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<chapter id="options">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Mike</firstname>
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<surname>McBride</surname>
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</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>&kword; Options</title>
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<indexterm><primary>&kword;</primary><secondary>options</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>configuring &kword;</primary></indexterm>
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<para>This section of the documentation will show you how to configure &kword; to suit your personal work style and preferences.</para>
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<para>&kword; can be modified in three separate ways:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="options-keybindings">Configure shortcuts</link></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="options-toolbars">Configure toolbars</link></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="options-kword">Miscellaneous options</link></para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<sect1 id="options-keybindings">
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<title>Configure Key Bindings (keyboard shortcuts)</title>
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<indexterm><primary>configuring keyboard shortcuts</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>keyboard shortcuts</primary><secondary>changing</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>configuring key binding</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>keyboard key binding</primary><secondary>changing</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>To configure the keyboard shortcuts select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...
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</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar.</para>
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<para>This will bring up a dialog box.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="optkb.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>To edit the shortcuts, the first thing you need to do is find
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the action you want to edit. All of the possible actions are listed in
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the combo box labeled <guilabel>Action</guilabel>. By using the
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scrollbar, locate the action you are interested in and click once with
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the &LMB;.</para>
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<para>Once you have selected the action, you can turn your attention to
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the bottom half of the dialog box. You use the bottom half of the dialog
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box to change the shortcuts.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>None</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>By selecting this option, the currently selected action will not
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have any keyboard shortcut.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Default</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>By selecting this option, the currently selected action will use
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the default shortcut. Once this option is clicked, the default keyboard shortcut
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is listed below.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Custom</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>By selecting this option, you can choose any keyboard combination
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as a shortcut for this action.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<sect2 id="options-keybindings-custom"><title>Defining custom keyboard shortcuts</title>
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<para>You determine the key combination by clicking on the button with the current
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keyboard combination in it. A second dialog will appear:</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="optkb2.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>This dialog box allows you to determine two different key combinations
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which will trigger the desired action: <guilabel>Primary shortcut:</guilabel> and <guilabel>Alternate shortcut:</guilabel>.</para>
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<sect3 id="custom-keybinding-single"><title>Defining simple keyboard shortcuts</title>
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<para>Begin by deciding if you want to specify the <guilabel>Primary shortcut:</guilabel> or <guilabel>Alternate shortcut:</guilabel>
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, by placing a mark in the appropriate radiobutton.</para>
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<para>The <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="clearright.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject> button will clear the current keyboard shortcut.</para>
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<para>Now type the keyboard shortcut into the keyboard. &kword; will use this keyboard combination as the new
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keyboard shortcut. The window will close automatically.</para>
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<para>Once you have completed your entries, simply click on <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
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to accept the changes or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel your changes.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="custom-keybinding-multi"><title>Defining multi-key keyboard shortcuts</title>
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<para>Multi-key keyboard shortcuts can be used when you run out of simple keyboard shortcuts. </para>
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<para>Multi-key shortcuts are edited the same as simple keyboard shortcuts, except a mark is placed in the
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check box labeled <guilabel>Multi-key mode</guilabel> <emphasis>prior</emphasis> to entering the keyboard shortcut.</para>
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<para>You can now enter multiple keyboard characters for the keyboard shortcut.</para>
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<note><para>It is important to understand that keyboard <emphasis>combinations</emphasis>
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(i.e.: <keycombo action="simul">&Alt; &Shift;
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<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>) are still a <emphasis>single character</emphasis> because all the keys are
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depressed at the same time.</para>
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<para>An example of a multi-key combination would be if you press <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;
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<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>, release both characters then type a
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<keycap>W</keycap>. This is a multi-key combination.</para></note>
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<para>Once you have completed your entries, simply click on <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
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to accept the changes or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel your changes.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="options-toolbars">
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<title>Configure Toolbars</title>
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<indexterm><primary>configuring toolbars</primary></indexterm>
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<para>To configure &kword;'s toolbars
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select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
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Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar.</para>
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<para>This will bring up a dialog box. You can add or remove as many
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toolbar buttons to as many toolbars as you like. You can also move the
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buttons around on the toolbar using this dialog.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="opttb.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<sect2>
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<title>Adding a button to a toolbar</title>
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<para>To add a button to a toolbar, you move it from the
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<guilabel>Available actions:</guilabel> box to the <guilabel>Current
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actions:</guilabel> column.</para>
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<para>First select the toolbar you want to add a button to by selecting
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the toolbar from the combo box labeled
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<guilabel>Toolbar:</guilabel></para>
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<para>Now select the action you want to add from the combo box labeled
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<guilabel>Available actions:</guilabel> by clicking once with the left
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mouse button.</para>
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<para>Click the blue arrow pointing to the
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right. <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="rarrow.png"
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format="PNG" /></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
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<para>Once the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button or the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button has been clicked, the toolbars
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will change.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Deleting a button from a toolbar</title>
