SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop

Application Guide

Publication Date 16 Apr 2012

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Contents

About This Guide
1. Available Documentation
2. Feedback
3. Documentation Conventions
I. LibreOffice
1. LibreOffice: The Office Suite
1.1. LibreOffice Modules
1.2. Starting LibreOffice
1.3. Compatibility with Other Office Applications
1.4. Saving LibreOffice Files with a Password
1.5. Signing Documents
1.6. Customizing LibreOffice
1.7. Changing the Global Settings
1.8. Using Templates
1.9. Setting Metadata and Properties
1.10. For More Information
2. LibreOffice Writer
2.1. Creating a New Document
2.2. Sharing Documents with Other Word Processors
2.3. Formatting with Styles
2.4. Working with Large Documents
2.5. Using Writer as an HTML Editor
2.6. For More Information
3. LibreOffice Calc
3.1. Creating a New Document
3.2. Using Formatting and Styles in Calc
3.3. Working With Sheets
3.4. Conditional Formatting
3.5. Grouping and Ungrouping Cells
3.6. Freezing Rows or Columns as Headers
3.7. For More Information
4. LibreOffice Impress, Base, Draw, and Math
4.1. Using Presentations with Impress
4.2. Using Databases with Base
4.3. Creating Graphics with Draw
4.4. Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math
4.5. For More Information
II. Information Management
5. Kontact: E-Mailing and Calendaring
5.1. Kontact Overview
5.2. Mail
5.3. Contacts
5.4. Calendar
5.5. Kontact for GroupWise Users
5.6. For More Information
6. Evolution: E-Mailing and Calendaring
6.1. Starting Evolution for the First Time
6.2. Using Evolution: An Overview
6.3. For More Information
7. GroupWise Linux Client: E-Mailing and Calendaring
7.1. For More Information
8. KGpg: Signing and Encrypting Data
8.1. Why Signing and Encrypting?
8.2. Generating a New Key Pair
8.3. Exporting the Public Key
8.4. Importing Public Keys from Others
8.5. The Key Server Dialog
8.6. Encrypting Your Data
8.7. For More Information
9. Seahorse: Signing and Encrypting Data
9.1. Signing and Encryption
9.2. Generating a New Key Pair
9.3. Modifying Key Properties
9.4. Importing Keys
9.5. Exporting Keys
9.6. Signing a Key
9.7. Encryption Preferences
10. Tomboy: Taking Notes
10.1. Creating Notes
10.2. Searching All Notes
10.3. Linking Notes
10.4. Accessing Your Notes
10.5. Formatting Text in Notes
10.6. Exporting Notes to HTML
10.7. Deleting Notes
10.8. Printing Notes
10.9. Configuring Tomboy Preferences
III. Communication and Collaboration
11. Kopete: Instant Messaging
11.1. Configuring Kopete
11.2. Chatting with Friends
11.3. Customizing Kopete
11.4. For More Information
12. Pidgin: Instant Messaging
12.1. Configuring Accounts
12.2. Managing Your Contacts
12.3. Chatting with Friends
12.4. For More Information
13. Ekiga: Using Voice over IP
13.1. Configuring Ekiga
13.2. The Ekiga User Interface
13.3. Making a Call
13.4. Answering a Call
13.5. Using the Address Book
13.6. For More Information
IV. Internet
14. Konqueror: Browsing the Web
14.1. Tabbed Browsing
14.2. Automatic Scrolling
14.3. Profiles
14.4. Saving Web Pages and Graphics
14.5. Searching with Konqueror
14.6. Bookmarks
14.7. Java and JavaScript
14.8. Enabling Advertisement Blockers
14.9. For More Information
15. Firefox: Browsing the Web
15.1. Navigating Web Sites
15.2. Finding Information
15.3. Managing Bookmarks
15.4. Using the Download Manager
15.5. Security
15.6. Customizing Firefox
15.7. Printing from Firefox
15.8. Opening MHTML Archives
15.9. Displaying Microsoft Silverlight Content
15.10. For More Information
16. gFTP: Transferring Data From the Internet
16.1. ASCII vs. Binary Transfers
16.2. Connecting to a Remote Server
16.3. Transferring Files
16.4. Setting Up an HTTP Proxy Server
16.5. For More Information
V. Graphics
17. GIMP: Manipulating Graphics
17.1. Graphics Formats
17.2. Starting GIMP
17.3. Getting Started
17.4. Saving Images
17.5. Editing Images
17.6. Printing Images
17.7. For More Information
18. DigiKam: Managing Your Digital Image Collection
18.1. About DigiKam
18.2. Configuring Your Camera
18.3. Downloading Pictures from the Camera
18.4. Managing Albums
18.5. Managing Tags
18.6. Creating Powerful Search Filters
18.7. Exporting Image Collections
18.8. Managing Geolocation
18.9. Viewing and Editing Images
18.10. Useful Tools
18.11. Batch Processing
18.12. Troubleshooting
18.13. For More Information
19. F-Spot: Managing Your Digital Image Collection
19.1. Importing Photos
19.2. Downloading Pictures from Your Camera
19.3. Getting Photo Information
19.4. Managing Tags
19.5. Searching and Finding Photos
19.6. Exporting Image Collections
19.7. Basic Photo Editing
19.8. Sharing Photos
19.9. The Preferences Dialog
19.10. For More Information
VI. Multimedia
20. Amarok, Kaffeine and More: Playing Music and Movies
20.1. Mixers
20.2. Playing Music Files
20.3. Handling Audio CDs
20.4. Playing Movie Files
20.5. Troubleshooting
21. Banshee: Playing and Managing Your Music
21.1. Listening to Music
21.2. Managing Your Music Library
21.3. Using Banshee with Your Digital Audio Player or Smart Phone
21.4. Creating Audio and MP3 CDs
21.5. Sharing Your Music
21.6. Configuring Banshee Preferences
21.7. For More Information
22. Totem: Playing Videos
22.1. Using Totem
22.2. Modifying Totem Movie Player Preferences
23. K3b: Burning CDs and DVDs
23.1. Creating a Data CD or DVD
23.2. Creating an Audio CD
23.3. Copying a CD or DVD
23.4. Writing ISO Images
23.5. Creating a Multisession CD or DVD
23.6. For More Information
24. Brasero: Burning CDs and DVDs
24.1. Creating a Data CD or DVD
24.2. Creating an Audio CD
24.3. Copying a CD or DVD
24.4. Writing ISO Images
24.5. Creating a Multisession CD or DVD
24.6. For More Information
VII. Appendix
25. Help and Documentation
25.1. Using the KDE Help Center
25.2. Using GNOME Yelp
25.3. Browsing Man and Info Pages From Your Desktop
25.4. Additional Help Resources
26. Getting to Know Linux Software
26.1. Office Applications
26.2. Network
26.3. Multimedia
26.4. Graphics
26.5. System and File Management
26.6. Software Development
A. GNU Licenses
A.1. GNU General Public License
A.2. GNU Free Documentation License

