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<chapter id="menu-items">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Neil</firstname>
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<surname>Lucock</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address><email>neil@nlucock.freeserve.co.uk</email></address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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<author>
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<firstname>Krishna</firstname>
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<surname>Tateneni</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address><email>tateneni@pluto.njcc.com</email></address>
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</author>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>The Menu and Toolbar Items</title>
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<para>
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&kpresenter; presents different types of interfaces for you to interact
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with the program. Perhaps the most familiar type of interface is the
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menu which appears on the top of the &kpresenter; window.
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</para>
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<para>
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Clicking on the menu items gives you a list of commands from which you
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can choose the one you want. Many of the commands can also be accessed
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directly by holding down &Ctrl; or &Alt; and pressing another key on
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your keyboard. In the next section, each of the menu commands is
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described in brief.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="toolbars">
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<title>The Toolbars</title>
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<sect2 id="manipulating-toolbars">
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<title>Manipulating the Toolbars</title>
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<para>
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In addition to the menus, &kpresenter; also has a set of toolbars. Each
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toolbar consists of a collection of icons. A toolbar icon often presents
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a convenient shortcut to a command that is found in one of the menus.
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</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The toolbars</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="barstyle1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The toolbars</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>You can move the toolbar around by dragging the handle. Toolbars can
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be <quote>docked</quote> or attached to any side of the &kpresenter;
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window. If you like, you can also have the toolbar <quote>float</quote> in
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its own window, separated from the main &kpresenter; window as shown in the
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screenshot below: </para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Floating toolbar</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="barstyle3.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>Floating toolbar</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para> If you don't like dragging toolbars around,
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<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the handle and a menu pops up as
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shown in the screenshot below: </para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Toolbar context menu</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="barstyle4.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>Toolbar context menu</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>
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The first few items in the popup menu have to do with the placement of
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the toolbar. You can choose any of the four sides of the &kpresenter;
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window, or have the toolbar <quote>float</quote> in a separate
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window. Choosing <guimenuitem>Flat</guimenuitem> hides the toolbar. (If
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you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the handle of a hidden
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toolbar, this item appears as <guimenuitem>Unflat</guimenuitem>
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instead.)
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</para>
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<para>
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Choosing the last item in the menu, <guisubmenu>Mode</guisubmenu>, leads
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to an additional menu which lets you control the appearance of the items
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in toolbar. This additional cascading menu is shown in the screenshot
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below:
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</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The toolbar modes menu</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="barstyle5.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The toolbar modes menu</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>
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The default view of the toolbar is icons only. In this view, if you
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don't know what a particular icon means, you can hold the mouse over the
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icon, and after a second or so, a little hint pops up in a highlighted
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text box as shown in the screenshot below:
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</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Tooltips</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="barstyle6.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>Tooltips</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>
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You can choose to display the toolbar items as text instead of icons, or
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even to combine both icons and text. If you want both text and icons,
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the cascading menu allows you to select whether the text appears beside
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the icons or below them. All four styles of displaying toolbar items are
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shown in the screenshot below:
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</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The toolbar styles</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="barstyle7.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The toolbar styles</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>
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The &kpresenter; menus are discussed in the following sections.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="file-menu">
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<title><guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Begins a new presentation.</action> The
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<guilabel>Create Document</guilabel> dialog will open, allowing you to choose a
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template for your presentation.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Opens an existing presentation.</action> A standard &kde; file
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open dialog will appear, allowing you to choose a file to open.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Open Recent</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Displays a list of recently opened files for you to choose
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from.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Saves the currently open presentation.</action> If you have not
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previously saved it, you will be asked to name the file. If you have
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previously saved the presentation, it will be resaved with the same name.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Saves the currently open presentation with a new name.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Reload the currently active file.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Import...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Import a presentation that was previously created in
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one of several common formats.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Export...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Export the currently open presentation to one of several common
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formats for use in another application, or for exchange with someone
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who does not have access to &kpresenter;.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Create HTML Slideshow...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Starts the HTML wizard</action>, which is described in the
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section <xref linkend="html-wizard"/>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Template
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Manager</guimenu></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Allows you to save the current slide as a
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template.</action> In future the template will be available for you to
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use to build slides with. Creating a template is further discussed in
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section <xref linkend="creating-templates"/>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Use Current Slide As Default Template</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Sets the current slide as your default template</action>.
