Some basic questions

i have installed KDE4.1 successfully,and its working fine.and much faster than other sessions.
I have some basic beginner type questions:
1- How can i resize(small) desktop icons.
2- In gnome when we open computer, there in the left side pane, gave us details of drives and other stuff,So we can easily navigate from there,even if you are any where in the drive or folders.How can i enable that in Konqueror.I tried Dolphin,but it just showing Root,Home etc not all stuff.
3- Any online dictionary that i can install and add to widget.
4- when i edit the document,there backup remain there at the same place.for example:
test.html
test.html~
How i can i hide the ~ file.because it shows alot of files when i have more files.
5- Open Office files did not show office icons with it.just an image with ?.

Thanks in advance.

In kde 4.1 it is quite different to what you are used to.
Make sure widgets are unlocked
Add Folder View widget and add icons/places to the folder. There are resize handles on icons and use config desktop also, go to apperance - icons -advanced, (adjust in there to)

~ is a backup file created when you use a text editor and alter a text file.
It is standard practice for that in kate and kwrite. You can disable that feature.
You can safely delete ~ file if you are sure you don’t need it
It’s a kind of safety feature - sys admins use kate to edit system files, so it is set to auto create ~backups

In Dolphin go to View - Panels
mark places and folders
In folders now right click main folders you want in places

I have the same in OO. Have just left it.

Thanks for the details.
Any idea about any English online dictionary.
About backup files,i dont want to disable it just to hide it everywhere.is it possible.if yes then HOW?

About backup files,i dont want to disable it just to hide it everywhere.is it possible.if yes then HOW?

I usually delete them. They can’t be hidden.

Online dictionary? If you mean for spell checks. Most of us use built in stuff I think or app. ext’ns

I mean for searching words meaning.something like webmaster etc.

I just google

Me too, just google it.

Or maybe even cuil it, LOLOL

Heeter

Ok,thanks
I find jdictionary and stardict.
both are online.

One thing more.
When i download some thing.suppose it has to be on desktop.
But it is not.I have to go to home dir and open desktop there,then i can view the downloaded file.
Any idea why it cant be on desktop.

add the widget “folder view” to your desktop and config it to /home/*username/desktop

Thanks caf for your kind help.
Can i add multiple items from different locations to it?

> I mean for searching words meaning.something like webmaster etc.

WHAT is “webmaster” (webmaster.com .org .net .info turned up nothing
looking like a dictionary, to me)

but, here are some good dictionaries (to me) on line:

http://www.onelook.com/
http://en.wiktionary.org/
http://www.answers.com/
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
http://dictionary.die.net/

http://www.urbandictionary.com/
http://www.hacker-dictionary.com/
http://whatis.techtarget.com/
http://www.acronymfinder.com/


DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark

Oh,Sorry that is webster.