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diff --git a/koffice-i18n-ru/docs/koffice/kpresenter/menus.docbook b/koffice-i18n-ru/docs/koffice/kpresenter/menus.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..13bf3151 --- /dev/null +++ b/koffice-i18n-ru/docs/koffice/kpresenter/menus.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,1914 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> + +To edit or validate this document separately, uncomment this prolog +Be sure to comment it out again when you are done --> + +<chapter id="menu-items"> +<chapterinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Neil</firstname> +<surname>Lucock</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>neil@nlucock.freeserve.co.uk</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<author> +<firstname>Krishna</firstname> +<surname>Tateneni</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>tateneni@pluto.njcc.com</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> +</chapterinfo> +<title>The Menu and Toolbar Items</title> + +<para> +&kpresenter; presents different types of interfaces for you to interact +with the program. 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> + +<!-- FIXME: Update this screenshot --> +<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. 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. (If +you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the handle of a hidden +toolbar, this item appears as <guimenuitem>Unflat</guimenuitem> +instead.) +</para> + +<para> +Choosing the last item in the menu, <guisubmenu>Mode</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 +<guilabel>Create Document</guilabel> 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>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>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> +<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send +File...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>Create a new email message and attach the file so you can +send it to someone else.</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> +<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 Navigation Panel</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Toggle the display of the navigation panel</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 Header</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>FIXME: Find out about headers</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Footer</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>FIXME: Find out about footers</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>Help Lines</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>When working in &kpresenter; you can drag a <quote>help +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 help lines will be visible. If this is +disabled, they will not be visible.</para> +<para>Help lines work across slides, allowing you to align objects the +same way across multiple slides.</para> +<para>Disabling (hiding) help lines does not delete them. If you have +created help lines, and then disabled this item, enabling it again +will retain the help lines you created.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Help Line to Front</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para> +By default, placing objects on a slide will cover any displayed help +lines. You can make them visible again with this menu item, and while +it is enabled, they will not be covered up.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>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> +Grid to Front</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>By default, placing objects on a slide will cover the +displayed grid. You can make it visible again with this menu item, and while +it is enabled, it will not be covered up. +</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.</para></listitem> +<!-- FIXME: Why would you do this? where would it be used? Expand on --> +<!-- this --> +</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>FIXME: What to do with this?</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>Autoform</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>FIXME: This name is a little awkward, I didn't know +what it was. Perhaps 'stencil' might be a better term? Shape would +work, but it's already used.</para> +<para>Insert a pre-drawn shape, such as an arrow or a connecting +line.</para> +<para>Click and drag to draw a box stretching from the top left to the +lower right, where you wish the autoform to display. It will be +inserted and automatically scaled to the size of your box.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>F12</keycap></shortcut> +<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 <!-- 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> +<shortcut><keycap>F4</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Insert</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Clipart...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Insert scaleable clipart in vector format.</action> +&kpresenter; can currently import clipart in the <literal +role="extension">.wmf</literal> or <quote>Windows Meta File</quote> +format, which is common on &Windows;. +</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. +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. Drag with +the cursor to rotate the object on the slide. When you are +happy with the position of the object, click to stop +rotating.</para> +<para>If you change your mind and wish to cancel the rotation, you can +press the &Esc; key to cancel, or use +<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> to later undo it.</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> +<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 work with text, ensure that you have the text +box 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.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Group Objects</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>If you are drawing, you might want to make something out of +several rectangles or circles. Arrange the individual parts where you +want them, select one, then hold down the <keycap>Shift</keycap> 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> +<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>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>Slide Background...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> + +<para>Allows you to alter the background to your presentation +slides. Your options are <guilabel>color</guilabel>, (which lets you +set either a plain color or one of many gradients) +<guilabel>Clipart</guilabel> (which gives a dialog box to let you find +your clipart on your hard drive) or <guilabel>picture</guilabel>, +which again gives a dialog box to find the picture you want.</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> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Format</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para> +The properties dialog for an object allows you to manipulate it in a +very detailed manner.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="text-menu"> +<title><guimenu>Text</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<para>This menu modifies text and gives a few word processing tools to +use when you are making presentations with extensive amounts +of text in them.</para> + +<para>To have any effect you must have first created some text by +making a text box (the tool to the left of the main screen with +<guiicon>ab</guiicon> in the center). Once you have a text box, double +click inside it to make the insertion point appear. It looks like a +vertical line. Write a few words, ⪚ <quote><userinput>Kpresenter +can do everything I need</userinput></quote>, then sweep across the +text while holding the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> mouse button to +highlight it. It should make a gray rectangle appear behind the +text. Anything included within the rectangle will be affected by the +tools you use under this menu.</para> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Default Format</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>FIXME: What is this? A reset to defaults? Find out.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Font...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<!-- FIXME: This explanation is pretty verbose, clean it up --> +<para>Click the Font menu entry to show the dialog box.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The font option dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="textmenu01.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The font option dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>This lets you change the font you are using, the style ⪚ +change from Bold to Italic, the size and the character set. A preview +window shows how it will look, click <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> to +change the selected text in your presentation or +<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to return without making changes.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"> +&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Paragraph...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> +<listitem> <para>FIXME: Find out and describe how this works</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Color...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> + +<para>This tool is used to change the color of the selected +text.