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Especially useful if you have created a template of your own to fit into
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corporate style guidelines, or if you just use a particular layout very
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often.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Prints the presentation</action>. More precisely, it opens the
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print settings dialog, where you can adjust the settings before printing
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your presentation.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Print Preview...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Displays the presentation</action> with a &PostScript; viewer,
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exactly as it would look if printed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Document Information...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Allows you to enter information about the document.</action>
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This includes information about the author, and an abstract on the
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documents contents.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send
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File...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Create a new email message and attach the file so you can
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send it to someone else.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Close the current presentation.</action> You will be given an
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opportunity to save any changes first.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Close</action> &kpresenter;. You will be given an opportunity
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to save all changes in all open presentations first.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="edit-menu">
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<title><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Undo: <replaceable>Last task</replaceable></guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Undo the last action you performed.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Redo: <replaceable>Last undone
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task</replaceable></guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Redo the last action you undid.</action> If you have not undone
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any actions, or the last undo action is not reversible, this menu item
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is disabled.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Copy the selected item to the clipboard, and remove it from the
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document.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Copy the selected item to the clipboard, while leaving it intact
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in your presentation.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Insert the contents of the clipboard into your
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presentation.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>Delete</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Remove the currently selected item from your
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presentation.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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|
<listitem>
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|
<para>
|
|
<action>Select all the objects and text on the current slide.</action>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
|
|
&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></shortcut><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Deselect</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Deselect any currently selected
|
|
objects.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
|
|
&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Search for text within the presentation.</action>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycap>F3</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find
|
|
Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Find the next occurrence of a piece of text within
|
|
a presentation.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F3</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo></shortcut><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find
|
|
Previous</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Find the previous occurrence of a piece of text within
|
|
a presentation.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><shortcut>
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Replace...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Replace one or more occurrences of a piece of text in
|
|
your presentation with a different piece of text.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Copy Slide</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Copy the current slide to the clipboard.</action>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Duplicate Slide</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Insert an exact copy of the current slide.</action>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Delete Slide</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Delete the current page from the presentation.</action> You
|
|
will be asked to confirm this action.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Duplicate Object...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
Create a duplicate of the currently selected object. A dialog will
|
|
display allowing you to set some options for the duplicate, ⪚ if it
|
|
should be rotated, or scaled, or offset to a new position on the
|
|
slide.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="view-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>New View</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Opens another window with the same presentation loaded</action>
|
|
so you can work on more than one slide at a time.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Close All Views</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Close all views on the presentation.</action> You will be given
|
|
a chance to save any changes, or to cancel closing.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Split View</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Splits the window into two (or more) views on the same
|
|
presentation.</action> The default split is horizontal.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Remove View</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Close only the currently active view</action>. The
|
|
presentation, and any other views you have open, remain open, and any
|
|
changes you have made remain unsaved.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Splitter Orientation</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Toggle the split view</action> between
|
|
<guimenuitem>Horizontal</guimenuitem> (the default) and
|
|
<guimenuitem>Vertical</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Show Navigation Panel</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Toggle the display of the navigation panel</action> where you can see an
|
|
overview of all the slides in your presentation.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Show Header</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>FIXME: Find out about headers</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Show Footer</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>FIXME: Find out about footers</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Formatting Characters</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Show a visual representation of <quote>non-printing
|
|
characters</quote>, such as tabs and paragraph markers. This can be
|
|
a useful aid to precisely positioning text.</para>
|
|
<para>This item can be toggled. If enabled, formatting characters are
|
|
visible; if disabled, they are not.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Help Lines</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>When working in &kpresenter; you can drag a <quote>help
|
|
line</quote> from either the horizontal or vertical ruler onto your
|
|
document. This guide-line will not print or display in the finished
