured word processor with page and text formatting capabilities Its interface is similar to interfaces for other major word processors and it includes some features that are usually found only in expensive desktop publishing applications This section highlights a few key features of Writer For more information about these features and for complete instructions for using Writer look at the OpenOffice org help or any of the sources
102. delete the option GNOME User Guide 2 2 7 Customizing Window Behavior Use the Window Preferences tool to customize window behavior for the desktop You can determine how a window reacts to contact with the mouse pointer or to double clicks on its titlebar and you can define which key to hold for moving an application window To customize window behavior click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Windows Figure 2 23 Window Preferences Dialog Window Preferences Interval before raising Double click titlebar to perform this action Maximize To move a window press and hold this key then grab the window Control Alt Hyper Super or Windows logo Deer When several application windows populate the desktop the active one by default is the one last clicked Change this behavior by activating Select Windows When the Mouse Moves over Them If desired activate Raise Selected Window after an Interval and adjust the latency time with the slider This raises a windows a short time after the window receives focus Application windows can be shaded rolled up by double clicking the title bar leaving only the title bar visible This saves space on the desktop and is the default behavior It is also possible to set windows to maximize when the title bar is double clicked Using the radio buttons select a modifier key to press for moving a window Ctrl Alt Hyper or the Windows logo key Custo
103. der the terms defined in section 4 above for modified versions provided that you include in the combination all of the Invariant Sections of all of the original documents unmodified and list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its license notice and that you preserve all their Warranty Disclaimers The combined work need only contain one copy of this License and multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single copy If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but different contents make the title of each such section unique by adding at the end of it in parentheses the name of the original author or publisher of that section if known or else a unique number Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work In the combination you must combine any sections Entitled History in the various original documents forming one section Entitled History likewise combine any sections Entitled Acknowledgements and any sections Entitled Dedications You must delete all sections Entitled Endorsements GNU Licenses 261 262 D 2 7 COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents released under this License and replace the individual copies of this License in the various documents with a single copy that is included in the collection provide
104. desktop background screen saver keyboard and mouse configuration sounds and file associa 220 tions Figure B 5 GNOME Control Center Groups Hardware Look and Feel Personal System Common Tasks Change Desktop Background Add Printer Configure Network Change Password Add User Open Administrator Settings Control Center Hardware Bluetooth Configure Bluetooth Keyboard Network Card Configure network car T S Scanner 9 Configure a scanner Look and Feel m Desktop Background 5 Menu Layout Fol Screensaver Personal G EA Accessibility Keyring Manager Key Management Tool System Date and Time Control time zone dat Network Proxies Q Search Settings A h 3 DSL Configure a DSL conn E Modem seas Configure a modem Printers 3 Manage Printers Screen Resolution ae Desktop Effects fies Menus amp Toolbars v n Theme l Assistive Technology B E Shortcuts ef GStreamer Properties Multimedia Systems S P Power Management A Sessions 7a Graphics Card and M Configure the graphic M Mouse m Removable Drives an E K Fonts R Orca Screen Reader W a m Windows F Change Password Language Change the language Preferred Applications Sound ci For more information see Chapter 2 Customizing Your Settings page 35 GNOME User Guide B
105. dialing in to regular phone networks you have created a SIP account For a list of providers refer to http www voipproviderslist com Free trials are provided by http www voipbuster com For video conferencing you have attached a Web cam to your computer 1 Configuring Ekiga On first start Ekiga comes up with a configuration assistant that requests you to enter all data needed to configure your instance of Ekiga To configure Ekiga proceed as follows Using Voice over IP with Ekiga 161 162 9 Enter your user name name and surname Enter your ekiga net account data or choose not to sign up to ekiga net To add other accounts later on configure them using Edit gt Accounts Determine your connection type Determine the type of firewall to use to enable you to perform calls with Ekiga Choose the audio manager to use Accept the default setting ALSA as other sound systems like OSS are not available on openSUSE Choose the audio input and output devices and test your settings Accept the video manager selection V4L Choose the video input device and test your settings Check the summary of your settings and apply them Ekiga allows you to maintain multiple accounts To configure an additional account proceed as follows 1 2 Open Edit gt Accounts and select Add Choose an Account Name Select an appropriate Protocol depending on what type of account you use Normally you would select SZP here E
106. done so The OpenOffice org Office Suite 123 124 3 3 Using Spreadsheets with Calc Calc is the OpenOffice org spreadsheet application Create a new spreadsheet with File gt New gt Spreadsheet or open one with File gt Open Calc can read and save in Mi crosoft Excel s format so it is easy to exchange spreadsheets with Excel users NOTE Calc can process many VBA macros in Excel documents however support for VBA macros is not yet complete When opening an Excel spreadsheet that makes heavy use of macros you might discover that some do not work In the spreadsheet cells enter fixed data or formulas A formula can manipulate data from other cells to generate a value for the cell in which it is inserted You can also create charts from cell values e Section 3 3 1 Using Formatting and Styles in Calc page 124 e Section 3 3 2 Using Templates in Calc page 125 3 3 1 Using Formatting and Styles in Calc Calc comes with a few built in cell and page styles to improve the appearance of your spreadsheets and reports Although these built in styles are adequate for many uses you will probably find it useful to create styles for your own frequently used formatting preferences Creating a Style 1 Click Format gt Styles and Formatting 2 Inthe Formatting and Styles window click either the Cell Styles or the Page Styles icon 3 Right click in the Formatting and Styles window then click New 4 Specif
107. dow then opens with the options of the format Reasonable default values are provided Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 197 198 9 5 Printing Images To print an image select File gt Print from the image menu If your printer is configured in the system it should appear in the list In some cases it may be necessary to select an appropriate driver with Setup Printer Select the appropriate paper size with Media Size and the type in Media Type Other settings are available in the Image Output Settings tab Figure 9 2 The Print Dialog Printer Settings Image Output Settings Printer name l File A Printer model PostScript Level 2 Setup printer New printer Media size Letter ar Dimensions Width 0 00 Height o o0 Media type Standard Media source Standard Ink type Standard Resolution Standard v Position Orientation Landscape Left 0 50 Top 0 50 Right 10 50 Bottom 8 00 Right Border 0 50 Bottom Border 0 50 Center Vericaiy Botn Horizontally Size Scaling mem T 100 0 2 Scale by Percent Width 10 00 Units Inch Use Original D PPI Height 7 50 O cm Image Size Save Print and z Tp Heip About Seinas cavecennae amp Cancel Print In the bottom portion of the window adjust the image size Press
108. drive Whether images are automatically imported from a digital camera when it is attached to the computer Whether removable storage devices are mounted when they are plugged in to the computer Whether PDAs are automatically synced when attached to the computer In general you do not need to change the settings that are already configured unless you want to change the behavior when a device is connected or if you want to connect anew device that is not yet configured If you attach a device for the first time and it behaves in an unexpected or undesired way check the Removable Drives and Media settings 2 1 10 Configuring a Scanner The Scanner configuration enables you to attach and configure a scanner or to remove an already attached scanner NOTE Scanner configuration is done in YaST2 and requires root privileges To open YaST2 and configure a scanner click Computer gt Control Center gt Hard ware gt Scanner Refer to the instructions on the Scanner Configuration screen for information about the available options GNOME User Guide 2 1 11 Specifying Screen Resolution Settings Use this module to specify the resolution settings for your screen including Resolution and Refresh Rate Click Computer gt Control Center gt Hardware gt Screen Resolution Figure 2 10 Screen Resolution Preferences Dialog Screen Resolution Preferences Default Settings Resolution Refresh rate 88 Hz Options Make
109. e Applications does not appear in the Show menu click the menu and select Favorite Applications 3 Right click the item you want to remove 4 Select Remove from Favorites The removed application no longer appears in your Favorite Applications Recently Used Applications Recently Used Applications shows the last several applications you have started Use this view to quickly find applications you have used recently 12 GNOME User Guide Recent Documents Recent Documents shows the last several documents you have opened Use this view to quickly locate the documents you worked on most recently 1 4 3 System System provides shortcuts to several system applications Table 1 3 System Shortcuts Application Description Help Opens the Help Center which provides online documentation for your system Control Center Helps you customize and configure your system For more infor mation see Chapter 2 Customizing Your Settings page 35 Install Software Opens the Software Installer which guides you through the process of installing new software Lock Screen Locks your system so nobody can access it while you are away Enter your password to unlock the system Log Out Opens the Log Out dialog where you can log out shut down or restart your system or suspend the computer 1 4 4 Status Status displays information about your hard drive and network connection including the amount of available space on your hard disk and
110. e GNOME Desktop 29 30 1 6 Opening or Creating Documents with OpenOffice org For creating and editing documents OpenOffice org is installed with the GNOME desktop OpenOffice org is a complete set of office tools that can both read and save Microsoft Office file formats OpenOffice org has a word processor a spreadsheet a data base a drawing tool and a presentation program To get started click Computer gt OpenOffice org Writer or select an OpenOffice org module by clicking Computer gt More Applications gt Office then select the module you want to open A number of sample documents and templates are included with OpenOffice org You can access the templates by clicking File gt New gt Templates In addition you can use wizards which guide you through the creation of letters and other typical documents For a more in depth introduction to OpenOffice org see Chapter 3 The OpenOffice org Office Suite page 103 or view the help in any OpenOffice org program 1 7 Exploring the Internet The GNOME Desktop includes Firefox a Mozilla based Web browser You can start it by clicking Computer gt Firefox You can type an address into the location bar at the top or click links in a page to move to different pages just like in any other Web browser For more information see Chapter 7 Browsing with Firefox page 171 1 8 E mail and Calendering Novell Evolution seamlessly combines e mail a calendar an address book and
111. e a look at the other end user documentation for openSUSE the following manuals might be interesting Start Up Guides you through the installation and basic configuration of your system For newcomers the manual also introduces basic Linux concepts such as the file system the user concept and access permissions and gives an overview of the features openSUSE offers to support mobile working Provides help and advice in trou bleshooting KDE User Guide This manual introduces the KDE desktop of openSUSE and a variety of applications you will encounter when working with the KDE desktop It guides you through using these applications and helps you perform key tasks It is intended mainly for end users who want to make efficient use of applications running on the KDE desktop openSUSE also comes with a comprehensive manual for system administrators and home users with basic system administration knowledge Check out Reference for ad vanced system administration tasks and a general understanding of openSUSE For an overview of all manuals shipped with openSUSE refer to http www novell com documentation opensusel102 where you can also download the manuals You can also access the information online in the Help Center of your desktop GNOME User Guide 5 Documentation Conventions The following typographical conventions are used in this manual 6 etc passwad filenames and directory names placeholder replace placeholder with th
112. e a machine readable Transparent copy along with each Opaque copy or state in or with each Opaque copy a computer network location from which GNOME User Guide the general network using public has access to download using public standard network protocols a complete Transparent copy of the Document free of added material If you use the latter option you must take reasonably prudent steps when you begin distribution of Opaque copies in quantity to ensure that this Transparent copy will remain thus ac cessible at the stated location until at least one year after the last time you distribute an Opaque copy directly or through your agents or retailers of that edition to the public It is requested but not required that you contact the authors of the Document well before redistributing any large number of copies to give them a chance to provide you with an updated version of the Document D 2 5 MODIFICATIONS You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above provided that you release the Modified Version under pre cisely this License with the Modified Version filling the role of the Document thus licensing distribution and modification of the Modified Version to whoever possesses a copy of it In addition you must do these things in the Modified Version A Usein the Title Page and on the covers if any a title distinct from that of the Document and from those of previous v
113. e actual value PATH the environment variable PATH ls help commands options and parameters user users or groups Alt Alt F1 a key to press or a key combination keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard File File Save As menu items buttons Dancing Penguins Chapter Penguins t Reference This is a reference to a chapter in another book About the Making of This Manual This book is written in Novdoc a subset of DocBook see ht tp www docbook org The XML source files were validated by xml lint processed by xsltproc and converted into HTML using a customized version of Norman Walsh s stylesheets About This Guide ix Part I GNOME Desktop Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop This chapter assists you in becoming familiar with the conventions layout and common tasks of the GNOME desktop as implemented in SUSE Linux e Section 1 1 Logging in and Selecting a Desktop page 4 e Section 1 2 Logging Out page 6 e Section 1 3 Desktop Basics page 6 e Section 1 4 Using the Main Menu page 10 e Section 1 5 Accessing Folders and Files page 14 e Section 1 6 Opening or Creating Documents with OpenOffice org page 30 e Section 1 7 Exploring the Internet page 30 e Section 1 8 E mail and Calendering page 30 Section 1 9 Moving Text between Applications page 31 Section 1 10 Other Useful Programs page 31 Section 1
114. e figure below A tree structure is used to display categories of settings GNOME User Guide Figure 3 1 The Options Window Options OpenOfficeiorg User Data E OpenOffice org Address General Company I Memory View First Last name initials Print Paths Street Colors Fonts City State Zip Security Appearance Country Region a aaay Title Position Load Save Language Settings Tel Goma ANarig l OpenOffice org Writer Fax E mail OpenOffice org Writer Web OpenOffice org Base Charts Internet OK Cancel Help Back The following table lists the settings categories along with a brief description of each category Table 3 2 Global Setting Categories Settings Category Description OpenOffice org Various basic settings including your user data such as your address and e mail important paths and settings for printers and external programs Load Save Includes the settings related to the opening and saving of sev eral file types There is a dialog for general settings and several special dialogs to define how external formats should be han dled Language Settings Covers the various settings related to languages and writing aids such as your locale and spell checker settings This is also the place to enable support for Asian languages Internet Includes the dialogs to configure any proxies and to change settings related to search engines Text Document Configures the glob
115. e help menu Extensive help on performing any task in OpenOffice org Official OpenOffice org support page Manuals tutorials user and developer http support openoffice forums users openoffice org mailing org index html1 list FAQs and much more GNOME User Guide Location What You Can Find OpenOffice org Migration Guide cooauthors org en authors userguide2 migration OtherMSOFiles_25_June_PK Sxw Taming OpenOffice org http www taming openoffice org com OpenOffice org Macros http www pitonyak org oo php Information about migrating to OpenOf fice org from other office suites including Microsoft Office Books news tips and tricks Extensive information about creating and using macros The OpenOffice org Office Suite 135 Evolution E Mail and Calendaring Evolution makes the tasks of storing organizing and retrieving your personal infor mation easy so you can work and communicate more effectively with others It s a highly evolved groupware program an integral part of the Internet connected desktop Evolution can help you work in a group by handling e mail address and other contact information and one or more calendars It can do that on one or several computers connected directly or over a network for one person or for large groups With Evolution you can accomplish your most common daily tasks quickly For exam ple it takes only one or two clicks to enter appointme
116. efore the move action is interpreted as a drag and drop action 2 1 7 Configuring a Network Card If you connect to a network over a network card use this option to configure your connection The network card is configured in YaST 46 GNOME User Guide NOTE Root privileges are required for configuring your network card 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Hardware gt Network Card 2 Enter the root password YaST opens 3 Follow the instructions in YaST to configure the network card 2 1 8 Installing and Configuring Printers Use the Printers module to install and configure printers To start the Printers module click Computer gt Control Center Hardware gt Printers Figure 2 9 Printers Dialog Printers Printer Edit New Printer LaserJet 5 series LaserJet 5Si 5Si Paused MxX PostScript 1 Jobs Ready 2 1 9 Configuring Removable Drives and Media You can use a wide variety of removable drives and media including storage devices cameras scanners and more The configurations for many of these devices are set up Customizing Your Settings 47 48 automatically during installation To change the configuration for a drive or other re movable device click Computer gt Control Center Hardware gt Removable Drives and Media Some of the possible configuration settings include e What happens when a blank CD is inserted in the CD drive What happens when an audio CD is inserted in the
117. en click Next 3 Click Yes register the database for me to make your database information available to other OpenOffice org modules select both check boxes in the bottom half of the dialog then click Finish 4 Browse to the directory where you want to save the database specify a name for the database then click OK Setting Up the Database Table Next define the fields you want to use in your database table 1 Inthe Table Wizard click Personal The Sample tables list changes to show the predefined tables for personal use If you had clicked Business the list would contain predefined business tables 2 Inthe Sample tables list click Addresses The available fields for the predefined address book appear in the Available fields menu 130 GNOME User Guide 3 Inthe Available fields menu click the fields you want to use in your address book You can select one item at a time or you can shift click multiple items to select them 4 Click the single right arrow to move the selected items to the Selected fields menu To move all available fields to the Selected fields menu click the double right arrow 5 Use the up arrow and down arrow to adjust the order of the selected fields The fields appear in the table and forms in the order in which they are listed 6 Click Next 7 Make sure each of the fields is defined correctly You can change the field name type whether the entry is required and the maximum length of the f
118. enOffice org Calc MS PowerPoint StarOf fice OpenOffice org Impress MS Excel MicroCall Origin MS Access OpenOffice org Base MS Money Quicken money plex MS Project MindManager Free Mind OpenOffice org StarOffice KOffice OpenOffice org StarOffice Writer KWord OpenOffice org StarOffice Calc Gnumeric KSpread OpenOffice org StarOffice Im press KPresenter OpenOffice org Calc Kst Gnu plot Grace Xmgr LabPlot OpenOffice org Base Rekall kexi Mergeant PostgreSQL GnuCash moneyplex KMy Money Planner Taskjuggler VYM View Your Mind Free Mind KDissert FreeMind helps you to visualize your thoughts by creating and editing a mind map You can easily copy nodes or the style of nodes and paste texts from sources such as HTML RTF and mails The mind maps can be exported into various formats such as HTML and XML For more information refer to http freemind sourceforge net wiki index php Main_Page GNOME User Guide GnuCash GnuCash is a software tool to control both your personal and business finances Keep track of income and expenses and manage your bank accounts and stock portfolios all using one piece of software Learn more about GnuCash at http www gnucash org Gnumeric Gnumeric is a spreadsheet solution for the GNOME desktop environment Find more information about Gnumeric at http www gnumeric org Gnuplot Gnuplot is a very powerful and portable command line c
