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<chapter id="menus">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&Philip.Rodrigues;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>The Standard Menu Entries</title>
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<!-- FIXME: The text is immensely repetitive. Fix that. -->
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<para>One of the main ways that you'll control programs in &tde; is
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via the program's menus. They provide access to nearly everything
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you'll need to do with that program. So that you can more easily
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remember where things are in the menus, and to help you learn new
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programs more easily, the menus have a standard layout. This means
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that once you know how to open a file in one program, you know how to
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open a file in any &tde; program. Let's take a look at the standard
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menus:</para> <!-- TODO: Note that programs have other menu entries as well-->
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<!-- Probably a good place for a screenie, but we'd need one showing
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*only* the standard entries -->
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<variablelist>
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<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>This entry will start a new, blank document that's
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appropriate to the program you're using. For example, in &kate; (the
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&tde; Advanced Text Editor) this entry creates a new text file.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>The <guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> menu entry
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displays the &tde; <quote>Open File</quote> dialog box, where you can
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choose a file to open in the program you're using. The <quote>Open
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File</quote> dialog is also standardized, so it's the same for all
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&tde; programs. You can find out more about using this dialog
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somewhere else in this guide <!-- FIXME: real link -->.</para>
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<para>You probably noticed that this menu entry had an ellipsis (...)
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after the name of the entry. This means that clicking on the entry
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will open a dialog box of some kind. If you make any changes in the
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dialog box that appears, they won't take effect until you click on the
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button in the dialog. You can always ignore
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any changes you made, and close the dialog, by clicking on the
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<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>This menu entry will save any changes you've made to
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the file that you are currently working on. If this is the first time
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that you've saved the file, the &tde; <quote>Save File</quote> dialog
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will appear, and ask you for a name and location for the file. <!-- TODO: Point to another section for more info --></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>The <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> menu entry
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will save the file you're working on with a different name. The
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<quote>Save File</quote> dialog appears, and you can choose a name and
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location as usual. Note that after you save the file with
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<guimenuitem>Save As..</guimenuitem>, you will be working on the
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<emphasis>new</emphasis> file. If you save changes, they will be saved
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under the new filename. To make this a bit clearer, let's take an
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example:
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>You are working on a file called
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<filename>hello.txt</filename> that contains the text <quote>Hello
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World!</quote> </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>You use the <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> menu
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entry to save the file with the new name
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<filename>newhello.txt</filename>. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>You add the text <quote>Nice to see you!</quote> to
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the file, and use the <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> menu entry to
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save these changes.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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Now, the file <filename>newhello.txt</filename> contains the text
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<quote>Hello World! Nice to see you!</quote>, while the file
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<filename>hello.txt</filename> contains only the text <quote>Hello
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World!</quote>.
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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><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>This menu entry displays the &tde;
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<quote>Print</quote> dialog, read to print the current
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document. Youcan find more information about the options available in
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this dialog in <xref linkend="printing-from-apps"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>This menu entry closes the current document. If you
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have made any changes since you last saved the document, you will be
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asked whether you want to save those changes. You can choose to
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<guibutton>Save</guibutton> or <guibutton>Discard</guibutton> those
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changes. If you didn't really want to close the file, just click
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<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Use this entry to close the program you're using. If
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you have unsaved changes in any files, you will be asked whether you
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want to
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save them.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Use this entry to remove the effect of the last
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action you performed in the application. For example, if you deleted a
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line of text, the <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> menu entry will
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replace that line.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Use this menu entry to perform the last action that
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you removed with the <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> menu entry. For
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example, if, as in the example above, you had replaced a deleted line
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of text with <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>, the
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<guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> entry would redo the action of
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deleting the line.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>This menu entry cuts the contents of the current
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selection to the clipboard. See <xref linkend="using-the-clipboard"/>
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for more information.
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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><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>This menu entry copies the contents of the current
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selection to the clipboard. See <xref linkend="using-the-clipboard"/>
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for more information.
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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><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>This menu entry inserts the contents of the clipboard
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in the current document. The clipboard contents are inserted where the
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cursor is currently positioned.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Use this item to select the whole of the current
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document.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>This menu entry displays the <guilabel>Find
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Text</guilabel> dialog, which you can use to search for a particular
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word or phrase in the current document.
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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><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F3</keycap>
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</keycombo>
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</shortcut><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Use this item to find the next occurrence of the most
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recent text you searched for using <guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can
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change the keyboard shortcuts used by the application. See <xref
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linkend="configure-shortcuts"/>.
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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><guimenuitem>Configure
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Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can
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change which buttons appear on the application's toolbars. See <xref
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linkend="configuring-toolbars"/>.
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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><guimenuitem>Configure Notifications...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can
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change the notifications (sounds, error messages, &etc;) used by the
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application. See <xref
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linkend="configure-notifications"/>.
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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><guimenuitem>Configure <replaceable>Application</replaceable></guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can
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change settings relating to how the application works in general.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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&help.menu.documentation;
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</chapter>
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