|
|
presentation, it is simply to help you align objects on screen. If
|
|
this item is enabled, these help lines will be visible. If this is
|
|
disabled, they will not be visible.</para>
|
|
<para>Help lines work across slides, allowing you to align objects the
|
|
same way across multiple slides.</para>
|
|
<para>Disabling (hiding) help lines does not delete them. If you have
|
|
created help lines, and then disabled this item, enabling it again
|
|
will retain the help lines you created.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Help Line to Front</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
By default, placing objects on a slide will cover any displayed help
|
|
lines. You can make them visible again with this menu item, and while
|
|
it is enabled, they will not be covered up.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Grid</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>If enabled, &kpresenter; will display a grid of dots
|
|
representing the intersections of imaginary horizontal and vertical
|
|
lines. You can use these dots to precisely position objects on the
|
|
slide.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>
|
|
Grid to Front</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>By default, placing objects on a slide will cover the
|
|
displayed grid. You can make it visible again with this menu item, and while
|
|
it is enabled, it will not be covered up.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>
|
|
Snap to Grid</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>If this is enabled, when dropping or moving objects on the
|
|
slide the top left corner of the object will <quote>snap</quote> or
|
|
move, to the nearest grid point.</para>
|
|
<para>This does reduce your freedom to freely position objects on the
|
|
slide, however it also helps to line up objects precisely. It is
|
|
easily disabled or enabled with this menu entry, allowing you the best
|
|
of both worlds.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Zoom</guisubmenu></menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This submenu allows you to zoom in or out of the
|
|
slide. Several predefined zoom levels are available, including
|
|
<guimenuitem>Whole slide</guimenuitem> to scale the entire slide so as
|
|
to be visible in the size window you have open, and
|
|
<guimenuitem>Width</guimenuitem> to scale the slide so it fills the
|
|
entire width of the window, although you may now have to scroll
|
|
vertically. There are also several other scaling choices, from
|
|
<guimenuitem>33%</guimenuitem> up to
|
|
<guimenuitem>500%</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="insert-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>Insert</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
|
|
&Alt;&Shift;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Special Character...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Insert a special character. This might be a character
|
|
you don't have a key for on your keyboard layout, for instance ü
|
|
on a US Keyboard.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Variable</guisubmenu></menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Here you can insert a variable that is filled in with a
|
|
value that may be updated as you update the document.</para> </listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Link...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
Insert a hyperlink to a file, a website, or an email
|
|
address.</para></listitem>
|
|
<!-- FIXME: Why would you do this? where would it be used? Expand on -->
|
|
<!-- this -->
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Comment...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Enter a small note that does not display during the
|
|
real presentation. You might use this to comment on a colleague's
|
|
text, or to leave a note for yourself about something to do
|
|
later.</para>
|
|
<!-- FIXME: How do you display these again? -->
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycap>F2</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Slide...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Add a new page to your presentation.</action> A dialog will open
|
|
allowing you to choose a template, and whether to insert the new page
|
|
before or after the currently selected page.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Insert</guimenu><guimenuitem>File...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>FIXME: What to do with this?</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycap>F10</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu><guimenuitem>Text</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Add a new text object. Click and drag to create a frame where
|
|
you wish the text to appear.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Autoform</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>FIXME: This name is a little awkward, I didn't know
|
|
what it was. Perhaps 'stencil' might be a better term? Shape would
|
|
work, but it's already used.</para>
|
|
<para>Insert a pre-drawn shape, such as an arrow or a connecting
|
|
line.</para>
|
|
<para>Click and drag to draw a box stretching from the top left to the
|
|
lower right, where you wish the autoform to display. It will be
|
|
inserted and automatically scaled to the size of your box.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycap>F12</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Chart</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Insert a chart. Click and drag to define the size of the
|
|
chart. Some default data will be displayed. Double click to edit the
|
|
data and choose the type of chart to display, using the embedded
|
|
&kchart; editor.</para>
|
|
<para>FIXME: KChart has it's own help file, but a brief overview of
|
|
charting in this doc wouldn't go astray either.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycap>F5</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu><guimenuitem>Table</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Insert a table. Click and drag to define the size of
|
|
the table.</para>
|
|
<para>A &kspread; open dialog will display. You may import a
|
|
spreadsheet that you have saved in one of many formats, including
|
|
plain text files. You may also choose to create a new and empty
|
|
table.</para>
|
|
<para>Double clicking on the table will allow you to edit the
|
|
contents.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Object</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>FIXME: This needs a section of it's own</para>
|
|
<para>An object is an embeddable file, in one of many formats.</para>
|
|
<para>A common use of this action is to insert scaleable clipart in
|
|
vector format.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
|
|
&Shift;<keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Picture...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Insert a raster image.</action> These are not as easily
|
|
scaleable as vector images or <quote>clipart</quote>. &kpresenter;
|
|
currently understands many formats, including <literal
|
|
role="extension">.tiff</literal>, <literal
|
|
role="extension">.jpg</literal>, <literal
|
|
role="extension">.png</literal> and many more.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Line</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can insert several types of lines. Line drawing is described
|
|
further in the <!-- FIXME: Make a drawing tools section --> section.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Shape</guisubmenu>
|
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</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
You can insert several prepared shapes, in vector format. These are
|
|
editable just like lines you have drawn yourself. Using the drawing
|
|
tools is described in detail in the drawing tools
|
|
section.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycap>F4</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Clipart...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Insert scaleable clipart in vector format.</action>
|
|
&kpresenter; can currently import clipart in the <literal
|
|
role="extension">.wmf</literal> or <quote>Windows Meta File</quote>
|
|
format, which is common on &Windows;.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Scan Image...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Scan an image with a scanner.</action> This requires you have a
|
|
scanner installed.
