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<preface id="INFOUG.Preface.div.1">
<title>Preface</title>
<para>The <emphasis>Common Desktop Environment: Information Manager User's
Guide</emphasis> describes how to use the Information Manager to access,
read, and search online documentation.
</para>
<sect1 id="INFOUG.Preface.div.2">
<title>How This Book Is Organized</title>
<para>This book contains the following chapters:</para>
<para>
<xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Gstart.mkr.1">.
Describes how information libraries are organized and how to start and
exit the Information Manager.
</para>
<para>
<xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Rdbooks.mkr.1">.
Provides basic information on how to read online documentation.
</para>
<para>
<xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Navigate.mkr.1">.
Describes the various ways to move around
within an information library and within individual books.
</para>
<para>
<xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Search.mkr.1">.
Describes how to search for specific information and
how to use a scope to target your search.
</para>
<para>
<xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Bkmarks.mkr.1">.
Describes how to personalize online books by adding marks
and annotations to selected passages.
</para>
<para>
<xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Mngrafx.mkr.1">.
Provides instructions on how to resize graphics and
move them to separate windows for continued reference.
</para>
<para>
<xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Printing.mkr.1">.
Describes how to print books or selected parts of a book.
</para>
<para>
<xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.1">.
Describes how to set various preferences
that define the default behavior of the Information Manager.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="INFOUG.Preface.div.3">
<title>Related Books</title>
<para>This book assumes that you are familiar with the information presented
in the <citetitle>Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide</citetitle>.
Once you've read this book, you may want to read more detailed
information on information libraries in the <citetitle>Common Desktop
Environment: Information System Author's and Programmer's
Guide</citetitle>.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="INFOUG.Preface.div.4">
<title>What DocBook SGML Markup Means</title>
<para>This book is written in the Structured Generalized Markup
Language (SGML) using the DocBook Document Type Definition (DTD).
The following table describes the DocBook markup used for
various semantic elements.
</para>
<table id="INFOUG.Preface.tbl.1" frame="Topbot">
<title>DocBook SGML Markup</title>
<tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colwidth="1.65in">
<colspec colwidth="2.63in">
<colspec colwidth="2.92in">
<thead>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="bottom"><para><literal>Markup Appearance</literal></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="bottom"><para><literal>Semantic Element(s)</literal></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="bottom"><para><literal>Example</literal></para></entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para><command>AaBbCc123</command></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>The names of commands.</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Use the <command>ls</command> command to list files.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para><literal>AaBbCc123</literal></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>The names of command options.</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Use <command>ls</command> <literal>&minus;a</literal>
to list all files.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para><symbol role="Variable">AaBbCc123</symbol></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Command-line placeholder:
replace with a real name or value.</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>To delete a file, type <command>rm</command> <symbol role="Variable">filename</symbol>.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para><filename>AaBbCc123</filename></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>The names of files and
directories.</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Edit your <filename>.login</filename>
file.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para><emphasis>AaBbCc123</emphasis></para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Book titles, new words or terms, or
words to be emphasized.</para></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Read Chapter 6 in <emphasis>User's
Guide</emphasis>.
These are called <emphasis>class</emphasis> options.
You <emphasis>must</emphasis> be root to do this.</para></entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></table>
</sect1>
</preface>
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