# Chapter 5. The KWord Screen

# 5.1. Overview

KWord, like most GUI based programs, divides the screen up into several areas. Each area of the screen is used to perform a group of similar features . When you start the KWord screen, it is initially divided into 4 major areas:

1. The KDE Frame (which remains at the top of all programs run under KDE).

2. Document Area.

3. The Menu Bar.

4. and an assortment of Toolbars.

The KDE Frame.

The KDE Frame (which is not labled in the diagram above), surrounds all applications run under KDE. For more information on KDE Frames, please see the KDE User Guide.

The Document Area.

The document area consists of:

Horizontal and Vertical Rulers

  The rulers can be used to help you layout your document. For more information on Rulers, see Using Rulers.

Scrollbar

  The scrollbar is used to move through a KWord document quickly. The KWord scroll bar functions similar to all scrollbars in KDE or Windows.

Tab Selector

  This is used to select and place tab stops in your document for easy formatting. For more information on tab stops, see the section entitled Using Tab Stops.

Document View

  This is the area of the screen which is used to enter text. It shows you the current status of your document, and allows you to adjust frames, select text, and cut and paste text.

The Menubar

The Menu Bar provides acess to all of KWords functions and options. Each part of the KWord menubar is detailed in the section entitled: The Basic Menu Bar.

The Toolbars

The Tool bars provide "shortcuts" to commonly used functions. KWord uses 6 toolbars, with similar functions grouped together.

Character/Border Formatting Toolbar

  This toolbar has commonly used features for formatting your text and paragraph borders. Features on this toolbar include boldface and italic text, superscripted text, and adding a border to your paragraph

File Toolbar

  This toolbar is used to load, save, print and start new documents

Frame/Create Toolbar

  This toolbar is used to add new text frames to your document. You can also add graphics, tables or formulas to your document with this toolbar.

Basic Editing Toolbar

  This toolbar is for common editing functions such as cut, paste, undo, redo, find and spellcheck

Insert Toolbar

  This toolbar is used to insert pictures, clipart or special characters in your document.

Table Edit Toolbar

  This toolbar is used to add or remove rows or columns from tables.