|
|
FIXME: Document how to set up a scanner that &kpresenter; can use.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="format-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>Format</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Select</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
If you have been using a tool such as the line drawing tool which does
|
|
not allow you to select other objects, you can use this menu item to
|
|
return to the normal selection cursor.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Rotate</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Changes the cursor to a double headed curved arrow. Drag with
|
|
the cursor to rotate the object on the slide. When you are
|
|
happy with the position of the object, click to stop
|
|
rotating.</para>
|
|
<para>If you change your mind and wish to cancel the rotation, you can
|
|
press the &Esc; key to cancel, or use
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice> to later undo it.</para>
|
|
</listitem> </varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Arrange Objects</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This is where you can manipulate the stacking order of
|
|
objects on the slide.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>An object that is on top will cover, either partially or fully
|
|
depending on its size, all other objects beneath it. Meanwhile an
|
|
object on the bottom of the stack may not be visible at all, as it is
|
|
covered up by other objects. An object in the middle may be partially
|
|
covered by other objects, while partially covering yet more objects
|
|
itself.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can send the selected object down or up a layer, or directly
|
|
to the top or bottom of the stack.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Align Objects</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<para>In the submenu you can quickly align all the currently
|
|
selected objects with a side of the slide, or center them either
|
|
vertically or horizontally.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Shadow Objects</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This puts a colored copy of either text or a drawn object behind
|
|
it. You can make nice <quote>dropped shadows</quote> for logos with
|
|
this tool. To work with text, ensure that you have the text
|
|
box selected (you will see the six small black boxes around the
|
|
outline.) You choose the color, select which way the shadow is going to
|
|
fall and select a distance. For text it looks nice if you set the
|
|
distance to two or three. Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to see
|
|
the result.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Group Objects</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>If you are drawing, you might want to make something out of
|
|
several rectangles or circles. Arrange the individual parts where you
|
|
want them, select one, then hold down the <keycap>Shift</keycap> key
|
|
as you click in the others you want to group together. Click
|
|
<guimenuitem>Group objects</guimenuitem> and from then on they act as
|
|
if they are just one thing. It glues things together.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Ungroup Objects</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>If you decide that you want to alter an object that is made out
|
|
of several pieces, you can unglue it with this tool. Click somewhere
|
|
away from the object to deselect it, then click to select one of its
|
|
parts.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Page Layout...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<para>Allows you to set the page details. You can specify the margins,
|
|
the orientation, either portrait (higher than wide) or Landscape
|
|
(wider than high) formats. There are many templates, such as screen,
|
|
A4, US legal.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Slide Background...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<para>Allows you to alter the background to your presentation
|
|
slides. Your options are <guilabel>color</guilabel>, (which lets you
|
|
set either a plain color or one of many gradients)
|
|
<guilabel>Clipart</guilabel> (which gives a dialog box to let you find
|
|
your clipart on your hard drive) or <guilabel>picture</guilabel>,
|
|
which again gives a dialog box to find the picture you want.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para> If you want a plain color, click in the box to select
|
|
it. Gradients only work when you have chosen two colors. The picture
|
|
option allows you to center the picture, zoom it to cover the entire
|
|
slide (if it is smaller than the screen, this is very useful) or tile
|
|
it. This is used when you want a small pattern to repeat across the
|
|
page. It's probably best used with patterns rather than pictures of
|
|
logos.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get rid of a picture by selecting another one or
|
|
choosing a color/gradient.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
The properties dialog for an object allows you to manipulate it in a
|
|
very detailed manner.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="text-menu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>Text</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>This menu modifies text and gives a few word processing tools to
|
|
use when you are making presentations with extensive amounts
|
|
of text in them.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To have any effect you must have first created some text by
|
|
making a text box (the tool to the left of the main screen with
|
|
<guiicon>ab</guiicon> in the center). Once you have a text box, double
|
|
click inside it to make the insertion point appear. It looks like a
|
|
vertical line. Write a few words, ⪚ <quote><userinput>Kpresenter
|
|
can do everything I need</userinput></quote>, then sweep across the
|
|
text while holding the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> mouse button to
|
|
highlight it. It should make a gray rectangle appear behind the
|
|
text. Anything included within the rectangle will be affected by the
|
|
tools you use under this menu.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Default Format</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>FIXME: What is this? A reset to defaults? Find out.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Font...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<!-- FIXME: This explanation is pretty verbose, clean it up -->
