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+<sect1 id="getting-help">
+
+<title>Getting Help</title>
+
+<sect2 id="user-manuals">
+<title>User Manuals</title>
+
+<indexterm><primary>User Manual</primary></indexterm>
+<para>Most applications come with a user manual<indexterm><primary>User Manual</primary><secondary>Handbook
+</secondary></indexterm>, which can be reached in various ways:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+<para>By pressing <keycap>F1</keycap> while inside the application.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>From the menu bar:
+<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem><replaceable>Application name
+</replaceable></guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>By browsing in &khelpcenter;<indexterm><primary>&khelpcenter;</primary></indexterm>.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>By using the help KIOslave in &konqueror;. For example, in the Location bar, type <userinput>help:/<replaceable>Application name</replaceable></userinput>, where <replaceable>Application name</replaceable> is the name of the application.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="context-help">
+<title>Context and <quote>What's This</quote> Help</title>
+
+<para>Many applications also provide context help in two forms:
+Tooltips and <quote>What's This</quote> help.</para>
+
+<sect3 id="tooltips">
+<title>Tooltips</title>
+
+<indexterm><primary>Tooltips</primary></indexterm>
+<para>Tooltips are small informational windows or balloons that appear when
+hovering the mouse pointer over an item.</para>
+
+<para>&tde; uses tooltips in many places to provide brief help or
+information on the screen about an item. For instance, most toolbar buttons
+inside applications will display their name in a tooltip when resting or hovering
+the mouse pointer over them.</para>
+
+<para>Tooltips have another function, which is not specifically tied to
+help. In the &konqueror; file manager and on the Desktop, tooltips can
+provide information about files. This information is commonly referred to as
+<quote>meta information.</quote></para>
+
+<para>Learn more about meta-information tooltips in the section
+about <link linkend="file-manager">the &konqueror; file manager</link>.</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3 id="whats-this-help">
+<title><quote>What's This?</quote></title>
+
+<indexterm><primary>What's This?</primary></indexterm>
+
+<para><quote>What's This?</quote> help usually is more detailed than tooltips.
+Access <quote>What's This?</quote> help in two ways:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+<para>By selecting the <guibutton>?</guibutton> button in the titlebar of the
+window.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>By pressing the key combination
+<keycombo>&Shift;<keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>The mouse pointer will change to a pointer with a question mark.
+Select an item to learn more, and a small window will
+pop up displaying information.</para>
+
+</sect3>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="mailing-lists-newsgroups-and-irc">
+<title>Mailing Lists, Newsgroups, and <acronym>IRC</acronym></title>
+
+<sect3 id="mailing-lists">
+<title>Mailing Lists</title>
+
+<indexterm><primary>Mailing Lists</primary></indexterm>
+<para>&tde-team; provides some mailing lists to provide help
+and guidance with using and configuring &tde;:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term>The &tde; User List
+<indexterm><primary>&tde; User Mailing List</primary></indexterm></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This mailing list focuses specifically on questions
+and discussions about using &tde;. For example,
+the question <quote>How do I change the margin size for KWord
+documents</quote> is appropriate for this list.</para>
+<para>Subscribe to this list at <ulink
+url="http://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php">http://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php</ulink>.</para>
+<para>Find list archives at <ulink
+url="http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/">http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/</ulink>.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3>
+<title>IRC</title>
+
+<para>There is a #trinity channel on Freenode (irc.freenode.net) for support and other general talk about &tde;.
+Access this channel by using any of &tde;'s popular IRC clients, which include <application>Konversation</application>,
+&ksirc; and &kopete;. For more information, check the <xref linkend="irc"/> section.</para>
+
+</sect3>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 id="more-resources">
+<title>More Resources</title>
+
+<para>Other resources that might prove useful:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term>trinitydesktop.org/rss.php (RSS Feed)
+<indexterm><primary>&tde; News Resource</primary></indexterm></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>The RSS feed news resource to stay informed about &tde;.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><ulink
+url="http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki">http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki</ulink>
+<indexterm><primary>The &tde; Wiki</primary></indexterm></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>The &tde; Wiki. The wiki should not be used as a substitute for the
+respective application's handbook or official &tde; documentation.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+</sect2>
+
+</sect1>