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&systemsettings; is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, however the &kde; &systemsettings; organizes all of these applications into a single location.

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Each &systemsettings; module can be executed individually

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See section entitled <link linkend="run-modules-individually">Running

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&systemsettings; groups all of the configuration modules into several categories:

<listitem><para><link linkend="application-appearance">Common Appearance and Behavior</link></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><link linkend="workspace-appearance">Workspace Appearance and Behavior</link></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><link linkend="network">Network and Connectivity</link></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><link linkend="hardware">Hardware</link></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><link linkend="system-administration">System Administration</link></para></listitem>

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The modules that make up &systemsettings; fall under one of the above categories, making it easier to locate the correct configuration module.

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<title>Using &systemsettings;</title>

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This section details the use of &systemsettings; itself. For information on each individual module, please see <link linkend="modules">&systemsettings; Modules</link>.

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<title>Starting &systemsettings;</title>

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The &kde; &systemsettings; can be started in one of three ways:

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By selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>K Button</guimenu><guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>System Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

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By pressing <keycombo>&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>. This will bring up the &krunner; dialog. Type <command>systemsettings</command>, and press &Enter;.

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Type <command>systemsettings &</command> at any command prompt.

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All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result.

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<title>The &kde; &systemsettings; Screen</title>

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When you start &systemsettings;, you are presented with a window, which is divided into three functional parts.

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Across the top is a toolbar. The toolbar provides the user with the ability to go back into the main view from within a module using the <guibutton>Overview</guibutton>.

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You can also find a <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu as well as a <guibutton>Configure</guibutton> button which provides you a dialog with alternate view settings.

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<para>To search for something within all of the modules, start to type keywords into the search field at the right of the toolbar in the <guibutton>Overview</guibutton>. When you start typing, a list of matching topics will popup. Select one and only the groups with settings for this keyword are enabled, the other are greyed out.</para>

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Underneath the toolbar is an icon view of the individual modules that

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<title>&systemsettings; Categories and Modules</title>

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<para>A brief overview of all categories and their modules:</para>

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<term>Common Appearance and Behavior</term>

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Account Details (Password & User Account, Paths, KDE Wallet, Social Desktop, Web Shortcuts)

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Application Appearance (Style, Colors, Icons, Fonts, Emoticons)

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File Associations

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<tip><para>Use the search field in <guibutton>Overview</guibutton> to find all matching modules for a given keyword.</para></tip>

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Individual modules can be run without running &systemsettings; using the command <command>kcmshell4</command> from the command line. Type <command>kcmshell4 --list</command> to see a list of the available &kde; &systemsettings; modules.

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<title>The &kde; &systemsettings; Modules</title>

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In order to make it as easy as possible, the &kde; &systemsettings; has organized options into five categories. Under each category, there are icons grouped together under subcategories. Each icon is called a module. When you click on a module icon, you will be presented with the options of the module in the main window.

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