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  10 <bookinfo>
  11 <title>The &infocenter;</title>
  12
  13 <authorgroup>
  14 <author>
  15 <firstname>Michael</firstname>
  16 <surname>McBride</surname>
  17 <affiliation><address>&Mike.McBride.mail;</address></affiliation>
  18 </author>
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  20 </authorgroup>
  21
  22
  23 <date>2002-07-03</date>
  24 <releaseinfo>3.10.00</releaseinfo>
  25
  26 <abstract>
  27 <para>This documentation describes &kde;'s information center.</para>
  28 </abstract>
  29
  30 <keywordset>
  31 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
  32 <keyword>kinfocenter</keyword>
  33 <keyword>system</keyword>
  34 <keyword>information</keyword>
  35 <keyword>module</keyword>
  36 </keywordset>
  37
  38 </bookinfo>
  39
  40 <chapter id="introduction">
  41 <title>The &infocenter;</title>
  42
  43 <para>
  44 The &infocenter; (from now on referred to simply as <quote>the
  45 information center</quote>) provides you with a centralized and convenient
  46 overview of your &kde; and system settings.
  47 </para>
  48
  49 <para>
  50 The information center is made up of multiple modules.  Each module is a
  51 separate application, but the information center organizes all of these
  52 programs into a convenient location.
  53 </para>
  54
  55 </chapter>
  56
  57 <chapter id="info-center">
  58 <title>Using The &infocenter;</title>
  59
  60 <para>
  61 This next section details the use of the information center itself.  For
  62 information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module">Info
  63 Center Modules</link>
  64 </para>
  65
  66 <sect1 id="information-center-starting">
  67 <title>Starting the &infocenter;</title>
  68
  69 <para>
  70 The &infocenter; can be started 3 ways:
  71 </para>
  72
  73 <orderedlist>
  74 <listitem>
  75 <para>
  76 By selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>K
  77 Button</guimenu><guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Info
  78 Center</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the &kde; Panel.
  79
  80 </para>
  81 </listitem>
  82 <listitem>
  83 <para>
  84 By pressing <keycombo
  85 action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>.
  86 </para>
  87
  88 <para>
  89 This will bring up a dialog box.  Type
  90 <userinput><command>kinfocenter</command></userinput>, and click
  91 <guibutton>Run</guibutton> or press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.
  92 </para>
  93 </listitem>
  94
  95 <listitem>
  96 <para>
  97 You can type <command>kinfocenter &amp;</command> at any command prompt.
  98 </para>
  99 </listitem>
 100 </orderedlist>
 101
 102 <para>
 103 All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result.
 104 </para>
 105
 106 </sect1>
 107
 108 <sect1 id="information-center-screen">
 109 <title>The &infocenter; Screen</title>
 110
 111 <para>
 112 When you start the information center, you are presented with a window,
 113 which can be divided into 3 functional parts.
 114 </para>
 115
 116 <para>
 117 Across the top is a menubar.  The menubar will provide you with quick
 118 access to most of &infocenter;'s features.  The menus are detailed in
 119 <link linkend="info-center-menus">The &kde; Info Center
 120 Menus</link>.
 121 </para>
 122
 123 <para>
 124 Along the left hand side, is a column.  This is a where you choose which
 125 module to investigate.  You can learn how to navigate through the modules
 126 in the section called <link linkend="module-intro">Navigating
 127 Modules</link>.
 128 </para>
 129
 130 <para>
 131 The main panel shows you some system information.
 132 </para>
 133
 134 <!--
 135 <para>
 136 In this example, we are running &kde; 2.99, we started &infocenter;
 137 as user <systemitem class="username">adridg</systemitem>, the computer is
 138 named <systemitem class="systemname">aramis</systemitem>, it is a
 139 FreeBSD system, Version 4.4-RELEASE, on a Pentium.
 140 </para> -->
 141
 142 </sect1>
 143
 144 <sect1 id="info-center-menus">
 145 <title>The &infocenter; Menus</title>
 146
 147 <para>
 148 This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item
 149 does.
 150 </para>
 151
 152 <sect2 id="info-center-menu-file">
 153 <title><guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
 154
 155 <para>
 156 The <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu has a single entry.
 157 </para>
 158
 159 <variablelist>
 160
 161 <varlistentry>
 162 <term><menuchoice>
 163 <shortcut>
 164 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo>
 165 </shortcut>
 166 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
 167 <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
 168 </menuchoice></term>
 169 <listitem>
 170 <para>
 171 <action>Closes the info center.</action>
 172 </para>
 173 </listitem>
 174 </varlistentry>
 175 </variablelist>
 176
 177 </sect2>
 178
 179 <sect2 id="info-center-menu-help">
 180 <title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
 181
 182 &help.menu.documentation;
 183
 184 </sect2>
 185
 186 </sect1>
 187
 188 <sect1 id="info-center-exiting">
 189 <title>Exiting The &kde; Information Center</title>
 190
 191 <para>
 192 You can exit the info center one of three ways:
 193 </para>
 194
 195 <itemizedlist>
 196 <listitem>
 197 <para>
 198 Select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
 199 <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu bar.