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<para>To delete a button from a toolbar, you move it from the
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<guilabel>Current actions:</guilabel> box to the <guilabel>Available
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actions:</guilabel> column.</para>
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<para>First select the toolbar you want to delete a button from by selecting
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the toolbar from the combo box labeled
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<guilabel>Toolbar:</guilabel></para>
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<para>Select the toolbar button you want to remove the button from
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the combo box labeled <guilabel>Current actions:</guilabel>.</para>
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<para>Click the blue arrow pointing to the
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left. <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="larrow.png"
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format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
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<para>Once the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button or the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button has been clicked, the toolbars
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will change.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Moving a button on a toolbar</title>
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<para>First select the toolbar you want to move a button on by selecting
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the toolbar from the combo box labeled
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<guilabel>Toolbar:</guilabel></para>
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<para>To move a button, simply click on the button you want to move with
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the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> mouse button.</para>
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<para>Click the up or down arrows to move the button up or down the
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toolbar respectively.</para>
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<para>Once the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button or the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button has been clicked, the toolbars
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will change.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="options-kword">
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<title>&kword; Options</title>
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<indexterm><primary>&kword;</primary><secondary>options</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>To configure options regarding spelling and the user interface
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select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
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&kword;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar.</para>
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<para>This will bring up a dialog box.</para>
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<sect2 id="opt-ui">
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<title>Configure &kword; User Interface</title>
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<para>Clicking <guibutton>Interface</guibutton> will allow you to change
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the following.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject><imagedata fileref="opt2.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Units:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Select your preferred unit of measurement. &kword; will use these units for all measurements. See
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<link linkend="rulers">Using Rulers</link> for more information.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show status bar</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Placing a mark in this check box makes the status bar visible in &kword;. See
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<link linkend="kword-screen">The &kword; Screen</link> for more information.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show scrollbar</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Placing a mark in this check box makes the scrollbar visible in &kword;. See
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<link linkend="kword-screen">The &kword; Screen</link> for more information.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>PageUp/PageDown moves the caret</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this check box has a mark, then when you press the <keycap>PageUp</keycap> and <keycap>PageDown</keycap> keys
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on the keyboard, &kword; moves the text cursor (the caret) down one page. If there is no mark in this check box
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then &kword; moves the view, but does not change the position of the text cursor. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Number of recent files:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This determines the maximum number of files that are listed under
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<menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Open
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Recent</guisubmenu></menuchoice> command. You can adjust this value
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from 1-20.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Horizontal grid size:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Determines the horizontal size of the grid. When frames and tab stops are placed on the page, they
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are placed on a point in the grid. This gives your document a more professional look because elements are effectively
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aligned. You can reduce the grid size if you need finer control of your layout.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Vertical grid size:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Determines the vertical size of the grid. When frames are placed on the page, they
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are placed on a point in the grid. This gives your document a more professional look because elements are effectively
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aligned. You can reduce the grid size if you need finer control of your layout.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Paragraph indent by toolbar buttons:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Use this spin box to determine how far the paragraph is indented when using the increase indent button
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(<inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="incindbut.png"
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format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>) and the decrease indent button
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(<inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="decindbut.png"
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format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>).</para></listitem>
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<term><guilabel>Number of pages per row in preview mode:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Determines the number of pages per row in preview mode.
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This determines the size of the pages in preview mode.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>When you are happy with the changes, simply click
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
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<para>If you click on <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, all changes will be
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lost.</para>
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<para>Clicking on the <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton> button restores all
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values to their default values.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="opt-document"><title>Configure document options</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<sect3 id="opt-document-defaults"><title>Document defaults</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Default column spacing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use this to adjust the default spacing between columns. For more information on columns see
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<link linkend="columns">Columns</link>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Default font:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click on the <guibutton>Choose...</guibutton> button, and a new dialog will appear. Use this dialog to
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choose the default font. This setting determines the default font used by &kword; until further formatting is done. You can
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revert any text to this default by selecting
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<menuchoice> <guimenu>Format</guimenu><guimenuitem>Default Format</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from
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the menubar.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Global language:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use this drop down box to determine the default language for the document. This setting is used by the
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hyphenation and spelling tools.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Automatic hyphenation</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Place a mark in this checkbox if you want &kword; to automatically hyphenate long words when it determines the word wrap
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in text frames.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="opt-document-settings"><title>Document settings</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Autosave every (min):</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can use this to adjust how often &kword; saves a temporary
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file. If you set this value to <guilabel>No autosave</guilabel>, &kword; will not autosave.
