# The Menu and Toolbar Items

&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.

The menus
The menus

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.

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.

Each toolbar has a thin stippled area, which acts as a handle for that toolbar. The stippled area is shown highlighted in red in the screenshot below:

The toolbars
The toolbars

Clicking on the toolbar handle results in that toolbar being flattened so that you have some extra space for viewing the main editing window:

Flattened toolbar
Flattened toolbar

Clicking on the toolbar handle a second time brings the toolbar back. You can also move the toolbar around by dragging the handle. Toolbars can be docked or attached to any side of the &kpresenter; window. If you like, you can also have the toolbar float in its own window, separated from the main &kpresenter; window as shown in the screenshot below:

Floating toolbar
Floating toolbar

If you don't like dragging toolbars around, right click on the handle and a menu pops up as shown in the screenshot below:

Toolbar context menu
Toolbar context menu

The first few items in the pop-up 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 float in a separate window. Choosing Flat hides the toolbar. (If you right click on the handle of a hidden toolbar, this item appears as Unflat instead.)

Choosing the last item in the menu, Mode, 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:

The toolbar modes menu
The toolbar modes menu

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:

Tooltips
Tooltips

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:

The toolbar styles
The toolbar styles

The &kpresenter; menus are discussed in the following sections.

## File Menu

The File Menu
The File Menu

&Ctrl;N File New

  Begins a new presentation. The Choose dialog will open, allowing you to choose a template for your presentation.

&Ctrl;O File Open

  Opens an existing presentation. A standard &kde; file open dialog will appear, allowing you to choose a file to open.

File Open Recent

  Displays a list of recently opened files for you to choose from.

&Ctrl;S File Save

  Saves the currently open presentation. 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.

File Save As...

  Saves the currently open presentation with a new name.

File Create HTML Slideshow...

  Starts the HTML wizard, which is described in the section .

File Create Template From Current Slide...

  Allows you to save the current slide as a template. In future the template will be available for you to use to build slides with. Creating a template is further discussed in section .

File Use Current Slide As Default Template

  Sets the current slide as your default template. 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.

Ctrl P File Print...

  Prints the presentation. More precisely, it opens the print settings dialog, where you can adjust the settings before printing your presentation.

File Print Preview...

  Displays the presentation with a &PostScript; viewer, exactly as it would look if printed.

File Document Information...

  Allows you to enter information about the document. This includes information about the author, and an abstract on the documents contents.

&Ctrl;W File Close

  Close the current presentation. You will be given an opportunity to save any changes first.

&Ctrl;Q File Quit

  Close &kpresenter;. You will be given an opportunity to save all changes in all open presentations first.

## Edit Menu

The Edit Menu
The Edit Menu

&Ctrl;Z Edit Undo: Last task

  Undo the last action you performed.

&Ctrl;&Shift;Z Edit Redo: Last undone task

  Redo the last action you undid. If you have not undone any actions, or the last undo action is not reversible, this menu item will instead read No Redo Possible and is disabled.

&Ctrl;X Edit Cut

  Copy the selected item to the clipboard, and remove it from the document.

&Ctrl;C Edit Copy

  Copy the selected item to the clipboard, while leaving it intact in your presentation.

&Ctrl;V Edit Paste

  Insert the contents of the clipboard into your presentation.

&Ctrl;Del Edit Delete

  Remove the currently selected item from your presentation.

&Ctrl;A Edit Select All

  Select all the objects and text on the current slide.

Edit Copy Page

  Copy the current slide to the clipboard.

Edit Duplicate Page

  Insert an exact copy of the current slide.

Edit Delete Page...

  Delete the current page from the presentation. You will be asked to confirm this action.

&Ctrl;F Edit Find...

  Search for text within the presentation.

Edit Header/Footer...

  Insert a header and/or footer into the presentation. This will display on every page.

## View Menu

The View Menu
The View Menu

View New View...

  Opens another window with the same presentation loaded so you can work on more than one slide at a time.

View Close All Views

  Close all views on the presentation. You will be given a chance to save any changes, or to cancel closing.

View Split View

  Splits the window into two (or more) views on the same presentation. The default split is horizontal.

View Remove View

  Close only the currently active view. The presentation, and any other views you have open, remain open, and any changes you have made remain unsaved.

View Splitter Orientation

  Toggle the split view between Horizontal (the default) and Vertical.

View Show Sidebar

  Toggle the display of the sidebar where you can see an overview of all the slides in your presentation.

## Insert Menu

The Insert Menu
The Insert Menu

F2 Insert Page...

  Add a new page to your presentation. A dialog will open allowing you to choose a template, and whether to insert the new page before or after the currently selected page.

F3 Insert Picture...

  Insert a raster image. These are not as easily scaleable as vector images or clipart. &kpresenter; currently understands many formats, including `.tiff`, `.jpg`, `.png` and many more.

F4 Insert Clipart...

  Insert scaleable clipart in vector format. &kpresenter; can currently import clipart in the `.wmf` or Windows Meta File format, which is common on &Windows;.

Insert Scan Image...

  Scan an image with a scanner. This requires you have a scanner installed. TODO: Document how to set up a scanner that &kpresenter; can use.

## Format Menu

The Format Menu
The Format Menu

Format Pen And Brush...

Format Configure Pie/Arc/Chord...

Format Configure Rectangle...

&Ctrl;L Format Lower Objects

&Ctrl;R Format Raise Objects

Format Rotate Objects

Format Shadow Objects

Format Group Objects

Format Ungroup Objects

Format Align Objects Align Left

Format Align Objects Align Center (Horizontally)

Format Align Objects Align Right

Format Align Objects Align Top

Format Align Objects Align Center (Vertically)

Format Align Objects Align Bottom

Format Page Layout...

Format Page Background...

## Text Menu

The Text Menu
The Text Menu

Text Font...

Text Color...

Text Settings

&Alt;L Text Align Align Left

&Alt;C Text Align Align Center

&Alt;R Text Align Align Right

Text Type Unsorted List

Text Type Normal Text

&Ctrl;+ Text Increase Depth

&Ctrl;- Text Decrease Depth

Text Extend Contents To Object Height

Text Extend Object To Fit The Contents

## Screen Presentations Menu

The Screen Presentations Menu
The Screen Presentations Menu

Screen Presentations Configure Pages...

Screen Presentations Assign Effect...

Screen Presentations Start

Screen Presentations View Current Page

Home Screen Presentations Go To Start

Page Up Screen Presentations Previous Step

Page Down Screen Presentations Next Step

End Screen Presentations Go To End

Screen Presentations Pen Color...

Screen Presentations Pen Width #

Screen Presentations Open Presentation Structure Editor

## Tools Menu

The Tools Menu
The Tools Menu

F5 Tools Mouse

F6 Tools Line

F7 Tools Rectangle

F8 Tools Circle/Ellipse

F9 Tools Pie/Arc/Chord

F10 Tools Text

F11 Tools Autoform

F12 Tools Diagram

&Ctrl;F1 Tools Table

&Ctrl;F2 Tools Object

## Help Menu

The Help Menu
The Help Menu

F1 Help Contents

&Shift;F1 Help What's This

Help Report Bug...

Help About KPresenter...

Help About KDE...