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<keycap>Shift</keycap>+<keycap>ArrowUp/Down</keycap> in the
window).</para>
<para>Clicking the <literal>Open</literal> link will attempt to
start an external viewer. The viewer for each document type can be
configured through the user preferences dialog, or by editing the
<filename>mimeview</filename> configuration file. You can also check
the <guilabel>Use desktop preferences</guilabel> option in the GUI
preferences dialog to use the desktop defaults for all
documents. This is probably the best option if you are using a well
configured <application>Gnome</application> or
<application>KDE</application> desktop.</para>
<para>Clicking the <literal>Open</literal> link will
start an external viewer for the document. By default, &RCL; lets
the desktop choose the appropriate application for most document
types (there is a short list of exceptions, see further). If you
prefer to completely customize the choice of applications, you can
uncheck the <guilabel>Use desktop preferences</guilabel> option in
the GUI preferences dialog, and click the <guilabel>Choose editor
applications</guilabel> button to adjust the predefined &RCL;
choices. The tool accepts multiple selections of mime types (e.g. to
set up the editor for the dozens of office file types).</para>
<para>Even when <guilabel>Use desktop preferences</guilabel> is
checked, there is a small list of exceptions, for mime types where
the &RCL; choice should override the desktop one. These are
applications which are well integrated with &RCL;, especially
<application>evince</application> for viewing PDF and Postscript
files because of its support for opening the document at a specific
page and passing a search string as an argument. Of course, you can
edit the list (in the GUI preferences) if you would prefer to lose
the functionality and use the standard desktop tool.</para>
<para>You may also change the choice of applications by editing the
<link linkend="rcl.install.config.mimeview">
<filename>mimeview</filename></link> configuration file if you find
this more convenient.</para>
<para>The <literal>Preview</literal> and <literal>Open</literal>
edit links may not be present for all entries, meaning that