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The color selector</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="textmenu02.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>The color selector</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>The <guilabel>Color Selector</guilabel> dialog has a series of +useful tools.</para> + +<para>On the left is a box with various colors in it. Clicking on the + color you want selects it and makes it appear in the square box in + the lower center of this dialog box.</para> + +<para>To the right of the colored box is a vertical grayscale slider + tool. You can make the color you have chosen darker or lighter by + sliding the small triangle to the right or clicking in the slider box + itself.</para> + +<para>Underneath the color choice box on the left are values for H, S + & V (Hue, Saturation and Value) and R, G & B (Red Green and + Blue). Color values can be typed into the boxes if you want to match + a known color used in a drawing or picture.</para> + +<para>On the top right is a combo box. The default display is + <guilabel>Recent Colors</guilabel>. Click the colored square you want + in the display to choose it. <guilabel>Custom Colors</guilabel> + allows you to maintain a separate group of colors you prefer to + use. Once you have found a color you like, add it to this group with + the <guibutton>Add to Custom Colors</guibutton> button underneath + this dialog box. There is no tool provided to remove colors from + this.</para> + +<para><guilabel>40 Colors</guilabel> and <guilabel>Web + Colors</guilabel> might be used if you wanted to make a web page with + a small number of colors to keep the filesize small for faster + downloads. The <guilabel>Royal</guilabel> group gives colors from + brown to purple via yellow and blue. <guilabel>Named + Colors</guilabel> are a nice spread of colors with names.</para> + +<para>At the bottom of the right side we have a color picker. It is + the pipette icon from art programs. If you have a picture displayed + on your screen, you can choose a color you like from the + picture. Click the tool, then click on the picture to select a color + you like. Underneath is the name of the color (if it has one) and the + <acronym>HTML</acronym> value (starting with <literal>#</literal>) of + the color. If you want the text in a web page to match a color you + have chosen, you can put this value in your html code.</para> + +<para>Once you have a color you like, click <guibutton>Ok</guibutton> +to change its color on the page or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to +return without making changes.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"> +&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Style Manager</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +FIXME: Write a separate 'Working with styles' section +</para> +<para>The style manager allows you to create an entire set of +attributes that will be applied to selected text all at +once.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Import Style...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Here you can import styles +you have defined in another &kpresenter; document.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Style</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Apply a style you have 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> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Align</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<guisubmenu>Align</guisubmenu> has a submenu giving several options: +<guimenuitem>Align Left</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Align +Center</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Align Right</guimenuitem>, and +<guimenuitem>Align Block</guimenuitem> which is also commonly known as +<quote>justify</quote>.</para> + +<para>Text is by default aligned at the left margin of a text +box.</para> </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Type</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Turn the currently selected text into a list, either numbered or +bulleted. 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 the list paragraph to the right +(<guimenuitem>Increase Depth</guimenuitem>) or back to the left +(<guimenuitem>Decrease Depth</guimenuitem>).</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>&kpresenter; gets clever with bullet points</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="textmenu03a.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>&kpresenter; gets clever with bullet +points</phrase></textobject> +<caption><para>The diagram shows indented text, different styles and colors of +bullet points.</para></caption> +</mediaobject> + +</screenshot> +</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 The Contents</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<guimenuitem>Extend Contents to Object Height</guimenuitem> and +<guimenuitem>Extend Object to fit the 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 Page Number</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Insert a page number.</para> +<para>FIXME: Find out if this is dynamic</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Change Case...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>Change the case or capitalization of 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.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Spellcheck</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>&kpresenter; can automatically spellcheck text +as you type it, which you can enable and disable here.</para> +<para>If you prefer to check spelling on demand than automatically, you +can begin a spelling check here.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Enable +Autocorrection</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>FIXME: Confirm what this does:</para> +<para>If this is enabled, common spelling errors will be corrected as +you type. ⪚ if you type <userinput>Teh</userinput> it will be +corrected to <userinput>The</userinput> automatically.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Text</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Apply Autocorrection...</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>If you did not choose to enable autocorrection, you can +apply it on demand 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 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> +<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> +<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>Page Up</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>Page Down</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>The <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>Type Anywhere Cursor</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>FIXME: Find out what this is</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> + +</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 Custom 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> +</variablelist> + +<para>Configure Toolbars allows you to add or delete icons on each of +the toolbars.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Configuring &kpresenter;</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="settings04.png" format="PNG" width="588"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Configuring &kpresenter;</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 Koffice Shell is +selected. If I want to add the <guiicon>About KDE</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>About +KDE</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 items on both sides are selected. You can move the highlight in +the right side window up and down with the keyboard arrow keys or by +clicking on the arrows with the mouse. The Configure Kpresenter menu +entry gives two menu boxes.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Configuring &kpresenter;</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="settings05.png" format="PNG" width="338"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Configuring &kpresenter;</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>The <guiicon>Interface</guiicon> icon on the left allows us to +adjust the time settings on the autosave feature. The bottom two +sliders allow the Raster settings to be adjusted. This still needs a +little more work. They control the minimum size of objects (such as +boxes) drawn on screen. You may find that you cannot make a box +smaller than a certain size. </para> + +<para>The second icon is labelled Color </para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Configuring &kpresenter;</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="settings06.png" format="PNG" width="338"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Configuring &kpresenter;</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>It changes the background color of the text box as you type text +in (in the picture, I have made it green. There is a color choice +dialog box). The Text boxes are white by default. If you had a dark +background color and you wanted to put some white text over it, you +could color the text box so that you could see what you were +typing. When you have finished, the area around the text would revert +to whatever the background color was. The +<guibutton>Default</guibutton> button restores the original +settings. </para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="helpmenu"> +<title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect1> + +</chapter> |