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>Getting Support for &kubuntu;</title>
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>This document explains how to obtain extra help with a Kubuntu desktop system. </para>
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<sect1 id="help-apps" status="complete">
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>Application Help</title>
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>The easiest way to find help about an application is to read its handbook, which is accessible from the <emphasis
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> menu in the application's toolbar. </para>
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> also offers extra documentation on all the software shipped with it. This documentation can be accessed through their <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/documentation/"
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> and is also present on a &kubuntu; system in <application
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>KHelpCenter</application
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<sect1 id="help-khelpcenter" status="complete">
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> help system known as <application
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>KHelpCenter</application
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> is included with &kubuntu;. To access <application
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>, go to &menuhelp;. From there, search within the system's man pages or within the system documentation created by the &kubuntu; and <acronym
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> documenters. The main page is a simple menu layout that provides access to the needed help. </para>
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<sect1 id="help-online" status="complete">
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>There are many online resources for finding help with &kubuntu;. Besides the following, a simple <trademark
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> search will usually yield a decent amount of help. With any of these resources, it's a good idea to search thoroughly rather than implementing the first suggestion discovered. <itemizedlist>
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><ulink url="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
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>The Ubuntu Documentation Website</ulink
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> contains HTML and PDF versions of this guide, and other guides produced by the Ubuntu Documentation Team for Ubuntu and Kubuntu. </para>
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><ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community"
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>Ubuntu Community Documentation Wiki</ulink
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> - this contains many other community maintained guides. </para>
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><ulink url="http://www.kubuntuforums.net/"
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> and <ulink url="http://ubuntuforums.org/"
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> Community Forums - for asking questions and getting answers from the forum community. </para>
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>Much software in Kubuntu is provided by <acronym
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>, so it is useful to ask for help on <ulink url="http://forum.kde.org/index.php"
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><ulink url="&kubuntu-lists;"
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>Kubuntu User's Mailing List</ulink
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> provides a way to ask questions by email, and receive answers from the mailing list community. </para>
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>&kubuntu-irc;</phrase
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> - chat in realtime with the &kubuntu; community. </para>
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><ulink url="http://kubuntu.org"
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>Kubuntu Homepage</ulink
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> - Get the latest news about &kubuntu;. </para>
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>For more information, visit the <ulink url="&wiki-HowToGetHelp;"
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>How to Get Help</ulink
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