The KWord Users Manual

The KWord Users Manual

Mike McBride

Revision 1.01.00

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


Table of Contents

1 Current status of this manual
2 Introduction
Introduction
What parts of this guide should I read?
3 Fundamentals
Starting KWord
An Introduction to Templates
The difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout templates
4 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
5 The KWord Screen
Overview
Using Rulers
6 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
Printing A Document
7 Detailed Guides: Editing your Document
Selecting Text
Using The Keyboard
Using The Mouse
Using Multiple 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
Autocorrection
Simple Autocorrection
Advanced Autocorrection
8 Detailed Guides: Document Layout
Formatting the Page
Formatting the Page (Text Oriented Document)
Formatting the Page (Page Layout Template)
Working with Frames
Framesets
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..
Hard Frame Breaks
Setting the Properties for a Frame/Formatting Frames
Formatting paragraph
Indents and Spaces
Aligns
Borders
Bullets and Numbering
Tabulators
Using Tab Stops
Setting Tab Stops
Moving Tab Stops
Removing Tab Stops
Formatting Characters
Changing Size, Font, Font Style and Character Set
Changing Font Color
Styles
Changing the Style of Text
Creating a Style
Deleting a Style
Editing a Style
Controlling Styles
Columns
Tables
Adding a new Table
Deleting a Table
Insert Row in Table
Insert Column in Table
Delete Row in Table
Delete Column in Table
Join Cells in Table
Split Cells in Table
Ungroup a Table
Format a Table
Headers/Footers
Creating Templates/Saving a document as a template
9 Detailed Guides: More than just text
Introduction
Graphics
Insert Pictures
Insert Clipart
Resize Graphics
Move Graphics
Delete Graphics
Insert Table of Contents
Inserting Date and Time
Page Numbering
Inserting Variables
Endnotes/Footnotes
Insert KOffice Data
Formulas
10 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 get the chapter name on the top of each page?
How do I create a .pdf file to post on the web?
How do I change the Quit and Close commands so they resemble Microsoft® Office?
How do I remove template categories from the open dialog.
11 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
Insert
Format
Frames
Table
Tools
Settings
Help
Formatting ToolBar
File Toolbar
Insert Toolbar
Edit Toolbar
Paragraph Toolbar
Table ToolBar
Border Toolbar
Formula Toolbar
Selecting Colors from a Color dialog
12 KWord Options
Configure Key Bindings
Configure Toolbars
Adding a button to a toolbar
Deleting a button from a toolbar
Moving a button on a toolbar
KWord Options
Configure Spelling.
Configure KWord User Interface.
13 Questions and Answers
14 Credits and Licenses
A Installation
How to obtain KWord
Requirements
Compilation and Installation
B KWord Command Line Options
C Pre-defined Styles in KWord
D Import/Export Filters
Abiword Filter
Import Abiword files into KWord
Export KWord files into Abiword files
Applixware Filter
Import Applixword files into KWord
Export KWord files into Applixware files
ASCII Filter
Import ASCII files into KWord
Export KWord files to ASCII files.
HTML Filter (HTML 4.01)
Import HTML files into KWord
Export KWord files into HTML
LaTeX Filter
Maker Interchange Format (MIF)/Adobe Framemaker Filter
Import MIF files into KWord
Export KWord files to MIF files.
Rich Text File (RTF) Filter
Import RTF files into KWord
Export KWord files into RTF
Star Writer Filter
Microsoft® Word 97 and Word 2000 Filter
Import Microsoft® Word files into KWord.
Export KWord files for use in Microsoft® Word.
E Key Bindings Summary
Glossary
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