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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
+"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY infocenter "<application
+>KInfoCenter</application
+>">
+<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
+<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"
+> <!-- change language only here -->
+]>
+
+<book lang="&language;">
+<bookinfo>
+<title
+>The &infocenter;</title>
+
+<authorgroup>
+<author
+><firstname
+>Michael</firstname
+> <surname
+>McBride</surname
+> <affiliation
+><address
+><email
+>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
+></address
+></affiliation>
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+
+<date
+>2002-07-03</date>
+<releaseinfo
+>3.10.00</releaseinfo>
+
+<abstract>
+<para
+>This documentation describes &kde;'s information centre.</para>
+</abstract>
+
+<keywordset>
+<keyword
+>KDE</keyword>
+<keyword
+>kinfocenter</keyword>
+<keyword
+>system</keyword>
+<keyword
+>information</keyword>
+<keyword
+>module</keyword>
+</keywordset>
+
+</bookinfo>
+
+<chapter id="introduction">
+<title
+>The &infocenter;</title>
+
+<para
+>The &infocenter; (from now on referred to simply as <quote
+>the information centre</quote
+>) provides you with a centralised and convenient overview of your &kde; and system settings. </para>
+
+<para
+>The information centre is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information centre organises all of these programs into a convenient location. </para>
+
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="info-center">
+<title
+>Using The &infocenter;</title>
+
+<para
+>This next section details the use of the information centre itself. For information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module"
+>Info Centre Modules</link
+> </para>
+
+<sect1 id="information-center-starting">
+<title
+>Starting the &infocenter;</title>
+
+<para
+>The &infocenter; can be started 3 ways: </para>
+
+<orderedlist
+>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>By selecting <menuchoice
+><guimenu
+>K Button</guimenu
+><guisubmenu
+>System</guisubmenu
+><guimenuitem
+>Info Centre</guimenuitem
+></menuchoice
+> from the &kde; Panel. </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>By pressing <keycombo action="simul"
+>&Alt;<keycap
+>F2</keycap
+></keycombo
+>. </para>
+
+<para
+>This will bring up a dialogue box. Type <userinput
+><command
+>kinfocenter</command
+></userinput
+>, and click <guibutton
+>Run</guibutton
+> or press <keycap
+>Enter</keycap
+>. </para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem>
+<para
+>You can type <command
+>kinfocenter &amp;</command
+> at any command prompt. </para>
+</listitem
+>
+</orderedlist
+>
+
+<para
+>All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result. </para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="information-center-screen"
+>
+<title
+>The &infocenter; Screen</title>
+
+<para
+>When you start the information centre, you are presented with a window, which can be divided into 3 functional parts. </para>
+
+<para
+>Across the top is a menubar. The menubar will provide you with quick access to most of &infocenter;'s features. The menus are detailed in <link linkend="info-center-menus"
+>The &kde; Info Centre Menus</link
+>. </para>
+
+<para
+>Along the left hand side, is a column. This is a where you choose which module to investigate. You can learn how to navigate through the modules in the section called <link linkend="module-intro"
+>Navigating Modules</link
+>. </para>
+
+<para
+>The main panel shows you some system information. </para>
+
+<!--
+<para>
+In this example, we are running &kde; 2.99, we started &infocenter;
+as user <systemitem class="username"
+>adridg</systemitem
+>, the computer is
+named <systemitem class="systemname"
+>aramis</systemitem
+>, it is a
+FreeBSD system, Version 4.4-RELEASE, on a Pentium.
+</para
+> -->
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="info-center-menus">
+<title
+>The &infocenter; Menus</title>
+
+<para
+>This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does. </para>
+
+<sect2 id="info-center-menu-file">
+<title
+><guimenu
+>File</guimenu
+> Menu</title>
+
+<para
+>The <guimenu
+>File</guimenu
+> menu has a single entry. </para>
+
+<variablelist>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+><menuchoice
+><shortcut
+> <keycombo action="simul"
+>&Ctrl;<keycap
+>Q</keycap
+></keycombo
+> </shortcut
+> <guimenu
+>File</guimenu
+> <guimenuitem
+>Quit</guimenuitem
+> </menuchoice
+></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<action
+>Closes the info centre.</action>
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="info-center-menu-help">
+<title
+><guimenu
+>Help</guimenu
+> Menu</title>
+&help.menu.documentation; </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="info-center-exiting">
+<title
+>Exiting The &kde; Information Centre</title>
+
+<para
+>You can exit the info centre one of three ways: </para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Select <menuchoice
+><guimenu
+>File</guimenu
+> <guimenuitem
+>Quit</guimenuitem
+></menuchoice
+> from the menu bar. </para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Type <keycombo action="simul"
+>&Ctrl;<keycap
+>Q</keycap
+></keycombo
+> on the keyboard. </para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Click on the <guiicon
+>Close</guiicon
+> button on the frame surrounding the info centre. </para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect1>
+
+</chapter>
+
+<!--*****************************************************************-->
+
+<chapter id="module">
+<title
+>The &infocenter; Modules</title>
+
+<sect1 id="module-intro">
+<title
+>Navigating Modules</title>
+
+<para
+>This is a list of the <emphasis
+>standard</emphasis
+> configuration modules (sorted by category) provided by the <application role="package"
+>&kde; base</application
+> package. Please note that there may be many more modules on your system if you have installed additional software. </para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/dma/index.html"
+>DMA-Channels</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/devices/index.html"
+>Devices</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/ioports/index.html"
+>IO-Ports</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/interrupts/index.html"
+>Interrupts</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/memory/index.html"
+>Memory</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/nics/index.html"
+>Network Interfaces</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pci/index.html"
+>PCI</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pcmcia/index.html"
+>PCMCIA</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/partitions/index.html"
+>Partitions</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/processor/index.html"
+>Processor</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/protocols/index.html"
+>Protocols</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/scsi/index.html"
+>SCSI</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/samba/index.html"
+>Samba Status Information</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/sound/index.html"
+>Sound</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/usb/index.html"
+>USB Devices</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/xserver/index.html"
+>X-Server</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<!--****************************************-->
+
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="credits">
+<title
+>Credits and Licence</title>
+
+<para
+>&infocenter;</para>
+<para
+>Program copyright 1997-2001 The &infocenter; Developers</para>
+<para
+>Contributors:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email
+>hoelzer@kde.org</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Matthias Elter <email
+>elter@kde.org</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para
+>Documentation <trademark class="copyright"
+>copyright 2000 Michael McBride</trademark
+> <email
+>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
+></para>
+
+<para
+>Contributors:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Paul Campbell <email
+>paul@taniwha.com</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Helge Deller <email
+>deller@kde.org</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Mark Donohoe </para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Pat Dowler</para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Duncan Haldane <email
+>duncan@kde.org</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Steffen Hansen <email
+>stefh@mip.ou.dk</email
+>.</para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email
+>hoelzer@kde.org</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Martin Jones <email
+>mjones@kde.org</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Jost Schenck <email
+>jost@schenck.de</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Jonathan Singer <email
+>jsinger@leeta.net</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Thomas Tanghus <email
+>tanghus@earthling.net</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Krishna Tateneni <email
+>tateneni@pluto.njcc.com
+></email
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Ellis Whitehead <email
+>ewhitehe@uni-freiburg.de</email
+></para
+></listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para
+>Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email
+>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
+></para
+>
+&underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter>
+
+</book>
+<!--
+Local Variables:
+mode: sgml
+End:
+-->