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<chapter id="tutorial">
<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Mike</firstname>
<surname>McBride</surname>
</author>
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</authorgroup>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Step by Step Tutorial</title>
<indexterm><primary>tutorial</primary></indexterm>
<para>This section is a step by step
walk through of the most important functions needed to understand how
to create and manipulate a complex document. This tutorial will generate the start of a
newsletter as an example document. </para>

<para>It is recommend that you go through the tutorial in order at
least once if you are new to frame based word processors.</para>

<sect1 id="choose-template">
<title>Tutorial: Choosing the initial template</title>

<note><para>The steps to this tutorial are numbered from 1 to 23.
Beneath each step, is text in <emphasis>italics</emphasis> which further elaborates or explains the changes.</para></note>

<para>When you first <link linkend="starting-kword">start &kword;</link> (or <link linkend="new-doc">start a new
document</link> after &kword; is running), &kword; asks for a document template.</para>

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<para><emphasis>Here you can either:</emphasis></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Select the initial template for your new
document.</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Open a &kword; document saved to your hard
drive or network.</emphasis></para>
</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para>Step 1: Click on <guilabel>Page Layout</guilabel>.</para>

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<para><emphasis>This will list the Page Layout templates available on
your system. For information on the differences between Page Layout and Text Oriented templates, see the section entitled 
<link linkend="wp-vs-dtp">The difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout
templates</link>.</emphasis></para>

<para>Step 2: Now select the <guilabel>Simple Layout</guilabel> icon by
clicking once with the left button of your mouse.</para>

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<para><emphasis>This is the template we will use for the
tutorial</emphasis>.</para>

<para>Step 3: Now confirm your selection by clicking on
<guibutton>Use This Template</guibutton>.</para>

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<para><emphasis>To complete your selection</emphasis>.</para>

<para><emphasis>&kword; will open a new document with three frames. The
frames are outlined on the white background, as gray boxes. Each box is
a separate frame.</emphasis></para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="tutorial-frame-select">
<title>Tutorial: Selecting a frame and entering text into that frame</title>

<para><emphasis>To begin entering text (or adding any sort of data for
that matter) into a document, its important to let &kword; know which
frame to put the data in.</emphasis></para>

<note>
<para>In order to keep both editing and formatting of your document efficient and simple,
the command executed with a mouse click changes depending on where in the &kword; window the pointer
is located.</para>

<para>When the pointer is located over toolbars, scrollbars, menu buttons or other areas
<emphasis>outside the document</emphasis>, the pointer is an arrow. You should already be
familiar with this type of pointer when using other &kde; programs. </para>
<para>When <emphasis>inside the document</emphasis>, there are two separate pointers which alternate automatically
based on how close to a frame edge the pointer is currently located.</para>
<para>When the mouse pointer is near the edge of a frame, the pointer will change into two intersecting lines
with arrows on all four points.  Clicking the left mouse button now will select the nearest frame.  </para>
<para>As you move the pointer away from the edge of the frame, the pointer will change into the text entry pointer.
Clicking the left mouse button at this time will tell &kword; to insert text into this frame.</para>
</note>


<para>Step 4: Place the mouse pointer over the upper-left frame.  
Make sure you do not see the <emphasis>frame select pointer</emphasis></para>
<para>Step 5: Click once with the left mouse button.</para>

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<para><emphasis>This tells &kword; to insert text into this frame. Click in the upper left corner of the frame to position the cursor in the upper left corner of the frame. </emphasis></para>

<para>Step 6: Enter the following text using the keyboard: <userinput>KWord Press Release</userinput>.</para>

<para><emphasis>This is some sample text for our
newsletter.</emphasis></para>

<para>Step 7: Select <emphasis>KWord Press Release</emphasis> by placing
the mouse cursor on the right end of the text.  Click once with the
&LMB; and drag the mouse cursor
to the left.  Selected text will be white text on a colored 
background.  When all the text has been selected, release the &LMB;.</para>

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<para><emphasis>This defines what text is going to be altered with Step 8.</emphasis></para>
<para>Step 8: Click inside the <guilabel>Text Size</guilabel> combo box.  Change this
number to 26.</para>

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<para><emphasis>This changes the size of the selected text to one more
appropriate for a title.</emphasis></para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="tutorial-resize-frame"> <title>Tutorial: Changing the size of a frame</title>

<para><emphasis>Now that we have entered some text, we can see that the
frame should extend across the entire width of the page for a title.  We need to change
the size and shape of the frame. </emphasis></para>

<para>Step 9: Place the mouse pointer over the frame border (you will notice the cursor
changes to two intersecting lines with arrows), and click
once with the &LMB;.</para>

<para><emphasis>This will select this frame, so it can be
re-shaped.</emphasis></para>

<para><emphasis>You will now notice the frame is outlined in black, with
8 squares on the outline.  These squares are used for re-sizing the
frame.</emphasis></para>

