- Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Introducing the JDS Linux Desktop
- 2. Essential JDS
- 3. Toward JDS Proficiency
- Role of the Operating System
- JDS Printing System
- Gaining JDS Proficiency
- 4. JDS Networking
- 5. Maintaining and Supporting JDS
- 6. Using the Internet Applications
- Email and Calendar
- JDS Instant Messenger (IM)
- Web Browser
- Web Browser Setup
- Web Browser Basics
- Web Browser Power Tips
- Quick entry for URLs
- Managing Bookmarks
- Creating Bookmark folders
- Filing Bookmarks
- Personal Toolbar
- Custom keywords
- Search
- Sidebar
- Tabbed browsing
- Pop-up blocking
- Allowing certain pop ups
- Cookies
- Managing history
- Clearing history
- Turning off the history function
- Master password security
- Manage passwords
- Macromedia Flash
- 7. Word Processing with StarWriter
- StarWriter Basics
- StarWriter Power Tips
- Saving or Exporting to Common File Formats
- Power Formatting
- Styles
- The Stylist
- First example: applying a character style
- Stylist view modes
- Modifying styles
- Updating styles
- Adding new styles (or creating styles)
- Changing page styles in mid-document
- Changing headers or footers in mid-document
- Changing page numbers in mid-document
- Mirrored (odd and even) page formats
- Load (transfer) styles
- Templates
- Master Documents
- Collaboration with Documents
- Navigator
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Searching Documents: Find & Replace
- Insert Hyperlinks
- Word Count
- Password-Protecting Documents
- StarOffice Initial Setup
- StarWriter Customizations
- StarWriter’s File Format
- 8. Spreadsheets and Presentations Using StarOffice
- StarCalc
- StarCalc Basics
- Opening Files
- Saving Files
- Exporting a File as PDF
- Sending Files as Email Attachments
- Entering Numbers
- Entering Labels (Text)
- Autofill
- Entering Simple Formulas
- Summing a Column of Numbers
- Moving Cell Contents
- Adjusting Widths and Heights
- Merging Cells
- Basic Formatting
- Freezing and Splitting Windows
- Page Break View
- Setting the Print Range
- Functions
- Creating Graphs
- Worksheets, or Sheets
- Sorting Data
- Data Sources
- Macros
- StarImpress
- StarImpress Basics
- 9. Using Windows Applications with JDS
- 10. Using Other JDS Software
- A. Linux Commands
- B. Online Documentation
- C. Secure Connections Through SSH
- D. Using RPM Manager
- E. Known Problems and Solutions
- Problem: Panel Crashes
- Problem: Connecting by Modem
- Problem: Can’t Run File from Remote Directories
- Problem: Sound Recorder Slide Bar
- Problem: Sound Recorder Stops
- Problem: Backspace Is Inserted
- Problem: RPMs Don’t Recognize the Linux Release on Your Machine
- Problem: Clock Settings
- Problem: VMWare Failure
- Problem: Help
- Problem: Sun Java Desktop Doesn’t Support DVD Playback
- Problem: ATI Video Cards
- F. Installation Guide
- Glossary
- Index
- Colophon
In this chapter, we have explored the use of the Acrobat Reader, which allows us to view Portable Document Files, which we can download from the Internet or make using StarOffice7. We also covered the use of RealPlayer for audio and video formats and the use of Gimp, as modified by Sun for JDS.
Following this chapter are appendices, which cover several technical subjects, including the JDS installation processes, Linux text commands, and using the RPM package management system, to mention a few.
We hope that you enjoy exploring Linux through your JDS.
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