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Need to cover

The following is listed as items we should cover, according to the survey and to the blueprint/TOC.

• Printing
• Scanning
• Webcams
• Display
• Multiple users
• Desktop effects
• Appearance
• Screensaver/Wallpaper
• Digital cameras
• Sound
• USB disks
• hard drives (NTFS etc)
• Networking
• Modems
• Firewire
• Burning CDs/DVDs
• Preferences

Notes on coverage list

Some of the items belong elsewhere:

• Multiple users (chap2 for logins and switching, and chap6 for maintenance)
• Digital cameras (chap3, photo management)
• hard drives, NTFS (chap 9)
• Networking (chap3, getting online)
• Modems (chap3, getting online)

Some preferences can be moved to Chapter 2:

• Customizing your desktop
  • Appearance
  • Windows
  • Screensaver
• Accessibility
  • Assistive technologies

Proposed structure for Chapter 4

• Using your devices
• Keyboard and mouse
  • Changing keyboard settings
  • Controlling Ubuntu with your keyboard
  • Changing mouse settings
• Displays

  • Understanding video drivers (Hardware drivers for video)

  • Connecting multiple monitors
• Connecting and using your printer

  • Connecting a printer (use of the Printing admin tool)

  • Setting a default printer (Default Printer preference)

• Sound
  • Changing sound volume
  • Controlling sound preferences
• USB drives

  • Connecting USB drives (workflow in Nautilus)

  • Disconnecting a USB drive
• Burning CDs and DVDs
  • Connecting a CD or DVD burner

  • Burning an audio disk (covers Brasero)

  • Burning a video disk (covers Brasero)

  • Burning a data disk (covers Brasero)

• Using a webcam
  • Connecting a webcam

  • Taking pictures and videos (covers Cheese)

  • Communicating by video (covers Ekiga)

• Scanning text and images (how is this done in Ubuntu?)

  • Connecting a scanner
  • Scanning text
  • Scanning images
• Other devices

  • Firewire (for video cameras, and drives)

  • Bluetooth (keyboards, mice, and headsets)