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@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +KOffice is based on KDE ( http://www.kde.org ) which is needed to run KOffice. +You need kdelibs and kdebase installed if you want to compile and run +KOffice. Look in the kdelibs sourcedir for the file COMPILING for help. Also +look at the website as there are many helpfiles available. + +KOffice is a collection of office applications linked together by a common +basis. This common basis assures that all office application can work +together. You can, for instance, insert a spreadsheet in your thesis without +leaving your document. Editing the spreadsheet happens _inside_ your thesis. + +The applications currently included in KOffice are: +- KWord + Professional text editing +- KSpread + Professional number cruncher/spreadsheet +- KPresenter + Professional presentation program +- KChart + Graphing of your abstract data +- Karbon + Vector graphics tool +- Kugar + Database report creation +- Kivio + Flowcharting program +- Kexi + Integrated data management +- Krita + A pixel graphics tool +- KFormula + A mathematical formula editor +- KOffice Workspace + A combination of all of the above + +Note: these applications are not necessarily part of the previous or next +official stable version of KOffice. + +Developers: +=========== + +KOffice is created by Open Source programmers around the world. All developers +give their time/code to the community for everyone to benefit. The major reason +this is done is because those developers want to have a good office suite, and +they don't mind sharing it with you. + +If you feel you found a bug or missing feature you can always contact the +developers of KOffice (via http://www.koffice.org ) or delve into the software +yourself. + +The part that is shared between all KOffice applications can be found in the lib +directory. There classes like KoDocument can be found; these classes are +extended in the project directories. + +Read the .h files in the respective directories for more info. + + +Document format: +================ + +Nearly all KOffice applications use XML formatted files in a ZIP file. + +The main document in XML format can be read with a text editor (after having +unzip-ped it from the ZIP file.) XML itself is simply a set of tags, +where the application can define the meaning of these tags. The definition of +the document type is therefore different for each KOffice application (as you +will most likely not find a curved line in a KWord document). The Document Type +Definition can be found in every application's source directory in the +directory '(application)/dtd.' + +If you would like more information about the makeup of the actual KOffice +document structure (not the XML DTD), see the lib/store/SPEC file. + +If you want to see more/fix bugs in this file, feel free to ask or add it +yourself. + + +Contacts: +========= + +User mailing list: mailto:koffice@kde.org +Developer mailing list: mailto:koffice-devel@kde.org + +Subscribing and list information: http://www.kde.org/mailinglists +Archives: http://lists.kde.org + +If you have questions about this README file or about KOffice in general, +please mail to the KOffice mailing list: mailto:koffice@kde.org + + + +Thomas Zander +Chris Lee |