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Perhaps the most familiar type of interface is the +menu which appears on the top of the &kpresenter; window.</para> + +<para>Clicking on the menu items gives you a list of commands from which you +can choose the one you want. Many of the commands can also be accessed +directly by holding down &Ctrl; or &Alt; and pressing another key on +your keyboard. In the next section, each of the menu commands is +described in brief.</para> + +<sect1 id="toolbars"> +<title>The Toolbars</title> + +<sect2 id="manipulating-toolbars"> +<title>Manipulating the Toolbars</title> + +<para>In addition to the menus, &kpresenter; also has a set of toolbars. Each +toolbar consists of a collection of icons. A toolbar icon often presents +a convenient shortcut to a command that is found in one of the menus.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The toolbars</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="barstyle1.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The toolbars</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>You can move the toolbar around by dragging the handle, shown here in red. Toolbars can +be <quote>docked</quote> or attached to any side of the &kpresenter; +window. If you like, you can also have the toolbar <quote>float</quote> in +its own window, separated from the main &kpresenter; window as shown in the +screenshot below:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Floating toolbar</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="barstyle3.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Floating toolbar</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> If you don't like dragging toolbars around, +<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the handle and a menu pops up as shown +in the screenshot below: </para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Toolbar context menu</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="barstyle4.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Toolbar context menu</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +The first few items in the popup menu have to do with the placement of +the toolbar. You can choose any of the four sides of the &kpresenter; +window, or have the toolbar <quote>float</quote> in a separate +window. Choosing <guimenuitem>Flat</guimenuitem> hides the toolbar. +To unflat a hidden toolbar, &LMB; click on its handle. + + +</para> + +<para> +Choosing the next item in the menu, <guisubmenu>Text Position</guisubmenu>, leads +to an additional menu which lets you control the appearance of the items +in toolbar. This additional cascading menu is shown in the screenshot +below: +</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The toolbar modes menu</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="barstyle5.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The toolbar modes menu</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +The default view of the toolbar is icons only. In this view, if you +don't know what a particular icon means, you can hold the mouse over the +icon, and after a second or so, a little hint pops up in a highlighted +text box as shown in the screenshot below: +</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Tooltips</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="barstyle6.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Tooltips</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +You can choose to display the toolbar items as text instead of icons, or +even to combine both icons and text. If you want both text and icons, +the cascading menu allows you to select whether the text appears beside +the icons or below them. All four styles of displaying toolbar items are +shown in the screenshot below: +</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The toolbar styles</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="barstyle7.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The toolbar styles</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +The &kpresenter; menus are discussed in the following sections. +</para> + +</sect2> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="file-menu"> +<title><guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Begins a new presentation.</action> The +startup dialog will open, allowing you to choose a +template for your presentation. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Opens an existing presentation.</action> A standard &kde; file +open dialog will appear, allowing you to choose a file to open. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Open Recent</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Displays a list of recently opened files for you to choose +from.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"> +&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap> +</keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Saves the currently open presentation.</action> If you have not +previously saved it, you will be asked to name the file. If you have +previously saved the presentation, it will be resaved with the same name. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Saves the currently open presentation with a new name.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Reload the currently active file. +<!-- FIXME: What's a situation when you might want to do this? --> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Import...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Import a presentation that was previously created in +one of several common formats.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Export...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Export the currently open presentation to one of several common +formats for use in another application, or for exchange with someone +who does not have access to &kpresenter;.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Mail...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Open</action> a new email message in your selected email client with the current &kpresenter; document attached. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Create HTML Slideshow...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Starts the HTML wizard</action>, which is described in the +section <xref linkend="html-wizard"/>. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Create Memory Stick Slideshow...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Starts the Memory Stick dialog</action>, which is described in the +section <xref linkend="ms-export"/>. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Template Manager</guimenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Allows you to save the current slide as a +template.</action> In future the template will be available for you to +use to build slides with. Creating a template is further discussed in +section <xref linkend="creating-templates"/>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Use Current Slide as Default Template</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Sets the current slide as your default template</action>. +Especially useful if you have created a template of your own to fit into +corporate style guidelines, or if you just use a particular layout very +often.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Prints the presentation</action>. More precisely, it opens the +print settings dialog, where you can adjust the settings before printing +your presentation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Print Preview...