119. ences Use the Sounds tab to specify when to launch the sound server You can also enable sound event functions 96 GNOME User Guide Figure 2 32 Sound Preferences Dialog General Page Sound Preferences ay system sounds System Sounds Select check box No sound Choose menu item No sound gt kal Click on command button No sound gt Miscellaneous message No sound gt food Question dialog No sound A Error message Siren gt had Warning message wamingwav a Informational message No sound gt faa Log out Logout gt w Login Login gt kal Ou Click Enable software sound mixing ESD to start the sound server when you start a session When the sound server is active the desktop can play sounds Click Play system sounds to play sounds when particular events occur in the desktop Finally select the sound to play at each of the specified events Customizing Your Settings 97 Setting System Beep Preferences Some applications play a beep sound to indicate a keyboard input error Use the System Beep tab to set preferences for the system beep Figure 2 33 Sound Preferences Dialog System Beep Page Sound Preferences x Enable system beep _ Visual system beep On 98 GNOME User Guide 2 4 10 Managing Users and Groups Use the User Management tool to manage users and g
120. ent that you want to use in any spreadsheet that uses this template 3 Click File gt Templates gt Save 4 Specify a name for the template 5 Inthe Categories box click the category you want to place the template in The category is the folder where the template is stored 6 Click OK 3 4 Using Presentations with Impress Use OpenOffice org Impress to create presentations for screen display or printing such as slide shows or transparencies If you have used other presentation software you can move comfortably to Impress which works very similarly to other presentation software Impress can open and save Microsoft Powerpoint presentations which means you can exchange presentations with Powerpoint users as long as you save your presentations in Powerpoint format e Section 3 4 1 Creating a Presentation page 126 e Section 3 4 2 Using Master Pages page 127 3 4 1 Creating a Presentation 1 Click File New gt Presentation 2 Select the option to use for creating the presentation 126 GNOME User Guide There are two ways to create a presentation e Create an empty presentation Opens Impress with a blank slide Use this option to create a new presentation from scratch without any preformatted slides e Create a presentation from a template Opens Impress with your choice of template Use this option to create a new presentation with a predesigned OpenOffice org template or a template you ve create
121. ents that help protect your computer and ensure that it runs smoothly through ZENworks The Software Update feature is de signed to help you manage the software you have on your computer and to install update and remove programs without your having to track dependencies and resolve conflicts Contact your system administrator for more information about how your company is disseminating updates GNOME User Guide To access the update tool click Computer gt More Applications gt System gt Update Software If updates are available the ZEN Update icon appears in the notification area of the bottom panel In this case click the icon to access the update tool Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 33 Customizing Your Settings You can change the way the GNOME desktop looks and behaves to suit your own personal tastes and needs Some of the settings you might want to change include e Keyboard and mouse configuration see Section 2 1 4 Modifying Keyboard Preferences page 38 and Section 2 1 6 Configuring the Mouse page 43 Desktop background see Section 2 2 1 Changing the Desktop Background page 50 e Screen saver see Section 2 2 5 Configuring the Screen Saver page 69 e Password see Section 2 3 3 Changing Your Password page 78 e Sounds see Section 2 4 9 Setting Sound Preferences page 95 These settings and others can be changed in the Control Center To access the Contr
122. er To access the programs open the Application Browser by clicking Comput erMore Applications then browse through the categories to see which applications are available Categories include the following Table 1 10 Applications Category Types of Programs New Applica Newly installed applications tions Applications Applications for browsing files and other uses Development Web development MONO documentation sharing files between computers Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 32 Category Types of Programs Edutainment Games Graphics Internet Multimedia Office System Utilities Educational games and applications Card games arcade favorites and puzzles Image viewers and editors drawing programs photo browsers scanning programs Applications for browsing the Internet and your computer s file system Music players CD database video editors CD and DVD burners volume controllers and other audio and video applications Word processors and text editors spreadsheets presentation soft ware database software project management utilities PDF reader personal information managers calendars Applications for configuring and managing your system System customization search configuration calculators and other tools Following chapters in this guide describe some of the more commonly used applications 1 11 Obtaining Software Updates Novell offers important updates and enhancem
123. er gt System gt Date and Time This opens the YaST Date and Time module which requires root privileges Enter the root password and follow the instructions on the YaST pages 2 4 2 Configuring Streaming Audio and Video The GStreamer Properties application lets you set which audio and video plug ins you want to use for streaming multimedia To open this application click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt GStreamer Properties In most cases you should use the default selections However if you want to select other plug ins select the plug in you want from the menus The Audio tab lists the plug ins for audio input and output The Video tab lists the video plug ins Click Close when you are finished The system is immediately configured to use the selected plug ins 2 4 3 Configuring Language Settings openSUSE can be configured to use any of many languages The language setting de termines the language of dialogs and menus and can also determine the keyboard and clock layout You can set the following language settings Customizing Your Settings 81 82 e Primary language e Whether the keyboard language setting should depend on the primary language e Whether the time zone should depend on the primary language e Secondary languages NOTE You must have administrator root privileges to configure language settings To configure your language settings 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Syste
124. ersions which should if there were any be listed in the History section of the Document You may use the same title as a previous version if the original publisher of that version gives permission B Liston the Title Page as authors one or more persons or entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified Version together with at least five of the principal authors of the Document all of its principal authors if it has fewer than five unless they release you from this requirement C State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the Modified Version as the publisher D Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document E Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications adjacent to the other copyright notices F Include immediately after the copyright notices a license notice giving the public permission to use the Modified Version under the terms of this License in the form shown in the Addendum below GNU Licenses 259 260 G Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections and required Cover Texts given in the Document s license notice H Include an unaltered copy of this License I Preserve the section Entitled History Preserve its Title and add to it an item stating at least the title year new authors and publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page If there is no section Entitled History in the Document create
125. es would find results containing apples but not oranges To search for an exact phrase or word put quotation marks around the phrase or word Common words such as a the and is are ignored The base form of a search term is used when searching for example a search for driving will match drive drives and driven GNOME User Guide Performing a Property Search By default the Beagle search tool looks for search terms in the text of documents and in their properties To search for a word in a particular property use property_keyword query For example author john searches for files that have john listed in the Author property Table 1 9 Supported Property Keywords Keyword Property album Album of the media artist Artist author Author of the content comment User comments creator Creator of the content extension or ext mailfrom mailfromaddr mailinglist mailto mailtoaddr tag title File extension for example extension jpeg or ext mp3 Use extension or ext to search in files with no extension E mail sender name E mail sender address Mailing list ID E mail recipient name E mail recipient address FSpot and Digikam image tags Title Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 23 24 Property searches follow the rules mentioned in Section Search Tips page 22 You can use property searches as an exclusion query or OR query and phrases can
126. ese modifiers to change window opacity then select the button or combination of buttons you want to use Select a window hold down the button or buttons you selected then scroll the mouse wheel up or down to change the transparency of the window Figure 2 13 Translucent Window Desktop Cube Use the options on this tabbed page to specify how many sides your desktop cube has which keystroke and mouse button combination you can use to drag the cube and to configure edge flipping Customizing Your Settings 57 58 Edge Flipping Figure 2 14 Desktop Cube Tabbed Page 3D Desktop Window Effects Desktop Cube Other Features Desktop Cube Wrap the desktop around a cube with 4 g sides Drag the cube with the mouse by using O Shift Control amp Alt O Super Button 1 Button2 Button 3 When edge flipping is enabled the cube automatically rotates to the next face when you bump the pointer against the edge of the screen Don t enable edge flipping O Enable edge flipping only when dragging windows or icons O Always enable edge flipping Delay before flipping _R 350 ms X Close Desktop Cube By default this option gives you four desktops on the faces of a virtual cube that you can rotate to access another desktop This provides extra space in which to ar range open applications and windows For example you can put an editor on one desktop some shells on anothe
127. ess letter Page design Elegant 4 gt Printed items Use letterhead paper with pre printed elements 3 4 Recipient and sender Eormal personal letter 5 Footer 6 Name and location Personal letter This wizard helps you to create a letter template You can then use the template as the basis for writing letters as often as desired Help Next gt Einish Cancel Enter text in the document window as desired Use the Formatting toolbar or the Format menu to adjust the appearance of the document Use the File menu or the relevant buttons in the toolbar to print and save your document With the options under Insert add extra items to your document such as a table picture or chart 3 2 2 Sharing Documents with Other Word Processors You can use Writer to edit documents created in a variety of other word processors For example you can import a Microsoft Word document edit it and save it again as a Word document Most Word documents can be imported into OpenOffice org without any problem Formatting fonts and all other aspects of the document remain intact However some very complex documents such as documents containing complicated tables Word macros or unusual fonts or formatting might require some editing after being imported OpenOffice org can also save in many popular word processing formats Likewise documents created in OpenOffice org and saved as Word files can be opened in Microsoft Word without any trou
128. f this License Exception if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program and can be reasonably considered indepen dent and separate works in themselves then this License and its terms do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program the distri bution of the whole must be on the terms of this License whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it Thus it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you rather the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program In addition mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with the Pro gram or with a work based on the Program on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License 3 You may copy and distribute the Program or a work based on it under Section 2 in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do o
129. fy the following options 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new mes sages 2 Select if you want to apply filters to new messages in the Inbox 3 Click Forward GNOME User Guide When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory Receiving Options If you select Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory as your receiving server type you need to specify the following options 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new mes sages 2 Select if you want to apply filters to new messages in the Inbox 3 Select if you want to store status headers in Elm Pine and Mutt formats 4 Click Forward When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 Section Sending Mail page 147 Sending Mail Now that you have entered information about how you plan to get mail Evolution needs to know about how you want to send it e Select a server type from the Server Type list The following server types are available Sendmail Uses the Sendmail program to send mail from your system Send mail is more flexible but is not as easy to configure so you should select this option only if you know how to set up a Sendmail service SMTP
130. h the mouse In the xsane dialog select whether to scan a grayscale or color image and the required scan resolution The higher the resolution the better the quality of the scanned image is However this also results in a correspondingly larger file and the scanning process can take a very long time at higher resolutions The size of the final image both in pixels and bytes is shown in the lower part of the dialog In the xsane dialog use the sliders to set desired gamma brightness and contrast values Changes are visible in the preview immediately Once all settings have been made click Scan to scan the image Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 195 196 9 3 4 The Image Window The new opened or scanned image appears in its own window The menu bar in the top of the window provides access to all image functions Alternatively access the menu by right clicking the image or clicking the small arrow button in the left corner of the rulers File offers the standard file options such as Save and Print Close closes the current image Quit closes the entire application With the items in the View menu control the display of the image and the image window New View opens a second display window of the current image Changes made in one view are reflected in all other views of that image Alternate views are useful for mag nifying a part of an image for manipulation while seeing the complete image in another view Adjust the magnifi
131. have Invariant Sections Front Cover Texts and Back Cover Texts replace the with Texts line with this with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES with the Front Cover Texts being LIST and with the Back Cover Texts being LIST If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts or some other combination of the three merge those two alternatives to suit the situation If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code we recommend releas ing these examples in parallel under your choice of free software license such as the GNU General Public License to permit their use in free software GNOME User Guide
132. he power icon is displayed in the task panel The options are 88 GNOME User Guide Never display icon Only display when battery level is critical Only display when charging or discharging Only display when battery present Always display icon 2 4 6 Setting Preferred Applications The Preferred Applications module allows you to specify which applications to use for various common tasks To change any of these settings 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt Preferred Applications 2 Click the tab for the type of application you want to set The following list shows the options and default settings e Web browser Default Firefox e Mail reader Default Evolution Terminal GNOME Terminal 3 Select one of the available from the applications from the Choose menu or enter the command used to start the application 4 Click Close The changes take effect immediately Customizing Your Settings 89 2 4 7 Configuring Search with Beagle Settings Beagle is the search engine used on the GNOME Desktop By default Beagle is con figured to start automatically and index your home directory If you want to change these settings specify the number of results displayed after a search or change the Beagle privacy settings click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt Search Settings 2 4 8 Managing Sessions This module lets you manage your sessions A session occurs between the time that you log in to the deskto
133. her Features Moving Windows W Windows wobble while they re being moved El Window edges stick to other windows when you hold down Shift O Windows are translucent while they re being moved Window Transitions W Windows wobble when they first appear WI Windows fade away when they are closed W Windows zoom to from taskbar on minimize unminimize Translucent Windows O Use scroll wheel plus these modifiers to change window opacity O Shift O Control C Alt O Super X Close Moving Windows By default windows appear distorted wobbly as you moved or resize them giving the impression that the window is more fluid than rigid If you want window edges to stick snap to other windows and workspace edges when you hold down the Shift key while moving the window both the Windows wobble while they re being moved and Window edges stick to other windows when you hold down Shift op tions must be selected You can also choose to make windows transparent when you move them GNOME User Guide Window Transitions These options lets you add a fade in and fade out effect to windows and menus when you open and close them Windows will also shrink smoothly onto the task bar when they are minimized and will grow smoothly back to their normal size when they are reopened Translucent Windows This options lets you use the scroll wheel to change how transparent a window appears onscreen Select Use scroll wheel plus th
134. her maildir style program you should use this option You need to provide the path to the mail directory you want to use Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory If you want to read and store e mail in the mail spool on your local system choose this option You need to provide the path to the mail spool you want to use None Select this if you do not plan to check e mail with this account If you select this there are no configuration options Remote Configuration Options If you selected Novell GroupWise IMAP POP or USENET News as your server you need to specify additional information 1 Type the hostname of your e mail server in the Hostname field If you don t know the hostname contact your administrator GNOME User Guide 2 Type your username for the account in the Username field 3 Select to use a secure SSL connection If your server supports secure connections you should enable this security option If you are unsure if your server supports a secure connection contact your system administrator 4 Select your authentication type in the Authentication list or Click Check for Supported Types to have Evolution check for supported types Some servers do not announce the authentication mechanisms they support so clicking this button is not a guarantee that available mechanisms actually work If you are unsure what authentication type you need contact your system admin istrator 5 Select if you want Evoluti
135. histogram used in the creation ofthe shot and correct exposure and color temperature if necessary TIP Professional image editing can be done with the GIMP More information about The GIMP can be found in Chapter 9 Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP page 191 Managing Your Digital Image Collection 189 Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP The GIMP The GNU Image Manipulation Program is a program for creating and editing pixel graphics In most aspects its features are comparable to those of Adobe Photoshop and other commercial programs Use it to resize and retouch photographs design graphics for Web pages make covers for your custom CDs or almost any other graphics project It meets the needs of both amateurs and professionals Like many other Linux programs The GIMP is developed as a cooperative effort of developers worldwide who volunteer their time and code to the project The program is under constant development so the version included in your system may vary slightly from the version discussed here The layout of the individual windows and window sections is especially likely to vary The GIMP is an extremely complex program Only a small range of features tools and menu items are discussed in this chapter See Section 9 6 For More Information page 199 for ideas of where to find more information about the program 9 1 Graphics Formats There are two main formats for graphics pixel and vector The GIMP
136. ication created by the KDE developers It acts as file manager and document viewer but is also a very powerful and highly customiz able Web browser It supports the current Web standards such as CSS 2 Java applets JavaScript and Netscape plug ins Flash and RealVideo DOM and SSL It offers neat helpers like an integrated search bar and supports tabbed browsing Bookmarks can be imported from various other Web browsers like Internet Explor er Mozilla and Opera Find more information about Konqueror at http www konqueror org You can also read our chapter about Konqueror as a Web browser Kontact Kontact is the KDE personal information management suite It includes e mail calendar address book and Palm sync functionalities Like Evolution it can act as an Exchange or GroupWise client Kontact combines several stand alone KDE applications KMail KAddressbook KOrganizer and K Pilot to form an entity providing all the PIM functionality you need Find more information about Kontact GNOME User Guide athttp www kontact org You can also read our introduction to using Kontact in our Kontact chapter Konversation Konversation is an easy to use IRC client for KDE Its features include support for SSL connections strikeout multichannel joins away and unaway messages ignore list functionality Unicode autoconnect to a server optional time stamps in chat windows and configurable background colors Find more information about
