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Basic Skills 1 Mouse Skills 1 r To Click 1 r To Double-Click 2 r To Drag 2 r To Duplicate 3 Desktop 4 CDE Desktop 4 Working With Files 5 Running Applications 7 Running Applications from the Front Panel 8 Running Applications from the Workspace Menu 8 Running Applications from Application Manager 8 Running Applications from Drop Zones on the Front Panel 9 Running Applications from File Manager 9 Running Applications from a Terminal Emulator Window 9 Working with Windows 10 Window Frame Controls 10 Contents iii r To Open an Application Window 11 r To Close an Application Window 12 r To Turn a Window into an Icon 12 r To Restore a Window from an Icon 13 r To Move a Window or Window Icon 13 r To Resize a Window 14 r To Bring a Window or Icon Forward 15 r To Copy and Paste Text into Windows 15 Using Workspaces 16 r To Display Another Workspace 16 r To Place a Window in Other Workspaces 17 r To Rename a Workspace 18 Using Controls in Application Windows 18 r To Choose a Push Button 19 r To Select a Check Box or Radio Button 19 r To Scroll the Contents of a Window 20 r To Select a List Item 21 r To Enter Text into an Empty Field 22 r To Edit Text in a Field 23 Using Menus 24 Window Menu 25 Workspace Menu 26 Applications Submenu 26 r To Choose a Window Menu Item 26 r To Choose a Workspace Menu Item 27 r To Choose a Menu Item with the Mouse 27 r To Choose a Menu Item with the Keyboard 28 Using Tear-Off Menus 28 iv Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User’s Guide ♦ February 2000 Basic Keyboard Skills 29 Leaving the Desktop 30 r To Log Out 30 r To Lock Your Display 31 Composing Special Characters 31 Euro Currency Symbol 31 Getting Help 33 Help Menu 33 r To Display the Help Manager 34 2. Starting a Desktop Session 35 Starting and Ending a Desktop Session 35 r To Log In to a Desktop Session 36 r To Log Out 36 r To Use a Session in a Different Language 36 Starting a Failsafe Session 37 r To Log In to a Failsafe Session 37 r To Log Out of a Failsafe Session 37 Starting a Command-Line Session 37 r To Log In to and Out of a Command-Line Session 37 Using a Home Session 38 r To Save a Home Session 38 r To Automatically Start the Home Session at Login 38 r To Choose between the Current and Home Session for Each Session 39 3. Getting Help 41 Requesting Help 41 Press F1 — The Help Key 42 Using an Application’s Help Menu 42 Using Help Manager 43 Contents v Using Help Windows 44 Selecting Help Topics 45 Using the Topic Tree 46 Using Hyperlinks 46 Moving between Help Topics 47 Help Pop-up Menu 48 Location Indicators 48 Knowing Where You’ve Been 49 Searching for Specific Information 50 r To Search for Topics Using the Help Index 51 Browsing Help on Your System 52 r To Open Help Manager 52 r To Duplicate a Help Window 54 Displaying Documentation Online 55 Displaying a Man Page 55 r To Display a Man Page 55 Printing Help Topics 57 r To Print a Help Topic 57 Printing Configuration 58 Modifying Help Window Colors 58 r To Change Help Window Colors for an Application 59 4. Using the Front Panel 61 Front Panel Elements 62 Main Panel 62 Subpanels 62 The Workspace Switch 63 Basic Front Panel Skills 63 r To Activate a Front Panel Control 63 vi Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User’s Guide ♦ February 2000 r To Open a Subpanel 63 r To Close a Subpanel 64 Front Panel Pop-Up Menus 64 Front Panel Drop Zones 67 Front Panel Help 67 r To Move the Front Panel or a Subpanel 68 r To Minimize the Front Panel 68 Tour of the Front Panel 68 Main Panel 68 Links Subpanel 70 Cards Subpanel 71 Files Subpanel 72 Applications Subpanel 74 Mail Subpanel 75 Personal Printers Subpanel 76 Tools Subpanel 77 Hosts Subpanel 78 Help Subpanel 79 Trash Subpanel 81 Front Panel Applications 82 Changing the Default Web Browser 82 r To Display a Different Clock 83 Working With Bookmarks 84 Using Find Web Page 85 Using Encryption 85 Using Compression 86 Using Archiving 87 Using Suggestion Box 87 Contents vii Using Workstation Information 88 Customizing the Front Panel 88 r To Put a Subpanel Control in the Main Panel 89 r To Add an Application or Other Icon to a Subpanel 89 Adding and Removing Subpanels 90 r To Replace a Control in the Main Panel 90 r To Remove All User Customizations 91 Customizing Workspaces 91 r To Rename a Workspace 91 r To Add Workspaces 91 r To Remove Workspaces 92 r To Customize the Controls in the Workspace Switch 92 Front Panels and Multiple Screens 94 5.