KDE Help System

You can have access to all KDE and other system wide documentation resources through the KDE help center. You can open it going to Documentation->Help in the main menu.

Figure 7.5. KDE Help Center Main Window

KDE Help Center Main Window

KDE Help Center is the integrated help system. It can display HTML help pages, UNIX Man pages, Info pages and Scrollkeeper catalogs[2]. It is organized like a two-frames web page, the left frame containing the category menus organized as a tree, while the right frame displays the contents of the category currently selected.

Navigation buttons are like Konqueror's browser ones:

 Home. Returns to the page which opens when the Help Center is launched, that is the “index” page. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-Home.

 Back. Goes “back” to the previously visited help topic. Keyboard shortcut: Alt-Left_arrow.

 Forward. Goes “forward” in KDE's Help Center's site and topic history. Keyboard shortcut: Alt-Right_arrow.

 Print. Prints the currently displayed help topic. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-P

Tip

You should also consult the KDE Web site where you will find many documents to help you discover and master the K Desktop Environment.