<chapter id="kword-screen">
<title>The &kword; Screen</title>

<sect1 id="screen-overview">
<title>Overview</title>
<indexterm><primary>screen</primary></indexterm>

<para>&kword;, like most <acronym>GUI</acronym> based programs, divides
the screen up into several areas. Each area of the screen is used to
perform a group of similar features.  When you examine the &kword;
screen, it is divided into 5 major areas:</para>

<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem><para><link linkend="kde-frame">The &kde; Titlebar</link>
(which remains at the top of all programs run under
&kde;).</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><link linkend="mb">The Menubar</link>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><link linkend="tb">an assortment of
Toolbars</link>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><link linkend="da">the Document
Area</link>, including the rulers and scroll bars.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><link linkend="statb">and the Statusbar</link>.</para></listitem>

</orderedlist>

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<imagedata fileref="screen.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis><anchor id="kde-frame"/>The KDE Titlebar.</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>The &kde; titlebar surrounds all applications run under &kde;.
For more information on the titlebar, please see the &kde; User Guide.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis><anchor id="mb"/>The Menubar</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>The menubar provides access to all of &kword;'s functions and
options.  Each part of the &kword; menubar is detailed in the section
entitled: <link linkend="basic-menubar">The Basic Menubar</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis><anchor id="tb"/>The Toolbars</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>The toolbars provide shortcuts to commonly used functions.
&kword; uses 8 toolbars, with similar functions grouped together.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>

<term><emphasis><anchor id="statb"/>Statusbar</emphasis></term>
<listitem><para>The statusbar provides important information during the editing of your document.
In the lower left corner, &kword; gives you the current page number and the total number of pages.  There will be helpful text shown in
the statusbar whenever you hold the mouse over a menu item.</para>
<para>The statusbar can be toggled on and off.
See the section on <link linkend="opt-ui">Configure &kword; User Interface</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis><anchor id="da"/>The Document Area.</emphasis></term>

<listitem><para>The document area consists of:</para>


<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Horizontal and Vertical Rulers</emphasis> -
The rulers can be used to help you layout your document.  For more
information on rulers, see <link linkend="rulers">Using
Rulers</link>.</para>
</listitem>


<listitem><para><emphasis>Scrollbars</emphasis> - The scrollbars are used to move through a &kword; document
quickly.  The &kword; scrollbars functions similar to all scrollbars in
&kde; or &Windows;.</para>
<para>The scrollbars can be toggled on and off.
See the section on <link linkend="opt-ui">Configure &kword; User Interface</link>.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem><para><emphasis>Tab Selector</emphasis> - This is used to select and place tab stops in your document for
easy formatting.  For more information on tab stops, see the section
entitled <link linkend="tab-stops">Using Tab Stops</link>.</para>
</listitem>


<listitem><para><emphasis>Document View</emphasis> - This is the area of the screen which is used to enter text.  It
shows you the current status of your document, and allows you to adjust
frames, select text, and cut and paste text.  </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></listitem>

</varlistentry>
</variablelist>


</sect1>

<sect1 id="rulers">
<title>Using Rulers</title>
<indexterm><primary>rulers</primary></indexterm>
<para>Along the top and left edges of the document area, are a
horizontal and a vertical ruler.</para>

<para>These rulers measure from the top left edge of the page. </para>

<para>Each ruler has a bright area surrounded by a dark area.  The
bright area shows the size and location of the currently selected frame
on that page.  As you change frames, the bright area changes to reflect
the new frame's settings.</para>

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<imagedata fileref="ruler.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</screenshot>

<para>The ruler can measure the page in 3 units of measure:</para>

<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem><para>Millimeters (mm)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Points (pt)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Inches (inch)</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>

<para>To change the units of the ruler, place the mouse cursor over one
of the rulers (either one), and click with the
<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> button on your mouse.</para>

<para>Select your choice from the sub-menu.  You will notice both rulers
change to the new unit of measure.</para>

<para>You may also notice two vertical arrows (one pointed up, the other
pointed down), on the left side of the bright area of the horizontal
ruler. These are used to adjust the margin of a paragraph.  For more
information, see the section entitled <link
linkend="format-para">Formatting Paragraphs.</link></para>

<para>Finally, you may see some black marks, which are not part of the
ruler.  They may appear as L shaped, a Reverse-L, an Upside-down T, or
an Upside-down T with a dot in it.  These are location of tab stops.
For more information see the section entitled <link
linkend="tab-stops">Using Tab Stops</link>.</para>

<tip>
<para>To quickly format the page layout, you can right mouse click on
either ruler.  A small sub menu will appear.  Simply select Page Layout,
and the <link linkend="page-format">Page Layout Dialog box</link> 
will appear.</para>
</tip>

<note>
<para>If you don't want the rulers in your document area, they
can be switched off.</para><para> Simply select <menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Rulers</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar.  
This will let you toggle the rulers on and off as you desire.
</para>
</note>

</sect1>

</chapter>
