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You can open it using the +Control Center item in the &kmenu;, or with its +command-line name, kcontrol. + +The settings are divided into several major categories, which each +contain several pages of settings. To display a settings page, expand the +major category by clicking on the + button next to it, +and then click on the name of the page you want. The settings page then +appears on the right, and you can change settings to your heart's +content. No changes take effect until you click on the +Apply button. If you decide, after making some +changes, that you want to leave the settings as they were, just click on +Reset. + +If you need more help with a page, visit that page, then click on the +Help tab. You might also want to look at the +&kcontrolcenter; Handbook, which you can open with the +Help&kcontrolcenter; +Handbook. + + + + + + +&J.Hall; +&J.Hall.mail; + + + + +Appearance & Themes + +Here you will find settings that change the way your &tde; desktop and +applications look. + + + +Background + +This section controls the color or image that is set as your desktop +background. These settings can be applied to all virtual workspaces, or to +only a specific one. There are a range of background wallpapers that come +with &tde; or you can supply your own. + + + + +Colors + +This is where you can modify the colors for your kde applications. +There are a variety of color schemes installed with &tde; by default, and +you can find others at kde-look.org. You can also create your own. Here you +can also modify the contrast and choose whether you want your &tde; colors +to be applied to non-TDE applications, for a more consistant overall +appearance. + + + + +Fonts + +Here you can control the various font settings for &tde; applications. +You can also modify here anti-aliasing settings, including what range of +fonts to exclude from anti-aliasing settings. + + + + +Icons + +This section is where you can manage your icon themes and other +settings related to icons. New icon themes can be downloaded from +kde-look.org, and installed here. Conversely, you can remove icon themes by +highlighting them in the list and clicking remove. You can also set icon +sizes for various uses in &tde; and effects to apply to icons. + + + + +Launch Feedback + +This is where you can modify what kind of cursor and/or taskbar +feedback you'd like for launching applications. You can also set the +duration of this feedback here. For example, the default setting is for a +bouncing cursor with a duration of 30 seconds, or when the application has +loaded. + + + + +Screen Saver + +Here you can configure options about your screensaver. You can +configure the timeout before it starts, and whether it requires a password +to unlock the screen. + + + + +Splash Screen + +This is where you can install, remove and test the splash screens that +display on &tde; startup. More splash screens can be downloaded from + + +http://www.kde-look.org. + + + + +Style + +This section allows you to modify your widget style. A variety of +styles come with &tde;, and more can be downloaded from http://www.kde-look.org. This is also +where you would enable or disable interface options such as transparent +menus, showing icons on buttons and tooltips. Some styles have more +configuration options than others. + + + + +Theme Manager + +This is where you can create and manage themes that are made up of +personalized settings. They are a combination of desktop background, colors, &tde; widget styles, icons, fonts and what Screensaver you'd like to display . This allows you to save your favorite +looks and apply them with the click of a mouse button. + + + + +Window Decorations + +Here you can configure your window decorations. You can modify the +style as well as place the buttons in custom positions. Some window +decorations will have more configuration options than others. + + + + + + +Related Information If &kcontrolcenter; +doesn't have the setting you want, you may need to edit a configuration file +manually. See for more +information about how to do this. + + +If you enjoy modifying the appearance of your &tde; desktop, +you can find plenty of themes and styles at kde-look.org. + + + + + + + + + + + +&J.Hall; +&J.Hall.mail; + + + +Desktop + +This is where you will find settings to configure the appearance and +behavior of your &tde; desktop. + + + +Behavior + +Here you can configure the behavior of your desktop. This is where +you would go to configure options such as showing or hiding desktop icons, +showing tooltips and icon layout. You can also specify if you would like to +see previews of particular filetypes on the desktop, and which devices you'd +like to see icons for. + + + + +Multiple Desktops + +This is where you would configure the number of virtual desktops or +workspaces you would like to have, and what you would like them to be +called. By default &tde; has 4 virtual desktops, and you can configure up to +20. You can also enable switching between virtual desktops using the scroll +button on your mouse. + + + + +Panels + +Here you can modify options to do with &kicker; and other &tde; +panels. Among the options are size, position, length and hiding. You can +also modify the appearance of the panel with transparency, background images +and icon zooming. This is also where you would configure various menu +options including what applications you'd like to show in your +&kmenu;. + + + + +Taskbar + +The Taskbar module allows you to configure options related to your +taskbar. You can configure whether to show windows from all desktops, +grouping of similar tasks and what actions you would like to assign to your +mouse buttons. + + + + +Window Behavior + +This is where you would configure options related to the behavior of +&tde;'s window manager, &twin;. &twin; is extremely configurable and has +advanced features such as focus stealing prevention and different focus +policies such as focus follows mouse. You can also configure what actions +you would like to bind to certain keys and mouse events. + + + + +Window-Specific Settings + +This is an advanced configuration dialog where you can set options for +the behavior of specific windows. There are many options here for the fine +tuning of your window layout, including what position on the screen you +would like certain windows to open to, and whether they should be shown on +the taskbar or pager. You can select windows by application, or even by +their specific role within an application. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +&J.Hall; +&J.Hall.mail; + + + +Internet & Network + +This section is where you would configure settings to do with internet +and networking under &tde;. + + + +Connection Preferences + +Here you can set advanced networking options such as timeout values +for server connects. Usually you would leave these options at the defaults +unless you really knew what you were doing. + + + + +Desktop Sharing + +Desktop Sharing allows you to invite someone to share your session +with you, or can enable you to log in remotely to your machine from another +location. You would then use a VNC client like &tde;'s Remote Desktop +Connection application to control your desktop over the network. This is +extremely useful if you want someone to help you perform a task. + +Here you can create and manage invitations as well as set your +security policy for uninvited connections. You can also configure whether to +show a background image and which port for the service to 'listen' +on. + + + + +File Sharing + +File sharing allows you to configure Samba (&Microsoft; &Windows;) and +NFS (&UNIX;) file sharing. To make changes in this module +you need to have the root or administrator password. This is where you would +set up whether users are allowed to share files without knowing the root +password, and which users are allowed to do so. You can also configure which +folders you're like to be shared, using which type of sharing and who is +allowed to view these shares. + + + + +Local Network Browsing + +Here you can configure options related to browsing network shares in +&konqueror;. &konqueror; is able to browse a variety of network shares and +manipulate remote files as though they were on your local machine. You can +configure it to remember your preferred username and password for connecting +to &Windows; shares (Samba). You can also set what types of network shares +you would like to be able to browse, including &FTP;, NFS +and SMB. + + + + +Local Network Chat + +This module allows you to configure options relating to the &UNIX; +talk daemon. It is a very simple network chat program +that runs in a terminal, designed for chatting over a local area +network. Some of it's features are being able to set up an 'answering +machine' that will email to you messages left for you, and being able to +forward messages to another location. + + + + +Proxy + +This is where you would configure &tde; to connect to a proxy server +rather than directly to the internet. Once again you would generally leave +these options at their defaults unless you really knew what you were +doing. If you do use a proxy server your network administrator will be able +to tell you what details to fill in here. + + + + +Samba + +The Samba Configuration module requires the +root or administrator password. It is +an advanced configuration tool that allows you to control Samba's security, +shares, users and printers in an intuitive graphical interface. This is a +very powerful tool with support for configuring everything from simple file +and printer sharing, to using your Samba server as a &Windows; NT Domain +Controller. + + + + +Service Discovery + +You can set up services browsing with ZeroConf. You can for example browse +your local network using multicast DNS. + + + + +Web Browser + +This module is where you would configure options relating to +&konqueror; as a web browser. The usual options you would expect from a +web browser, such as cookie configuration, cache and history can be found +here as well as sections to modify keyboard shortcuts, plugins and +fonts. + + + + +Wireless Network + +Here you can set up different profiles for your Wireless card, to be +able to quickly switch settings if you connect to multiple networks. You can +select a profile to be loaded on &tde; startup. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +&J.Hall; +&J.Hall.mail; + + + + +&tde; Components + +This section is where you can modify advanced &tde; options such as +file associations and default applications. + + + +Default Applications + +This module allows you to select the default +applications you would like to use for various services. Here you can define +what Email Client, Embedded Text Editor, Instant Messenger, Terminal +Emulator and Web Browser to use. If you prefer to use +Xterm, Vim or +Mozilla, this is the place to specify those +preferences. + + + +File Associations + +This is where you configure everything to do with file +associations. Here you can select a filetype, and choose what applications +you would like to be able to open it with. You can also select which icon +you would like to represent each filetype, and whether to show it in an +embedded or a separate viewer. + + + +File Manager + +Here you can configure the behavior of &konqueror; in file +manager mode. Among the options are fonts and font sizes, previews over +various network protocols and context menus. &konqueror; is an extremely +powerful and configurable file management tool with a plethora of +options. For more information, consult the &konqueror; handbook. + + + +TDE Performance + +Here are settings related to the memory usage of +&konqueror;. Minimize Memory Usage allows you to +control whether separate instances of &konqueror; will open or whether all +new &konqueror; windows connect to the same instance. This has the effect of +reducing memory usage. You can also select whether to pre-load &konqueror; +after &tde; startup, to reduce start times. + + + +TDE Resources Configuration + +To be written + + + +Service Manager + +The Service Manager module displays a static list of +services that are started on demand, and a second list of services that can +be manipulated by the user. The services in the first list cannot be +modified or changed. The services in the second list you can enable or +disable a service loading at start up, and manually start and stop +services. + + + +Session Manager + +Here you can configure how you would like &tde; to handle +sessions. You can configure &tde; to remember your previous session and +restore the applications you were using the next time you log in. You can +also specify individual applications to exclude from being restored, or +disable restoring sessions on login entirely. + + + +Spell Checker + +This module allows you to configure the &tde; Spell +checker. It allows you to modify what spell checker to use, what types of +error to check for and also what default dictionary to use. &tde; supports +the use of both ASpell and +ISpell. + + + + +Vim Component Configuration + +This module allows you to configure the use of +Vim as an embeddable component. You need to have +a recent version of Gvim or +Kvim installed for this. You can configure the +appearance of the editor as well as which vim binary to +use. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +&J.Hall; +&J.Hall.mail; + + + +Peripherals + +This section is where you would change settings related to peripheral +devices such as keyboards and joysticks. + + +Display + +Here you can modify settings to do with the size, +orientation and refresh rate of your display, and whether you would like +these settings to be applied on &tde; startup. On the Power +Control tab, you can configure your power management options for +this screen such as blanking. + + +Joystick + +This section allows you to configure your joystick and test +that it is working properly. You can also calibrate your joystick here, and +manually specify the joystick device if it is not autodetected correctly. + + + +Keyboard + +This module allows you to configure basic keyboard settings. +These include keyboard repeat delay and rate, and what state you would +prefer numlock to be on TDE startup. + + +Mouse + +Here is where you can configure settings to do with your +mouse device. You can switch the button order, reverse the scroll direction +or modify the behaviour of clickable icons. You may also preview, install +and select cursor themes. The Advanced tab allows you +to fine tune your mouse settings further. + + +Printers + + This dialog allows you to configure printers using a +variety of print systems. You can add local and remote printers, check +current jobs and look at printer properties. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +&J.Hall; +&J.Hall.mail; + + + + +Power Control + +This section has a single module, Laptop Battery. +Here you can configure the appearance and behaviour of the Klaptopdaemon +battery monitor. You can select battery icons to represent different power states, and set up +notification of certain events. In the case that your battery runs down to a critical level, you can +configure the daemon to suspend or shutdown your laptop, to save you from losing data. + + + + + + + + + + + +&J.Hall; +&J.Hall.mail; + + + + +Regional & Accessibility +This section is where you can configure options to do with region +and locale, and also acessibility related options for disabled +persons. + + + +Accessibility + +Here is where you can configure options for users who have +difficulty hearing system sounds or using a keyboard. You can configure the +system bell to use a visual signal, such as flashing the screen or inverting +screen colors. You can also configure keyboard accessibility options such +as sticky keys and slow keys. + + +Country/Region & Language + +This module allows you to configure options that are +specific to your location such as language, currency and date format. To +make available more languages, install the tde-i18n packages for your +distribution. + + +Input Actions + +Here is where you would configure input actions, such as +mouse gestures and keyboard shotcuts for launching applications and running +commands. + + +Keyboard Layout + +This module is where you would configure +Kxkb, a keyboard layout switching utility that +uses the &X-Window; xkb extension. It allows you to switch between different +layouts using a tray indicator or a keyboard shortcut. You can +enable/disable keyboard layouts through this dialog, and add more. Some of +the more powerful features are the ability to configure switching of layouts +globally, per application or per window. + + +Keyboard Shortcuts + +Here you can configure global &tde; keyboard +shortcuts. There are several predefined shortcut schemes you can use if you +are more used to another windowing environment, like &Windows; or +&MacOS;. If you prefer, you can customise your own scheme and modifier keys. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf; +&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail; + + +Javier +Martín Diez + + +Rocco Stanzione + + + + +Security & Privacy + +This section is where you can configure options related to +security and privacy such as the use of cryptography, enabling the TDE +wallet, setting your identity and managing caches. + + +Crypto +This module allows you to configure SSl for use with most +TDE applications, as well as manage your personal certificates +and the known certificate authorities. + + +TDE Wallet + +Here you can change your TDE Wallet Manager settings. + +TDE Wallet aims to provide secure storage for passwords and web form data. +You can group different passwords in different wallets, and each one will only +be opened with a master password (which you should never forget!). The +default wallet is named "kdewallet", and you can either create a new wallet +for your local passwords or accept the default wallet for all data in +the "Automatic Wallet Selection" section. + +TDE programs like Konqueror, Kmail and Kopete are fully compatible with +the TDE Wallet Manager. All of them will ask at least once for permission to +access to actual wallet. You can give different access levels, such as "always +allow", "allow once", etc. If you want to change that access level, you can do +it from the "Access Control" tab by deleting the program entry and selecting a +new preference the next time that application requests access to the +wallet. + + + + Wallet Preferences + + To enable the TDE wallet subsystem, check the +Enable the TDE wallet subsystem box. +Unchecking this box will disable the TDE Wallet on your system. + +By default, TDE Wallet Manager is kept opened until the +user session is closed, but you can change that in the Close +Wallet section to close it when unused for a time, when a screen +saver starts or when the last application stops using it. + +As you can have several wallets, Automatic Wallet +Selection allows you start TDE with a given wallet. + +TDE Wallet will appear in your system tray by default, but you can hide +it. Uncheck Show manager in the system tray to keep it +always hidden, or check Hide system tray icon when last wallet +closes to hide it only when all wallets are closed. These items are +in the Wallet Manager section. + + + +Access Control + +You can set here what policy you want for your +TDE applications, regarding to the wallet use. + + + + + + + +Password & User Account +You can change here your personal information +which will be used in mail programs and word processors. You +can change your login password by clicking the Change +Password... button. + + +Privacy +This module allows you to erase traces which +TDE leaves on your system such as command histories or +browser caches. + + + + + + + + + + + + +&J.Hall; +&J.Hall.mail; + + + + +System Administration +This module allows you to configure aspects of your system such as +the bootloader, the kernel and helps you perform essential system tasks. Most of these +sections will require the root or Administrator password to effect changes. + + + +Boot Manager (LILO) +If you use the popular bootloader +LILO this section will allow you to configure it. +You can configure the location to install the bootloader to, set the timeout +on the LILO boot screen as well as add or modify +kernel images for the boot list. + + + + +Date & Time +This configuration module allows you to configure the system date and time +settings. You can set the date, time, and also the current time zone. These settings will be applied system-wide. + + + +Font Installer +Here is where you would configure both personal and system-wide fonts. +This dialog allows you to install new fonts, delete old ones and preview the fonts you +have installed. By default, it displays personal fonts. To modify system-wide fonts click the Administrator Mode button. + + +IBM Thinkpad Laptop +This configuration module allows you to configure the special keys on an IBM thinkpad + laptop. You will need the nvram module to use these features. + + +Linux Kernel +If you run &tde; on &Linux; there is a &kcontrol; module to create or modify +configuration files for a &Linux; kernel. This configurator is compatible with kernels previous to 2.5. + + +Login Manager +This module allows you to configure the &tde; login manager, &tdm;. &tdm; is +a powerful login manager with a large range of options. It supports user switching, remote graphical logins and has a fully customizable appearance. For more information, see the &tdm; handbook. + + +Paths +This dialog allows you to configure the default locations where certain +important files are kept. The Desktop directory contains all the files on your desktop. The Autostart directory contains files or links to files that you want run when &tde; starts, and the Documents directory is the default location &tde; applications will open or save documents to. + + +Sony Vaio Laptop +This configuration module allows you to configure features specific to +Sony Vaio laptops. If you have a Sony Vaio, you will have to install the sonypi +driver to use this section. + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1