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<bookinfo>
<title>The &infocenter;</title>

<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Michael</firstname> <surname>McBride</surname> <affiliation><address><email>[email protected]</email></address></affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>

<date>2002-07-03</date>
<releaseinfo>3.10.00</releaseinfo>

<abstract>
<para>This documentation describes &kde;'s information centre.</para>
</abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>kinfocenter</keyword>
<keyword>system</keyword>
<keyword>information</keyword>
<keyword>module</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title>The &infocenter;</title>

<para>The &infocenter; (from now on referred to simply as <quote>the information centre</quote>) provides you with a centralised and convenient overview of your &kde; and system settings. </para>

<para>The information centre is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information centre organises all of these programs into a convenient location. </para>

</chapter>

<chapter id="info-center">
<title>Using The &infocenter;</title>

<para>This next section details the use of the information centre itself. For information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module">Info Centre Modules</link> </para>

<sect1 id="information-center-starting">
<title>Starting the &infocenter;</title>

<para>The &infocenter; can be started 3 ways: </para>

<orderedlist> 
<listitem>
<para>By selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>K Button</guimenu><guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Info Centre</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the &kde; Panel. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>By pressing <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>. </para>

<para>This will bring up a dialogue box. Type <userinput><command>kinfocenter</command></userinput>, and click <guibutton>Run</guibutton> or press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. </para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>You can type <command>kinfocenter &amp;</command> at any command prompt. </para>
</listitem> 
</orderedlist> 

<para>All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result. </para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="information-center-screen"> 
<title>The &infocenter; Screen</title>

<para>When you start the information centre, you are presented with a window, which can be divided into 3 functional parts. </para>

<para>Across the top is a menubar. The menubar will provide you with quick access to most of &infocenter;'s features. The menus are detailed in <link linkend="info-center-menus">The &kde; Info Centre Menus</link>. </para>

<para>Along the left hand side, is a column. This is a where you choose which module to investigate. You can learn how to navigate through the modules in the section called <link linkend="module-intro">Navigating Modules</link>. </para>

<para>The main panel shows you some system information. </para>

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<para>
In this example, we are running &kde; 2.99, we started &infocenter;
as user <systemitem class="username">adridg</systemitem>, the computer is
named <systemitem class="systemname">aramis</systemitem>, it is a
FreeBSD system, Version 4.4-RELEASE, on a Pentium.
</para> -->

</sect1>

<sect1 id="info-center-menus">
<title>The &infocenter; Menus</title>

<para>This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does. </para>

<sect2 id="info-center-menu-file">
<title><guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>

<para>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu has a single entry. </para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut> <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<action>Closes the info centre.</action>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="info-center-menu-help">
<title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
&help.menu.documentation; </sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="info-center-exiting">
<title>Exiting The &kde; Information Centre</title>

<para>You can exit the info centre one of three ways: </para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu bar. </para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Type <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> on the keyboard. </para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>Click on the <guiicon>Close</guiicon> button on the frame surrounding the info centre. </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

</chapter>

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<chapter id="module">
<title>The &infocenter; Modules</title>

<sect1 id="module-intro">
<title>Navigating Modules</title>

<para>This is a list of the <emphasis>standard</emphasis> configuration modules (sorted by category) provided by the <application role="package">&kde; base</application> package. Please note that there may be many more modules on your system if you have installed additional software. </para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/dma/index.html">DMA-Channels</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/devices/index.html">Devices</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/ioports/index.html">IO-Ports</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/interrupts/index.html">Interrupts</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/memory/index.html">Memory</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/nics/index.html">Network Interfaces</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pci/index.html">PCI</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pcmcia/index.html">PCMCIA</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/partitions/index.html">Partitions</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/processor/index.html">Processor</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/protocols/index.html">Protocols</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/scsi/index.html">SCSI</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/samba/index.html">Samba Status Information</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/sound/index.html">Sound</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/usb/index.html">USB Devices</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/xserver/index.html">X-Server</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

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</chapter>

<chapter id="credits">
<title>Credits and Licence</title>

<para>&infocenter;</para>
<para>Program copyright 1997-2001 The &infocenter; Developers</para>
<para>Contributors:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Matthias Elter <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>Documentation <trademark class="copyright">copyright 2000 Michael McBride</trademark> <email>[email protected]</email></para>

<para>Contributors:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Paul Campbell <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Helge Deller <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Mark Donohoe </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Pat Dowler</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Duncan Haldane <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Steffen Hansen <email>[email protected]</email>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Martin Jones <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jost Schenck <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jonathan Singer <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Thomas Tanghus <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Krishna Tateneni <email>[email protected]></email></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Ellis Whitehead <email>[email protected]</email></para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para>Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email>[email protected]</email></para> 
&underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter>

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