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Displays the presentation</action> with a &PostScript; viewer, +exactly as it would look if printed.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Document Information</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Allows you to enter information about the document.</action> +This includes information about the author, and an abstract on the +documents contents.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Close the current presentation.</action> You will be given an +opportunity to save any changes first.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Close</action> &kpresenter;. You will be given an opportunity +to save all changes in all open presentations first.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="edit-menu"> +<title><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Undo: <replaceable>Last task</replaceable></guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Undo the last action you performed.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Redo: <replaceable>Last undone +task</replaceable></guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Redo the last action you undid.</action> If you have not undone +any actions, or the last undo action is not reversible, this menu item +is disabled.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Copy the selected item to the clipboard, and remove it from the +document.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Copy the selected item to the clipboard, while leaving it intact +in your presentation.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Insert the contents of the clipboard into your +presentation.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Delete</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Remove the currently selected item from your +presentation.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Select all the objects and text on the current slide.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Deselect</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Deselect any currently selected objects.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Search for text within the presentation.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycap>F3</keycap> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Find the next occurrence of a piece of text within a presentation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find Previous</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Find the previous occurrence of a piece of text within a +presentation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Replace...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Replace one or more occurrences of a piece of text in +your presentation with a different piece of text.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Copy Slide</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Copy the current slide to the clipboard.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Duplicate Slide</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Insert an exact copy of the current slide.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Delete Slide</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Delete the current page from the presentation.</action> You +will be asked to confirm this action.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Duplicate Object...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Create a duplicate of the currently selected object. A dialog will +display allowing you to set some options for the duplicate, ⪚ if it +should be rotated, or scaled, or offset to a new position on the +slide.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="view-menu"> +<title><guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New View</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Opens another window with the same presentation loaded</action> +so you can work on more than one slide at a time.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Close All Views</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Close all views on the presentation.</action> You will be given +a chance to save any changes, or to cancel closing.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Split View</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Splits the window into two (or more) views on the same +presentation.</action> The default split is horizontal.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Remove View</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Close only the currently active view</action>. The +presentation, and any other views you have open, remain open, and any +changes you have made remain unsaved.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Splitter Orientation</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle the split view</action> between +<guimenuitem>Horizontal</guimenuitem> (the default) and +<guimenuitem>Vertical</guimenuitem>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Sidebar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle the display of the sidebar</action> where you can +see an overview of all the slides in your presentation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Notebar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle the display of the notebar</action> where you can +see an overview of all the notes in your presentation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Slide Master</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle the display of the slide master</action> where you can put objects that you want to appear on each slide in your presentation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Formatting Characters</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Show a visual representation of <quote>non-printing +characters</quote>, such as tabs and paragraph markers. This can be +a useful aid to precisely positioning text.</para> + +<para>This item can be toggled. If enabled, formatting characters are +visible; if disabled, they are not.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Guide Lines</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>When working in &kpresenter; you can drag a <quote>guide +line</quote> from either the horizontal or vertical ruler onto your +document. This guide-line will not print or display in the finished +presentation, it is simply to help you align objects on screen. If +this item is enabled, these guide lines will be visible. If this is +disabled, they will not be visible.</para> + +<para>Guide lines work across slides, allowing you to align objects the +same way across multiple slides.</para> + +<para>Disabling (hiding) guide lines does not delete them. If you have +created guide lines, and then disabled this item, enabling it again +will retain the guide lines you created.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Add Guide Line...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Opens a dialog to select the <guilabel>Orientation</guilabel> +(<guilabel>Horizontal</guilabel> or <guilabel>Vertical</guilabel>) +and choose a <guilabel>Position:</guilabel> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Grid</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>If enabled, &kpresenter; will display a grid of dots +representing the intersections of imaginary horizontal and vertical +lines. You can use these dots to precisely position objects on the +slide.