This section of the documentation will cover everything you need to know about starting a new document, saving a document, retrieving a saved document and printing a docuemnt.
Starting a new document can be done 5 ways:
You can start KWord from the KDE Panel.
You can start KWord from the command line by typing
$ kword &You can begin a new document in KWord by selecting File->New from the Menu bar
However you begin a new document, a dialog box appears:
This dialog box allows you to:
Tip
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts:
If you use the keyboard shortcuts, you will need to press Enter on the keyboard or click OK to confirm your selection.
In order to start a new document based on a template, you must first choose your template.
Remember templates are either Text Oriented or Page Layout templates. If you need to review the differences, click here.
You can use the tabs labled Text Oriented and Page Layout to display all the available templates of that group.
Once you are on the correct tab, you are shown all the available templates, each with a title and a small icon which shows you the general layout of the template.
Tip
KWord comes with two standard template groups. You can add new tabs by installing outside templates, or creating templates of your own.
To select your template, click on it with the left button. The selected template will be highlighted. Confirm your choice by clicking the OK button. This will begin a new document with that template.
Click on the Choose button, and an new dialog box is revealed. For more details on this dialog box refer to Retreiving a saved document.
