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# 2.5. Create New...

When Konqueror is in File Manager mode picking Create New... from the Edit menu or from the drop-down menu you get by right clicking on a free area in a directory view gives you a sub-menu letting you create any of the following in the current directory:

Link To Application...

  This option is most useful if you want to create an icon that will open a particular application. It opens a dialog box with four tabbed pages. The first, General, is where you choose an Icon and the text that will appear with it. The second page, Permissions, lets you select who can use or modify the icon. In the Execute page you must enter the command that will run the application, for example `kedit` to start up the KEdit text editor. `kedit /home/pam/todo.txt` would open the file `/home/pam/todo.txt` in KEdit. You can generally leave the Application page blank.

  To make the application icon appear on your desktop, create the link in your `~/Desktop` directory or get to the Create New... sub menu by right clicking on a free area of the desktop.

  If you have a lot of specialised application links and don't want to clutter up the desktop, then why not create them in your Applications directory. You can get there in Konqueror by choosing Go->Applications. Then create a single icon on your desktop to open your Applications directory, which is usually at `~/.kde/share/applink`.

  To put an application link icon into the panel, first create it in the Applications directory then drag the icon onto a clear area of the panel.

Link To Location (URL)...

  This lets you create an icon to open Konqueror at a particular directory or web page. As with Link To Application... you can make the application icon appear on your desktop by creating the link in your `~/Desktop` directory or going to the Create New... sub menu by right clicking on a free area of the desktop. When you first create it the text shown with the icon will be the full path or URL, you can change it by right clicking on the icon, selecting Properties... and entering the preferred text in the General tab page.

Floppy Device...

  Use this option to create an icon that will mount a floppy disk and open an instance of Konqueror showing the disk's contents. To unmount the disk when you have finished with it right click on the icon and select Unmount. In practice it doesn't have to be a floppy disk but can be any hard disk or partition on your system that is not normally mounted. In most cases you will want to create the icon in your Desktop.

CD-ROM Device...

  This option is similar to Floppy Device... but for a CD-ROM drive.

Directory...

  An easy way of creating a new (sub)directory.

Text File...

  Use this to create an ordinary, empty, text file. A little dialog box will be opened for you to enter the name of your new file.

HTML File...

  Creates a skeleton HTML source file. When you type the new file's name into the little dialog box is is probably best to give it a `.html` extension to avoid confusion.

Presentation Document...

  Creates a skeleton Koffice KPresenter document. Give its name a `.kpr` extension.

Text Document...

  Creates a skeleton KOffice KWord document using the standard KWord style template. Give its name a `.kwd` extension.

Spread Sheet Document...

  Use this to create a new KOffice KSpread spreadsheet file, and name it with a `.ksp` extension.

Illustration Document...

  Creates a new KOffice KIllustrator document. Name it with the extension `.kil`.

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