137. ieces of it in new free programs and that you know you can do these things To protect your rights we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software or if you modify it For example if you distribute copies of such a program whether gratis or for a fee you must give the recipients all the rights that you have You must make sure that they too receive or can get the source code And you must show them these terms so they know their rights We protect your rights with two steps 1 copyright the software and 2 offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy distribute and or modify the software Also for each author s protection and ours we want to make certain that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free software If the software is modified by someone else and passed on we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors reputations Finally any free program is threatened constantly by software patents We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses in effect making the program proprietary To prevent this we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed fo
138. ied folder namespaces By choosing this option you can rename the folders that the server provides If you select this option you need to specify the namespace to use Select if you want to apply filters to new messages in the Inbox Select if you want to check new messages for junk content Select if you want to check for junk messages in the Inbox folder Select if you want to automatically synchronize remote mail locally Click Forward When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 144 GNOME User Guide POP Receiving Options If you select POP as your receiving server type you need to specify the following op tions 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new mes sages 2 Select if you want to leave messages on the server 3 Select if you want to disable support for all POP3 extensions support for POP3 4 Click Forward When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 USENET News Receiving Options If you select USENET News as your receiving server type you need to specify the following options 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new mes sages 2 Select if you want to show folders in short notation For example comp os linux would
139. ield the number of characters that can be entered in that field For this example leave the settings as they are 8 Click Next 9 Click Create a primary key click Automatically add a primary key click Auto value then click Next 10 Accept the default name for the table select Create a form based on this table then click Finish Creating a Form Next create the form to use when entering data into your address book 1 Inthe Form Wizard click the double right arrow to move all available fields to the Fields in the form list then click Next twice 2 Select how you want to arrange your form then click Next The OpenOffice org Office Suite 131 3 Select the option to use the form to display all data and leave all of the check boxes empty then click Next 4 Apply a style and field border then click Next For this example accept the default selections 5 Name the form select the Modify the form option then click Finish Modifying the Form After the form has been defined you can modify the appearance of the form to suit your preferences 1 Close the form that opened when you finished the previous step 2 Inthe main window for your database right click the form you want to modify there should be only one option then click Edit 3 Arrange the fields on the form by dragging them to their new locations For example move the First Name field so it appears to the right of the Last Name field and then adjust the l
140. ies 5 3 2 Adding a Buddy To add a buddy to your Buddy List click Buddies Add Buddy then enter the infor mation about that buddy NOTE For some protocols you cannot add a buddy in the Gaim interface You must use the client for those protocols if you want to add to your buddy list After you have added a buddy in the protocol s client that buddy appears in your Gaim Buddy List 5 3 3 Removing a Buddy To remove a buddy right click on that buddy s name in the Buddy List then click Re move Instant Messaging with Gaim 159 5 4 Chatting To open a chat session double click a buddy name in the Buddy List The Chat screen opens Type your message then press Enter to send it Each chat session you open appears as a tab in the Chat screen Click on a buddy s tab to chat with that buddy Close a chat session by closing the tab for that buddy 160 GNOME User Guide Using Voice over IP with Ekiga Modern telecommunication means far more than just doing a phone call It is also about exchanging text messages and sometimes even video conferencing Roaming enables you to be reachable under one phone number all across the world Ekiga brings these features to your Linux desktop allowing you to communicate over broadband Internet Before you start make sure the following requirements are met 6 Your sound card is properly configured A headset or a microphone and speakers are attached to your computer For
141. igure 2 25 Assistive Technology Preferences Dialog Assistive Technology Preferences Gd Note Changes to this setting will not take effect until you next log in Applications Qc Start these assistive technologies every time you log in pa ge pm e Screenreader Magnifier On screen keyboard wea c lose and Log Out The gok package must be installed in order to get on screen keyboard support and the gnopernicus and gnome mag packages must be installed in order to get screenreading and magnifying capabilities If these packages are not installed on your system they are installed by default during installation install them with the following procedure Customizing Your Settings 77 1 Click Computer gt More Applications gt System gt YaST 2 Type the root password then click OK 3 Click Software gt Install and Remove Software 4 Select Selection from the Filter drop down menu then select Accessibility from the Selection list 5 Select gok gnopernicus and gnome mag from the Package list 6 Click Accept 7 Insert the CD you are prompted for then click OK 8 Click Cancel gt Close after the package installation is complete 2 3 3 Changing Your Password For security reasons it is a good idea to change your password from time to time To change your password 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Personal gt Change Password 2 Type your old current password 3 Type your new password 4 Confirm
142. imedia application supporting a wide range of audio and video formats including Ogg Vorbis WMV MOV and AVI Import and edit play lists of various types create screen shots and save media streams to your local hard disk Find more information about Kaffeine at http kaffeine sourceforge net KAudiocreator KAudioCreator is a lean CD ripper application If configured accordingly KAu dioCreator also generates playlist files for your selection that can be used by players like amaroK XMMS or Helix Banshee Read more about using KAudioCreator in KDE User Guide or go to http www icefox net programs program KAudioCreator kdetv A TV viewer and recorder application for the KDE desktop supporting analog TV Find more information about kdetv at http www kdetv org KsCD KsCD is a neat little CD player application for the KDE desktop Its user interface very much resembles that of a normal hardware CD player guaranteeing ease of use KsCD supports CDDB enabling you to get any track and album information from the Internet or your local file system Find more information at http docs kde org en 3 3 kdemultimedia kscd K3b K3b is a multitalented media creation tool Create data audio or video CD and DVD projects by dragging and dropping Find more information about K3b at http www k3b org You can also refer to our K3b chapter LilyPond LilyPond is a free music sheet editor Because the input format is text based you can u
143. ion To terminate an application with this restart style select the application in the table and then click Remove Customizing Your Settings 93 94 Option Description e Trash Does not start when you start a session Settings Starts automatically when you start a session Applications with this style usually have a low startup order and store your confi guration settings for GNOME and session managed applications Remove Deletes the selected application from the list The application is removed from the session manager and closed Applications that you delete are not started the next time you start a session Apply Applies changes made to the startup order and the restart style Configuring Startup Applications Use the Startup Programs tabbed page to specify non session managed startup applica tions Figure 2 30 Sessions Dialog Startup Programs Page Sessions Additional startup programs Order Command Startup applications are applications that start automatically when you begin a session You specify the commands that run these applications and the commands execute auto matically when you log in GNOME User Guide You can also start session managed applications automatically For more information see Section Setting Session Preferences page 91 To add a startup application click Add The Add Startup Program dialog is displayed Specify the command to start the application in the Start
144. irectories Receiving Options page 146 e Section Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory Receiving Options page 147 Novell GroupWise Receiving Options If you select Novell GroupWise as your receiving server type you need to specify the following options 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new messages 2 Select if you want to check for new messages in all folders 3 Select if you want to apply filters to new messages in the Inbox on the server 4 Select if you want to check new messages for junk content 5 Select if you want to only check for junk messages in the Inbox folder 142 GNOME User Guide 6 Select if you want to automatically synchronize remote mail locally 7 Type your Post Office Agent SOAP port in the Post Office Agent SOAP Port field If you are unsure what your Post Office Agent SOAP port is contact your system administrator 8 Click Forward When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 Microsoft Exchange Receiving Options If you select Microsoft Exchange as your receiving server type you need to specify the following options 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new messages Specify the Global Catalog server name in the Gl
145. is uploaded to your iPod Use the iPod Properties dialog box to rename your iPod and to view vital statistics Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee 209 Figure 10 8 Helix Banshee iPod Properties a Aaron s Photo iPod Properties x iPod Name Aaron s Photo iPod Your Name Aaron Bockover Computer Name SuSE Box Model M9829 Color Capacity 30 GB Volume Usage EEE 27 GB 21 GB Remaining VY Advanced Details Mount Point media ipod 2 Device Node dev sdc2 Write Support Yes Volume UUID 57A9 64A0 Serial Number 4 SO9E1MSAY Firmware Version 1 2 Database Version 13 X Close 10 3 Creating Audio and MP3 CDs 1 Insert a blank CD in your CD or DVD drive 2 Select the songs you want to burn then click the Write CD button in the upper right side of Helix Banshee 3 Specify the disk options you want then click Write For example click Eject disk after writing if you want Helix Banshee to eject your CD when the writing is completed 210 GNOME User Guide Disc Options Session Information Disc format Write Options White speed Maximum 28x C Eject disc after writing D Write 10 4 Sharing Your Music You can automatically update your online Audioscrobbler ht tp www last fm profile with the music you listen to in Helix Banshee This lets others see what you are listening to and gives you access to charts detailing your listening history If you
146. join groups such as the Banshee Group http www last fm group Banshee you can also see what other people are listening to 1 In Helix Banshee click Music gt Audioscrobbler gt Configure 2 Ifyou have already registered with Last fm http www last fm click Enable song reporting and specify your Last fm username and password If you have not previously registered with Last fm click Create an account This opens the Last fm Web site where you can register Click Enable song reporting and specify your Last fm username and password 3 Click Close Helix Banshee starts reporting with the next song you play Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee 211 212 10 5 Configuring Preferences You can configure Helix Banshee preferences by clicking Edit gt Preferences The Preferences dialog box contains the following options Music Library Lets you specify a music folder location This location is used when you import music Click Copy files to music folder when importing to place a copy of the files you import in your Helix Banshee music folder CD Importing Lets you determine encoding profiles for CD ripping Select the output format you want then click Edit to configure advanced options for that format Figure 10 9 Helix Banshee Preferences Dialog Box Preferences Talse Library Encoding Burning Advanced Helix Banshee Music Folder Location my Music 9 Reset Copy files to Helix Banshee Musi
147. l to return to Normal View TIP When you have created all of the slide masters you want to use in your presen tations you can save them in an Impress template Then any time you want to create presentations that use those slide masters open a new presentation with your template Applying a Slide Master Slide masters can be applied to selected slides or to all slides in the presentation 1 Open your presentation then click View gt Master gt Slide Master 2 Optional If you want to apply the slide master to multiple slides but not to all slides select the slides that you want to use that slide master To select multiple slides in the Slides Pane Control click on the slides you want to use that slide master 3 Inthe Task Pane right click the master page you want to apply If you do not see the Task Pane click View gt Task Pane 128 GNOME User Guide 4 Apply the slide master by clicking one of the following e Apply to All Slides Applies the selected slide master to all slides in the presentation Apply to Selected Slides Applies the selected slide master to the current slide or to any slides you select before applying the slide master For example if you want to apply a different slide master to the first slide in a presentation select that slide then change to Master View and apply a slide master to that slide 3 5 Using Databases with Base OpenOffice 2 0 introduces a new database module Base Use B
148. lders and Files 2 2 a 14 1 6 Opening or Creating Documents with OpenOffice org 30 1 7 Exploring the Internet 2 2 2 30 1 8 E mail and Calendering 02 02 0084 30 1 9 Moving Text between Applications 048 31 1 10 Other Useful Programs 2 2 2 a 31 1 11 Obtaining Software Updates 2 ee 32 2 Customizing Your Settings 35 2 1 Hardwares Yenen Sue eek Ak Abe Bee Rock See AAR 36 2 2 Look and Feel soa ees os OP etd Ae Be AY ae Ge en ae a eg 50 2 3 Personal cf ssi cee ee See Bed hack oh 3 e eo eee eA ae 74 2 4 System oi ok en GO ANS ee A a oat ee a Bee hide dae 80 Part Il Office and Collaboration 3 The OpenOffice org Office Suite 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 Understanding OpenOffice org 2 a a ee ee Word Processing with Writer 2 ee Using Spreadsheets with Calc 2 2 ee ee Using Presentations with Impress 2 2 1 ee ee Using Databases with Basena ste Reeth bt OR ee ee oe a N Creating Graphics with Draw 2 7 ee ee Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math 2 Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice org 4 Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 4 1 4 2 Starting Evolution for the First Time Using Evolution An Overview 2 a a ee 5 Instant Messaging with Gaim 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 Supported Protocols Setting Up an Account a ee ee Managing
149. lish new revised versions of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns See http www gnu org copyleft Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this License or any later version applies to it you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or of any later version that has been published not as a draft by the Free Software Foundation If the Document does not specify a version number of this License you may choose any version ever published not as a draft by the Free Software Foundation GNU Licenses 263 264 D 2 12 ADDENDUM How to use this License for your documents To use this License in a document you have written include a copy of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page Copyright c YEAR YOUR NAME Permission is granted to copy distribute and or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections no Front Cover Texts and no Back Cover Texts A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License If you
150. lters Tab To prevent accidental typing set a minimum time limit that a key must be pressed and held before it is recognized as valid input by the system Also determine whether audible feedback should be provided for keypress events accepted keypresses and the rejection of a keypress Enable Bounce Keys Filters Tab To prevent double typing set a minimum time limit for accepting two subsequent keypress events of the same key as the input of two individual characters If desired activate audible feedback upon rejection of a keypress event Toggle Keys Filters Tab You can request audible feedback from the system when a keycap modifier key is pressed Mouse Keys Tab Activates the keyboard mouse the mouse pointer is controlled with the arrow keys of the number pad Use the sliders to set the maximum speed of the mouse pointer the acceleration time until the maximum speed is reached and the latency between the pressing of a key and the cursor movement GNOME User Guide 2 3 2 Configuring Assistive Technology Support Several assistive technologies are included for users with special needs Screen reader e Screen magnifier On screen keyboard To configure assistive technology options click Computer gt Control Center gt Per sonal gt Assistive Technology Preferences To enable the technologies first select Enable Assistive Technologies and then select the technologies you want to enable every time you log in F
151. m gt Language 2 Conditional If you are not logged in as root or a user with administrator privi leges enter the root password If you do not know the root password contact your system administrator You cannot continue without the root password 3 Specify the primary language whether you want to adapt the keyboard layout or time zone to the primary language and any secondary languages you need to support on the computer 4 Click Accept The language configuration settings are written to several configuration files This process can take a few minutes The new settings take effect immediately after they are written to the configuration files 2 4 4 Configuring Network Proxies The Network Proxy Configuration tool lets you configure how your system connects to the Internet You can configure the desktop to connect to a proxy server and specify the details of the server A proxy server is a server that intercepts requests to another server and fulfills the request itself if it can You can specify the Domain Name Service DNS name or the Internet Protocol IP address of the proxy server A DNS name is GNOME User Guide a unique alphabetic identifier for a computer on a network An IP address is a unique numeric identifier for a computer on a network Click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt Network Proxies Figure 2 27 Network Proxy Configuration Dialog Network Proxy Configuration Direct internet connection
152. mizing Your Settings 73 74 2 3 Personal Personal settings include the following e Section 2 3 1 Configuring Keyboard Accessibility Settings page 74 e Section 2 3 2 Configuring Assistive Technology Support page 77 e Section 2 3 3 Changing Your Password page 78 e Section 2 3 4 Managing Keyrings page 78 e Section 2 3 5 Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts page 79 2 3 1 Configuring Keyboard Accessibility Settings GNOME provides keyboard settings designed to help users with motion impairments use the GNOME desktop Some of the available settings include How long a key is pressed and held before being recognized as valid input e Whether the keyboard can be used as a mouse e Whether key combinations that use Alt Control and Shift can be duplicated with sticky keys To configure keyboard accessibility settings click Computer gt Control Center gt Personal gt Accessibility The module consists of the three tabs Basic Filters and Mouse Keys Before modifying settings activate Enable Keyboard Accessibility Features GNOME User Guide Figure 2 24 Keyboard Accessibility Preferences Dialog O Keyboard Accessibility Preferences AccessX Enable keyboard accessibility features Basic Filters Mouse Keys Features Disable if unused for Beep when feature Enable Sticky Keys v Enable Repeat Keys Delay GE gt E milli SI 500 gt milliseconds Speed 3
153. mp Preferred Applications Q Search Settings m Sessions A Sound K A Some settings require that you use the YaST Control Center These administrator settings includes most of the hardware the graphical user interface Internet access security settings user administration software installation and system updates and information You need the root password to access the YaST Control Center For information on configuring administrator settings see Using YaST to Configure the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop ht tp www novell com documentation nld nld_deployment data bsj9luh htm1 inthe De ployment Guide 2 1 Hardware Hardware settings include the following e Section 2 1 1 Configuring Bluetooth Services page 37 36 GNOME User Guide Section 2 1 2 Configuring Your DSL Connection page 37 Section 2 1 3 Configuring Your Graphics Card and Monitor page 38 Section 2 1 4 Modifying Keyboard Preferences page 38 Section 2 1 5 Configuring a Modem page 42 Section 2 1 6 Configuring the Mouse page 43 Section 2 1 7 Configuring a Network Card page 46 Section 2 1 8 Installing and Configuring Printers page 47 Section 2 1 9 Configuring Removable Drives and Media page 47 e Section 2 1 10 Configuring a Scanner page 48 e Section 2 1 11 Specifying Screen Resolution Settings page 49 2 1 1 Configuring Bluetooth Service
154. ms This makes it an excellent tool when a group of users frequently need to share files and do not use the same system on their computers When sharing documents with others you have several options If the recipient needs to be able to edit the file Save the document in the format the other user needs For example to save as a Microsoft Word file click File Save As then select the Microsoft Word file type for the version of Word the other user needs If the recipient only needs to read the document Export the document to a PDF file with File gt Export as PDF PDF files can be read on any platform using a viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader If you want to share a document for editing Use one of the standard document formats The default formats comply with the OASIS standard XML format making them compatible with a number of applications TXT and RTF formats although limited GNOME User Guide in formatting might be a good option for text documents CSV is useful for spreadsheets OpenOffice org might also offer your recipient s preferred format especially Microsoft formats If you want to e mail a document asa PDF Click File gt Send gt Document as PDF Attachment Your default e mail program opens with the file attached If you want to e mail a document to a Microsoft Word user Click File gt Send gt Document as MS Doc Attachment Your default e mail program opens with the file attached 3 1 3 Starting OpenOffi
