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When Konqueror is in File Manager mode, picking Create New from the Edit menu or from the context menu you get by right mouse button clicking on a free area in a folder view gives you a submenu letting you create any of the following in the current folder:

File->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 three 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 Application 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. Advanced options such as the file types which the application can open are also available from this page.

To make the application icon appear on your desktop, create the link in your ~/Desktop folder (this may be called something slightly different depending on how KDE was installed on your system) or get to the Create New... sub menu by right clicking on a free area of the desktop instead of within Konqueror's window.

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

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

File->Link To Location (URL)...

This lets you create an icon to open Konqueror at a particular folder 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 folder 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.

Device->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. However, in most cases you will want to create the icon on your desktop.

Hard Disk...

This option is similar to Floppy Device... but for a hard disk drive or partition.

CD/DVD-ROM Device...

This option is similar to Floppy Device... but for a CD or DVD drive.

Folder...

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

Text File...

Use this to create an ordinary, empty, text file. A 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 dialog box it 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 Kontour document. Name it with the extension .kil.

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