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<chapter id="fundamentals">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Mike</firstname>
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<surname>McBride</surname>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>Fundamentals</title>
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<para>This section of the documentation discusses starting &kword;, introduces the user to templates and
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discusses an important difference between two major types of templates.</para>
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<sect1 id="starting-kword">
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<title>Starting &kword;</title>
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<indexterm><primary>starting &kword;</primary></indexterm>
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<para>&kword; can be started one of four ways:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can select &kword; through the system menus, under:
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<menuchoice><guimenu>K-Button</guimenu><guimenuitem>Office</guimenuitem>
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<guimenuitem>KWord</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If you are in a terminal program (&konsole;, <application>Xterm</application>, &etc;), you can type:
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput><command>kword &</command></userinput></screen></para>
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<para>Or</para>
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<para><screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput><command>kword</command> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> &</userinput></screen></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Using &konqueror;, you can click on your data file (&kword;
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documents end in <literal role="extension">.kwd</literal>). This will
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automatically start &kword; and begin editing the file.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Using the &koffice; Workspace.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="template-intro">
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<title>An Introduction to Templates</title>
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<indexterm><primary>templates</primary><secondary>introduction</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>OK, so the first question a new user may have is:</para>
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<para><emphasis>Why do I need to use a frames based word processor, when
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I am perfectly happy writing my letters on my current (page layout) word
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processor? </emphasis></para>
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<para>Well the good news is, adjusting to a frames based word processor
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is easy and once a template is selected, &kword; can act just like a
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page layout word processor. There are templates
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available for simple correspondence and day to day use.</para>
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<para>When a more complex document (newsletters,
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posters, &etc;) needs to be created, you will not need to switch to a different
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application to generate these special documents. There are templates in
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&kword; which will help generate newsletters or other more
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complicated documents.</para>
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<para><emphasis>What are templates and what can they do for
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the user?</emphasis></para>
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<para>A template can be thought of as an initial mold for a document.</para>
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<para>When a user sits down to write a document, they already have an idea of
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what the final product will look like. If they are writing a letter to a
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business, a document with only one column, which goes all the
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way across the page, and from top to bottom of the page is appropriate. When a user sits
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down to author a newsletter for a local organization, however, they may
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want a large title across the top, and several columns for quick news
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articles.</para>
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<para>With &kword;, this predetermined notion of how the
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document should look is used to select a template. By using a template,
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a set of frames is created to approximate this final layout. For
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a business letter, a document with one large frame that covers the
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page from top to bottom and side to side would be selected.
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For a newsletter, however, a two or
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three column document is more appropriate. Once this
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template is selected, &kword; will create the frames automatically.</para>
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<para><emphasis>What if the user decides to change the
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layout after a template is selected?</emphasis></para>
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<para>This is not a problem. If a document begins as a single
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column document and it is decided later that two columns is better, another column can be added.
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The purpose of templates is not to
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limit the ability to change the layout of a document, but rather to take some of the
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work load off the user whenever possible. Choosing the correct template when
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beginning a document will simplify the formatting (as opposed to
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always selecting the default template and making changes later).
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Choosing the wrong template
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will not limit the flexibility of the document later on.</para>
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<para>The next section, consists of one more important topic which
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you should understand before we begin using &kword;.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="wp-vs-dtp">
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<title>The difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout
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templates</title>
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<indexterm><primary>templates</primary><secondary>Text oriented/Page Layout</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>It is vital that the
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difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout templates is clear in
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your mind.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Text Oriented</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Text Oriented templates are designed to act like page-oriented
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word processors. When you select a Text Oriented template, you will
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create a template with one or more frames. The first frame is distinctly
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tied to the paper size of your document. When you increase or decrease
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the paper size or change the margins, the frame size is automatically
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adjusted. You are <emphasis>not</emphasis> able to move this frame
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around on the page and you cannot delete this frame. If you need to
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adjust the size or position of this frame, you must <link
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linkend="page-format">adjust the margins</link>. On top of the first
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frame, you can, of course, add additional frames. These frames can
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contain pictures, text or whatever you want. These new frames can be
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moved, re-sized and deleted to suit your needs. If you want it, &kword;
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will even wrap the text from the first frame around any information in
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any subsequent frames.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Page Layout</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>These templates are designed for desktop publishing. When you
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select a template from this class, all of the frames are created
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equal. This is where the difference between Page Layout and Text
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Oriented template lies. None of the frames in a Page Layout template are
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tied to the page as tightly as the main frame in a Text Oriented
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template is. Each of the frames is independent of the page size, and can
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be moved or re-sized without changing margins, &etc; Of course this also
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means that altering the margins or paper size of your document requires
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that you individually move/resize each frame. </para>
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<note><para>In addition to not having a main text frame, Page Layout
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documents cannot use the automatic headers or footers (though these can be
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added in as frames). Additionally, footnotes must be managed by hand while
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in Page Layout Mode.</para></note>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>As you can see, the choice between Page Layout and Text Oriented
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templates is a choice between flexibility (Page Layout) and convenience
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(Text Oriented). You can create any document you like with either type
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of template.</para>
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<para>If the concept of templates is still unclear, please follow along
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with the following tutorial. The first document you create will use a
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Page Layout template. This should help clarify exactly how templates
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function.</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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