155. n 3 3 Using Spreadsheets with Calc page 124 Section 3 4 Using Presentations with Impress page 126 Section 3 5 Using Databases with Base page 129 Section 3 6 Creating Graphics with Draw page 133 Section 3 7 Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math page 134 Section 3 8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice org page 134 OpenOffice org consists of several application modules subprograms which are de signed to interact with each other They are listed in Table 3 1 The OpenOffice org Application Modules page 104 A full description of each module is available in the The OpenOffice org Office Suite 103 online help described in Section 3 8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOf fice org page 134 Table 3 1 The OpenOffice org Application Modules Module Purpose Writer Word processor application module Calc Spreadsheet application module Impress Presentation application module Base Database application module Draw Application module for drawing vector graphics Math Application module for generating mathematical formulas The appearance of the application varies depending on the desktop or window manager you use Regardless of the appearance the basic layout and functions are the same 3 1 Understanding OpenOffice org This section contains information that applies to all of the application modules in OpenOffice org Module specific information ca
156. n as a skydome image that is visible when you rotate or unfold the desktop cube 1 Click Computer gt More Applications gt System gt GNOME Configuration Editor or press Alt F2 and enter gconf editor 2 Navigate to the apps compiz plugins cube screen0 options registry folder 3 Scroll down the list on the right side of the Configuration Editor and select sky dome 4 Double click skydome_image and specify the path to the skydome image you want to display behind the cube 64 GNOME User Guide Skydome images must be in png format The suggested image sizes for skydome images are 1024 x 1024 1024 x 2048 1024 x 4096 2048 x 1024 2048 x 2048 2048 x 4096 4096 x 1024 4096 x 2048 and 4096 x 4096 5 Optional Select skydome_animated to make it look like you are moving around the cube when you use your mouse to rotate the cube 6 Click OK 7 Click File gt Quit to close the Configuration Editor Figure 2 20 Skydome Image Wty Cheon Novae 4 NEW Enpre Real NEW Integrated Novel CMO Jotn Dragoon nut Tio Serve Application Stack comments onthe Novel ard Mirosot announcement femyaetiiee Ned pediale Get owas USE Lu the new Integrated ftpedeit ve eth ict SocktrSUSE LINX pees acaly Shem SUSE Linux Enterprise and use tas Weer sa maya NS fike and print server as ers Complete pappia pawns Nd database server Bathe gice is Yours 2 2 3 Configuring Fonts Use the Font Preferences dialog to
157. n be found in the sections relating to each module e Section 3 1 1 Using the Standard Edition of OpenOffice org page 105 e Section 3 1 2 Compatibility with Other Office Applications page 105 Section 3 1 3 Starting OpenOffice org page 107 Section 3 1 4 Improving OpenOffice org Load Time page 108 Section 3 1 5 Customizing OpenOffice org page 108 Section 3 1 6 Finding Templates page 112 104 GNOME User Guide 3 1 1 Using the Standard Edition of OpenOffice org You can use the standard edition of OpenOffice org rather than the Novell edition If you install the latest version of OpenOffice org all of your Novell Edition files remain compatible However the standard edition does not contain enhancements made in the Novell edition 3 1 2 Compatibility with Other Office Applications OpenOffice org can work with documents spreadsheets presentations and databases in many other formats including Microsoft Office They can be seamlessly opened like other files and saved back to the original format Because the Microsoft formats are proprietary and the specifications are not available to other applications there are occa sionally formatting issues If you have problems with your documents consider opening them in the original application and resaving in an open format such as RTF for text documents or CSV for spreadsheets TIP For good information about migrating from other
158. n object relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard including transactions foreign keys sub queries triggers and user defined types and functions Find more information about PostgreSQL at http www postgresql org Rekall Rekall is a tool for manipulating databases Supported databases include MySQL PostgreSQL XBase with XBSQL IBM DB2 and ODBC Use Rekall to generate different sorts of reports and forms design database queries or import and export data to various formats Find more information about Rekall at http www thekompany com products rekall StarOffice StarOffice is a proprietary version of OpenOffice org and is distributed by Sun Microsystems It is available on multiple platforms including Windows and Solaris It includes certain advanced features not available with the free version OpenOf fice org Find more information about StarOffice at http www sun com software star staroffice Getting to Know Linux Software 227 228 Taskjuggler Taskjuggler is a lean but very powerful project management software Take control of your projects using the Gantt charting features or by generating all kinds of reports in XML HTML or CSV format Those users who are not comfortable with controlling applications from the command line can use a graphical front end to Taskjuggler Find more information about Taskjuggler at http www taskjuggler org VYM View Your Mind
159. nces 44 GNOME User Guide Figure 2 7 Mouse Preferences Dialog Pointers Page Buttons Cursors Motion Cursor Theme R crystalblue 4 R crystalgray R crystalblue_nonanim crystalgreen R crystalwhite whiteglass A 5 Locate Pointer Highlight the pointer when you press Ctrl Help X Close The following table lists the mouse pointer preferences you can modify Table 2 4 Mouse Pointer Preferences Option Description Cursor Theme Displays the available cursor themes Highlight the Pointer When You Enables a mouse pointer animation when you Press Ctrl press and release Ctrl This feature can help you locate the mouse pointer Configuring Motion Preferences Use the Motion tabbed page to set your preferences for mouse movement Customizing Your Settings 45 Figure 2 8 Mouse Preferences Dialog Motion Page Mouse Preferences Buttons Cursors Motion Speed Acceleration Slow i Sensitivity Low Drag and Drop Threshold Small The following table lists the mouse motion preferences you can modify Table 2 5 Mouse Motion Preferences Option Description Acceleration Use the slider to specify the speed at which your mouse pointer moves on your screen when you move your mouse Sensitivity Use the slider to specify how sensitive your mouse pointer is to movements of your mouse Threshold Use the slider to specify the distance that you must move an item b
160. ndar you can use to switch days Below that there s a Task list where you can keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments Appointment List The appointment list displays all your scheduled appointments Month Pane The month pane is a small view of a calendar month To display additional months drag the column border to the left You can also select a range of days in the month pane to display a custom range of days in the appointment list Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 156 Task List Tasks are distinct from appointments because they generally don t have times associated with them You can see a larger view of your task list by clicking Tasks in the shortcut bar 4 2 5 The Contacts Tool The Evolution contacts tool can handle all of the functions of an address book or phone book However it s easier to update Evolution than it is to change an actual paper book in part because Evolution can synchronize with Palm OS devices and use LDAP direc tories on a network Another advantage of the Evolution contacts tool is its integration with the rest of the application For example you can right click on an e mail address in Evolution mail to instantly create a contact entry To use the contacts tool click Contacts in the shortcut bar By default the display shows all your contacts in alphabetical order in a minicard view You can select other views from the View menu and adjust the width of the colum
161. ne of the following a Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine readable source code which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange or b Accompany it with a written offer valid for at least three years to give any third party for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution a complete machine readable copy of the corresponding source code to be distributed GNOME User Guide under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange or c Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distri bution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer in accord with Subsection b above The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifica tions to it For an executable work complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains plus any associated interface definition files plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable However as a special exception the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally dis tributed in either source or binary form with the major components compiler kernel and so on of the operating system on
162. new theme Themes do not change the functionality only the appearance of the browser When installing a theme Firefox asks for confirmation first Allow the installation or cancel it After a successful installation you can enable the new theme 1 Click Tools gt Themes 2 Inthe new dialog that appears click Get More Themes If you already installed a theme find it in the list as in Figure 7 4 Installing Firefox Themes page 178 Figure 7 4 Installing Firefox Themes A 2 Extensions Themes Firefox default 2 0 The default theme Noia2 0 eXtreme 3 30 Fully skinned based on Noia icon set 892939 EXTREME a D Find Updates Get Themes 3 Anew window appears with the Web site https addons mozilla org 4 Choose a theme and click Install Now 5 Confirm the download and installation 6 After downloading the theme a dialog appears and informs you about your list of themes Activate the new theme with Use Theme 7 Close the window and restart Firefox 178 GNOME User Guide If a theme is installed you can always switch to a different theme without restarting by clicking Tools gt Themes then Use Theme If you do not use a theme anymore you can delete it in the same dialog with Uninstall 7 5 3 Adding Smart Keywords to Your Online Searches Searching the Internet is one of the main tasks a browser can perform for you Firefox lets you define your own smart keywords abbreviations to
163. ns by clicking and dragging the gray column dividers The largest section of the contacts display shows a list of individual contacts You can also search the contacts in the same way that you search e mail folders using the search tool on the right side of the toolbar GNOME User Guide Instant Messaging with Gaim Use Gaim to use all of your instant messaging accounts from a single instant messaging client Gaim supports all of the most popular instant messaging protocols so you can log in to all of your accounts at once and chat live with your contacts in one tabbed in terface regardless of which IM system they use This chapter explains the Gaim options you need to know about to set up Gaim and communicate with your contacts It does not explain all of Gaim s features and options For more information open Gaim then click Help gt Online Help or press F1 e Section 5 1 Supported Protocols page 157 e Section 5 2 Setting Up an Account page 158 e Section 5 3 Managing Your Buddy List page 159 e Section 5 4 Chatting page 160 5 1 Supported Protocols Gaim supports the following instant messaging protocols e AIM ICQ e Gadu Gadu e GroupWise Instant Messaging with Gaim 157 e IRC Jabber e MSN Napster Yahoo Zephyr 5 2 Setting Up an Account To use Gaim you must already have accounts on the systems you want to use For ex ample to use Gaim for your AIM account you must
164. nt or contact information sent to you by e mail or to send e mail to a contact or appointment People who get lots of e mail will appreciate advanced features like search folders which let you save searches as though they were ordinary e mail folders This chapter introduces you to Evolution and helps you get started using it For complete information refer to the Evolution documentation e Section 4 1 Starting Evolution for the First Time page 138 e Section 4 2 Using Evolution An Overview page 149 Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 137 4 1 Starting Evolution for the First Time Start the Evolution client by clicking Computer gt More Applications gt Office gt Evolution or by typing evolution ina terminal window 4 1 1 Using the Setup Assistant The first time you run Evolution it creates a directory called evolution in your home directory where it stores all of its local data Then it opens a Setup Assistant to help you set up e mail accounts and import data from other applications Using the Setup Assistant takes two to five minutes Later on if you want to change this account or if you want to create a new one click Edit gt Preferences then click Mail Accounts Select the account you want to change then click Edit Alternately add a new account by clicking Add The Setup Assistant helps you provide the information Evolution needs to get started e Section Defining Your Identity page
165. nter Registrar User and Password according to the data provided by your provider Leave the configuration dialog with OK and activate the account The status of your account displayed in the Ekiga main window changes to Registered GNOME User Guide 6 2 The Ekiga User Interface All functions of Ekiga are available via the menu bar Shortcuts to the most important functions are provided by means of a toolbar to the left and by special key combinations Figure 6 1 Ekiga User Interface Call Edit View Tools Help e ajs ioe mei Standby Registered accounts 2 1 2 abc 3 def 4 ghi 5 jkl 6 mno 7 pars 8 tuv 9 WXYZ E S Dialpad Audio Video Statistics The user interface has different modes To switch between views use View gt View Mode and View gt Control Panel or select the view mode icon on the left side of the GUI and the different tabs at the bottom The Full View is shown in Figure 6 1 Ekiga User Interface page 163 All icons in the toolbar provide a tool tip that is activated on hovering over the icon with your mouse pointer At the bottom of the user interface several tabs provide the functionality for Dialpad Audio Video and Statistics Some settings like the Audio settings may only be changed during a phone call Using Voice over IP with Ekiga 163 164 Many of functions of Ekiga are available via keyboard shortcuts T
166. obal Catalog Server Name field The Global Catalog Server contains the user information for users If you are unsure what your Global Catalog server name is contact your system adminis trator Select if you want to limit the number of Global Address Lists GAL The GAL contains a list of all e mail addresses If you select this option you need to specify the maximum number of responses Select if you want the password expire warning period If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should send the password expire message Select if you want to automatically synchronize remote mail locally Click Forward Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 143 When you have finished continue with Section Sending Mail page 147 IMAP and IMAP4rev1 Receiving Options If you select IMAP or IMAP4rev1 as your receiving server type you need to specify the following options 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail If you select this option you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new messages Select if you want Evolution to use custom commands to connect to Evolution If you select this option specify the custom command you want Evolution to use Select if you want Evolution to show only subscribed folders Subscribed folders are folders that you have chosen to receive mail from by subscribing to them Select if you want Evolution to override server suppl
167. ocations of the other fields to suit your preference 4 When you have finished modifying the form save it and close it What s Next After you have created your database tables and forms you are ready to enter your data You can also design queries and reports to help sort and display the data Refer to OpenOffice org online help and other sources listed in Section 3 8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice org page 134 for additional information about Base 132 GNOME User Guide 3 6 Creating Graphics with Draw Use OpenOffice org Draw to create graphics and diagrams You can save your drawings in today s most common formats and import them into any application that lets you import graphics including the other OpenOffice org modules You can also create Flash versions of your drawings The OpenOffice org documentation contains complete instructions on using Draw See Section 3 8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice org page 134 for more information To use a Draw graphic in a document 1 Open Draw then create the graphic 2 Save the graphic 3 Copy the graphic and paste it into the document or insert the graphic directly from the document One particularly useful feature of Draw is the ability to open it from other OpenOf fice org modules so you can create a drawing that is automatically imported into your document 1 From an OpenOffice org module for example from Writer click Inser
168. office suites to OpenOf fice org refer to the OpenOffice org Migration Guide http documentation openoffice org manuals oooauthors2 0600MG MigrationGuide pdf Converting Documents to the OpenOffice org Format OpenOffice org can read edit and save documents in a number of formats It is not necessary to convert files from those formats to the OpenOffice org format to use those files However if you want to convert the files you can do so To convert a number of documents such as when first switching to OpenOffice org do the following 1 Select File gt Wizard gt Document Converter 2 Choose the file format from which to convert The OpenOffice org Office Suite 105 106 There are several StarOffice and Microsoft Office formats available 3 Click Next 4 Specify where OpenOffice org should look for templates and documents to convert and in which directory the converted files should be placed IMPORTANT Documents from a Windows partition are usually in a subdirectory of windows 5 Make sure that all other settings are appropriate then click Next 6 Review the summary of the actions to perform then start the conversion by clicking Convert The amount of time needed for the conversion depends on the number of files and their complexity For most documents conversion does not take very long Sharing Files with Users of Other Office Suites OpenOffice org is available for a number of operating syste
169. ol Center click Computer gt Control Center The Control Center is divided into the fol lowing four categories e Section 2 1 Hardware page 36 e Section 2 2 Look and Feel page 50 e Section 2 3 Personal page 74 e Section 2 4 System page 80 Customizing Your Settings 35 Figure 2 1 GNOME Control Center Filter LQ Groups Hardware Look and Feel Personal System Common Tasks Change Desktop Background Add Printer Configure Network Change Password Add User Open Administrator Settings Control Center Hardware Bluetooth Configure Bluetooth L Keyboard J Network card Configure network car Scanner Configure a scanner Look and Feel Desktop Background E4 Menu Layout Screensaver S Personal LA A ibili E ccessibility Keyring Manager Key Management Too System FZ Date and Time Control time zone dat Network Proxies DSL s Configure a DSL conn m Modem s Configure a modem E Printers E Manage Printers Screen Resolution Menus amp Toolbars a Desktop Effects Br m a Theme d Shortcuts GStreamer Properties Multimedia Systems S F Power Management 3 Assistive Technology amp e Ea Graphics Card and M Configure the graphic F Mouse Removable Drives an ae Fonts XQ orca Screen Reader y AAN m Windows y Change Password Language Change the language a
170. om Your Camera Import new images from your digital camera connected to the USB port of your com puter using Filelmport from Camera The type of camera is detected automatically Figure 8 3 Import from Camera Selected Camera DCIM 147CANON IMG_4711 JPG DCIM 147CANON IMG_4712 JPG DCIMM47CANON IMG_4713 JPG DCIM 147CANON IMG_4714 JPG DCIM 147CANON IMG_4715 JPG Copy Files To home tux Import files after copy X cancel copy Managing Your Digital Image Collection 185 186 f spot launches a preview window displaying all the images that are available for download from camera The files are copied to the target directory specified via Copy Files to If Import files after copy is selected all images copied from camera are auto matically imported to f spot s database Tagging can be done on import if you select the appropriate tag with Select Tags If you do not want to import all images on your camera to your database just deselect the unwanted one in the preview window 8 2 Getting Information Once you select an image some basic statistical information on this image is displayed in the lower left part of the window This includes the filename its version copy or original image the date of creation its size and the exposure which was used in creating this particular image View the EXIF data associated with the image file with ViewEX7F Data 8 3 Managing Tags Use tags
171. on to remember your password 6 Click Forward 7 Conditional If you chose Microsoft Exchange provide your username in the Username field and your Outlook Web Access OWA URL in the OWA Url field OWA URL and user names should be entered as in OWA If the mail box path is different from the username OWA path should include mail box path also You should see something similar to this http lt server name gt ex change lt mail box path gt When you have finished continue with Section Receiving Mail Options page 142 Local Configuration Options If you selected Local Delivery MH Format Mail Directories Maildir Format Mail Directories or Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory you must specify the path to the local files in the path field Continue with Section Receiving Mail Options page 142 Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 141 Receiving Mail Options After you have selected a mail delivery mechanism you can set some preferences for its behavior e Section Novell GroupWise Receiving Options page 142 e Section Microsoft Exchange Receiving Options page 143 Section IMAP and IMAP4rev1 Receiving Options page 144 e Section POP Receiving Options page 145 e Section USENET News Receiving Options page 145 Section Local Delivery Receiving Options page 146 e Section MH Format Mail Directories Receiving Options page 146 e Section Maildir Format Mail D
