Mike
McBride
Document Structure
document structure
Sometimes, when editing a complicated document, it can be helpful to look at an organized view of your document.
You can use this organized view to jump immediately to certain text
frames, select picture frames, change frame properties, delete frames,
or simply review your document.
Show and hide Document Structure area
Because simple documents do not need the information provided in the Document Structure area, &kword;
has the ability to toggle the Document Structure area on and off.
To toggle the Document Structure area on and off, select
ViewShow Doc Structure
from the menubar to make the Document Structure area visible. Select
ViewHide Doc Structure
from the menubar to make the Document Structure area disappear.
You can move focus to the document structure area by pressing
&Alt;1. You can move focus to the main document panel by pressing
&Alt;2.
Navigating the document structure area
Lets examine a sample Document Structure area.
As you can see, there are five groups of frames categorized (Text
Frames/Frame Sets
Pictures, Tables, Formula
Frames,
Embedded Objects).
Text Frames/Frame Sets
Within this category, is a list of all text framesets. Below
each frameset, each frame is listed. Below each frame, each paragraph is
listed.
Pictures
Within this category is a list of all frames that contain
pictures, and the folder the pictures were loaded from.
Tables
Within this category is a list of all frames that contain
tables. Note that a table behaves very much like a frameset.
Each cell of the table is a frame, and each frame may contain
multiple paragraphs.
Formula Frames
Within this category is a list of all frames that contain
formulas.
Embedded Objects
Within this category, is an alphabetical list of all frames
that contain data from other &koffice; applications.
You can use your mouse to select the category you want, or first
put focus in the document structure area (press &Alt;1)
then use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the list.
Double click on a category to expand or collapse the category,
or press the right or left arrow keys.
Depending on your document, you may not have all categories in your
Document Structure area. The category only
appears when there is at least one frame in the
category.
Edit a text frame, frameset, or paragraph using the document structure area
To edit a text frame, frameset, or paragraph, click on the
item with the &RMB; or scroll to the item and press the
Menu key. A popup menu will appear. Select Edit
Text from the menu.
Speak the text of a text frame, frameset, or paragraph using the document structure area
If you have the KTTS component installed in your system, you can have the computer
speak the text of the document. To speak the text of a frame, frameset, or paragraph, click on the
item with the &RMB; or scroll to the item and press the
Menu key. A popup menu will appear. Select Speak
Text from the menu.
The Speak Text menu item will be disabled if KTTS
is not installed in your system.
If KTTS fails to speak the text, or speaks the text in the wrong
language, make sure you have a Talker in
KTTS configured with the correct language. See The KTTS Handbook
for details. Also, make sure the Global Language is properly
set in the &kword; settings.
Jump to a frame, frameset, or paragraph using the document structure area
To display a frame, frameset, or paragraph in the main document panel, click on the
item with the &RMB; or scroll to the item and press the
Menu key. A popup menu will appear. Select Show
from the menu.
Delete frame or frameset using the document structure area
To delete a frame or frameset, click on the
frame title with the &RMB; or scroll to the frame title and press the
Menu key. A popup menu will appear. Select Delete
Frame from the menu.
Edit a frame or paragraph properties using the document structure area
To change the properties of a frame or paragraph, click on the
item with the &RMB; or scroll to the item and press the
Menu key. A popup menu will appear. Select
Properties from the menu.