KWord/Manual

The KWord Handbook

Mike McBride

Gary Cramblitt (garycramblitt comcast.net)

Revision 1.5 (2006-04-23)

Copyright © 2000-2006 Michael McBride

Copyright © 2006 Gary Cramblitt

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KWord is a complete word-processing and simple desktop publishing program. It is part of the KOffice suite of utilities.

This manual describes KWord 1.5.

Introduction

Introducing KWord

What parts of this guide should I read?

Fundamentals

Starting KWord

Introduction to Templates

The difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout templates

Step by Step Tutorial

Choosing the initial template

Selecting a frame and entering text into that frame

Changing the size of a frame

Moving a frame on the page and layering frames

Adding a new frame and Making text flow between two frames

Deleting a frame

Tutorial Summary

The KWord Window

Overview

Using Rulers

Detailed Guides

Beginning a New Document

Saving a Document

Retrieving a Saved Document

Printing A Document

Editing your Document

Using Multiple Views

Undo and Redo

Cut, Copy, Paste and the Clipboard

Finding and Replacing Text

Spellchecking

Finding a related word (Thesaurus)

Autocorrection

Autocompletion

Document Layout Guides

Formatting the Page

Working with Frames

Setting the Properties for a Frame

Formatting Paragraphs

Using Tab Stops

Formatting Characters

Text styles

Columns

Lists

Headers and Footers

Creating Templates, Saving a document as a template and Deleting Templates

More than Just Text

Entering Document information

Hndling Graphics

Table of Contents

Document Variables

Expressions

Document Links

Document Comments

Footnotes and Endnotes

KOffice Data Integration

Inserting files

Document bookmarks

Formulae

For Users with Disabilities

Installing the kdeaccessibility Module

Visual Impairments

Motor Impairments and Mouseless Operation

Advanced Topics

Document Structure

Mail Merge

How do I...]

How do I get the pages numbers on the outsides of the pages and the title in the middle of the header (like a novel)?

How do I create a .pdf file?

How do I remove template categories from the startup dialog

The Menu Items/Toolbars

Introduction to the Menubar and Toolbars

Hiding, Changing, and Moving Toolbars

The Menubar

The File Toolbar

The Format ToolBar

The Insert Toolbar

The Edit Toolbar

The Paragraph Toolbar

The Border Toolbar

The Formula Toolbar

Working with Color

Selecting Colors from a Select Color dialog

Working with Files

Selecting files using the file dialog

Set up KWord Options

Configure Key Bindings (keyboard shortcuts)

Configure Toolbars

Configure KWord User Interface

Questions and Answers

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Credits and Licenses