172. onal feature not found in some e mail clients If you get a lot of e mail or if you keep every message you get in case you need to refer to it later you ll find this feature especially useful Here s a quick explanation of what s happening in your main Evolution e mail window Message List The message list displays all the e mails that you have This includes all your read and unread messages and e mail that is flagged to be deleted GNOME User Guide Preview Pane This is where your e mail is displayed If you find the preview pane too small you can resize the pane enlarge the whole window or double click the message in the message list to have it open in a new win dow To change the size of a pane drag the divider between the two panes As with folders you can right click messages in the message list and get a menu of possible actions including moving or deleting them creating filters or search folders based on them and marking them as junk mail Most of the e mail related actions you want to perform are listed in the Actions menu in the menu bar The most frequently used ones like Reply and Forward also appear as buttons in the toolbar Most of them are also located in the right click menu and as keyboard shortcuts 4 2 4 The Calendar To begin using the calendar click Calendar in the shortcut bar By default the calendar shows today s schedule on a ruled background At the upper right there s a monthly cale
173. one stating the title year authors and publisher of the Document as given on its Title Page then add an item describing the Modified Version as stated in the previous sen tence J Preserve the network location if any given in the Document for public access to a Transparent copy of the Document and likewise the network locations given in the Document for previous versions it was based on These may be placed in the History section You may omit a network location for a work that was published at least four years before the Document itself or if the original publisher of the version it refers to gives permission K For any section Entitled Acknowledgements or Dedications Preserve the Title of the section and preserve in the section all the substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements and or dedications given therein L Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document unaltered in their text and in their titles Section numbers or the equivalent are not considered part of the section titles M Delete any section Entitled Endorsements Such a section may not be included in the Modified Version N Do not retitle any existing section to be Entitled Endorsements or to conflict in title with any Invariant Section O Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers If the Modified Version includes new front matter sections or appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no material c
174. ontrolled data plotting software It is also available for MacOS and Windows platforms Plots created by Gnuplot can be exported to various formats such as PostScript PDF and SVG allowing you to process these plots easily Find more information about Gnuplot athttp www gnuplot info index html Grace Grace is a very mature 2D plotting tool for almost all flavors of Unix including Linux Create and edit plots with a graphical user interface Grace supports an un limited number of graphs per plot Its export formats include JPEG PNG SVG PDF PS and EPS Find more information at http plasma gate weizmann ac il Grace Kdissert Kdissert is an application for structuring ideas and concepts mostly aimed at stu dents but also helpful for teachers decision makers engineers and businessmen Ideas are first laid down on a canvas then associated into a tree You can generate various outputs from the mind map such as PDF files text documents also for OpenOffice org Writer and HTML files Find more information at http freehackers org tnagy kdissert Kexi See KOffice page 226 KMyMoney KMyMoney is a personal finance manager for KDE It enables users of open source operating systems to keep track of their personal finances by providing a broad array of financial features and tools Learn more about KMyMoney at http kmymoney2 sourceforge net Getting to Know Linux Software 225 KOffice KOffice is an integrated office s
175. openSUSE 10 2 www novell com November 29 2006 GNOME User Guide ee suse A NOVELL BUSINESS GNOME User Guide Copyright 2006 Novell Inc Permission is granted to copy distribute and or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foun dation with the Invariant Section being this copyright notice and license A copy of the license is in cluded in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License Novell the Novell logo the N logo openSUSE SUSE and the SUSE geeko logo are registered trademarks of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds All other third party trademarks are the property of their respective owners All information found in this book has been compiled with utmost attention to detail However this does not guarantee complete accuracy Neither Novell Inc SUSE LINUX Products GmbH the authors nor the translators shall be held liable for possible errors or the consequences thereof Contents About This Guide vii Part GNOME Desktop 1 1 Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 3 1 1 Logging in and Selecting a Desktop 1 2 logging Outs ste be See Ae uaa gh al eoe dk dee alton aA 6 1 3 Desktop Basics orao m a8 eA ee a a ee a 6 14 Using the MainMenu 2 2 2 0 0 008 10 1 5 Accessing Fo
176. opied from the Document you may at your option designate some or all of these sections as invariant To do this add their titles to the list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version s license notice These titles must be distinct from any other section titles GNOME User Guide You may add a section Entitled Endorsements provided it contains nothing but en dorsements of your Modified Version by various parties for example statements of peer review or that the text has been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a standard You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front Cover Text and a passage of up to 25 words as a Back Cover Text to the end of the list of Cover Texts in the Modified Version Only one passage of Front Cover Text and one of Back Cover Text may be added by or through arrangements made by any one entity If the Document already includes a cover text for the same cover previously added by you or by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of you may not add another but you may replace the old one on explicit permission from the previous publisher that added the old one The author s and publisher s of the Document do not by this License give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version D 2 6 COMBINING DOCUMENTS You may combine the Document with other documents released under this License un
177. or Files Sticky Notes Traditional Main Menu Volume Control Weather Report Workspace Switcher want to terminate an application that is no longer respond ing Find files folders and documents on the computer Create display and manage sticky notes on your desk top Access programs from a menu like the one in previous versions of GNOME This is especially useful for people who are used to earlier versions of GNOME Increase or decrease the sound volume Display current weather information for a specified city Access additional work areas called workspaces through virtual desktops For example you can open applications in different workspaces and use them on their own desktops without the clutter from other applications 1 4 Using the Main Menu Open the main menu by clicking Computer on the far left of the bottom panel Com monly used applications appear in the main menu A search field lets you quickly search for applications and files You can access additional applications listed in categories by clicking More Applications 10 GNOME User Guide Figure 1 2 Main Menu Search System Show Favorite Applications gt Help Control Center Q Install Software Lock Screen Firefox T Helix Banshee Web Browser Music Player amp gt OpenOffice org Wr F Spot Word Processor Photo Browser Zl Log Out Ma Home Folder Status US File Browser Hard Drive m More Ap
178. ormation at http www gimp org You can also refer to our GIMP chapter Getting to Know Linux Software 239 VueScan VueScan is a scanning software available for several platforms You can install it parallel to your vendor s scanner software It supports the scanner s special hardware like batch scanning autofocus infrared channels for dust and scratch suppression and multiscan to reduce scanner noise in the dark areas of slides It features simple and accurate color correction from color negatives Find out more at http www hamrick com index html C 5 System and File Management The following section provides an overview of Linux tools for system and file manage ment Get to know text and source code editors backup solutions and archiving tools Table C 5 System and File Management Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application File Manager Windows Explorer Konqueror Nautilus Text Editor NotePad WordPad PDF Creator PDE Viewer Text Recognition Command Line Pack Programs GUI Based Pack Pro grams Hard Disk Partitioner 240 GNOME User Guide X Emacs Adobe Distiller Adobe Reader Recognita FineReader zip rar arj lha etc WinZip PowerQuest Acronis Parti tion Commander kate GEdit X Emacs vim Scribus Adobe Reader Evince KPDF Xpdf GOCR zip tar gzip bzip2 etc Ark File Roller YaST GNU Parted Task Windows Application Linu
179. ormats which do not have any title page as such Title Page means the text near the most prominent appearance of the work s title preceding the beginning of the body of the text A section Entitled XYZ means a named subunit of the Document whose title either is precisely XYZ or contains XYZ in parentheses following text that translates XYZ in another language Here XYZ stands for a specific section name mentioned below such as Acknowledgements Dedications Endorsements or History To Preserve the Title of such a section when you modify the Document means that it remains a section Entitled XYZ according to this definition The Document may include Warranty Disclaimers next to the notice which states that this License applies to the Document These Warranty Disclaimers are considered to GNU Licenses 257 258 be included by reference in this License but only as regards disclaiming warranties any other implication that these Warranty Disclaimers may have is void and has no effect on the meaning of this License D 2 3 VERBATIM COPYING You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium either commercially or noncommercially provided that this License the copyright notices and the license notice saying this License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies and that you add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License You may not use technical measures to obs
180. ose m 4 gt Select an option from the list of available layout options and click Add to add the option or Remove to remove it Click the Accessibility button to start the Keyboard accessibility preference tool Configuring Typing Break Preferences Use the Typing Break tabbed page to set typing break preferences Customizing Your Settings 41 42 Figure 2 5 Keyboard Preferences Dialog Typing Break Page Keyboard Preferences Keyboard Typing Break Layouts Layout Options Work interval lasts 60 l minutes Break interval lasts 3 E minutes Allow postponing of breaks You can modify any of the following typing break preferences Table 2 2 Typing Break Preferences Option Description Lock Screen to Enforce Typing Locks the screen when you are due a typing break Break Work Interval Lasts Lets you specify how long you can work before a typing break occurs Break Interval Lasts Lets you specify the length of your typing breaks Allow Postponing of Breaks Lets you postpone typing breaks Click the Accessibility button to start the Keyboard accessibility preference tool 2 1 5 Configuring a Modem If you connect to a network over a modem use this option to configure your modem The modem is configured in YaST GNOME User Guide NOTE Root privileges are required for configuring your modem 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Hardware gt Modem 2 Enter the root password
181. ou can set three information types in the order that they appear Date Configures the date format List Columns To configure the columns that appear in the File Manager as well as the order in which they appear click Edit gt Preferences gt List Select the columns that you want to appear To change the order click Move Up or Move Down Preview To configure how file previews appear in the File Manager and whether or not folders show the number of items they contain click Edit gt Preferences then set the following options Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 19 20 Table 1 8 File Manager Preview Options Option Description Show text in icons Specifies when to preview the content of text files in the icons that represent the files Show thumbnails Specifies when to show thumbnails of image files in the icons that represent the files Only for files smaller than Specifies the maximum file size for files represented by thumbnails Preview sound files Specifies when to preview sound files Count number of items Specifies when to show the number of files contained in folders In the Icon view you might need to increase your zoom level to see the number 1 5 2 Accessing Floppy Disks CDs or DVDs To access floppy disks CDs or DVDs insert the medium into the appropriate drive For several types of removable media a File Manager window pops up automatically when the media is inserted or attached to the
182. ouble click your Home folder the Nautilus file manager starts and displays the contents of your home directory For more information about using Nautilus see Section 1 5 1 Managing Folders and Files with the File Manager page 14 Right clicking an icon displays a menu offering file operations like copying cutting or renaming Selecting Properties from the menu displays a configuration dialog The title of an icon as well as the icon itself can be changed with Select Custom Icon The Emblems tab lets you add graphical descriptive symbols to the icon The Permissions tab lets you set access permissions for the selected files The Notes tab lets you manage comments The menu for the trash can additionally features the Empty Trash option which deletes its contents A link is a special type of file that points to another file or folder When you perform an action on a link the action is performed on the file or folder the link points to When you delete a link you delete only the link file not the file that the link points to To create a link on the desktop to a folder or a file access the object in question in File Manager by right clicking the object and then clicking Make Link Drag the link from the File Manager window and drop it onto the desktop e Section 1 3 1 Default Desktop Icons page 7 e Section 1 3 2 Desktop Menu page 8 e Section 1 3 3 Bottom Panel page 8 e Section 1 3 4 Adding Applets and
183. ovided with your product as well as additional information over the Internet A 1 Included Documentation There are several places where you can find online documentation shipped with your product The GNOME desktop includes a help center that offers a wide range of online documentation for your openSUSE There you can access openSUSE specific informa tion as well as application descriptions provided by the open source community When installing new software with YaST the software documentation is installed au tomatically in most cases and usually appears in the help center of your desktop However some applications such as The GIMP may have different online help packages that can be installed separately with YaST and do not integrate into the help center 216 A 2 Additional Resources and More Information You can also access the specific manuals and documentation delivered with your product on the Internet at http www novell com documentation opensusel02 If you are searching for additional information you can also refer to the following In ternet sites SUSE Support Database http en opensuse org SDB SDB Novell Technical Support Knowledgebase http www novell com support Product Support Community Resources http support novell com forums index html GNOME Documentation Web site ht tp www gnome org learn In addition general purpose search engines are often helpful For example you might try
184. ower you are using If your computer uses AC power click Running on AC If your computer runs on battery power click Running on Battery If your computer operates on both AC and battery power you can configure the settings on both tabs The settings you choose are in effect no matter which power source you use 3 Use the sliders to set the amount of inactive time that passes before the display and computer go into sleep mode When the display is in sleep mode the computer continues to run When the computer is in sleep mode power to the display and hard disk is shut off and the computer uses only the power needed to maintain the contents of RAM 4 Conditional If the computer is a laptop set the actions you want taken when the laptop lid is closed The following actions are available Do nothing The laptop continues to run normally when the lid is closed Customizing Your Settings 85 86 Blank screen The screen is blanked reducing power consumption Suspend Suspend mode turns off power consuming computer components such as the display and the hard drive without saving the contents of RAM Any unsaved data is lost Hibernate Hibernate mode saves all contents of RAM to the hard disk before shutting off power to the system When you start the system again the saved data is put back into RAM restoring your computer to the state it was in before it shut off Hibernate requires an amount of free hard disk space equal to the
185. p Effects Xgl is a new Xserver architecture that lets you turn your desktop into a rotating 3 D cube tile windows so they don t overlap and switch tasks while viewing live thumbnails You can enable translucent or transparent windows zoom in and out of the desktop screen and perform other window effects such as shadows fading and transformations You can also configure windows to snap to other windows and screen edges when they are moved Figure 2 11 3 D Desktop a apanhei a ru et eee sit wee acsaste eu pate Pst Sa 1 nano SM Hea esh yc NovellClen for Linx The taster Nel let lations arisen tin thelr tantet rgy Susans inta the qe maei ashton Sa oe SPE FREY saitte ite 3 at EL th Tent het ese I aplentan Enabling Desktop Effects To enable Xgl you need a graphics adapter capable of providing 3 D support and the graphics driver that Linux uses to operate the graphics adapter This driver must be able to handle OpenGL or 3 D requests from the Linux kernel For a list of supported adapters see the etc X11 xgl hardware list file that is included with the openSUSE installation This file will tell you which graphics cards are known to work Customizing Your Settings 53 with Xgl which cards do not work with Xgl and which cards might work with Xgl but are not supported because they are either too slow or contain too many known defects Your screen resolution must be within the 102
186. p environment and the time that you log out You can set session preferences and specify which applications to start when you begin a session You can configure sessions to save the state of applications and then restore the state when you start another session You can also use this preference tool to manage multiple sessions For example you might have a mobile session which starts applications you use most frequently when traveling a demo session that starts applications used to present a demonstration or slide show to a customer and a work session that uses a different set of applications when you are working in the office Click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt Sessions This module consists of three tabbed pages e Session Options Lets you manage multiple sessions and set preferences for the current session e Current Session Lets you specify startup order values and select restart styles for the session managed applications in your current session e Startup Programs Lets you specify non session managed startup applications which start automatically when you start a session 90 GNOME User Guide Setting Session Preferences Use the Session Options tabbed page to manage multiple sessions and set preferences for the current session Figure 2 28 Sessions Dialog Session Options Page Sessions v Show splash screen on login v Prompt on logout Automatically save changes to session Sessions Current
187. p files 4 2 2 The Shortcut Bar Evolution s most important job is to give you access to your information and help you use it quickly One way it does that is through the shortcut bar which is the column on the left side of the main window The buttons such as Mail and Contacts are the shortcuts Above them is a list of folders for the current Evolution tool GNOME User Guide The folder list organizes your e mail calendars contact lists and task lists in a tree similar to a file tree Most people find one to four folders at the base of the tree depend ing on the tool and their system configuration Each Evolution tool has at least one called On This Computer for local information For example the folder list for the e mail tool shows any remote e mail storage you have set up plus local folders and search folders If you get large amounts of e mail you might want more folders than just your Inbox You can create multiple calendar task or contacts folders To create a new folder 1 Click Folder gt New 2 Type the name of the folder in the Folder Name field 3 Select the location of the new folder 4 Click OK Folder Management Right click a folder or subfolder to display a menu with the following options Copy Copies the folder to a different location When you select this item Evolution offers a choice of locations to copy the folder to Move Moves the folder to another location Mark Messages As Read Mark
188. parts of common Windows software Each section is dedicated to one particular field of application and presents an overview of the Windows applications and Linux equivalents for several tasks Below each table find further information about the Linux applications with links to more information This list is by no means complete because software devel opment is an evolutionary process and new applications are being created every minute TIP Missing Applications Not all applications mentioned below are installed on your system by default and some may not be shipped with your product If the application you want to use is missing ask your system administrator If the application is provided by your product you can install it with YaST Use the search function of the YaST software management tool to find the package names C 1 Office This section features the most popular and powerful Linux office and business software solutions These include office suites databases accounting software and project management software 224 Table C 1 Task Office Software for Windows and Linux Windows Application Linux Application Office Suite Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentation Data Plotting Local Database Financial Account ing Project Manage ment Mind Mapping FreeMind MS Office StarOffice OpenOffice org MS Word StarOf fice OpenOffice org Writer WordPerfect MS Excel StarOf fice Op