|
|
<para>Click the Font menu entry to show the dialog box.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>The font option dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="textmenu01.png" format="PNG"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>The font option dialog</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
|
|
<para>This lets you change the font you are using, the style ⪚
|
|
change from Bold to Italic, the size and the character set. A preview
|
|
window shows how it will look, click <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> to
|
|
change the selected text in your presentation or
|
|
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to return without making changes.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
|
|
&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Paragraph...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem> <para>FIXME: Find out and describe how this works</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Color...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<para>This tool is used to change the color of the selected
|
|
text.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>The color selector</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="textmenu02.png"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject><phrase>The color selector</phrase></textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guilabel>Color Selector</guilabel> dialog has a series of
|
|
useful tools.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>On the left is a box with various colors in it. Clicking on the
|
|
color you want selects it and makes it appear in the square box in
|
|
the lower center of this dialog box.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To the right of the colored box is a vertical grayscale slider
|
|
tool. You can make the color you have chosen darker or lighter by
|
|
sliding the small triangle to the right or clicking in the slider box
|
|
itself.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Underneath the color choice box on the left are values for H, S
|
|
& V (Hue, Saturation and Value) and R, G & B (Red Green and
|
|
Blue). Color values can be typed into the boxes if you want to match
|
|
a known color used in a drawing or picture.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>On the top right is a combo box. The default display is
|
|
<guilabel>Recent Colors</guilabel>. Click the colored square you want
|
|
in the display to choose it. <guilabel>Custom Colors</guilabel>
|
|
allows you to maintain a separate group of colors you prefer to
|
|
use. Once you have found a color you like, add it to this group with
|
|
the <guibutton>Add to Custom Colors</guibutton> button underneath
|
|
this dialog box. There is no tool provided to remove colors from
|
|
this.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><guilabel>40 Colors</guilabel> and <guilabel>Web
|
|
Colors</guilabel> might be used if you wanted to make a web page with
|
|
a small number of colors to keep the filesize small for faster
|
|
downloads. The <guilabel>Royal</guilabel> group gives colors from
|
|
brown to purple via yellow and blue. <guilabel>Named
|
|
Colors</guilabel> are a nice spread of colors with names.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>At the bottom of the right side we have a color picker. It is
|
|
the pipette icon from art programs. If you have a picture displayed
|
|
on your screen, you can choose a color you like from the
|
|
picture. Click the tool, then click on the picture to select a color
|
|
you like. Underneath is the name of the color (if it has one) and the
|
|
<acronym>HTML</acronym> value (starting with <literal>#</literal>) of
|
|
the color. If you want the text in a web page to match a color you
|
|
have chosen, you can put this value in your html code.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Once you have a color you like, click <guibutton>Ok</guibutton>
|
|
to change its color on the page or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to
|
|
return without making changes.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
|
|
&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Style Manager</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
FIXME: Write a separate 'Working with styles' section
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>The style manager allows you to create an entire set of
|
|
attributes that will be applied to selected text all at
|
|
once.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Import Style...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Here you can import styles
|
|
you have defined in another &kpresenter; document.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Style</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Apply a style you have defined to the currently
|
|
selected text.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Create Style From Selection</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Copy the properties of the currently selected text and
|
|
save them as a style that you may apply to other text.</para>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut>
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo>
|
|
</shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Align</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Align</guisubmenu> has a submenu giving several options:
|
|
<guimenuitem>Align Left</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Align
|
|
Center</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Align Right</guimenuitem>, and
|
|
<guimenuitem>Align Block</guimenuitem> which is also commonly known as
|
|
<quote>justify</quote>.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Text is by default aligned at the left margin of a text
|
|
box.</para> </listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Type</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Turn the currently selected text into a list, either numbered or
|
|
bulleted. If you choose numbered, you can then select a
|
|
numbering style, and likewise if you choose bulleted you can
|
|
choose the style of bullets to use.</para>
|
|
<para>To change a list back to plain text, select
|
|