<para>Step 10: Place the mouse pointer over the square in the lower
right corner of the frame. Click with the &LMB; and hold it
down. Drag the mouse up and to the right.</para>

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<para><emphasis>Notice how the frame changes shape.  Adjust the size and
shape of the frame until it looks similar to the example below:</emphasis></para>

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<para>When it does, release the mouse button.</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="tutorial-move-frame"> 
<title>Tutorial: Moving a frame on the page and layering frames</title>

<para>Now that we have created a title block, we will center it at the
top of the page.</para>

<para>Step 11: Place the mouse pointer over the border of the frame (but
not on any of the squares).</para>

<para><emphasis>The pointer will now change to a 4 way arrow.  This
indicates &kword; is ready to move the frame on the
page.</emphasis></para>

<para>Step 12: Click and hold with the &LMB;. Drag the
mouse, and the frame will follow it.  Position the frame in the center
of the page near the top. When you are satisfied with its final
location, release the mouse button.</para>

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<para>Notice how the right side of the title block has slid behind the empty frame on the right. This is easily corrected.</para>

<para>Step 13: Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Frames</guimenu><guimenuitem>Bring to Front</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

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<para>This will place the title on top of the other frame. You can raise and lower frames to give you the look you need.</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="tutorial-add-frame"> 
<title>Tutorial: Adding a new frame/Making text flow between two frames</title>
<para>Now we will add a new text frame to our document for our first article.</para>
<para>Step 14: Begin by selecting
<menuchoice><guimenu>Insert</guimenu><guimenuitem>Text
Frame</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar.</para>

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<para><emphasis>The pointer has changed to cross-hairs.  You can draw
your new text box with this cursor.  Start by placing the pointer at one
corner.  Click and hold the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> mouse
button.  Drag the mouse diagonally.  An outline will appear which
represents your new text frame.  When you have a text frame of
reasonable size, release the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> mouse
button.</emphasis></para>

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<para><emphasis>It is not important if your text box does not resemble
the example for the purposes of this tutorial.</emphasis></para>

<para><emphasis>When you release the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton>
mouse button, a new dialog box appears.</emphasis></para>


<para><emphasis>This dialog box lists all the current frame sets and has a radio button to create a 
new frame set (default value). By selecting the default value, you will
create a new frame set (text will not flow from any other frame into this
frame)</emphasis>.</para>

<para><emphasis>Notice that the default name for this frameset is 
<guilabel>Text Frameset 3</guilabel></emphasis></para>

<para>Step 15: For the purposes of this tutorial, the default value of
<guilabel>Create a new frameset</guilabel> is good.  Simply select
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>

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<para><emphasis>Now you can see your new frame has been created. It is called
<guilabel>Text Frameset 3</guilabel></emphasis></para>

<para><emphasis>Now we are going to create another small frame right next to this one.</emphasis></para>

<para>Step 16: Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Insert</guimenu><guimenuitem>Text
Frame</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

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<para>Again using the crosshair pointer, draw another small frame near the first one.</para>

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<para>A dialog box will appear.</para>

<para>Step 17: Select <guilabel>Text Frameset 3</guilabel> by clicking with the &LMB;.</para>

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<para>Step 18: Select <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>

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<para><emphasis>What you have just done, is connect this new textframe, to the last frame you created.
  To test this:</emphasis></para>

<para>Step 19: Click once inside the leftmost frame with the &LMB;.</para>

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<para>Step 20: Begin typing.  You will need to type quite a bit, but
keep typing.  When you run out of space in the text frame, you will see
your new text is moved immediately into your new text frame.</para>

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</sect1>

<sect1 id="tutorial-del-frame"> 
<title>Tutorial: Deleting a frame</title>

<para>Now we will delete an unneeded frame. We will delete
the long text frame on the right side of the page.</para>

<para>Step 21: Place the mouse pointer over the frame border of the right
hand text frame (Remember: watch for the pointer to change), and click with the &LMB;.</para>

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<para><emphasis>This selects the frame.</emphasis></para>

<para>Step 22: Select
<menuchoice><guimenu>Frames</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete
Frame</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

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<para><emphasis>A small dialog box appears, checking that you really intended to delete this frame.</emphasis></para>
<para>Step 23: Select <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.</para>

<para><emphasis>This deletes the frame.</emphasis></para>

</sect1>
<sect1 id="tutorial-summary">
<title>Tutorial: Summary</title>

<para>Hopefully this tutorial has introduced you to the most basic tasks in &kword;.</para>

<para>At this point, you have :</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Started a new document using a template</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Added text to a frame.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Resized text.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Created, moved, resized and deleted frames.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The purpose of this tutorial was not to explore every aspect of &kword;, but to
introduce you to the bare essentials.  Hopefully you understand the basic manipulation
of frames.  From this point, you can refer to the specific sections of the manual for
help, tips and advanced features of &kword;.</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>