189. plications SAG Free 57G Total Network Wired Using ethernet eth0 The main menu contains several elements Each of these elements is described in the following sections e Section 1 4 1 Search Bar page 11 e Section 1 4 2 Show Menu page 11 e Section 1 4 3 System page 13 e Section 1 4 4 Status page 13 1 4 1 Search Bar The search bar helps you find applications and files on your system For more informa tion about using the GNOME desktop s search function see Section 1 5 3 Finding Files on Your Computer page 21 1 4 2 Show Menu You can determine which icons appear in the main menu by clicking the Show menu There are three available views e Section Favorite Applications page 12 Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 11 e Section Recently Used Applications page 12 e Section Recent Documents page 13 Favorite Applications By default the Favorite Applications menu shows icons for several commonly used applications Use this view to show the applications you use most often To add an item to your Favorite Applications 1 Click ComputerMore Applications 2 Right click the application you want to add 3 Select Add to Favorites The selected application is added to your Favorite Applications To remove an item from your Favorite Applications 1 Click Computer 2 Make sure that your Favorite Applications appear in the main menu If Favorit
190. plications in your current sess 92 GNOME User Guide ect the session and es and to choose restart ion Figure 2 29 Sessions Dialog Current Session Page Sessions Session Options Startup Programs Currently running programs Order Style State Program 50 gnome session properties 00 gnome smproxy sm config prefix gnome 50 netapplet 20 amp metacity 4 Order 50 gt Style Normal gt Remove X Apply Bin The following table lists the session properties that you can configure Table 2 12 Session Properties for Session Managed Applications Option Description Order Specifies the order in which the session manager starts session managed startup applications The session manager starts applications with lower order values first The default value is 50 To set the startup order of an application select the application in the table Use the Order box to specify the startup order value Style Determines the restart style of an application To select a restart style for an application select the application in the table and then select one of the following styles e Normal Starts automatically when you start a session Use the kill command to terminate applications with this restart style during a session e Restart Restarts automatically when you close or terminate the application Select this style for an application if it must run continu ously during your sess
191. propriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee 2 You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it thus forming a work based on the Program and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above provided that you also meet all of these con ditions a You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change GNU Licenses 249 250 b You must cause any work that you distribute or publish that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License c Ifthe modified program normally reads commands interactively when run you must cause it when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty or else saying that you provide a warranty and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions and telling the user how to view a copy o
192. ptions click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt Power Management then click the General tab On this tab you can choose e The sleep type to use when the computer is inactive e The action to take when the power button is pressed e How and when the Power icon displays The available options are Table 2 10 General Power Management Options Setting Options Sleep type when inac Do nothing tive The computer does not shut down or automatically go into any kind of power saving mode e Suspend Suspend mode turns off power consuming computer components such as the display and the hard drive without saving the contents of RAM Any unsaved data is lost Hibernate The computer saves the contents of RAM to the hard disk then shuts down When you turn the computer on again the saved data is put back into RAM restor ing your computer to the state it was in before it shut off Hibernate requires an amount of free hard disk Customizing Your Settings 87 Setting Options When power button is pressed space equal to the amount of RAM installed on the computer Ask me Displays a prompt asking what action to take Suspend Turns off power consuming components but continues to use enough power to maintain the contents of RAM Hibernate Saves the contents of RAM to the hard disk and shuts down Shutdown Shuts down the computer without saving the contents of RAM Notification area Determines how t
193. r and your e mail application and Web browser on the third desktop Using Ctrl Alt Left arrow and Ctrl Alt Right arrow you can rotate the cube to access the programs running in the selected desktop and avoid windows piled on top of each other on one desktop Dragging a window to the edge of the screen will rotate the cube and place the window on the new desktop To rotate the cube manually in 3 D press Ctrl Alt left click the desktop then drag the mouse pointer Ctrl Alt Shift Left or Right arrow lets you rotate the cube while taking the currently selected window with you Use the options under Drag the cube with the mouse by using to change the default keystrokes used to rotate the cube For information on how to add an image behind your cube see Section Displaying a Skydome Image Behind the Cube page 64 GNOME User Guide Edge Flipping If edge flipping is enabled the desktop cube rotates to the next face when you bump the mouse pointer to the edge of the screen You can choose to always enable edge flipping or to enable edge flipping only when you drag a window or icon to the edge of the desktop Use the slider bar at the bottom of the tabbed window to specify how long in mi croseconds it takes to rotate the cube after you bump the edge of the desktop with a window or the mouse pointer Other Features Use the options on this tabbed page to configure window tiling zooming and water effects Figure 2 15 Other Featu
194. r everyone s free use or not licensed at all The precise terms and conditions for copying distribution and modification follow GNOME User Guide D 1 2 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0 This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License The Program below refers to any such program or work and a work based on the Program means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law that is to say a work containing the Program or a portion of it either verbatim or with modifications and or translated into another language Hereinafter translation is included without limitation in the term modification Each licensee is addressed as 33 you cc Activities other than copying distribution and modification are not covered by this Li cense they are outside its scope The act of running the Program is not restricted and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program independent of having been made by running the Program Whether that is true depends on what the Program does 1 You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program s source code as you receive it in any medium provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an ap
195. r types that are available Novell GroupWise Select this option if you connect to Novell GroupWise Novell Group Wise keeps e mail calendar and contact information on the server Microsoft Exchange Available only if you have installed the Connector for Microsoft Exchange It allows you to connect to a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or 2003 server which stores e mail calendar and contact information on the server Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 139 140 IMAP Keeps the e mail on your server so you can access your e mail from multiple systems IMAP4rev1 Keeps the e mail on your server so you can access your e mail from multiple systems POP Downloads your e mail to your hard disk for permanent storage freeing up space on the e mail server USENET News Connects to the news server and downloads a list of available news digests Local Delivery Choose this option if you want to move e mail from the spool the location where mail waits for delivery and store it in your home directory You need to provide the path to the mail spool you want to use If you want to leave e mail in your system s spool files choose the Standard Unix Mbox Spool option instead MH Format Mail Directories If you download your e mail using mh or an other MH style program you should use this option You need to provide the path to the mail directory you want to use Maildir Format Mail Directories If you download your e mail using Qmail or anot
196. r version 2 of the License or at your option any later version This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111 1307 USA Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail If the program is interactive make it output a short notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode Gnomovision version 69 Copyright C year name of author Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for details type show w This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions type show c for details The hypothetical commands show w and show c should show the appropriate parts of the General Public License Of course the commands you use may be called some GNOME User Guide thing other than show w and show c they could even be mouse clicks or menu items whatever suits your program You should also get your employer if you work as a programmer or your school if any to sign a copyright disclaimer for the program if necessary Here is a sample alter the names Yoyodyne Inc
197. r window Figure 1 4 File Manager in Browser Mode File Browser etc Eile Edit View Go Bookmarks Help a TOQ 2 B Back Forward Up Stop Reload Home Computer Location rete Q 100 Q View as Icons es S amp S B ximian xinetd d xml a2zpa a2p syst This kd a2ps site cfg adjtime i aliases db 208 items Free space 4 7 GB Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop Some simple shortcuts for navigating in the File Manager include the following Table 1 4 File Manager Navigation Shortcuts Shortcut Description lt or Alt fT Opens the parent folder tor Selects an item Alt or Enter Opens an item Shift Alt Opens an item and closes the current folder Shift Alt T Opens the parent folder and closes the current folder Shift Ctrl W Closes all parent folders Ctrl L Opens a location by specifying a path or URL Alt Home Opens your home directory For more information click Help gt Contents in the File Manager You can change the File Manager preferences by clicking Edit gt Preferences The configurable preferences are organized on five tabs e Section Views page 17 e Section Behavior page 18 e Section Display page 19 e Section List Columns page 19 e Section Preview page 19 16 GNOME User Guide Views To configure the appearance of the File Manager click Edit gt Preferences gt Views then
198. res Tabbed Page 3D Desktop Window Effects Desktop Cube Other Features Window Picker The Window Picker shrinks and rearranges the windows on your desktop so you can see all of them at once and then selects the one you click Activate deactivate when type lt Control gt lt Alt gt Up or when move the mouse to this corner Top Left Zoom Zoom mode lets you zoom in on part of the desktop EI Zoom into desktop when I press O Shift O Control O Alt E Super O Button1 Button2 Button 3 Zoom in and out when use the scroll wheel with O Shift O Control C Alt H Super Water Effect May be very slow with some video cards W Create ripples with the pointer when hold down O Shift Control C Alt Super Activate deactivate rain when type lt Shift gt F9 chance of showers downpour X Close Window Picker This option lets you tile or scale the windows on your desktop so that you can see what windows you have open and select a specific one This also provides you with a snapshot of all applications open on your desktop Pressing Ctrl Alt Up arrow shrinks all windows and rearranges them on the screen so that they do not overlap Selecting a window with the mouse causes all windows to return to their original size and position with the selected window on top Customizing Your Settings 59 60 To change the keystrokes used to tile windows click the box to the right of Acti vate deactiv
199. rets many multimedia formats For more information refer to http xinehq de XMMS XMMS is the traditional choice for multimedia playback It is focused on music playback offering support for CD playback and Ogg Vorbis files Users of Winamp should find XMMS comfortable because of its similarity Find more information about XMMS at http www xmms org zapping A TV viewer and recorder application for the GNOME desktop supporting analog TV Find more information about Zapping at http zapping sourceforge net cgi bin view Main WebHome C 4 Graphics The following section presents some of the Linux software solutions for graphics work These include simple drawing applications as well as fully fledged image editing tools and powerful rendering and animation programs GNOME User Guide Table C 4 Graphics Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application Simple Graphic Edit MS Paint KolourPaint ing Professional Graphic Editing Creating Vector Graphics SVG Editing Creating 3D Graphics Managing Digital Pho tographs Scanning Image Viewing Blender Adobe Photoshop Paint Shop Pro Corel PhotoPaint The GIMP Adobe Illustrator CorelDraw OpenOffice org Draw Free hand WebDraw Freehand Adobe Illustrator 3D Studio MAX Maya POV Ray Blender Software provided by the cam era manufacturer Vuescan ACDSee The GIMP Krita OpenOffice org Draw Inkscape Di
200. rom the original licensor to copy distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions You may not impose any GNU Licenses 251 252 further restrictions on the recipients exercise of the rights granted herein You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License 7 If as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason not limited to patent issues conditions are imposed on you whether by court order agreement or otherwise that contradict the conditions of this License they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License If you cannot dis tribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all For example if a patent license would not permit royalty free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any particular cir cumstance the balance of the section is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other prop erty right claims or to contest
201. roups including user and group names group membership password and password encryption and other options Click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt User Management The User Manage ment tool opens the User and Group Administration module in YaST NOTE Root privileges are required to manage users and groups Follow the directions in YaST for information on changing settings 2 4 11 Configuring Administrative Settings with YaST For your convenience YaST is available from the Control Panel as well as the Appli cations menu For information about using YaST see the Reference manual that came with your distribution of openSUSE Customizing Your Settings 99 Part Il Office and Collaboration The OpenOffice org Office Suite OpenOffice org is a powerful open source office suite that provides tools for all types of office tasks such as writing texts working with spreadsheets or creating graphics and presentations With OpenOffice org you can use the same data across different computing platforms You can also open and edit files in other formats including Mi crosoft Office then save them back to this format if needed This chapter covers infor mation about the Novell edition of OpenOffice org and some of the key features you should be aware of when getting started with the suite Section 3 1 Understanding OpenOffice org page 104 Section 3 2 Word Processing with Writer page 113 Sectio
202. s 1 Select the images to export 2 Click File gt Export gt Export to CD and click OK f spot copies the files and opens the CD writing dialog Assign a name to your image disk and determine the writing speed Click Write to start the CD writing process Figure 8 5 Exporting Images to a CD Information Write disc to Disc name Personal Data Jul 12 2005 Data size 3 MiB Write Options Write speed Maximum possible gt After Writing Eject disc Reuse these files for another disc B Heip X cancel write 188 GNOME User Guide 8 6 Basic Image Processing with f spot f spot offers several very basic image editing functionalities Enter the edit mode of f spot by clicking the Edit Image icon in the toolbar or by double clicking the image to edit Switch images using the arrow keys at the bottom right Choose from the following edit functions Table 8 2 f spot Edit Functions Function Description Sharpen Access this function with Edit gt Sharp en Adjust the values for Amount Radius and Threshold to your needs and click OK Crop Image To crop the image to a selection you made either choose a fixed ratio crop or the No Constraint option from the drop down menu at the bottom left select the region to crop and click the scissor icon next to the ratio menu Red Eye Reduction In a portrait shot select the eye region of the face and click the red eye icon Adjust Color View the
203. s Bluetooth services enable you to connect wireless devices such as mobile phones and personal data assistants PDAs to your computer Bluetooth wireless support includes automatic recognition of Bluetooth enabled devices via the YaST central configuration and administration tool Click Computer gt Control Center gt Hardware gt Bluetooth then set the configuration options that are appropriate for your device NOTE Root privileges are required for configuring Bluetooth services 2 1 2 Configuring Your DSL Connection If you connect to a network over a DSL Connection use this option to configure your connection The DSL connection is configured in YaST Customizing Your Settings 37 NOTE Root privileges are required for configuring your DSL Connection 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt Hardware gt DSL 2 Enter the root password YaST opens 3 Follow the instructions in YaST to configure DSL 2 1 3 Configuring Your Graphics Card and Monitor Your graphics card was configured for your monitor during installation If you ever need to change these settings click Computer gt Control Center gt Hardware gt Graphics Card and Monitor then set the appropriate options for your monitor NOTE Graphics card configuration is done in YaST2 and requires root privileges 2 1 4 Modifying Keyboard Preferences Use the Keyboard Preferences tool to modify the autorepeat preferences for your key board
204. s 3 14 6 Various Schubert Marche Militaire Classical Treasures 1 41 7 Various J Strauss Radetsky Mar Classical Treasures 2 18 8 Various Chopin Nocturne Classical Treasures 2 07 9 Various Debussy Claire De Lune Classical Treasures 1 43 10 Various Schubert Unfinished Sym Classical Treasures 2 03 1 Various Mendelssohn Violin Conc Classical Treasures 1 34 12 Various Tchaikovsky Waltz Of Fic Classical Treasures 2 04 13 Various Liszt Hungarian Rhapsoc Classical Treasures 2 01 14 Various Verdi Dance Of the Priest Classical Treasures 1 30 15 Various Strauss Voices Of Sprinc Classical Treasures 1 18 16 Various Mozart Minuet in D Classical Treasures 0 22 17 Various Tchaikovsky Dance of th Classical Treasures 1 36 18 Various Tchaikovsky Violin Conc Classical Treasures 3 03 19 Various Liszt Spanish Rhapsody Classical Treasures 1 21 20 Various Brahms Hungarian Danc Classical Treasures 1 37 w gt 4 25 Items 47 36 Total Play Time E 10 1 Managing Your Library You can use the library to do a variety of things including playing organizing and importing music You can also view a variety ofinformation about your music collection including playback statistics when a song was last played and how many times 10 1 1 Playing Your Music To play a song simply select the song in the library and click the Play button d aN p a ees ah to pause a song or play the next
205. s all the messages in the folder as read New Folder Creates another folder in the same location Delete Deletes the folder and all its contents Rename Lets you change the name of the folder Disable Disables the account Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 153 154 Properties Checks the number of total and unread messages in a folder and for remote folders lets you select whether to copy the folder to your local system for offline operation You can also rearrange folders and messages by dragging and dropping them Any time new e mail arrives in a e mail folder that folder label is displayed in bold text along with the number of new messages in that folder 4 2 3 E Mail Evolution e mail is like other e mail programs in several ways e It can send and receive e mail in HTML or as plain text and makes it easy to send and receive multiple file attachments It supports multiple e mail sources including IMAP POP3 and local mbox or mh spools and files created by other e mail programs It can sort and organize your e mail in a wide variety of ways with folders searches and filters It lets you guard your privacy with encryption However Evolution has some important differences from other e mail programs First it s built to handle very large amounts of e mail The junk e mail message filtering and searching functions were built for speed and efficiency There s also the search folder an advanced organizati
206. s always provide all the possible actions for any given view of your data If you re looking at your Inbox most of the menu items relate to e mail Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 151 152 Some content relates to other components of Evolution and some especially those in the File menu relates to the application as a whole File Anything related to a file or to the operations of the application usually falls under this menu such as creating things saving them to disk printing them and quitting the program itself Edit Holds useful tools that help you edit text and move it around Lets you access the settings and configuration options in the Edit menu View Lets you decide how Evolution should look Some of the features control the appearance of Evolution as a whole and others the way a particular kind of information appears Folder Holds actions that can be performed on folders You can find things like copy rename delete and so on Message Holds actions that can be applied to a message If there is only one target for the action such as replying to a message you can normally find it in the Message menu Search Lets you search for messages or for phrases within a message You can also see previous searches you have made In addition to the Search menu there is a text entry box in the toolbar that you can use to search for messages You can also create a search folder from a search Help Opens the Evolution Hel
