Quick Start Guide
Figure 8.1 Main Window of the KDE Help Center
The menu and the toolbar provide options for printing contents from the help center,
searching the currently displayed page, and navigating and customizing the help
center. The display eld in the right part of the window always shows the currently
selected contents, such as online manuals, search results, or Web pages.
The navigation area in the left part of the window contains several tabs:
Contents
Presents a tree view of all available information sources. The help center addresses
various target groups, such as users, administrators, and developers. Click on an
entry to open and browse the individual categories. The help center also provides
access to some online databases that cover special hardware and software issues
for your product. All these sources can be searched conveniently once a search
index has been generated.
The contents of your help center depends on which software packages are cur-
rently installed and which languages are selected as your system languages.
Glossary
Provides a quick reference where you can look up the denitions of words that
might be unfamiliar to you.
Search Options
Holds options for the full text search of the help center. You can combine several
search criteria.
Procedure 8.1 Searching the Help Center
To use the full text search KDE help center oers, generate a search index and set
the search parameters. If the search index has not yet been generated, the system
automatically prompts you to do so when you click the Search tab.
1 To search for a term, click into the text eld and enter the search string.
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