 200 </para>
 201 </listitem>
 202
 203 <listitem>
 204 <para>Type <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo>
 205 on the keyboard.
 206 </para>
 207 </listitem>
 208
 209 <listitem>
 210 <para>
 211 Click on the <guiicon>Close</guiicon> button on the frame surrounding
 212 the info center.
 213 </para>
 214 </listitem>
 215 </itemizedlist>
 216
 217 </sect1>
 218
 219 </chapter>
 220
 221 <!--*****************************************************************-->
 222
 223 <chapter id="module">
 224 <title>The &infocenter; Modules</title>
 225
 226 <sect1 id="module-intro">
 227 <title>Navigating Modules</title>
 228
 229 <para>
 230 This is a list of the <emphasis>standard</emphasis> configuration
 231 modules (sorted by category) provided by the <application
 232 role="package">&kde; base</application> package. Please note that there
 233 may be many more modules on your system if you have installed additional
 234 software.
 235 </para>
 236
 237 <itemizedlist>
 238 <listitem>
 239 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/devices/index.html">Devices</ulink></para>
 240 </listitem>
 241 <listitem>
 242 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/dma/index.html">DMA-Channels</ulink></para>
 243 </listitem>
 244 <listitem>
 245 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/interrupts/index.html">Interrupts</ulink></para>
 246 </listitem>
 247 <listitem>
 248 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/ioports/index.html">IO-Ports</ulink></para>
 249 </listitem>
 250 <listitem>
 251 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/memory/index.html">Memory</ulink></para>
 252 </listitem>
 253 <listitem>
 254 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/nics/index.html">Network Interfaces</ulink></para>
 255 </listitem>
 256 <listitem>
 257 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/opengl/index.html">OpenGL</ulink></para>
 258 </listitem>
 259 <listitem>
 260 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/partitions/index.html">Partitions</ulink></para>
 261 </listitem>
 262 <listitem>
 263 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pci/index.html">PCI</ulink></para>
 264 </listitem>
 265 <listitem>
 266 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pcmcia/index.html">PCMCIA</ulink></para>
 267 </listitem>
 268 <listitem>
 269 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/processor/index.html">Processor</ulink></para>
 270 </listitem>
 271 <listitem>
 272 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/protocols/index.html">Protocols</ulink></para>
 273 </listitem>
 274 <listitem>
 275 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/samba/index.html">Samba Status Information</ulink></para>
 276 </listitem>
 277 <listitem>
 278 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/scsi/index.html">SCSI</ulink></para>
 279 </listitem>
 280 <listitem>
 281 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/sound/index.html">Sound</ulink></para>
 282 </listitem>
 283 <listitem>
 284 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/usb/index.html">USB Devices</ulink></para>
 285 </listitem>
 286 <listitem>
 287 <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/xserver/index.html">&X-Server;</ulink></para>
 288 </listitem>
 289 </itemizedlist>
 290
 291 </sect1>
 292
 293 <!--****************************************-->
 294
 295 </chapter>
 296
 297 <chapter id="credits">
 298 <title>Credits and License</title>
 299
 300 <para>&infocenter;</para>
 301 <para>Program copyright 1997-2001 The &infocenter; Developers</para>
 302 <para>Contributors:</para>
 303
 304 <itemizedlist>
 305 <listitem><para>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel
 306 &Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel.mail;</para></listitem>
 307 <listitem><para>&Matthias.Elter; &Matthias.Elter.mail;</para></listitem>
 308 </itemizedlist>
 309
 310 <para>Documentation <trademark class="copyright">copyright 2000 Michael
 311 McBride</trademark> &Mike.McBride.mail;</para>
 312
 313 <para>Contributors:</para>
 314
 315 <itemizedlist>
 316 <listitem><para>&Paul.Campbell; &Paul.Campbell.mail;</para></listitem>
 317 <listitem><para>&Helge.Deller; &Helge.Deller.mail;</para></listitem>
 318 <listitem><para>&Mark.Donohoe;</para></listitem>
 319 <listitem><para>&Patrick.Dowler;</para></listitem>
 320 <listitem><para>&Duncan.Haldane; <email>duncan@kde.org</email></para></listitem>
 321 <listitem><para>&Steffen.Hansen; <email>stefh@mip.ou.dk</email>.</para></listitem>
 322 <listitem><para>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel &Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel.mail;</para></listitem>
 323 <listitem><para>Martin Jones &Martin.R.Jones.mail;</para></listitem>
 324 <listitem><para>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</para></listitem>
 325 <listitem><para>&Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;</para></listitem>
 326 <listitem><para>&Thomas.Tanghus; &Thomas.Tanghus.mail;</para></listitem>
 327 <listitem><para>&Krishna.Tateneni; &Krishna.Tateneni.mail;</para></listitem>
 328 <listitem><para>Ellis Whitehead <email>ewhitehe@uni-freiburg.de</email></para></listitem>
 329
 330 </itemizedlist>
 331
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 333
 334 &underFDL;
 335 &underGPL;
 336 </chapter>
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