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You can adjust the autosave from 1 minute to 60 minutes.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Create backup file</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If there is a mark in this checkbox, &kword; will automatically create a backup file everytime you save your document.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Starting page number:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use this text box to determine the starting page number. For more information on page numbering see
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<link linkend="page-number">Page Numbering</link>.</para>
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<tip><para>This is helpful if you have split a single document into multiple files.</para></tip>
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||
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Tab stop:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Each &kword; document has a default set of tab stops. If you add tab stops to your document, the newly added
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||
|
|
tab stops override the default tabstops. You can use this text box to define the spacing between default tab stops.</para>
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<para>As an example. If you enter <userinput>1.5</userinput> in this text box, and the unit of measure is in centimeters, then the
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||
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|
first default tab stop will be located 1.5 cm to the right of the left margin of the frame. The second default tab stop will be located at 3 cm from the
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||
|
|
left margin, etc....</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</variablelist>
|
||
|
|
</sect3>
|
||
|
|
<sect3 id="opt-document-cursor"><title>Cursor settings</title>
|
||
|
|
<variablelist>
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Cursor in protected area</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
||
|
|
When there is a mark in this check box, and you click in a protected frame of your document, a cursor appears. When the
|
||
|
|
mark is removed from this check box, and you click in a protected frame, there is no cursor visible.</para></listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<!-- varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Direct insert cursor</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
||
|
|
When there is a mark in this check box, and you can select a section of text using your mouse. Move the mouse to a new place
|
||
|
|
in your document and click once with the middle mouse button and a copy of the selected text is copied and pasted to the new location
|
||
|
|
in the document.</para>
|
||
|
|
<para>When there is no mark in this checkbox, in order to copy text from one section to another, you must select the text,
|
||
|
|
<link linkend="local-copy">manually copy the text in to the clipboard</link>, then manually paste the text in the new location. </para></listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry -->
|
||
|
|
</variablelist>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>When you are happy with the changes, simply click
|
||
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>If you click on <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, all changes will be
|
||
|
|
lost.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>Clicking on the <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton> button restores all
|
||
|
|
values to their default values.</para>
|
||
|
|
</sect3>
|
||
|
|
</sect2>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<sect2 id="opt-spell">
|
||
|
|
<title>Configure Spelling.</title>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>To configure the options for the speller, click on the button
|
||
|
|
labeled <guibutton>Spelling</guibutton>.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<screenshot>
|
||
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
||
|
|
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="opt1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
||
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
||
|
|
</screenshot>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>Each option is detailed below.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<variablelist>
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Default language:</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Used by the spelling application to choose the correct dictionary.</para></listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Enable background spellchecking</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>If a mark is placed in this checkbox, &kword; will check the spelling of words in your document as you type them. Words that
|
||
|
|
&kword; believes are misspelled will have a red line drawn under them.</para></listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Skip all uppercase words</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>If a mark is placed in this checkbox, &kword; will not check the spelling of any word which consists of all capital letters.</para>
|
||
|
|
<tip><para>This is useful if the document you are working on uses a large number of acronyms. If this box is left unchecked, most of those acronyms
|
||
|
|
will be incorrectly marked. By placing a mark in this checkbox, &kword; will not mark the acronyms as misspelled.</para></tip></listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Skip run-together words</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>If this box is not checked, and &kword; finds a two words in its dictionary that are placed next to each other, it will be
|
||
|
|
marked as misspelled. If this box is checked, the combined word will be ignored.</para>
|
||
|
|
<para>Examples of such words are <emphasis>shutout</emphasis>,
|
||
|
|
<emphasis>cannot</emphasis>, and <emphasis>blackout</emphasis>.</para>
|
||
|
|
<tip>
|
||
|
|
<para>Checking this box will help prevent &kword; from
|
||
|
|
flagging website and email addresses for spelling errors. These
|
||
|
|
addresses often contain words run together.</para>
|
||
|
|
</tip></listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
</variablelist>
|
||
|
|
<sect3><title>Ignoring words</title>
|
||
|
|
<para>The bottom half of the dialog box allows you to designate specific words (they may be specialized terminology, proper names, etc) which
|
||
|
|
should be ignored by the spelling program.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<sect4><title>Adding a word to the ignore list</title>
|
||
|
|
<para>To add a word, type the word in the text box directly below the words <guilabel>Ignore
|
||
|
|
These Words</guilabel> and click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.</para>
|
||
|
|
</sect4>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<sect4><title>Deleteing a word from the ignore list</title>
|
||
|
|
<para>To remove a word, select the word in the listbox containing all the currently ignored words by clicking on it with
|
||
|
|