207. s similar to Ark s For more information refer to http fileroller sourceforge net home html Getting to Know Linux Software 241 242 GEdit GEdit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop It provides features similar to Kate s Find more information at http www gnome org projects gedit GNU Parted GNU Parted is a command line tool for creating destroying resizing checking and copying partitions and the file systems on them If you need to create space for new operating systems use this tool to reorganize disk usage and copy data between different hard disks Find more information at http www gnu org software parted GOCR GOCR is an OCR optical character recognition tool It converts scanned images of text into text files Find more information at http jocr sourceforge net gzip tar bzip2 There are plenty of packaging programs for reducing disk usage In general they differ only in their pack algorithm Linux can also handle the packaging formats used on Windows bzip2 is a bit more efficient than gzip but needs more time depending on the pack algorithm Find more information about gzip and tar in our Shell chapter kate Kate is part of the KDE suite It has the ability to open several files at once either locally or remotely With syntax highlighting project file creation and external scripts execution it is a perfect tool for a programmer Find more information at http kate kde org K
208. s to it and any later version you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation If the Program does not specify a version number of this License you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation 10 Ifyou wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free programs whose distribution conditions are different write to the author to ask for permission For software which is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation write to the Free Software Foundation we sometimes make exceptions for this Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free soft ware and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally NO WARRANTY 11 BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY AP PLICABLE LAW EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IM PLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING REPAIR OR CORRECTION 12 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED
209. se any text editor to create note sheets Users do not need to tackle any format ting or notation issues like spacing line breaking or polyphonic collisions All these issues are automatically resolved by LilyPond It supports many special nota tions like chord names and tablatures The output can be exported to PNG TeX PDF PostScript and MIDI Find more information about LilyPond at http lilypond org web GNOME User Guide MainActor MainActor is a fully fledged video authoring software Because there is a Windows version of MainActor transition from Windows is easy Find more information about MainActor at http www mainactor com MPlayer MPlayer is a movie player that runs on several systems Find more information about MPlayer at http www mplayerhq hu homepage design7 Hie tiem MusE MusE s goal is to be a complete multitrack virtual studio for Linux Find more in formation about MusE at http www muse sequencer org index PNE Noteedit Noteedit is a powerful score editor for Linux Use it to create sheets of notes and to export and import scores to and from many formats such as MIDI MusicXML and LilyPond Find more information about Noteedit at http developer berlios de projects noteedit Rhythmbox Rhythmbox is a powerful multitalented media player for the GNOME desktop It allows you to organize and browse your music collection using playlists and even supports Internet radio Find more information abo
210. select the fonts to use in your applications windows terminals and desktop To open the Font Preferences dialog click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Fonts Customizing Your Settings 65 66 Figure 2 21 Font Preferences Dialog Bw Font Preferences x Application font Sans Desktop font Sans Window title font Sans Terminal font Monospace Font Rendering Monochrome Best shapes labefgop AO abcfgop abcfgop AO abcfgop Best contrast Subpixel smoothing LCDs labefgop AO abcfgop abcfgop AO abcf sop Details 9 Help The upper part of the dialog shows the fonts selected for applications documents the desktop window titles and a fixed width font for terminals Click one of the buttons to open a selection dialog where you can set the font family style and size To specify how to render fonts on your screen select one of the following options e Monochrome Renders fonts in black and white only The edges of characters might appear jagged in some cases because the characters are not antialiased An tialiasing is an effect that is applied to the edges of characters to make the characters look smoother Best Shapes Antialiases fonts where possible Use this option for standard Cathode Ray Tube CRT monitors Best Contrast Adjusts fonts to give the sharpest possible contrast and antialiases fonts so that characters have smooth edges This option might enhance the
211. server automatically The URL that contains the information required to configure the proxy server automatically 2 4 5 Configuring Power Management The Power Management module lets you manage your system s power saving options It is especially useful for extending the life of a laptop s battery charge However several options also help to save electricity when you are using a computer that is plugged in to an electricity source Click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt Power Management GNOME User Guide Specifying Sleep Mode Times Sleep mode shuts down the computer when it is unused for a specified amount of time Whether you are using battery or AC power you can specify the amount of time that the computer remains unused before it is put to sleep You can also put the computer s display to sleep without shutting down the computer saving the power required by the display Sleep mode is especially important when the computer is operating under battery power Both the screen and the computer draw power from the battery so you can save a significant amount of battery power by shutting down one or both It is common to put the display to sleep after a shorter period of time Then if the computer remains unused for an additional amount of time it is also put to sleep To specify your computer s sleep settings 1 Click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt Power Management 2 Click the tab for the type of p
212. sing the document straightforwardly with generic text editors or for images com posed of pixels generic paint programs or for drawings some widely available drawing editor and that is suitable for input to text formatters or for automatic translation to a variety of formats suitable for input to text formatters A copy made in an otherwise Transparent file format whose markup or absence of markup has been arranged to thwart or discourage subsequent modification by readers is not Transparent An image format is not Transparent if used for any substantial amount of text A copy that is not Transparent is called Opaque Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain ASCII without markup Texinfo input format LaTeX input format SGML or XML using a publicly available DTD and standard conforming simple HTML PostScript or PDF designed for human modification Examples of transparent image formats include PNG XCF and JPG Opaque formats include proprietary formats that can be read and edited only by proprietary word processors SGML or XML for which the DTD and or processing tools are not generally available and the machine generated HTML PostScript or PDF produced by some word processors for output purposes only The Title Page means for a printed book the title page itself plus such following pages as are needed to hold legibly the material this License requires to appear in the title page For works in f
213. suite of programs for debugging and profiling x86 applications Find more information about Valgrind at http valgrind org info GNOME User Guide GNU Licenses This appendix contains the GNU General Public License and the GNU Free Documen tation License D 1 GNU General Public License Version 2 June 1991 Copyright C 1989 1991 Free Software Foundation Inc 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111 1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document but changing it is not allowed D 1 1 Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it By contrast the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software to make sure the software is free for all its users This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation s software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Library General Public License instead You can apply it to your programs too 248 When we speak of free software we are referring to freedom not price Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software and charge for this service if you wish that you receive source code or can get it if you want it that you can change the software or use p
214. t gt Object gt OLE Object gt OpenOffice org 2 0 Drawing gt OK This opens Draw 2 Create your drawing 3 Click in your document outside the Draw frame The drawing is automatically inserted into your document The OpenOffice org Office Suite 133 134 3 7 Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math It is usually difficult to include complex mathematical formulas in your documents The OpenOffice org Math equation editor lets you create formulas using operators functions and formatting assistants You can then save those formulas as objects that can be imported into other documents Math functions can be inserted into other OpenOffice org documents like any other graphic object NOTE Math is not a calculator The functions it creates are graphical objects Even if they are imported into Calc these functions cannot be evaluated 3 8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice org OpenOffice org contains extensive online help In addition a large community of users and developers support it As a result it is seldom hard to find help or information about using the OpenOffice org The following table shows some of the places where you can go for additional information Because Web sites often close or their content changes the information in the following table might not be current when you read it Table 3 5 Where to Get Information About OpenOffice org Location What You Can Find OpenOffice org onlin
215. te in The category is the folder where the template is stored 6 Click OK 3 2 5 Working with Large Documents You can use Writer to work on large documents Large documents can be either a single file or a collection of files assembled into a single document Navigating in Large Documents The Navigator tool displays information about the contents of a document It also lets you quickly jump to different elements For example you can use the Navigator to get a quick overview of all images included in the document To open the Navigator click Edit gt Navigator The elements listed in the Navigator vary according to the document loaded in Writer GNOME User Guide Figure 3 3 Navigator Tool in Writer CENCE O s 7 Hu BE BH 0 Pha eo Headings Tables Text frame Graphics OLE objects Sections Hyperlinks References Indexes A Notes Draw objects 6 M x O23 Bm im jal letter odt active Click an item in the Navigator to jump to that item in the document Creating a Single Document from Multiple Documents If you are working with a very large document such as a book you might find it easier to manage the book with a master document rather than keeping the book in a single file A master document enables you to quickly apply formatting changes to a large document or to jump to each subdocument for editing A master document is a Writer document that serves as a container
216. ter section of the Document that deals exclusively with the relationship of the publishers or authors of the Document to the Document s overall subject or to related matters and contains nothing that could fall directly within that overall subject Thus if the Document is in part a textbook of mathematics a Secondary Section may not explain any mathematics The relationship could be a matter of historical connection with the subject or with related matters or of legal commercial philosophical ethical or political position regarding them The Invariant Sections are certain Secondary Sections whose titles are designated as being those of Invariant Sections in the notice that says that the Document is released under this License If a section does not fit the above definition of Secondary then it is not allowed to be designated as Invariant The Document may contain zero Invariant Sections If the Document does not identify any Invariant Sections then there are none GNOME User Guide The Cover Texts are certain short passages of text that are listed as Front Cover Texts or Back Cover Texts in the notice that says that the Document is released under this License A Front Cover Text may be at most 5 words and a Back Cover Text may be at most 25 words A Transparent copy of the Document means a machine readable copy represented in a format whose specification is available to the general public that is suitable for revi
217. ter your username and password then press Enter For information on configuring your screen saver see Section 2 2 5 Configuring the Screen Saver page 69 1 2 Logging Out When you are finished using the computer click Computer gt Logout Then select one of the following Log out Logs you out of the current session and returns you to the Login dialog Shut down Logs you out of the current session then turns off the computer Restart the computer Logs you out of the current session then restarts the computer Suspend the computer Saves the current memory contents to disk and shuts down the computer When you restart the saved memory content is loaded and you can resume where you left off 1 3 Desktop Basics As with other common desktop products the main components of the GNOME desktop are icons that link to files folders or programs as well as the panel at the bottom of the screen similar to the Task Bar in Windows Double click an icon to start its asso ciated program Right click an icon to access additional menus and options You can also right click any empty space on the desktop to access additional menus for config uring or managing the desktop itself GNOME User Guide By default the desktop features two key icons your personal Home folder and a trash can for deleted items Other icons representing devices on your computer such as CD drives might also be present on the desktop If you d
218. timized for Python and Python Qt development Find more infor mation about Eric at http www die offenbachs de detlev eric3 html GCC GCC is a compiler collection with front ends for various programming languages Check out a complete list of features and find extensive documentation at http gor qu ord GDB GDB is a debugging tool for programs written in various programming languages Find more information about GDB at http www gnu org software gdb gdb html Glade Glade is a user interface builder for GTK and GNOME development As well as GTK support it offers support for C C C Perl Python Java and others Find more information about Glade at http glade gnome org GTK GTK is a multiplatform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces It is used for all GNOME applications The GIMP and several others GTK has been de signed to support a range of languages not only C C Originally it was written for GIMP hence the name GIMP Toolkit Find more information at http www gtk org Language bindings for GTK are summarized under http www gtk org bindings html KDevelop KDevelop allows you to write programs for different languages C C Python Perl etc It includes a documentation browser a source code editor with syntax Getting to Know Linux Software 245 246 highlighting a GUI for the compiler and much more Find more information at http www kdevelop org MonoDevelop
219. tion of files to and from a tape drive Alternatively files can be backed up to archive files Recursively selected directories are supported Find more information at http taper sourceforge net vim vim vi improved is a program similar to the text editor vi Users may need time to adjust to vim because it distinguishes between command mode and insert mode The basic features are the same as in all text editors vim offers some unique options like macro recording file format detection and conversion and multiple buffers in a screen Find more information at http www vim org X Emacs GNU Emacs and XEmacs are very professional editors XEmacs is based on GNU Emacs To quote the GNU Emacs Manual Emacs is the extensible customizable self documenting real time display editor Both offer nearly the same functional ity with minor differences Used by experienced developers they are highly exten sible through the Emacs Lisp language They support many languages like Russian Greek Japanese Chinese and Korean Find more information at http www xemacs org and http www gnu org software emacs emacs fem Getting to Know Linux Software 243 Xpdf Xpdf is lean PDF viewing suite for Linux and Unix platforms It includes a viewer application and some export plug ins for PostScript or text formats Find more in formation at http www foolabs com xpdf C 6 Software Development This section introduces Linux IDEs
220. tion to an iPod play music directly from an iPod create playlists with songs from your library and create audio and MP3 CDs from subsets of your library To access Helix Banshee click Computer gt Helix Banshee Music Player The first time you open Helix Banshee you are prompted to accept a license agreement after which you are prompted to import music Choose an import source such as your home directory a local folder or a local file then click Import Music Source Figure 10 1 Import Music Library Import Music to Library Import Music to Library Your music library is empty You may import new music into your library now or choose to do so later Choose an import source IE Local Folder Do not show this dialog again X Cancel Import Music Source After successfully importing your music your library is displayed Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee 201 202 Figure 10 2 Helix Banshee Library Helix Banshee Music Player Music Edit Playback View Help Kaj fr E Write cD d Music Library Search A Classical Trea 25 Tr Artist Title Album Time Pt Varus Rossii Wil Tel Over Cassa Treasures 302 2 Various Strauss Blue Danube Classical Treasures 2 09 3 Various Ponchielli Dance of the H Classical Treasures 1 59 4 Various Bizet Carmen Overture Classical Treasures 2 20 5 Various Schubert Serenade Classical Treasure
221. tivate rain when I type until New accelerator appears Then press the keystrokes you want to use These new keystrokes will appear in the box Use the slider bar at the bottom of the tabbed window to specify the intensity of the rain effect Figure 2 17 Water Effect E Computer 2 5 Novell GroupWise w The GIMP Convoi Certe F Spot Se Trash Fie Brow C Urttledt Open Help Topics j vser125 Fler df 200M a Xgl Shortcuts The following table contains a list of the default keystrokes and mouse movements you can use to perform desktop effects To change any of these shortcuts see Section Modifying Desktop Effects page 55 Customizing Your Settings 61 Table 2 8 Desktop Effects Shortcuts Effect Shortcut Activate or deactivate rain effect Create ripples with mouse pointer Panoramic view of all desktop cubes Rotate desktop cube Rotate desktop cube manually Rotate desktop cube while keeping the current active window with you Switch windows thumbnail view Tile windows Wobbly window Zoom once Zoom in manually Zoom out manually More Desktop Effects Shift F9 Ctrl Super key Windows key and move mouse pointer Ctrl Alt Down arrow use the Left and Right arrows to scroll Ctrl Alt Left or Right arrow or drag a window to the edge of the screen Ctrl Alt left click desktop and drag Ctrl Alt Shift Left or Right arrow Alt Tab Ctrl
222. to categorize any of your images to create manageable subsets of your collec tion If for example you would like to get some sort of order in your collection of portrait shots of your loved ones proceed like this 1 Select the Browse mode of f spot 2 Inthe left frame of the f spot window select the People category right click it then choose Create New Tag The new tags then appear as subcategories below the People category a Create a new tag called Friends b Create a new tag called Family 3 Now attach tags to images or groups of selected images Right click an image choose Attach Tag and select the appropriate tag for this image To attach a tag to a group of images click the first one then press Shift and select the other ones without releasing the Shift key Right click for the tag menu and select the matching category GNOME User Guide After the images have been categorized you can browse your collection by tag Just check People gt Family and the displayed collection is limited to the images tagged Family Searching your collection by tag is also possible through Find gt Find by Tag The result of your search is displayed in the thumbnail overview window Removing tags from single images or groups of images works similarly to attaching them The tag editing functions are also accessible via the Tags menu in the top menu bar 8 4 Search and Find As mentioned in Section 8 3 Managing Tags page 186 tags c
223. toolkits development tools and versioning systems for professional software development Table C 6 Development Software for Windows and Linux Task Windows Application Linux Application Integrated Development Borland C Delphi Visual KDevelop Eric Eclipse Environments Studio NET MonoDevelop Anjuta Toolkits MEC Qt GTK Qt GTK Compilers VisualStudio GCC Debugging Tools Visual Studio GDB valgrind GUI Design Visual Basic Visual C Glade Qt Designer Versioning Systems Clearcase Perforce Source CVS Subversion Safe Anjuta Anjuta is an IDE for GNOME GTKG application development It includes an editor with automated formatting code completion and highlighting As well as GTK it supports Perl Pascal and Java development A GDB based debugger is also in cluded Find more information about Anjuta at http anjuta sourceforge anet CVS CVS the Concurrent Versions System is one of the most important version control systems for open source It is a front end to the Revision Control System RCS 244 GNOME User Guide included in the standard Linux distributions Find more information at the home page http www cvshome org Eclipse The Eclipse Platform is designed for building integrated development environments that can be extended with custom plug ins The base distribution also contains a full featured Java development environment Find more information at http www eclipse org Eric Eric is an IDE op
224. top icon is on the right side of the bottom panel This icon minimizes all program windows and displays the desktop Or ifall windows are already minimized it opens them up again If you right click an empty spot in the panel a menu opens offering the options listed in the following table GNOME User Guide Table 1 1 Panel Menu Options Option Description Add to Panel Opens a menu list of applications and applets that can be added to the panel Properties Modifies the properties for this panel Delete This Panel Removes the panel from the desktop All of the panel settings are lost New Panel Creates a new panel and adds it to the desktop Help Opens the Help Center About Panels Opens information about the panel application 1 3 4 Adding Applets and Applications to the Panel You can add applications and applets to the bottom panel for quick access An applet is asmall program while an application is usually a more robust stand alone program Adding an applet puts useful utilities where you can easily access them The GNOME desktop comes with many applets You can see a complete list by right clicking the bottom panel and selecting Add to Panel Some useful applets include the following Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 9 Table 1 2 Some Useful Applets Applet Description Dictionary Lookup Look up a word in an online dictionary Force Quit Terminate an application This is especially useful if you Search f
