To configure options regarding spelling and the user interface select -> from the menubar.
This will bring up a dialog box.
Clicking will allow you to change the following.
Select your preferred unit of measurement. KWord will use these units for all measurements. See Using Rulers for more information.
Placing a mark in this check box makes the status bar visible in KWord. See The KWord Screen for more information.
Placing a mark in this check box makes the scrollbar visible in KWord. See The KWord Screen for more information.
If this check box has a mark, then when you press the PageUp and PageDown keys on the keyboard, KWord moves the text cursor (the caret) down one page. If there is no mark in this check box then KWord moves the view, but does not change the position of the text cursor.
This determines the maximum number of files that are listed under -> command. You can adjust this value from 1-20.
Determines the horizontal size of the grid. When frames and tab stops are placed on the page, they are placed on a point in the grid. This gives your document a more professional look because elements are effectively aligned. You can reduce the grid size if you need finer control of your layout.
Determines the vertical size of the grid. When frames are placed on the page, they are placed on a point in the grid. This gives your document a more professional look because elements are effectively aligned. You can reduce the grid size if you need finer control of your layout.
Use this spin box to determine how far the paragraph is indented when using the increase indent button
() and the decrease indent button
(
).
Determines the number of pages per row in preview mode. This determines the size of the pages in preview mode.
When you are happy with the changes, simply click .
If you click on , all changes will be lost.
Clicking on the button restores all values to their default values.
Use this to adjust the default spacing between columns. For more information on columns see Columns.
Click on the button, and a new dialog will appear. Use this dialog to choose the default font. This setting determines the default font used by KWord until further formatting is done. You can revert any text to this default by selecting -> from the menubar.
Use this drop down box to determine the default language for the document. This setting is used by the hyphenation and spelling tools.
Place a mark in this checkbox if you want KWord to automatically hyphenate long words when it determines the word wrap in text frames.
You can use this to adjust how often KWord saves a temporary file. If you set this value to No autosave, KWord will not autosave. You can adjust the autosave from 1 minute to 60 minutes.
If there is a mark in this checkbox, KWord will automatically create a backup file everytime you save your document.
Use this text box to determine the starting page number. For more information on page numbering see Page Numbering.
This is helpful if you have split a single document into multiple files.
Each KWord document has a default set of tab stops. If you add tab stops to your document, the newly added tab stops override the default tabstops. You can use this text box to define the spacing between default tab stops.
As an example. If you enter 1.5
in this text box, and the unit of measure is in centimeters, then the
first default tab stop will be located 1.5 cm to the right of the left margin of the frame. The second default tab stop will be located at 3 cm from the
left margin, etc....
When there is a mark in this check box, and you click in a protected frame of your document, a cursor appears. When the mark is removed from this check box, and you click in a protected frame, there is no cursor visible.
When you are happy with the changes, simply click .
If you click on , all changes will be lost.
Clicking on the button restores all values to their default values.
To configure the options for the speller, click on the button labeled .
Each option is detailed below.
Used by the spelling application to choose the correct dictionary.
If a mark is placed in this checkbox, KWord will check the spelling of words in your document as you type them. Words that KWord believes are misspelled will have a red line drawn under them.
If a mark is placed in this checkbox, KWord will not check the spelling of any word which consists of all capital letters.
This is useful if the document you are working on uses a large number of acronyms. If this box is left unchecked, most of those acronyms will be incorrectly marked. By placing a mark in this checkbox, KWord will not mark the acronyms as misspelled.
If this box is not checked, and KWord finds a two words in its dictionary that are placed next to each other, it will be marked as misspelled. If this box is checked, the combined word will be ignored.
Examples of such words are shutout, cannot, and blackout.
Checking this box will help prevent KWord from flagging website and email addresses for spelling errors. These addresses often contain words run together.
The bottom half of the dialog box allows you to designate specific words (they may be specialized terminology, proper names, etc) which should be ignored by the spelling program.
To add a word, type the word in the text box directly below the words Ignore These Words and click the button.
To remove a word, select the word in the listbox containing all the currently ignored words by clicking on it with the button.
mouse button. Now click theTo move a word in the list, select the word in the listbox containing all the currently ignored words by clicking on it with the button or the button to move the word within the list.
mouse button. Now click theWhen you are happy with the changes, simply click .
If you click on , all changes will be lost.
Clicking on the button restores all values to their default values.
Use this dialog to format the appearance of formulas in KWord. See the formula documentation for further details.
When you are happy with the changes, simply click .
If you click on , all changes will be lost.
Clicking on the button restores all values to their default values.
Use this spin box or slider to determine how many actions KWord keeps in its Undo buffer. Any action that exceeds this number will be forgotten.
Placing a mark in this check box makes document links visible in KWord. If there is no mark in this check box, document links will be hidden. See Document links for more information.
Placing a mark in this check box will have KWord automatically underline a document link when it is created. See Document links for more information.
Placing a mark in this check box makes document comments visible in KWord. See Document comments for more information.
If there is a mark in this check box, KWord shows the variable name of document variables, rather than the content of the variable in the KWord screen. If this check box does not have a mark, then KWord shows the contents of the variables.
This option does not affect the printed output. The contents of the variables are printed regardless of the state of this check box.
You can use these four check boxes to determine what formatting characters are displayed when you have asked KWord to show formatting characters.
Toggles the display of paragraph marks (new-line characters) on and off.
Toggles the display of individual spaces on and off.
Toggles the display of tab stops on and off.
Toggles the display of frame breaks on and off.
When you are happy with the changes, simply click .
If you click on , all changes will be lost.
Clicking on the button restores all values to their default values.
Use this dialog to set the Backup Path and the directory for your Personal Expression in KWord.
See the Text-to-Speech section in the accessibility chapter for further details.
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