&Lauri.Watts; User Manual Most applications come with a comprehensive user manualUser ManualHandbook, which you can reach various ways: By pressing F1 inside the application. From the menu bar: HelpApplication name By browsing to it in &khelpcenter;&khelpcenter; By using the help KIOslave in &konqueror;. So, in the Location Toolbar, simply type help:/Application name Online at http://docs.kde.org Many applications also provide context help in two forms: Tooltips, and What's This help. Tooltips Tooltips are small informational windows or balloons that display when you hover the mouse over an item on your screen without clicking. &kde; uses tooltips in many places to provide brief help or information about an item on your screen. For instance, most toolbar buttons inside applications will display their name in a tooltip if you rest or hover your mouse over them. Tooltips have another function, which is not specifically tied to help. In the &konqueror; file manager and on your Desktop, tooltips can provide information about files. This is commonly referred to as meta information. You can find out more about meta-information tooltips in the section about the &konqueror; file manager. What's This? What's This? help is usually more detailed than tooltips. You can access What's This? help in two ways: By pressing the ? button in the titlebar of the window. By pressing the key combination &Shift;F1 The cursor will change to a pointer with a question mark next to it. Click on the item you want to know about, and a small window will pop up displaying information. Mailing Lists &kde; provides many mailing lists which can provide you with help and guidance in using and configuring your Desktop. Some of the lists you might find useful are: The &kde; User List &kde; User Mailing List This mailing list focuses specifically on OS-independent questions and discussions regarding using &kde;. Operating-system-specific questions and discussion are off-topic here. For example, the question How do I change the margin size for KWord documents is appropriate for this list; whereas How do I set up my printer using &kde; under UnixOS X.Y is not. Questions asked and discussions here should apply to all &kde; users using the applicable &kde; software, not just those using the same operating system. You can subscribe to this list at https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. You can find archives at http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde. The &kde;-&Linux; List kde-linux Mailing List This mailing list focusses specifically on questions and discussions regarding using &kde; on &Linux;. Questions and discussions can involve any issue confronting desktop users who run &kde; on a &Linux; system. Hence, questions such as How do I setup a networked printer for printing from &kde; on LinuxDistro X.Y are appropriate here. If you prefer a list limited to OS-independent questions and discussions concerning &kde;, please use the general &kde; mailing list. You can subscribe to this list at https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. You can find archives at http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-linux. There is a #kde channel on Freenode (irc.freenode.net) for support and other general talk about &kde;. As usual, you can access this channel by using any of &kde;'s popular IRC clients which include konversation, &ksirc;, as well as &kopete;. For more information, check the section. There are many other resources which you may found useful; some of these are listed below: dot.kde.org &kde; News Resource This website has a searchable &kde; news resource where you can find out about a superfluity of innovations in the world of &kde;. kde-look.org icandy for &kde; The paramount resource for &kde; icandy, including themes, window decorations, wallpapers, mouse themes and icons for your &kde; desktop. Note also that the site contains a howto section on how to install the most common of these. wiki.kde.org &kde; wiki The official &kde; Wiki. From here you can have access to a plethora of information ranging from frequently asked questions and HOWTOs to tips and tricks. The wiki should never, however, be used as a substitute for the respective application's handbook or the official &kde; documentation.