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem> +Snap to Grid</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem><para>If this is enabled, when dropping or moving objects on the +slide the top left corner of the object will <quote>snap</quote> or +move, to the nearest grid point.</para> +<para>This does reduce your freedom to freely position objects on the +slide, however it also helps to line up objects precisely. It is +easily disabled or enabled with this menu entry, allowing you the best +of both worlds.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Zoom</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This submenu allows you to zoom in or out of the +slide. Several predefined zoom levels are available, including +<guimenuitem>Whole Slide</guimenuitem> to scale the entire slide so as +to be visible in the size window you have open, and +<guimenuitem>Width</guimenuitem> to scale the slide so it fills the +entire width of the window, although you may now have to scroll +vertically. There are also several other scaling choices, from +<guimenuitem>33%</guimenuitem> up to +<guimenuitem>500%</guimenuitem>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="insert-menu"> +<title><guimenu>Insert</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Shift;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Special Character...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Insert a special character. This might be a character +you don't have a key for on your keyboard layout, for instance ü +on a US Keyboard.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Variable</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Here you can insert a variable that is filled in with a +value that may be updated as you update the document.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Link...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Insert a hyperlink to a file, a website, or an email +address. This enables these locations to be linked to directly from within active presentations, with resources being handled as appropriately by other applications installed on your system.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Comment...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Enter a small note that does not display during the +real presentation. You might use this to comment on a colleague's +text, or to leave a note for yourself about something to do +later.</para> +<!-- FIXME: How do you display these again? --> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>F2</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Slide...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Add a new page to your presentation.</action> A dialog will open +allowing you to choose a template, and whether to insert the new page +before or after the currently selected page. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu><guimenuitem>File...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Insert an already existing presentation.</action> A standard &kde; file +open dialog will appear, allowing you to choose a <guilabel>&kpresenter; Document</guilabel> (.kpr) or a +<guilabel>OASIS OpenDocument Presentation</guilabel> (.odp), which will be inserted after the last slide in your current presentation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>F10</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu><guimenuitem>Text</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Add a new text object. Click and drag to create a frame where +you wish the text to appear.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Chart</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Insert a chart. Click and drag to define the size of the +chart. Some default data will be displayed. Double click to edit the +data and choose the type of chart to display, using the embedded +&kchart; editor.</para> + +<!--<para>FIXME: KChart has it's own help file, but a brief overview of +charting in this doc wouldn't go astray either.</para>--> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>F5</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu><guimenuitem>Table</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Insert a table. Click and drag to define the size of +the table.</para> + +<para>A &kspread; open dialog will display. You may import a +spreadsheet that you have saved in one of many formats, including +plain text files. You may also choose to create a new and empty +table.</para> + +<para>Double clicking on the table will allow you to edit the +contents.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Object</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<!--<para>FIXME: This needs a section of it's own</para>--> + +<para>An object is an embeddable file, in one of many formats.</para> + +<para>A common use of this action is to insert scaleable clipart in +vector format.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Picture...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Insert a raster image.</action> These are not as easily +scaleable as vector images or <quote>clipart</quote>. &kpresenter; +currently understands many formats, including <literal +role="extension">.tiff</literal>, <literal +role="extension">.jpg</literal>, <literal +role="extension">.png</literal> and many more.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Line</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>You can insert several types of lines. Line drawing is described +further in the drawing tools<!-- FIXME: Make a drawing tools section --> section.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Shape</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>You can insert several prepared shapes, in vector format. These are +editable just like lines you have drawn yourself. Using the drawing +tools is described in detail in the drawing tools +section.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Scan Image...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Scan an image with a scanner.</action> This requires you have a +scanner installed. It opens the <guilabel>Acquire Image</guilabel> dialog to allow the use of the scanner.<!--FIXME: Document how to set up a scanner that &kpresenter; can +use.--></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="format-menu"> +<title><guimenu>Format</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Select</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>If you have been using a tool such as the line drawing tool which does +not allow you to select other objects, you can use this menu item to +return to the normal selection cursor.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Rotate</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Changes the cursor to a double headed curved arrow. Click with the &LMB; onto an object +and keep the button pressed.Drag with the cursor to rotate the object on the slide around its center. When you are +happy with the position of the object, release the mousebutton to stop +rotating.</para> + +<para>If you change your mind and wish to cancel the rotation, use +<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> to later undo it.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Zoom</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Allow you to zoom in or out in the current slide. You can see the zoom factor in the <guilabel>Edit</guilabel> toolbar, in the zoom indicator.