<guimenuitem>None</guimenuitem> as the style.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut>
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo>
|
|
</shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Increase Depth</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut>
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo>
|
|
</shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Decrease Depth</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Increase Depth</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Decrease
|
|
depth</guimenuitem> move the list paragraph to the right
|
|
(<guimenuitem>Increase Depth</guimenuitem>) or back to the left
|
|
(<guimenuitem>Decrease Depth</guimenuitem>).</para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>&kpresenter; gets clever with bullet points</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="textmenu03a.png" format="PNG"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject><phrase>&kpresenter; gets clever with bullet
|
|
points</phrase></textobject>
|
|
<caption><para>The diagram shows indented text, different styles and colors of
|
|
bullet points.</para></caption>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Extend Contents To Object Height</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Extend Object To Fit The Contents</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guimenuitem>Extend Contents to Object Height</guimenuitem> and
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<guimenuitem>Extend Object to fit the Contents</guimenuitem> help to
|
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resize text within the text box or make the text box fit the text you
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|
have typed or pasted into it.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
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|
<guimenuitem>Insert Page Number</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Insert a page number.</para>
|
|
<para>FIXME: Find out if this is dynamic</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Change Case...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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|
<para>Change the case or capitalization of the currently selected
|
|
text.</para>
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|
<para>You may choose between several styles of capitalization,
|
|
including all lower or uppercase, book style capitalization where each
|
|
word except conjunctions has an initial capital letter, and sentence
|
|
style capitalization where the first word in a sentence is
|
|
capitalized.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
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|
<guisubmenu>Spellcheck</guisubmenu>
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|
</menuchoice></term>
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|
<listitem><para>&kpresenter; can automatically spellcheck text
|
|
as you type it, which you can enable and disable here.</para>
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|
<para>If you prefer to check spelling on demand than automatically, you
|
|
can begin a spelling check here.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
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|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Enable
|
|
Autocorrection</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>FIXME: Confirm what this does:</para>
|
|
<para>If this is enabled, common spelling errors will be corrected as
|
|
you type. ⪚ if you type <userinput>Teh</userinput> it will be
|
|
corrected to <userinput>The</userinput> automatically.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Apply Autocorrection...</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>If you did not choose to enable autocorrection, you can
|
|
apply it on demand here.</para> </listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
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|
|
|
<sect1 id="slide-show-menu">
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|
<title><guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> Menu</title>
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|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure Slide Show...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
FIXME: Write a working with slideshows section
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>You can set up the properties for the entire slide show here,
|
|
including whether to show the duration on screen, which of the slides
|
|
in a presentation to include, and several other global settings.</para>
|
|
<para>This is discussed in detail in the FIXME: link to presentation
|
|
section.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Edit Slide Transition</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Apply transition effects to the currently open slide. This is where
|
|
you can choose how the transition from one slide to the next
|
|
will be handled.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The transition effects you select here are applied on the
|
|
transition <emphasis>from</emphasis> this slide
|
|
<emphasis>to</emphasis> the next.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Start</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Begin the slideshow from the current slide.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Start From First Slide</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Begin the slideshow from the first slide.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycap>Home</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Go To Start</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Go directly to the first slide in the slide show.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycap>Page Up</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Previous Slide</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Go back to the previous slide in the slide show.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycap>Page Down</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Next Slide</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Go to the next slide in the slide show.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycap>End</keycap></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Go To End</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Go immediately to the final slide in the slide show.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="settingsmenu">