List of Figures

1.1. Customization Dialog in Writer
1.2. The Options Window
2.1. An LibreOffice Wizard
2.2. Styles and Formatting Window
2.3. Navigator Tool in Writer
4.1. Mathematical Formula in LibreOffice Math
5.1. The Kontact Summary View
5.2. The Kontact Mail Component
5.3. The Kontact Address Book
5.4. The Kontact Calendar
6.1. Evolution Window
8.1. KGpg: Creating a Key
8.2. KGpg Main Window: Key Management
8.3. Search Screen for Importing a Key
8.4. Exporting a Key to a Key Server
9.1. Password and Encryption Keys Main Window
10.1. A New Tomboy Note
10.2. Search All Notes Dialog Box
10.3. Links in Tomboy Notes
10.4. Tomboy Editing Preferences
10.5. Tomboy Hotkey Preferences
10.6. Tomboy Synchronization Preferences
10.7. Tomboy Add-ins Preferences
11.1. Chat Window
11.2. The Main Kopete Window
11.3. Notification Dialog in Kopete
12.1. Pidgin Buddy List
12.2. Pidgin Chat Session
13.1. Ekiga User Interface
14.1. The Browser Window of Konqueror
15.1. The Browser Window of Firefox
15.2. Manage Search Engines
15.3. The Firefox Bookmark Library
15.4. The Firefox Page Info Window
15.5. The Preferences Window
15.6. Installing Firefox Extensions
16.1. GNOME FTP
16.2. gFTP File Transfer
17.1. The Toolbox
17.2. The Basic Color Selector Dialog
17.3. The Print Dialog
18.1. The Main Window of digiKam
18.2. Downloading Pictures from a Camera
18.3. Display Tagged Images Only
18.4. Creating an Advanced Search Filter
18.5. Watching picture locations on the map
18.6. Using Inpainting to Remove Artifacts
18.7. Creating a Custom Crop Using Aspect Ratio Crop
18.8. Simulating IR Photography
18.9. Batch Processing: Solarizing Images
19.1. F-Spot Main Window
19.2. Importing Images into F-Spot
19.3. Creating Tags in F-Spot
19.4. Show Find Bar in F-Spot
19.5. Type-to-find Search
20.1. KMix Mixer Window
20.2. Amarok—Main Window
20.3. Amarok—Cover Editor
20.4. KsCD User Interface
20.5. Ripping Audio CDs with Konqueror
20.6. Kaffeine Main Window
21.1. Banshee Media Player
21.2. Context Pane: Music Recommendations
21.3. Track Editor
21.4. Banshee MP3 Playback from a Nokia N810
21.5. Banshee iPod Device Properties
21.6. Importing Music from Your Digital Audio Player to Banshee
22.1. Totem Movie Player Start Up Window
22.2. Totem General Preferences
22.3. Totem Display Preferences
22.4. Totem Audio Preferences
23.1. Customizing the Burning Process
23.2. Copying a Medium
24.1. Main View of Brasero
25.1. Main Window of the KDE Help Center
25.2. Main Window of Yelp
25.3. Viewing a Man Page With Konqueror

List of Tables

1.1. The LibreOffice Application Modules
1.2. Global Setting Categories
2.1. About the Types of Styles
5.1. Kontact and GroupWise Terminology Differences
13.1. Keyboard Shortcuts for Ekiga
19.1. F-Spot Toolbar
26.1. Office Software for Windows and Linux
26.2. Network Software for Windows and Linux
26.3. Multimedia Software for Windows and Linux
26.4. Graphics Software for Windows and Linux
26.5. System and File Management Software for Windows and Linux
26.6. Development Software for Windows and Linux