the &LMB;. Now click the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.</para>
|
||
|
|
</sect4>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<sect4><title>Changing the order a word appears in the list</title>
|
||
|
|
<para>To move a word in the list, select the word in the listbox containing all the currently ignored words by clicking on it with
|
||
|
|
the &LMB;. Now click the <guibutton>Move Up</guibutton> button or the <guibutton>Move Up</guibutton> button to move the word
|
||
|
|
within the list.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>When you are happy with the changes, simply click
|
||
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>If you click on <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, all changes will be
|
||
|
|
lost.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>Clicking on the <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton> button restores all
|
||
|
|
values to their default values.</para>
|
||
|
|
</sect4>
|
||
|
|
</sect3>
|
||
|
|
</sect2>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<sect2 id="opt-formula"><title>Configure formula options</title>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<screenshot>
|
||
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
||
|
|
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="opt5.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
||
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
||
|
|
</screenshot>
|
||
|
|
<para>Use this dialog to format the appearance of formulas in &kword;. See the formula documentation for further details.</para>
|
||
|
|
<para>When you are happy with the changes, simply click
|
||
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>If you click on <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, all changes will be
|
||
|
|
lost.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>Clicking on the <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton> button restores all
|
||
|
|
values to their default values.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</sect2>
|
||
|
|
<sect2 id="opt-misc"><title>Configure miscellaneous options</title>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<screenshot>
|
||
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
||
|
|
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="opt3.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
||
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
||
|
|
</screenshot>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<sect3 id="opt-misc-misc"><title>Misc</title>
|
||
|
|
<variablelist>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Undo/redo limit:</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Use this spin box or slider to determine how many actions &kword; keeps in its Undo buffer. Any action that exceeds
|
||
|
|
this number will be forgotten.</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Display links</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Placing a mark in this check box makes document links visible in &kword;. If there is no mark in this check box,
|
||
|
|
document links will be hidden. See
|
||
|
|
<link linkend="links">Document links</link> for more information.</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Underline all links</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Placing a mark in this check box will have &kword; automatically underline a document link when it is created. See
|
||
|
|
<link linkend="links">Document links</link> for more information.</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Display comments</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Placing a mark in this check box makes document comments visible in &kword;. See
|
||
|
|
<link linkend="comments">Document comments</link> for more information.</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>Display field code</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>If there is a mark in this check box, &kword; shows the variable name of document variables,
|
||
|
|
rather than the content of the variable in the &kword;
|
||
|
|
screen. If this check box does not have a mark, then &kword; shows the contents of the variables. </para>
|
||
|
|
<note><para>This option does not affect the printed output. The contents of the variables are printed regardless of the state of this
|
||
|
|
check box.</para></note>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</variablelist>
|
||
|
|
</sect3>
|
||
|
|
<sect3 id="opt-misc-viewformatting"><title>View Formatting</title>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>You can use these four check boxes to determine what formatting characters are displayed when you have asked &kword; to
|
||
|
|
<link linkend="view-formatting-menu">show formatting characters</link>.</para>
|
||
|
|
<variablelist>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>View formatting end paragraph</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Toggles the display of paragraph marks (new-line characters) on and off.</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>View formatting space</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Toggles the display of individual spaces on and off.</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>View formatting tabs</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Toggles the display of tab stops on and off.</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
<term><guilabel>View formatting break</guilabel></term>
|
||
|
|
<listitem><para>Toggles the display of frame breaks on and off.</para>
|
||
|
|
</listitem>
|
||
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
||
|
|
</variablelist>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>When you are happy with the changes, simply click
|
||
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>If you click on <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, all changes will be
|
||
|
|
lost.</para>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>Clicking on the <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton> button restores all
|
||
|
|
values to their default values.</para>
|
||
|
|
</sect3>
|
||
|
|
</sect2>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<sect2 id="opt-path"><title>Configure path options</title>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<screenshot>
|
||
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
||
|
|
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="opt6.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
||
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
||
|
|
</screenshot>
|
||
|
|
<para>Use this dialog to set the <guilabel>Backup Path</guilabel> and the directory
|
||
|
|
for your <guilabel>Personal Expression</guilabel> in &kword;.</para>
|
||
|
|
</sect2>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<sect2 id="opt-tts"><title>Configure Text-To-Speech options</title>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<para>See the <link linkend="a11y-tts">Text-to-Speech</link> section
|
||
|
|
in the accessibility chapter for further details.</para>
|
||
|
|
</sect2>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</sect1>
|
||
|
|
</chapter>
|