|
|
<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu allows you to customize
|
|
&kpresenter;.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Toolbars</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
The items in this submenu can be toggled, that is, you can both enable and
|
|
disable the display of specific toolbars here.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Type Anywhere Cursor</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>FIXME: Find out what this is</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure Autocorrection...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Autocorrection is &kpresenter;'s ability to correct
|
|
common typing errors or expand abbreviations independently of the spell
|
|
checking function. There are several common typing errors entered for
|
|
you by default such as replacing <userinput>teh</userinput> with
|
|
<userinput>the</userinput> and you can add as many more as you
|
|
like.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The ability to expand abbreviations can save you a lot of typing
|
|
time, if you often repeat text whether in the same presentation or in
|
|
multiple presentations.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>For instance, if you work for <quote>Company with a really really
|
|
long name Inc.</quote> then you might define an autocorrection entry so
|
|
that whenever you type <userinput>myJob</userinput> or some other piece
|
|
of unique text, it will be replaced with <quote>Company with a really
|
|
really long name Inc.</quote>.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Autocorrection can be applied automatically as you type, or only
|
|
on demand when you choose it from the <guimenu>Text</guimenu>
|
|
menu.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
<para><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts</guimenuitem> allows you to
|
|
assign a keyboard shortcut to actions that &kpresenter; menus or icons
|
|
contain.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Customize Shortcuts</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="settings03.png" format="PNG"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Customizing the shortcuts</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
|
|
<para>If you try to assign a shortcut that is already used, it will
|
|
give you a warning message. Highlight what you want to do (in the
|
|
picture, I have chosen to make a keyboard shortcut to <guilabel>About
|
|
KDE</guilabel>).</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Click the radio button to the Custom Key setting and type the
|
|
key you want to use. I assigned <keycap>Control</keycap> key and
|
|
<keycap>Y</keycap> to bring up the <quote>About TDE</quote> dialog
|
|
box.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The button shows what has been assigned. Click
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to make the changes, click
|
|
<guibutton>Default</guibutton> to restore whatever was assigned as
|
|
default, click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to do nothing and leave
|
|
the dialog.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>Configure Toolbars allows you to add or delete icons on each of
|
|
the toolbars.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Configuring &kpresenter;</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="settings04.png" format="PNG" width="588"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject><phrase>Configuring &kpresenter;</phrase></textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<para>At the top is a Drop Down box to enable you to choose which
|
|
toolbar you want to modify. In the picture Koffice Shell is
|
|
selected. If I want to add the <guiicon>About TDE</guiicon> icon to
|
|
that toolbar, I click the entry in the left window. The arrow pointing
|
|
right becomes available, if I click the arrow the <guiicon>About
|
|
KDE</guiicon> entry is added to the selected toolbar. the left arrow
|
|
is available when you click in the right side window. It allows you to
|
|
remove an icon from a toolbar. The up and down arrows become active
|
|
when items on both sides are selected. You can move the highlight in
|
|
the right side window up and down with the keyboard arrow keys or by
|
|
clicking on the arrows with the mouse. The Configure Kpresenter menu
|
|
entry gives two menu boxes.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Configuring &kpresenter;</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="settings05.png" format="PNG" width="338"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject><phrase>Configuring &kpresenter;</phrase></textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <guiicon>Interface</guiicon> icon on the left allows us to
|
|
adjust the time settings on the autosave feature. The bottom two
|
|
sliders allow the Raster settings to be adjusted. This still needs a
|
|
little more work. They control the minimum size of objects (such as
|
|
boxes) drawn on screen. You may find that you cannot make a box
|
|
smaller than a certain size. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The second icon is labelled Color </para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Configuring &kpresenter;</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="settings06.png" format="PNG" width="338"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject><phrase>Configuring &kpresenter;</phrase></textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
|
|
<para>It changes the background color of the text box as you type text
|
|
in (in the picture, I have made it green. There is a color choice
|
|
dialog box). The Text boxes are white by default. If you had a dark
|
|
background color and you wanted to put some white text over it, you
|
|
could color the text box so that you could see what you were
|
|
typing. When you have finished, the area around the text would revert
|
|
to whatever the background color was. The
|
|
<guibutton>Default</guibutton> button restores the original
|
|
settings. </para>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="helpmenu">
|
|
<title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
&help.menu.documentation;
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
</chapter>
|