<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 Sidebar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para><action>Toggle the display of the sidebar</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 Notebar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para><action>Toggle the display of the notebar</action> where you can
see an overview of all the notes in your presentation.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Slide Master</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para><action>Toggle the display of the slide master</action> where you can put objects that you want to appear on each slide in your presentation.</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>Guide Lines</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>When working in &kpresenter; you can drag a <quote>guide
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 guide lines will be visible. If this is
disabled, they will not be visible.</para>
<para>Guide lines work across slides, allowing you to align objects the
same way across multiple slides.</para>
<para>Disabling (hiding) guide lines does not delete them. If you have
created guide lines, and then disabled this item, enabling it again
will retain the guide lines you created.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Add Guide Line...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Opens a dialog to select the <guilabel>Orientation</guilabel>
(<guilabel>Horizontal</guilabel> or <guilabel>Vertical</guilabel>)
and choose a <guilabel>Position:</guilabel>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show/Hide 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
<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. This enables these locations to be linked to directly from within active presentations, with resources being handled as appropriately by other applications installed on your system.</para>
</listitem>
</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
<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 drawing tools<!-- FIXME: Make a drawing tools section --> section.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Shape</guisubmenu>
</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>
<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. It opens the <guilabel>Acquire Image</guilabel> dialog to allow the use of the scanner.<!--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. Click with the &LMB; onto an object
and keep the button pressed.Drag with the cursor to rotate the object on the slide around its center. When you are
happy with the position of the object, release the mousebutton to stop
rotating.</para>
<para>If you change your mind and wish to cancel the rotation, use
<para>Allow you to zoom in or out in the current slide. You can see the zoom factor in the <guilabel>Edit</guilabel> toolbar, in the zoom indicator.</para>
<para>Left clicking on the slide will <guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem>. Right clicking on the current slide will present you a menu to allow you to <guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem>, to <guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem>, to <guimenuitem>Zoom Entire Slide</guimenuitem>, to <guimenuitem>Zoom Slide Width</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Zoom Slide Height</guimenuitem>, to <guimenuitem>Zoom Selected Objects</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Zoom All Objects</guimenuitem> which put back all objects in your view.
</para>
<para>This action has the same effect as <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> on another form.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para><action>Open</action> the <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog for the currently selected object on your slide.</para>
<para>The <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog for an object allows you to manipulate it in a
very detailed manner. You can change several properties for the selected object, like the text color if the object is text or the depth if the object is a picture.</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
<para><action>Toggle the display of the header field</action> on the current slide. Header content can only be added in the master slide but you can choose to display the header only on some slides with this action.</para>
<para><action>Toggle the display of the footer field</action> on the current slide. Footer content can only be added in the master slide but you can choose to display the footer only on some slides with this action.</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/Gradient</guilabel>, (which lets you
set either a plain color or one of many gradients)
or <guilabel>Picture</guilabel>, which gives a dialog box to find the picture
you want. Set the <guilabel>View mode:</guilabel> for this picture
to <guilabel>Scaled</guilabel>, <guilabel>Centered</guilabel>,
or <guilabel>Tiled</guilabel>.</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>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="text-menu">
<title><guimenu>Text</guimenu> Menu</title>
<para>This menu modifies selected text and provides a few tools familiar from
word processing applications for your convienience for when you are making
presentations with large amounts
of text in them. The <guimenu>Text</guimenu> menu will only effect selected or
highlighted text.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Default Format</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Restores selected text to the system default font size, style and
formatting.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Text</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Font...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>The <guilabel>Select Font</guilabel> dialog contains options for selected
<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 Object Effect...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Choose what effect you want to apply for the highlighted object. This is where
you can set the order of appearance, how the object will appear, if you want a sound while the object appears and if you want some disappearance effects too.</para>
<para>Autocompletion allows you to type the first few letters of a commonly used word (often technical or job specific), and tells &kpresenter; to finish typing the word for you.</para>
<para>Please see the <link
linkend="configure-completion">Configure Completion</link> section for a complete explanation.</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
