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diff --git a/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..379b0fa0a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,301 @@ +<chapter id="menus"> +<chapterinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author> +&Philip.Rodrigues; +</author> +</authorgroup> +</chapterinfo> + + +<title>The Standard Menu Entries</title> + +<!-- FIXME: The text is immensely repetitive. Fix that. --> + +<para>One of the main ways that you'll control programs in &tde; is +via the program's menus. They provide access to nearly everything +you'll need to do with that program. So that you can more easily +remember where things are in the menus, and to help you learn new +programs more easily, the menus have a standard layout. This means +that once you know how to open a file in one program, you know how to +open a file in any &tde; program. Let's take a look at the standard +menus:</para> <!-- TODO: Note that programs have other menu entries as well--> + +<!-- Probably a good place for a screenie, but we'd need one showing +*only* the standard entries --> + +<variablelist> +<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This entry will start a new, blank document that's +appropriate to the program you're using. For example, in &kate; (the +&tde; Advanced Text Editor) this entry creates a new text file.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>The <guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> menu entry +displays the &tde; <quote>Open File</quote> dialog box, where you can +choose a file to open in the program you're using. The <quote>Open +File</quote> dialog is also standardized, so it's the same for all +&tde; programs. You can find out more about using this dialog +somewhere else in this guide <!-- FIXME: real link -->.</para> +<para>You probably noticed that this menu entry had an ellipsis (...) +after the name of the entry. This means that clicking on the entry +will open a dialog box of some kind. If you make any changes in the +dialog box that appears, they won't take effect until you click on the +<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button in the dialog. You can always ignore +any changes you made, and close the dialog, by clicking on the +<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This menu entry will save any changes you've made to +the file that you are currently working on. If this is the first time +that you've saved the file, the &tde; <quote>Save File</quote> dialog +will appear, and ask you for a name and location for the file. <!-- TODO: Point to another section for more info --></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>The <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> menu entry +will save the file you're working on with a different name. The +<quote>Save File</quote> dialog appears, and you can choose a name and +location as usual. Note that after you save the file with +<guimenuitem>Save As..</guimenuitem>, you will be working on the +<emphasis>new</emphasis> file. If you save changes, they will be saved +under the new filename. To make this a bit clearer, let's take an +example: + +<orderedlist> +<listitem><para>You are working on a file called +<filename>hello.txt</filename> that contains the text <quote>Hello +World!</quote> </para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para>You use the <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> menu +entry to save the file with the new name +<filename>newhello.txt</filename>.</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para>You add the text <quote>Nice to see you!</quote> to +the file, and use the <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> menu entry to +save these changes.</para> +</listitem> +</orderedlist> + + + +Now, the file <filename>newhello.txt</filename> contains the text +<quote>Hello World! Nice to see you!</quote>, while the file +<filename>hello.txt</filename> contains only the text <quote>Hello +World!</quote>. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This menu entry displays the &tde; +<quote>Print</quote> dialog, read to print the current +document. Youcan find more information about the options available in +this dialog in <xref linkend="printing-from-apps"/>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This menu entry closes the current document. If you +have made any changes since you last saved the document, you will be +asked whether you want to save those changes. You can choose to +<guibutton>Save</guibutton> or <guibutton>Discard</guibutton> those +changes. If you didn't really want to close the file, just click +<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Use this entry to close the program you're using. If +you have unsaved changes in any files, you will be asked whether you +want to +save them.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + + +</variablelist> + +<variablelist> +<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Use this entry to remove the effect of the last +action you performed in the application. For example, if you deleted a +line of text, the <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> menu entry will +replace that line.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Use this menu entry to perform the last action that +you removed with the <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> menu entry. For +example, if, as in the example above, you had replaced a deleted line +of text with <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>, the +<guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> entry would redo the action of +deleting the line.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This menu entry cuts the contents of the current +selection to the clipboard. See <xref linkend="using-the-clipboard"/> +for more information. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This menu entry copies the contents of the current +selection to the clipboard. See <xref linkend="using-the-clipboard"/> +for more information. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This menu entry inserts the contents of the clipboard +in the current document. The clipboard contents are inserted where the +cursor is currently positioned.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Use this item to select the whole of the current +document.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This menu entry displays the <guilabel>Find +Text</guilabel> dialog, which you can use to search for a particular +word or phrase in the current document. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F3</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Use this item to find the next occurrence of the most +recent text you searched for using <guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem>. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +<variablelist> +<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can +change the keyboard shortcuts used by the application. See <xref +linkend="configure-shortcuts"/>. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure +Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + +<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can +change which buttons appear on the application's toolbars. See <xref +linkend="configuring-toolbars"/>. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure Notifications...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can +change the notifications (sounds, error messages, &etc;) used by the +application. See <xref +linkend="configure-notifications"/>. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure <replaceable>Application</replaceable></guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can +change settings relating to how the application works in general. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</chapter> |