</para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>zoom factor</guilabel> indicator</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="zoomfactor.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>zoom factor</guilabel> indicator</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +<para>Left clicking on the slide will <guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem>. Right clicking on the current slide will present you a menu to allow you to <guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem>, to <guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem>, to <guimenuitem>Zoom Entire Slide</guimenuitem>, to <guimenuitem>Zoom Slide Width</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Zoom Slide Height</guimenuitem>, to <guimenuitem>Zoom Selected Objects</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Zoom All Objects</guimenuitem> which put back all objects in your view. +</para> +<para>This action has the same effect as <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> on another form.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Open</action> the <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog for the currently selected object on your slide.</para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="properties.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>Properties</guilabel>dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +<para>The <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog for an object allows you to manipulate it in a +very detailed manner. You can change several properties for the selected object, like the text color if the object is text or the depth if the object is a picture.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Arrange Objects</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This is where you can manipulate the stacking order of +objects on the slide.</para> + +<para>An object that is on top will cover, either partially or fully +depending on its size, all other objects beneath it. Meanwhile an +object on the bottom of the stack may not be visible at all, as it is +covered up by other objects. An object in the middle may be partially +covered by other objects, while partially covering yet more objects +itself.</para> + +<para>You can send the selected object down or up a layer, or directly +to the top or bottom of the stack.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Align Objects</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> + +<para>In the submenu you can quickly align all the currently +selected objects with a side of the slide, or center them either +vertically or horizontally.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Group Objects</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>If you are drawing, you might want to make something out of +several objects. Arrange the individual parts where you +want them, select one, then hold down the &Ctrl; key +as you click in the others you want to group together. Click +<guimenuitem>Group Objects</guimenuitem> and from then on they act as +if they are just one thing. It glues things together.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Ungroup Objects</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>If you decide that you want to alter an object that is made out +of several pieces, you can unglue it with this tool. Click somewhere +away from the object to deselect it, then click to select one of its +parts.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Shadow Objects...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This puts a colored copy of either text or a drawn object behind +it. You can make nice <quote>dropped shadows</quote> for logos with +this tool. To enable this item, ensure that you have object(s) +selected (you will see the six small black boxes around the +outline.) You choose the color, select which way the shadow is going to +fall and select a distance. For text it looks nice if you set the +distance to two or three. Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> +to see the result of your settings for all selected objects on the slide +without leaving the dialog.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Page Layout...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>Allows you to set the page details. You can specify the margins, +the orientation, either portrait (higher than wide) or Landscape +(wider than high) formats. There are many templates, such as screen, +A4, US legal.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Enable/Disable Document Header</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle the display of the header field</action> on the current slide. Header content can only be added in the master slide but you can choose to display the header only on some slides with this action.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Enable/Disable Document Footer</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle the display of the footer field</action> on the current slide. Footer content can only be added in the master slide but you can choose to display the footer only on some slides with this action.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Slide Background...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> + +<para>Allows you to alter the background to your presentation +slides. Your options are <guilabel>Color/Gradient</guilabel>, (which lets you +set either a plain color or one of many gradients) +or <guilabel>Picture</guilabel>, which gives a dialog box to find the picture +you want. Set the <guilabel>View mode:</guilabel> for this picture +to <guilabel>Scaled</guilabel>, <guilabel>Centered</guilabel>, +or <guilabel>Tiled</guilabel>.</para> + +<para> If you want a plain color, click in the box to select +it. Gradients only work when you have chosen two colors. The picture +option allows you to center the picture, zoom it to cover the entire +slide (if it is smaller than the screen, this is very useful) or tile +it. This is used when you want a small pattern to repeat across the +page. It's probably best used with patterns rather than pictures of +logos.</para> + +<para>You can get rid of a picture by selecting another one or +choosing a color/gradient.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="text-menu"> +<title><guimenu>Text</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<para>This menu modifies selected text and provides a few tools familiar from +word processing applications for your convienience for when you are making +presentations with large amounts +of text in them. The <guimenu>Text</guimenu> menu will only effect selected or +highlighted text.</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Default Format</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Restores selected text to the system default font size, style and +formatting.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Font...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> + +<para>The <guilabel>Select Font</guilabel> dialog contains options for selected +segments of text:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>Select Font</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="textmenu1.