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<!ENTITY kappname "&kruler;">
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &kruler; Handbook</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Lauri</firstname>
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<surname>Watts</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address><email>&Lauri.Watts.mail;</email></address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<copyright>
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<year>2001</year>
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<holder>&Lauri.Watts;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<date>2005-12-10</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.5</releaseinfo>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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&kruler; can be used to measure objects on the screen.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KRuler</keyword>
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<keyword>tdegraphics</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>&kruler; is a very simple application, with only one aim in life. To
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measure distances on your screen.</para>
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<para>To start &kruler;, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Graphics</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>More Applications</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>KDE Screen Ruler</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from your
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<guimenu>K</guimenu> menu.</para>
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<para>Clicking with the &LMB; on the &kruler; will turn the cursor to a cross
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with four arrows and enables you to drag &kruler; around the screen.</para>
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<para>When you move the mouse over &kruler;, your cursor will turn into an
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elongated arrow, with a circle at one end. As you move the cursor, &kruler; will
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display how far from the point marked <guilabel>0</guilabel> the circle on the
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end of the cursor currently is. &kruler; will also display the
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&HTML; color code of the color currently under the circle.
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This is very useful for picking out colors from an image. If you move the
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mouse far enough that the arrow cursor is no longer touching &kruler;, the
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cursor will revert to normal, allowing you to carry on working with your other
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applications.</para>
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<para>You can change the orientation using the context menu, described in the
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next chapter.</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="menu-reference">
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<title>Menu Reference</title>
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<para>Clicking with the &RMB; on the ruler will pop up a context menu, with the
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following entries:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This submenu contains entries that allow you to change the orientation of
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&kruler;</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycap>N</keycap>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>North</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Turns &kruler; so the ruler is horizontal, and the measurements are on the
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top (North) of the ruler</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycap>E</keycap>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>East</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Turns &kruler; so the ruler is vertical, and the measurements are on the
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right (East) of the ruler</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycap>S</keycap>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>South</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Turns &kruler; so the ruler is horizontal, and the measurements are on the
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bottom (South) of the ruler</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycap>W</keycap>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>West</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Turns &kruler; so the ruler is vertical, and the measurements are on the
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left (West) of the ruler</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycap>R</keycap>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Turn Right</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Turns the ruler 90 Degrees to the right. For example, if it is oriented
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South, it will rotate to be oriented West.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycap>L</keycap>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Turn Left</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Turns the ruler 90 Degrees to the left. For example, if it is oriented
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West, it will rotate to be oriented South.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This submenu contains entries that allow you to change the length of
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&kruler;</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Short</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Makes &kruler; short - about 385 pixels long.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Medium</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Makes &kruler; a medium length - about 640 pixels long.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Tall</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Makes &kruler; long - about 960 pixels in length.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Full Screen Width</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Makes &kruler; the same size as your screen width.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenuitem>Choose Color...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Displays the standard &kde; color picker dialog, where you can choose the
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background color for &kruler;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenuitem>Choose Font...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Displays the standard &kde; font dialog where you can choose the font for
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&kruler;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guisubmenu>Help</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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&help.menu.documentation;
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>Quits</action> &kruler;</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="credits-and-license">
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<title>Credits and Licenses</title>
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<para>&kruler;</para>
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<para>Copyright 2000, 2001 Till Krech <email>till@snafu.de</email></para>
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<para>Thanks to Gunnstein Lye <email>gl@ez.no</email> for the initial port to
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&kde; 2</para>
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<para>Documentation Copyright &Lauri.Watts;
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&Lauri.Watts.mail;</para>
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&underFDL;
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&underGPL;
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</chapter>
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<appendix id="installation">
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<title>Installation</title>
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&install.intro.documentation;
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&install.compile.documentation;
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</appendix>
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&documentation.index;
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</book>
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