From 4aed2c8219774f5d797760606b8489a92ddc5163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdebase@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook | 319 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 319 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook (limited to 'doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook') diff --git a/doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook b/doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cfa37b453 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,319 @@ + + + + +&Philip.Rodrigues; + + + + + +The Standard Menu Entries + + + +One of the main ways that you'll control programs in &kde; 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 &kde; program. Let's take a look at the standard +menus: + + + + +The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu + +&Ctrl;N + +New + +This entry will start a new, blank document that's +appropriate to the program you're using. For example, in &kate; (the +&kde; Advanced Text Editor) this entry creates a new text file. + + + + +&Ctrl;O + +Open... + +The Open... menu entry +displays the &kde; Open File dialog box, where you can +choose a file to open in the program you're using. The Open +File dialog is also standardized, so it's the same for all +&kde; programs. You can find out more about using this dialog +somewhere else in this guide . +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 +OK button in the dialog. You can always ignore +any changes you made, and close the dialog, by clicking on the +Cancel button. + + + + +&Ctrl;S + +Save + +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 &kde; Save File dialog +will appear, and ask you for a name and location for the file. + + + + + + +Save As... + +The Save As... menu entry +will save the file you're working on with a different name. The +Save File dialog appears, and you can choose a name and +location as usual. Note that after you save the file with +Save As.., you will be working on the +new file. If you save changes, they will be saved +under the new filename. To make this a bit clearer, let's take an +example: + + +You are working on a file called +hello.txt that contains the text Hello +World! + + +You use the Save As... menu +entry to save the file with the new name +newhello.txt. + + +You add the text Nice to see you! to +the file, and use the Save menu entry to +save these changes. + + + + + +Now, the file newhello.txt contains the text +Hello World! Nice to see you!, while the file +hello.txt contains only the text Hello +World!. + + + + + +&Ctrl;P + +Print... + +This menu entry displays the &kde; +Print dialog, read to print the current +document. Youcan find more information about the options available in +this dialog in . + + + + +&Ctrl;W + +Close + +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 +Save or Discard those +changes. If you didn't really want to close the file, just click +Cancel. + + + + +&Ctrl;Q + +Quit + +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. + + + + + + + + +The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu + + +&Ctrl;Z + +Undo + +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 Undo menu entry will +replace that line. + + + + +&Ctrl;&Shift;Z + +Redo + +Use this menu entry to perform the last action that +you removed with the Undo menu entry. For +example, if, as in the example above, you had replaced a deleted line +of text with Undo, the +Redo entry would redo the action of +deleting the line. + + + + +&Ctrl;X + +Cut + +This menu entry cuts the contents of the current +selection to the clipboard. See +for more information. + + + + + +&Ctrl;C + +Copy + +This menu entry copies the contents of the current +selection to the clipboard. See +for more information. + + + + + +&Ctrl;V + +Paste + +This menu entry inserts the contents of the clipboard +in the current document. The clipboard contents are inserted where the +cursor is currently positioned. + + + + +&Ctrl;A + +Select All + +Use this item to select the whole of the current +document. + + + + +&Ctrl;F + +Find... + +This menu entry displays the Find +Text dialog, which you can use to search for a particular +word or phrase in the current document. + + + + + +F3 + +Find Next + +Use this item to find the next occurrence of the most +recent text you searched for using Find.... + + + + + + + +The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu + + +Configure Shortcuts... +In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can +change the keyboard shortcuts used by the application. See . + + + + + +Configure +Toolbars... + +In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can +change which buttons appear on the application's toolbars. See . + + + + + +Configure Notifications... +In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can +change the notifications (sounds, error messages, &etc;) used by the +application. See . + + + + + +Configure Application +In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can +change settings relating to how the application works in general. + + + + + + + +&help.menu.documentation; + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1