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>Select Font</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>With this dialog, you can <action>change the font, style and size of +selected text</action>. The <interface>preview box</interface> at the bottom +allows you to <action>approximate changes before you make them</action>. </para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"> +&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>P</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Paragraph...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> + +<para>The <guilabel>Paragraph Settings</guilabel> dialog contains settings for +larger blocks of text, such as paragraphs. Using this dialog, you can set +indenting, line spacing, bullet/numbered list and border settings.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Color...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> + +<para>Use the <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog to have precise control +over the color of selected text:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="textmenu2.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>Using the <interface>color spectrum box</interface> on the left, +<action>colors can be precisely defined</action> for use in your document. The +color tone can then be adjusted using the <interface>scale</interface> to the +right of the spectrum box. The <interface>input boxes</interface> below the +color spectrum allow <action>color values to be entered</action>, so that exact +colors can be specified.</para> + +<tip> +<para>Use the color picker to select colors from elsewhere in your document +(⪚ images).</para> +</tip> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Style Manager</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>The <guilabel>Style Manager</guilabel> allows you to create an entire set of +attributes that will be applied to selected text all at once. See Working With Styles</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Import Styles...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Here you can import styles that you have defined in another &kpresenter; +document.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Style</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Using this submenu, you can apply a style that you have previously defined +to the currently selected text.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Create Style From Selection</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Copy the properties of the currently selected text and +save them as a style that you may apply to other text.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Align</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><guisubmenu>Align</guisubmenu> has a submenu with several options: +<guimenuitem>Align Left</guimenuitem> (<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo>), +<guimenuitem>Align Center</guimenuitem> (<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>), +<guimenuitem>Align Right</guimenuitem> (<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>), and +<guimenuitem>Align Block</guimenuitem> (<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>J</keycap></keycombo>) +which is also commonly known as <quote>Justify</quote>.</para> + +<para>Text is by default left-aligned.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Type</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Using this submenu, you can format the currently selected text as a list, +either of the numbered or bulleted type. If you choose numbered, you can then +select a numbering style, and likewise if you choose bulleted, you can +choose the style of bullets to use.</para> + +<para>To change a list back to plain text, select +<guimenuitem>None</guimenuitem> as the style.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Increase Depth</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> + +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Decrease Depth</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><guimenuitem>Increase Depth</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Decrease +Depth</guimenuitem> move paragraphs in a list either to the right +(<guimenuitem>Increase Depth</guimenuitem>) or back to the left +(<guimenuitem>Decrease Depth</guimenuitem>).</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Extend Contents to Object Height</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Extend Object to Fit Contents</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para><guimenuitem>Extend Contents to Object Height</guimenuitem> and +<guimenuitem>Extend Object to Fit Contents</guimenuitem> help to +resize text within the text box or make the text box fit the text you have typed +or pasted into it.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Insert Slide Number</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Insert a dynamically-updated slide number. This page number will +automatically update when slides are added or removed from your presentation to +reflect the correct slide value.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Change Case...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Presents a dialog that provides a variety of different case/capitalization +options for the currently selected text.</para> + +<para>You may choose between several styles of capitalization, +including all lower or uppercase, book style capitalization where each +word except conjunctions has an initial capital letter, and sentence +style capitalization where the first word in a sentence is capitalized. You can +also toggle the case, so that uppercase becomes lowercase, and vice +versa.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Spellcheck</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Use this submenu to utilize the spellcheck options. If you enable +<guimenuitem>Autospellcheck</guimenuitem>, &kpresenter; will automatically check +text that you enter for spelling errors.</para> + +<para>If you prefer to check spelling explicitly, rather than automatically, you +can also force a <guimenuitem>Spelling...</guimenuitem> check here.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Autocorrection</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Use this submenu to utilize autocorrection options. If you +<guimenuitem>Enable Autocorrection</guimenuitem>, common spelling errors will be +corrected as you type. For example, if you entered <userinput>Teh</userinput>, +it would be autocorrected to <userinput>The</userinput>.</para> + +<para>If the autocorrection feature is not active, you can also +<guimenuitem>Apply Autocorrection</guimenuitem> check here.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="slide-show-menu"> +<title><guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Slide Show...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<!--<para> +FIXME: Write a working with slideshows section +</para>--> +<para>You can set up the properties for the entire slide show here, +including whether to show the duration on screen, which of the slides +in a presentation to include, and several other global settings.</para> + +<!--<para>This is discussed in detail in the FIXME: link to presentation +section.</para>--> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Edit Object Effect...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Choose what effect you want to apply for the highlighted object. This is where +you can set the order of appearance, how the object will appear, if you want a sound while the object appears and if you want some disappearance effects too.