The KWord Handbook

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Introduction

What parts of this guide should I read?

2. Fundamentals

Starting KWord

An Introduction to Templates

The difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout templates

3. Step by Step Tutorial

Tutorial: Choosing the initial template

Tutorial: Selecting a frame and entering text into that frame

Tutorial: Changing the size of a frame

Tutorial: Moving a frame on the page and layering frames

Tutorial: Adding a new frame/Making text flow between two frames

Tutorial: Deleting a frame

Tutorial: Summary

4. The KWord Window

Overview

Using Rulers

5. Detailed Guides: Document Creation, Storage, and Printing

Beginning a New Document

Starting a new document from a template

Opening an existing document

Saving a Document

The Save Command

The Save As... Command

Retrieving a Saved Document

Using the dialog box

Printing A Document

6. Detailed Guides: Editing your Document

Selecting Text

Using The Mouse

Using The Keyboard

Using Multiple Views

Introduction

Creating a new view

Splitting the current view into two separate views.

Changing the split view orientation

Changing the size of views

Remove View

Close all views

Undo/Redo

Cut/Copy/Paste and the Clipboard

The Copy Command

The Cut Command

The Paste Command

Finding and Replacing Text

The Find Command

The Replace Command

Spellchecking

Automatically mark misspelled words

Finding related word (Thesaurus)

Autocorrection

Enabling/Disabling Autocorrection

Configuring Autocorrection Options

Manually applying autocorrection

Autocompletion

Using autocompletion

Configuring autocomplete

7. Detailed Guides: Document Layout

Formatting the Page

Formatting the Page (Text Oriented Document)

Formatting the Page (Page Layout Document)

Working with Frames

Framesets

Selecting a frame

Adding a Text Frame to a Document

Deleting a Frame From a Document

Moving a Frame

Resizing a Frame

Reconnecting Frames in a Frameset/Changing text flow.

Raise and Lower Frames

Hard Frame Breaks

Setting the Properties for a Frame

Using the frame settings dialogs

Using frame styles

Formatting Paragraphs

Indents and Spaces

General Layout

Decorations

Bullets and Numbering

Tabulators

Using Tab Stops

Setting Tab Stops

Moving Tab Stops

Removing Tab Stops

Tab filling

Formatting Characters

Changing Size, Font, Font Style, Text color and Background Color

Changing Font Case

Text styles

Introduction to text styles

Changing the text style of text

Creating a text style

Deleting a text style

Editing a text style

Import a text style

Columns

Lists

Simple lists

Complex lists

Tables

Adding a new Table

Moving between cells in a table

Deleting a Table

Insert Row in Table

Insert Column in Table

Delete Row in Table

Delete Column in Table

Change column width

Join Cells in Table

Split Cells in Table

Ungroup a Table

Protecting a cell in a table.

Formating a Table

Using table styles

Headers/Footers

Introduction

Using headers and footers

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

Creating a new template

Removing a template

Removing a template group

8. Detailed Guides: More than just text

Entering Document information

Graphics

Insert Graphics from a file

Using a picture from a scanner

Changing the size of a picture

Move Pictures

Delete Graphics

Saving Graphic in separate file

Switching between inline and framed pictures

Table of Contents

Preparing the document

Creating the table of contents

Changing the look of the table of contents.

Document Variables

Date and Time

Page Numbering

Section Title

Other Variables

Custom Variables

Updating All Variable Values

Updating One Date or Time Variable Value

Expressions

Using expressions

Add, change and delete expression groups and expressions

Document Links

Insert a new document link

Opening a document link

Copy a document link

Changing a document link

Deleting a document link

Converting a document link to text

Document Comments

Adding a comment to a document

Adding to or changing the comment in a document

Deleting a comment from a document

Hiding all comments in a document

Footnotes and Endnotes

Add a new footnote or endnote

Change reference of footnote

Delete a footnote or endnote

Change the look of footnotes

Change the placement of the footnotes

Change the look of endnote entries

KOffice Data

General instructions

Working with the inserted component

Inserting files

Document bookmarks

Creating a new bookmark

Jump to a previously created bookmark

Rename a bookmark

Delete a bookmark

Formulas

Add a formula

Moving a formula

Removing a formula

Editing a formula

9. For Users with Disabilities

Installing the kdeaccessibility Module

Visual Impairments

Theming

KMagnifier

Text-to-Speech

Motor Impairments and Mouseless Operation

KMouseTool

XAccess Features

Mouse Emulation

Mouse Navigation

Keyboard shortcuts

Resizing panels

Setting focus to widgets

10. Advanced Topics

Document Structure

Show and hide Document Structure area

Navigating the document structure area

Edit a text frame, frameset, or paragraph using the document structure area

Speak the text of a text frame, frameset, or paragraph using the document structure area

Jump to a frame, frameset, or paragraph using the document structure area

Delete frame or frameset using the document structure area

Edit a frame or paragraph properties using the document structure area

Mail Merge

Using an external SQL database as a data source

Using a KSpread file as a data source

Using your KDE Address book as a data source

Using an internal representation of tabular data to create documents

11. 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.

12. The Menu Items/Toolbars

Introduction to the Menubar and Toolbars

Hiding, Changing, and Moving Toolbars

Hiding Toolbars

Moving Toolbars around

Changing the look of your toolbars

Menubar

File Menu

Edit Menu

View Menu

Insert Menu

Format Menu

Frames Menu

Table Menu

Tools Menu

Settings Menu

Help Menu

File Toolbar

Format ToolBar

Insert Toolbar

Edit Toolbar

Paragraph Toolbar

Table Toolbar

Border Toolbar

Formula Toolbar

Selecting Colors from a Select Color dialog

Selecting files using the file dialog

13. KWord Options

Configure Key Bindings (keyboard shortcuts)

Defining custom keyboard shortcuts

Configure Toolbars

Adding a button to a toolbar

Deleting a button from a toolbar

Moving a button on a toolbar

KWord Options

Configure KWord User Interface

Configure document options

Configure Spelling.

Configure formula options

Configure miscellaneous options

Configure path options

Configure Text-To-Speech options

14. Questions and Answers

15. Credits and Licenses

A. Installation

How to obtain KWord

Requirements

Compilation and Installation

B. KWord Command Line Options

C. Import/Export Filters

Introduction to Filters

Filters included in KWord

D. Key Bindings Summary

E. KWord Technical details

KWord file format

KWord 1.1 and earlier

KWord 1.2

KWord 1.3 (current version)

Kword MIME types

Glossary