# &kword; Options

## Configure Key Bindings

To configure the key bindings select Settings Configure Key Bindings from the Menu bar.

This will bring up a dialog box.

To edit the key bindings, the first thing you need to do is find the action you want to edit. All of the possible actions are listed in the combo box labled Action. By using the scrollbar, locate the action you are interested in and click once with the left mouse button.

Once you have selected the action, you can turn your attention to the bottom half of the dialog box. You use the bottom half of the dialog box to change the key bindings.

No Key

  By selecting this option, the currently selected action will not have any key binding.

Default Key

  By selecting this option, the currently selected action will use the default key binding. Once this option is clicked, the key binding column above lists the default key.

Custom Key

  By selecting this option, the currently selected action will use any key combination you choose.

  You determine the key combination by placing the appropriate checks in the check boxes labeld &Shift;, &Ctrl;, and &Alt;. You can select any combination of these keys.

  You can also click on the large button with a letter in it. Now type the letter or function key you want to use. The letter will change to the typed letter.

  When the combination is correct, you can either select another action, or press OK to save all changes.

  If you click on the Cancel button, you will return to editing your document, without saving the changes.

  Clicking on the Default button, you will change all keybindings back to their default value.

## Configure Toolbars

To configure options reguarding spelling and the user interface select Settings Configure Toolbars from the Menu bar.

This will bring up a dialog box. You can add or remove as many toolbar buttons to as many toolbars as you like. You can also move the buttons around on the toolbar.

### Adding a button to a toolbar

To add a button from a toolbar, you move it from the Available Actions box to the Current Actions column.

First select the toolbar you want to add a button to by selecting the toolbar from the dropdown box labeled Toolbar

Now select the action you want to add from the combo box labeled Available Actions by clicking once with the left mouse button.

Now click the action in the combo box labeled Current Actions you want your new button to follow in the toolbar.

Click the blue arrow pointing to the right.

Once the OK has been clicked, the toolbars will change.

### Deleting a button from a toolbar

To delete a button from a toolbar, you move it from the Current Actions box to the Available Actions column.

First select the toolbar button you want to remove the button from the combo box labeled Current Actions.

Click the blue arrow pointing to the left.

Once the OK has been clicked, the toolbars will change.

### Moving a button on a toolbar

First select the toolbar you want to move a button on by selecting the toolbar from the dropdown box labeled Toolbar

To move a button, simply click on the button you want to move with the left mouse button.

Click the up or down arrows to move the button up or down the toolbar respectively.

Once the OK has been clicked, the toolbars will change.

## &kword; Options

To configure options reguarding spelling and the user interface select Settings Configure &kword; from the Menu bar.

This will bring up a dialog box.

### Configure Spelling.

To configure the options for the speller, click on the button labeled Spelling.

If you place a check in the box labeled Create root/affix combinations not in dictionary, then when &kword; encounters a root word in combination with either a prefix or a suffix for the combined word, &kword; will add a new entry to your dictionary. If this is not checked, then &kword; will continue to report this word as a misspelled.

The next check box down will flag words that have been combined. Examples of such words are shutout, cannot, and blackout.

Leaving this check box unchecked will prevent &kword; from flagging website and email addresses for spelling errors. These addresses often contain words run together.

The Dictionary dropdown box is used to select the dictionary you want &kword; to use.

The Encoding dropdown box can be used to specify which character set you want the speller to use.

The Client dropdown box is used to specify the spell checking program that &kword; should use.

When you are happy with the changes, simply click OK.

If you click on Cancel, all changes will be lost.

Clicking on the Default button restores all values to their default values.

### Configure &kword; User Interface.

Clicking Interface will allow you to change the following.

By using the checkbox labled Show Rulers to toggle the rulers on the &kword; screen.

The remainder of the controls are a can either be operated using the combo box arrows, entering the value directly or by sliding the slider to the right of the combo box.

Autosave

  You can use this to adjust how often &kword; saves a temporary file. If you set this value to zero, &kword; will not autosave. You can adjust the autosave from zero to 60 minutes.

Number of recent files

  This determines the maximum number of files that are listed under File Open Recent command. You can adjust this value from 1-20.

X Grid Space

Y Grid Space

Indent

Preview Mode - Number of Pages per Row

When you are happy with the changes, simply click OK.

If you click on Cancel, all changes will be lost.

Clicking on the Default button restores all values to their default values.