The KWord Users Manual

The KWord Users Manual

Mike McBride


Revision 1.02.00

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KWord is a complete word-processing and simple desktop publishing program. It is part of the KOffice suite of utilities.

This manual describes KWord 1.3.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Introduction
What parts of this guide should I read?
2. Fundamentals
Starting KWord
An Introduction to Templates
The difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout templates
3. Step by Step Tutorial
Tutorial: Choosing the initial template
Tutorial: Selecting a frame and entering text into that frame
Tutorial: Changing the size of a frame
Tutorial: Moving a frame on the page
Tutorial: Adding a new frame/Making text flow between two frames
Tutorial: Deleting a frame
Tutorial: Summary
4. The KWord Screen
Overview
Using Rulers
5. Detailed Guides: Document Storage and Printing
Beginning a New Document
Starting a new document from a template
Open an existing document
Saving a Document
The Save Command
The Save As.. Command
Retrieving a Saved Document
Using the dialog box
Printing A Document
6. Detailed Guides: Editing your Document
Selecting Text
Using The Mouse
Using The Keyboard
Using Multiple Views
Introduction
Creating a new view
Splitting the current view into two separate views.
Changing the split view orientation
Changing the size of views
Remove View
Close all views
Undo/Redo
Cut/Copy/Paste and the Clipboard
The Copy Command
The Cut Command
The Paste Command
Finding and Replacing Text
The Find Command
The Replace Command
Pattern Matching
Spell Checking
Automatically mark misspelled words
Finding related word (Thesaurus)
Autocorrection
Enable/Disable Autocorrection
Configuring Autocorrection Options
Manually applying autocorrection
Autocompletion
Using autocompletion
Configuring autocomplete
7. Detailed Guides: Document Layout
Formatting the Page
Formatting the Page (Text Oriented Document)
Formatting the Page (Page Layout Template)
Working with Frames
Framesets
Selecting a frame
Adding a Text Frame to a Document
Deleting a Frame From a Document
Moving an Existing Frame
Resizing an Existing Frame
Reconnecting Frames in a Frameset/Changing text flow..
Raise and Lower Frames
Page Breaks
Setting the Properties for a Frame
Using the frame settings dialogs
Using frame styles
Formatting Paragraphs
Indents and Spaces
Aligns
Borders
Bullets and Numbering
Tabulators
Shadows
Using Tab Stops
Setting Tab Stops
Moving Tab Stops
Removing Tab Stops
Tab filling
Formatting Characters
Changing Size, Font, Font Style, Text color and Background Colors
Changing Font Case
Text styles
Introduction to text styles
Changing the text style of text
Creating a text style
Deleting a text style
Editing a text style
Import a text style
Columns
Lists
Simple lists
Complex lists
Tables
Adding a new Table
Moving between cells in a table
Deleting a Table
Insert Row in Table
Insert Column in Table
Delete Row in Table
Delete Column in Table
Change column width
Join Cells in Table
Split Cells in Table
Ungroup a Table
Protecting a cell in a table.
Formating a Table
Using table styles
Headers/Footers
Introduction
Using headers and footers
Creating Templates, Saving a document as a template and Deleting Templates
Creating a new template
Removing a template
Removing a template group
8. Detailed Guides: More than just text
Entering Document information
Graphics
Insert Graphics
Changing the size of a picture
Move Pictures
Delete Graphics
Saving Graphic in separate file
Switching between inline and framed pictures
Horizontal Line
Table of Contents
Preparing the document
Creating the table of contents
Changing the look of the table of contents.
Document Variables
Date and Time
Page Numbering
Section Title
Other Variables
Custom Variables
Updating All Variable Values
Updating One Date or Time Variable Value
Expressions
Using expressions
Add, change and delete expression groups and expressions
Document Links
Insert a new document link
Opening a document link
Copy a document link
Changing a document link
Deleting a document link
Document Comments
Adding a comment to a document
Adding to or changing the comment in a document
Deleting a comment from a document
Hiding all comments in a document
Footnotes and Endnotes
Add a new footnote or endnote
Change reference of footnote
Delete a footnote or endnote
Change the look of footnotes
Change the placement of the footnotes
Change the appearance of endnote entries
Change the placement of the endnotes
KOffice Data
General instructions
Working with the inserted component
Inserting files
Document bookmarks
Creating a new bookmark
Jump to a previously created bookmark
Rename a bookmark
Delete a bookmark
Formulas
Add a formula
Moving a formula
Removing a formula
Editing a formula
9. Advanced Topics
Document Structure
Show and hide document structure window
Navigating the document structure window
Select a frameset from the document structure window
Edit a text frame using the document structure window
Edit a framesets properties using the document structure window
Delete frame or frameset using the document structure window
Chapter numbering
Mail Merge
Using an outside database (SQL) to create documents
Using an internal representation of tabular data to create documents
10. Migrating to KWord
11. How do I...
How do I get the pages numbers on the outsides of the pages and the title in the middle of the header (like a novel)?
How do I create a .pdf file?
How do I remove template categories from the open dialog.
12. The Menu Items/Tool Bars
Introduction to Menu Bars and Tool Bars
Hiding, Changing, and Moving Tool Bars
Hiding and Flattening Tool Bars
Moving Toolbars around
Changing the look of your toolbars
Basic Menu Bar
File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Insert Menu
Format Menu
Frames Menu
Table Menu
Tools Menu
Settings Menu
Help Menu
Formatting ToolBar
File Toolbar
Insert Toolbar
Edit Toolbar
Paragraph Toolbar
Table ToolBar
Border Toolbar
Formula Toolbar
Selecting Colors from a Color dialog
Selecting files using the file dialog
13. KWord Options
Configure Shortcuts
Defining custom keyboard shortcuts
Configure Toolbars
Adding a button to a toolbar
Deleting a button from a toolbar
Moving a button on a toolbar
KWord Options
Configure KWord User Interface.
Configure document options
Configure Spelling.
Configure formula options
Configure miscellaneous options
14. Questions and Answers
15. Credits and Licenses
A. Installation
How to obtain KWord
Requirements
Compilation and Installation
B. KWord Command Line Options
C. Import/Export Filters
Introduction to Filters
Filters included in KWord
Abiword
AmiPro
Applix Word
Docbook
Hancom Word
HTML
LaTeX
Microsoft Word 97/2000
Microsoft Write
PalmDoc
Plain Text (ASCII Text)
Rich Text Format
Wireless Markup Language
WordPerfect
D. Key Bindings Summary
E. KWord Technical details
KWord file format
KWord 1.1 and earlier
KWord 1.2
Kword mimetype
Glossary
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