225. truct or control the reading or further copying of the copies you make or distribute However you may accept compensation in exchange for copies If you distribute a large enough number of copies you must also follow the conditions in section 3 You may also lend copies under the same conditions stated above and you may publicly display copies D 2 4 COPYING IN QUANTITY If you publish printed copies or copies in media that commonly have printed covers of the Document numbering more than 100 and the Document s license notice requires Cover Texts you must enclose the copies in covers that carry clearly and legibly all these Cover Texts Front Cover Texts on the front cover and Back Cover Texts on the back cover Both covers must also clearly and legibly identify you as the publisher of these copies The front cover must present the full title with all words of the title equally prominent and visible You may add other material on the covers in addition Copying with changes limited to the covers as long as they preserve the title of the Document and satisfy these conditions can be treated as verbatim copying in other re spects If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit legibly you should put the first ones listed as many as fit reasonably on the actual cover and continue the rest onto adjacent pages If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document numbering more than 100 you must either includ
226. ttings The test area is an interactive interface that lets you see how the keyboard settings affect the display as you type Type text in the test area to test the effect of your settings Click the Accessibility button to start the Keyboard accessibility preference tool Configuring Keyboard Layout Preferences Use the Layouts tabbed page to set your keyboard layout Figure 2 3 Keyboard Preferences Dialog Layouts Page Keyboard Preferences Keyboard model i Reset to defaults Selected layouts Available layouts U S English Albanian Add Arabic Armenian b b Remove p Azerbaijani b Belarusian b Up Belgian Bengali gt Down Select your keyboard model from the drop down list then use the navigational buttons to add or remove the selected layout to or from the list of available layouts You can select different layouts to suit different locales 40 GNOME User Guide Click the Accessibility button to start the Keyboard accessibility preference tool Configuring Keyboard Layout Options Use the Layout Options tabbed page to set your keyboard layout options Figure 2 4 Keyboard Preferences Dialog Layout Options Page Keyboard Preferences Keyboard Typing Break Layouts Layout Options Selected options Available options Add the standard behavic v Alt Win key behavic Alt and Meta on 1 Hyper is mapped Meta is mapped Meta is mapped Super is mapped b CapsLock key beh b comp
227. uite for the KDE desktop It comes with various modules like word processing K Word spreadsheets KSpread presentations KPresenter several image processing applications Kivio Karbon14 Krita a database front end Kexi and many more Find more information about KOffice athttp www koffice org KPresenter See KOffice page 226 Kst Kst is a KDE application for real time data viewing and plotting with basic data analysis functionality Kst contains many powerful built in features such as robust plotting of live streaming data and is expandable with plug ins and extensions Find more about Kst at http kst kde org KWord See KOffice page 226 LabPlot LabPlot is a program for creating and managing two or three dimensional data plots Graphs can be produced both from data and functions and one plot might include multiple graphs It also offers various data analysis methods Find more information about LabPlot at http labplot sourceforge net Mergeant Mergeant is a database front end for the GNOME desktop Find more information at http www gnome db org moneyplex moneyplex is a tool to control your finances All tasks from managing incoming resources and expenses and monitoring your stock portfolio to online transactions via the HBCI standard are handled by moneyplex Keep track of your financial transactions over time using various analysis options Because this tool is also available for Windows users can migrate
228. up Command field If you specify more than one startup application use the Order box to specify the startup order of the each application To edit a startup application select the startup application and then click Edit The Edit Startup Program dialog is displayed Modify the command and the startup order for the startup application To delete a startup application select the startup application and then click Delete To disable a startup application select the startup application and then click Disable 2 4 9 Setting Sound Preferences The Sound Preferences tool lets you control when the sound server starts You can also specify which sounds to play when particular events occur Click Computer gt Control Center gt System gt Sound to open the Sound Preferences tool Setting Sound Devices Use the Devices tab to configure the application to use for various types of sounds Customizing Your Settings 95 Figure 2 31 Sound Preferences Dialog Devices Page Sound Preferences Devices Sounds System Beep Sound Events Sound Playback Audes y Test Music and Movies ie dae avesse o v te Kasi Audio Conferencing Sound Playback Augest y Test Sound Capture Testsoua s y Test Click the drop down list for each type of sound and select the application to use In most cases Autodetect is the best choice unless you want to use a specific application Setting General Sound Prefer
229. up of coordinated settings that specifies the visual appearance of a part of the desktop You can choose themes to change the appearance of the desktop Use the Theme Preferences tool to select from a list of preinstalled themes The list of available themes includes several themes for users with accessibility requirements To choose a theme click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Theme A theme contains settings that affect different parts of the desktop as follows e Controls The controls setting for a theme determines the visual appearance of windows panels and applets It also determines the visual appearance of the GNOME com pliant interface items that appear on windows panels and applets such as menus icons and buttons Some of the controls setting options that are available are de signed for special accessibility needs You can select an option for the controls setting in the Controls tabbed page of the Theme Details tool Window frame The window frame setting for a theme determines the appearance of the frames around windows only You can select an option for the window frame setting in the Window Border tabbed page of the Theme Details tool e Icon The icon setting for a theme determines the appearance of the icons on panels and the desktop background You can select an option for the icon setting in the Icons tabbed page of the Theme Details tool The color settings for the desktop and applications are
230. use as a command for searching the Web For example if you use Wikipedia often use a smart keyword to simplify this task 1 Gotohttp en wikipedia org 2 After Firefox displays the Web page see the search text field Right click it then choose Add a Keyword for this Search from the menu that opens 3 The Add Bookmark dialog appears In Name name this Web page for example Wikipedia en 4 For Keyword enter your abbreviation of this Web page for example wiki 5 With Create in choose the location of the entry in your bookmarks section You can put it into Quick Searches but any other level is also appropriate 6 Finalize with Add You have successfully generated a new keyword Whenever you need to look into Wikipedia you do not have to use the entire URL Just type wiki Linux to view an entry about Linux Browsing with Firefox 179 180 7 6 Printing from Firefox Configure the way Firefox prints the content it displays using the Page Setup dialog Click File gt Page Setup then go to the Format amp Options tab to select the orientation of your print jobs You can scale or make it adjust automatically To print a background select Print Background colors amp images Click the Margins amp Header Footer tab to adjust margins and select what to include in the headers and footers After you configured your settings print a Web page with File gt Print Select the printer or a file in which to save the output
231. ut Rhythmbox at http www gnome org projects rhythmbox Rosegarden Rosegarden is a free music composition and editing environment It features an audio and MIDI sequencer and a score editor Find more information about Rosegarden at http rosegardenmusic com Sound Juicer Sound Juicer is a lean CD ripper application for the GNOME desktop Find more information about Sound Juicer at http www burtonini com blog computers sound juicer Totem Totem is a movie player application for the GNOME desktop It supports Shoutcast m3u asx SMIL and ra playlists lets you use keyboard controls and plays a wide Getting to Know Linux Software 235 range of audio and video formats Find more information about Totem at http www gnome org projects totem tvtime tvtime is a lean TV viewer application supporting analog TV Find more information about tvtime including a comprehensive usage guide at http tvtime sourceforge net xawtv and motv xawtv is a TV viewer and recorder application supporting analog TV motv is ba sically the same as xawtv but with a slightly different user interface Find more information about the xawtv project athttp linux bytesex org xawtv xawtv4 xawtv4 is a successor of the xawtv application It supports both analog and digital audio and video broadcasts For more information refer to http 1linux bytesex org xawtv Xine Xine is a multimedia player that plays CDs DVDs and VCDs It interp
232. utton without icons A preview of the selected option appears in the Menu and Toolbar Preferences dialog GNOME User Guide 2 2 5 Configuring the Screen Saver A screen saver is a program that blanks the screen or displays graphics when the com puter is not used for a specified amount of time Originally screen savers protected monitors from having images burned into them Now they are used primarily for enter tainment or security To configure a screen saver click Computer gt Control Center gt Look and Feel gt Screensaver Figure 2 22 Screensaver Preferences Dialog Screensaver Preferences Screensaver Blank screen Random Cosmos F Spot photos Floating Feet Pictures folder Pop art squares 4 Set session as idle after iy mames i Activate screensaver when session is idle Lock screen when screensaver is active Hep X Close You can select from Random random selection of screen savers from a custom defined list Blank Screen or a selection of installed screen savers Select a screen saver from the list to choose it The currently selected screen saver is displayed in the small preview window Specify the amount of time that the screen is to be idle before the screen saver is activated and whether the screen is locked when the screen saver is activated Customizing Your Settings 69 70 2 2 6 Choosing a Theme A theme is a gro
233. validity of any such claims this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system which is implemented by public license practices Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system it is up to the author donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that choice This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a consequence of the rest of this License 8 Ifthe distribution and or use of the Program is restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces the original copyright holder who places the Program under this License may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded In such case this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the body of this License 9 The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and or new versions of the General Public License from time to time Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns GNOME User Guide Each version is given a distinguishing version number If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applie
234. very easily without having to learn a whole new application interface Find more information about moneyplex at http www matrica de OpenOffice org OpenOffice org is the open source equivalent of MS Office It is a very powerful office suite including a word processor Write a spreadsheet Calc a database 226 GNOME User Guide manager Base a presentation manager Impress a drawing program Draw and a formula editor for generating mathematical equations and formulas Math Users familiar with the MS Office family of applications find a very similar appli cation interface and all the functionality to which they are accustomed Because OpenOffice org is capable of importing data from MS Office applications the transition from one office suite to the other is very smooth A Windows version of OpenOffice org even exists enabling Windows users to switch to an open source alternative while still using Windows Find more information about OpenOffice org athttp www openoffice org and read our OpenOffice org chapter for a short introduction to the office suite Planner Planner is a project management tool for the GNOME desktop aiming to provide functionality similar to the project management tools used under Windows Among its various features are Gantt charting abilities and different kinds of views of tasks and resources Find more information about Planner at http www imendio com projects planner PostgreSQL PostgreSQL is a
235. via e mail or display it in the file manager Simply right click an item in the results list and select the option you want The options available for an item in the results list depend on the type of file it is Clicking a file in the list displays a preview of the file and information such as the title path and when the file was last modified or accessed Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 21 22 Use the Search menu to limit your search to files in a specific location such as your address book or Web pages or to display only a specific type of file in your results list The Sort menu lets you sort the items in your results list according to name relevance or the date the file was last modified You can also access Desktop Search by clicking Computer gt More Applications gt System gt Beagle Search Tool pressing F12 or clicking on the bottom panel Search Tips You can use both upper and lowercase letters in search terms Searches are not case sensitive by default To perform a case sensitive search put double quotation marks around the word you want to match exactly For example if you use APPLE in a search apple would be ignored To search for optional terms use OR for example apples OR oranges IMPORTANT The OR is case sensitive when used to indicate optional search terms To exclude search terms use a minus sign in front of the term you want to ex clude for example apples orang
236. volution window Evolution E Mail and Calendaring 149 Figure 4 1 Evolution Window Inbox 11 total 9 unread Evolution File Edit View Foker Message Search Help t U B Y 6 amp 6 OY Get Mail Repy ReplytoAll Foward Print Delte Junk Cancel Next E Mtta9unea ShO All Messages Search Fay Subject or Sendercontains ia Curent Foker Subject V On This Co d 1 n I z The Evolution Team lt evoluti Wekome to Evolution Sep 06 6 00 AM AIM Mobile lt AIM_Mobil m Happy Halbween from AOL M Oct 20 10 59 AM GB oats J Post Religon lt cyelxyxm r ToddKathie PughConnie Oct 20 1 43 PM Junk Reunion com lt weekly rel 7 Updates 17 Birthdays El Oct 23 11 09 AM A Outbox Borders Rewards lt Borders By Invitation Only Oct 23 5 56 PM Borders Rewards lt Borders Borders Shortlist King Co Oct 26 3 52 AM E maii J AIM Mobile lt AIM_Mobile Mobile AIM Update Octob Oct 26 5 48 PM D From The Evolution Team lt evolution novel com gt Cored To Evolution Users lt evolution novellcom gt Subject Wekome to Evolution Date 06 September 2006 12 00 00 0000 06 00 MDT aj Calendars Mana h The Evolution Team is proud to welcome you to Evolution a fs complete system for managing your communications and personal OS F information B Tasks Getting Started Menu Bar The menu bar gives you access to nearly all of Evolution features
237. x Application Backup Software ntbackup Veritas KDar taper dump Adobe Reader Adobe Reader for Linux is the exact counterpart of the Windows and Mac versions of this application The look and feel on Linux are the same as on other platforms The other parts of the Adobe Acrobat suite have not been ported to Linux Find more information at http www adobe com products acrobat readermain html Ark Ark is a GUI based pack program for the KDE desktop It supports common formats such as zip tar gz tar bz2 lha and rar You can view select pack and unpack single files within an archive Due to Ark s integration with Konqueror you can also trigger actions such as unpacking an archive from the context menu in the file manager similar to WinZip For a short introduction to using Ark refer to our KDE Desktop chapter dump The dump package contains both dump and restore dump examines files in a file system determines which ones need to be backed up and copies those files to a specified disk tape or other storage medium The restore command performs the inverse function of dump it can restore a full backup of a file system Find more information at http dump sourceforge net Evince Evince is a document viewer for PDF and PostScript formats for the GNOME desktop Find more information at http www gnome org projects evince File Roller File Roller is a GUI based pack program for the GNOME desktop It provides feature
238. y aname for your style and use the various tabs to set the desired formatting options GNOME User Guide 5 Click OK Modifying a Style 1 Click Format gt Styles and Formatting 2 Inthe Formatting and Styles window click either the Cell Styles or the Page Styles icon 3 Right click the name of the style you want to change then click Modify 4 Change the desired formatting options 5 Click OK 3 3 2 Using Templates in Calc If you use different styles for different types of spreadsheets you can use templates to save your styles for each spreadsheet type Then when you create a particular type of spreadsheet open the applicable template and the styles you need for that template are available in the Formatting and Styles window A detailed explanation of templates is beyond the scope of this section However more information is found in the help system and detailed how tos are found at the OpenOf fice org Documentation page ht tp documentation openoffice org HOW_TO index html1 Creating a Template A Calc template is a spreadsheet that contains styles and content that you want to appear in every spreadsheet created with that template such as headings or other cell styles When a spreadsheet is created or opened with the template the styles are automatically applied to that spreadsheet The OpenOffice org Office Suite 125 To create a template 1 Click File New gt Spreadsheet 2 Create the styles and cont
239. y the style to and then double click the style in the Styles and Formatting window For example to apply a style to a paragraph place the cursor anywhere in that paragraph and double click the desired style Using Styles Versus Using Formatting Buttons and Menu Options Using styles rather than the Format menu options and buttons helps give your pages paragraphs texts and lists a more consistent look and makes it easier to change your formatting For example if you emphasize text by selecting it and clicking the Bold button then later decide you want emphasized text to be italicized you need to find all of your bolded text and manually change it to italics If you use a character style you only need to change the style from bold to italics and all text that has been formatted with that style automatically changes from bold to italics Text formatted with a menu option or button overrides any styles you have applied If you use the Bold button to format some text and an emphasis style to format other text The OpenOffice org Office Suite 117 then changing the style does not change the text that you formatted with the button even if you later apply the style to the text you bolded with the button You must man ually unbold the text and then apply the style Likewise if you manually format your paragraphs using Format gt Paragraph it is easy to end up with inconsistent paragraph formatting This is especially true if you copy an
240. ypes the styles you need for each document are always readily available Creating a template requires a little bit of up front planning You need to determine what you want the document to look like so you can create the styles you need in that template You can always change your template but a little planning can save youa lot of time later NOTE You can convert Microsoft Word templates like you would any other Word document See Section Converting Documents to the OpenOffice org Format page 105 for information A detailed explanation of templates is beyond the scope of this section However more information is found in the help system and detailed how tos are found at the OpenOffice org Documentation page ht tp documentation openoffice org HOW_TO index html1 Creating a Template A template is a text document containing only the styles and content that you want to appear in every document such as your address information and letterhead on a letter When a document is created or opened with the template the styles are automatically applied to that document The OpenOffice org Office Suite 119 120 To create a template 1 Click File gt New gt Text Document 2 Create the styles and content that you want to use in any document that uses this template 3 Click File gt Templates gt Save 4 Specify a name for the template 5 Inthe Categories box click the category you want to place the templa
241. ys work with a specific spreadsheet you can create a macro that opens the spreadsheet and assign it to the Start Application event This section contains simple generic instructions for customizing your environment The changes you make are effective immediately so you can see if the changes are what you wanted and go back and modify them if they weren t See the OpenOffice org help files for detailed instructions Customizing Toolbars Use the Customize dialog to modify OpenOffice org toolbars 1 Click the arrow icon at the end of any toolbar 2 Click Customize Toolbar 3 Select the toolbar you want to customize 4 Select the check boxes next to the commands you want to appear on the toolbar and deselect the check boxes next to the commands you don t want to appear GNOME User Guide 5 Select whether to save your customized toolbar in the OpenOffice org module you are using or in the document OpenOffice org module The customized toolbar is used whenever you open that module e Document filename The customized toolbar is used whenever you open that document 6 Repeat to customize additional toolbars 7 Click OK You can quickly choose the buttons that appear on a particular toolbar 1 Click the arrow icon at the end of the toolbar you want to change 2 Click Visible Buttons to display a list of buttons 3 Select the buttons in the list that appears to enable check or disable uncheck them Customizing Menus

GNOME User Guide

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents