The KDE Control Center
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# 2.3. The KDE Control Center Menus

This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does.

## 2.3.1. File Menu

The file menu has a single entry.

File->Quit (Ctrl-Q)

  Closes the control center.

## 2.3.2. View Menu

These options determine how the module selection looks and acts.

View->Mode

  Determines whether to use tree view, or list view for your modules.

  With tree view, each submenu appearing as an indented list.

  With list view, when you click on a category, the categories disappear and are replaced with the module list. You then use an up button to return to your categories.

View->Icon Size

  Using this option, you can choose small, medium, or large icons to select your modules.

  | This menu item only controls the icon size if you are in Icon View. Users who use the Tree View, will not observe any effects with this option.

## 2.3.3. Modules Menu

The modules menu, is a shortcut to take you directly to any module in the control center.

## 2.3.4. Help Menu

Help->Contents (F1)

  Clicking on this, will take you to the top of this document.

Help->What's This? (Ctrl-F1)

  Selecting this option, changes the cursor to an arrow with a question mark. Now if you click on any component of the control panel pane, you get short context sensitive help about that item.

  | This is the fastest way to get helpful advice on what any of the controls will do.

Help->Report Bug...

  If you discover a bug, you can select this option to automatically collect bug information and submit it to the KDE developers.

Help->About Kcontrol...

  Selecting this option displays a dialog box containing copyright, author and license information.

Help->About KDE...

  This will display a dialog box with contact information reguarding the KDE project.

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