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Edit Slide Transition...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Apply transition effects to the currently open slide. This is where +you can choose how the transition from one slide to the next +will be handled.</para> + +<para>The transition effects you select here are applied on the +transition <emphasis>from</emphasis> this slide +<emphasis>to</emphasis> the next.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>F12</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Start</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Begin the slideshow from the current slide.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Start From First Slide</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Begin the slideshow from the first slide.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Custom Slide Show...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Opens a dialog to <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>, <guibutton>Modify...</guibutton>, +<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> and <guibutton>Copy</guibutton> slides and +<guibutton>Test</guibutton> the slide show in full screen mode.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>Home</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Go to Start</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Go directly to the first slide in the slide show.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>PageUp</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Previous Slide</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Go back to the previous slide in the slide show.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>PageDown</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Next Slide</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Go to the next slide in the slide show.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>End</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Slide Show</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Go to End</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Go immediately to the final slide in the slide show.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="settingsmenu"> +<title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<para>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu allows you to customize +&kpresenter;.</para> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Toolbars</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>The items in this submenu can be toggled, that is, you can both enable and +disable the display of specific toolbars here.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Autocorrection...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Autocorrection is &kpresenter;'s ability to correct +common typing errors or expand abbreviations independently of the spell +checking function. There are several common typing errors entered for +you by default such as replacing <userinput>teh</userinput> with +<userinput>the</userinput> and you can add as many more as you +like.</para> + +<para>The ability to expand abbreviations can save you a lot of typing +time, if you often repeat text whether in the same presentation or in +multiple presentations.</para> + +<para>For instance, if you work for <quote>Company with a really really +long name Inc.</quote> then you might define an autocorrection entry so +that whenever you type <userinput>myJob</userinput> or some other piece +of unique text, it will be replaced with <quote>Company with a really +really long name Inc.</quote>.</para> + +<para>Autocorrection can be applied automatically as you type, or only +on demand when you choose it from the <guimenu>Text</guimenu> +menu.</para> + +<para>Please see the <link +linkend="configure-autocorrection">Configure Autocorrection</link> section for a complete explanation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Completion...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Autocompletion allows you to type the first few letters of a commonly used word (often technical or job specific), and tells &kpresenter; to finish typing the word for you.</para> + +<para>Please see the <link +linkend="configure-completion">Configure Completion</link> section for a complete explanation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> + +<para><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts</guimenuitem> allows you to +assign a keyboard shortcut to actions that &kpresenter; menus or icons +contain.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Customize Shortcuts</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="settings03.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Customizing the shortcuts</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>If you try to assign a shortcut that is already used, it will +give you a warning message. Highlight what you want to do (in the +picture, I have chosen to make a keyboard shortcut to <guilabel>About +KDE</guilabel>).</para> + +<para>Click the radio button to the <guilabel>Custom</guilabel> key setting and type the +key you want to use. I assigned <keycap>Control</keycap> key and +<keycap>Y</keycap> to bring up the <quote>About KDE</quote> dialog +box.</para> + +<para>The button shows what has been assigned. Click +<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to make the changes, click +<guibutton>Default</guibutton> to restore whatever was assigned as +default, click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to do nothing and leave +the dialog.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Configure Toolbars allows you to add or delete icons on each of +the toolbars.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Configuring &kpresenter; toolbars</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="settings04.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Configuring &kpresenter; toolbars</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + + + +<para>At the top is a drop down box to enable you to choose which +toolbar you want to modify. In the picture the <guilabel>Format</guilabel> toolbar is +selected. If I want to add the <guiicon>Spelling</guiicon> icon to +that toolbar, I click the entry in the left window. The arrow pointing +right becomes available, if I click the arrow the <guiicon>Spelling</guiicon> +entry is added to the selected toolbar. The left arrow +is available when you click in the right side window. It allows you to +remove an icon from a toolbar. The up and down arrows become active +when an item on the wright side is selected. You can also move the highlight in +the right side window up and down with the keyboard arrow keys. By +clicking on the arrows with the mouse you can change the order of the entries +in the menu. +<!--The <guimenuitem>Configure +&kpresenter;...</guimenuitem> menu entry gives two menu boxes. --> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure &kpresenter;...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>See the <link +linkend="configure-dialog">configure &kpresenter;</link> section for a complete explanation of all &kpresenter; settings.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="helpmenu"> +<title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect1> + +</chapter>
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