The Menu and Toolbar Items
presents different types of interfaces for you to interact with the program. Perhaps the most familiar type of interface is the menu which appears on the top of the window.
The menus
The menus
Clicking on the menu items gives you a list of commands from which you can choose the one you want. Many of the commands can also be accessed directly by holding down or and pressing another key on your keyboard. In the next section, each of the menu commands is described in brief.
In addition to the menus, also has a set of toolbars. Each toolbar consists of a collection of icons. A toolbar icon often presents a convenient shortcut to a command that is found in one of the menus.
Each toolbar has a thin stippled area, which acts as a handle for that toolbar. The stippled area is shown highlighted in red in the screenshot below:
The toolbars
The toolbars
Clicking on the toolbar handle results in that toolbar being flattened so that you have some extra space for viewing the main editing window:
Flattened toolbar
Flattened toolbar
Clicking on the toolbar handle a second time brings the toolbar back. You can also move the toolbar around by dragging the handle. Toolbars can be docked or attached to any side of the window. If you like, you can also have the toolbar float in its own window, separated from the main window as shown in the screenshot below:
Floating toolbar
Floating toolbar
If you don't like dragging toolbars around, right click on the handle and a menu pops up as shown in the screenshot below:
Toolbar context menu
Toolbar context menu
The first few items in the pop-up menu have to do with the placement of the toolbar. You can choose any of the four sides of the window, or have the toolbar float in a separate window. Choosing Flat hides the toolbar. (If you right click on the handle of a hidden toolbar, this item appears as Unflat instead.)
Choosing the last item in the menu, Mode, leads to an additional menu which lets you control the appearance of the items in toolbar. This additional cascading menu is shown in the screenshot below:
The toolbar modes menu
The toolbar modes menu
The default view of the toolbar is icons only. In this view, if you don't know what a particular icon means, you can hold the mouse over the icon, and after a second or so, a little hint pops up in a highlighted text box as shown in the screenshot below:
Tooltips
Tooltips
You can choose to display the toolbar items as text instead of icons, or even to combine both icons and text. If you want both text and icons, the cascading menu allows you to select whether the text appears beside the icons or below them. All four styles of displaying toolbar items are shown in the screenshot below:
The toolbar styles
The toolbar styles
The menus are discussed in the following sections.

File Menu
The File Menu
The File Menu
N File New 	 Begins a new presentation. The Choose dialog will open, allowing you to choose a template for your presentation.
O File Open 	 Opens an existing presentation. A standard file open dialog will appear, allowing you to choose a file to open.
File Open Recent 	 Displays a list of recently opened files for you to choose from.
S File Save 	 Saves the currently open presentation. If you have not previously saved it, you will be asked to name the file. If you have previously saved the presentation, it will be resaved with the same name.
File Save As... 	 Saves the currently open presentation with a new name.
File Create HTML Slideshow... 	 Starts the HTML wizard, which is described in the section .
File Create Template From Current Slide... 	 Allows you to save the current slide as a template. In future the template will be available for you to use to build slides with. Creating a template is further discussed in section .
File Use Current Slide As Default Template 	 Sets the current slide as your default template. Especially useful if you have created a template of your own to fit into corporate style guidelines, or if you just use a particular layout very often.
Ctrl P File Print... 	 Prints the presentation. More precisely, it opens the print settings dialog, where you can adjust the settings before printing your presentation.
File Print Preview... 	 Displays the presentation with a viewer, exactly as it would look if printed.
File Document Information... 	 Allows you to enter information about the document. This includes information about the author, and an abstract on the documents contents.
W File Close 	 Close the current presentation. You will be given an opportunity to save any changes first.
Q File Quit 	 Close . You will be given an opportunity to save all changes in all open presentations first.

Edit Menu
The Edit Menu
The Edit Menu
Z Edit Undo: Last task 	 Undo the last action you performed.
Z Edit Redo: Last undone task 	 Redo the last action you undid. If you have not undone any actions, or the last undo action is not reversible, this menu item will instead read No Redo Possible and is disabled.
X Edit Cut 	 Copy the selected item to the clipboard, and remove it from the document.
C Edit Copy 	 Copy the selected item to the clipboard, while leaving it intact in your presentation.
V Edit Paste 	 Insert the contents of the clipboard into your presentation.
Del Edit Delete 	 Remove the currently selected item from your presentation.
A Edit Select All 	 Select all the objects and text on the current slide.
Edit Copy Page 	 Copy the current slide to the clipboard.
Edit Duplicate Page 	 Insert an exact copy of the current slide.
Edit Delete Page... 	 Delete the current page from the presentation. You will be asked to confirm this action.
F Edit Find... 	 Search for text within the presentation.
Edit Header/Footer... 	 Insert a header and/or footer into the presentation. This will display on every page.

View Menu
The View Menu
The View Menu
View New View... 	 Opens another window with the same presentation loaded so you can work on more than one slide at a time.
View Close All Views 	 Close all views on the presentation. You will be given a chance to save any changes, or to cancel closing.
View Split View 	 Splits the window into two (or more) views on the same presentation. The default split is horizontal.
View Remove View 	 Close only the currently active view. The presentation, and any other views you have open, remain open, and any changes you have made remain unsaved.
View Splitter Orientation 	 Toggle the split view between Horizontal (the default) and Vertical.
View Show Sidebar 	 Toggle the display of the sidebar where you can see an overview of all the slides in your presentation.

Insert Menu
The Insert Menu
The Insert Menu
F2 Insert Page... 	 Add a new page to your presentation. A dialog will open allowing you to choose a template, and whether to insert the new page before or after the currently selected page.
F3 Insert Picture... 	 Insert a raster image. These are not as easily scaleable as vector images or clipart. currently understands many formats, including .tiff, .jpg, .png and many more.
F4 Insert Clipart... 	 Insert scaleable clipart in vector format. can currently import clipart in the .wmf or Windows Meta File format, which is common on .
Insert Scan Image... 	 Scan an image with a scanner. This requires you have a scanner installed. TODO: Document how to set up a scanner that can use.

Format Menu
The Format Menu
The Format Menu
Format Pen And Brush... 	
Format Configure Pie/Arc/Chord... 	
Format Configure Rectangle... 	
L Format Lower Objects 	
R Format Raise Objects 	
Format Rotate Objects 	
Format Shadow Objects 	
Format Group Objects 	
Format Ungroup Objects 	
Format Align Objects Align Left 	
Format Align Objects Align Center (Horizontally) 	
Format Align Objects Align Right 	
Format Align Objects Align Top 	
Format Align Objects Align Center (Vertically) 	
Format Align Objects Align Bottom 	
Format Page Layout... 	
Format Page Background... 	

Text Menu
The Text Menu
The Text Menu
Text Font... 	
Text Color... 	
Text Settings 	
L Text Align Align Left 	
C Text Align Align Center 	
R Text Align Align Right 	
Text Type Unsorted List 	
Text Type Normal Text 	
+ Text Increase Depth 	
- Text Decrease Depth 	
Text Extend Contents To Object Height 	
Text Extend Object To Fit The Contents 	

Screen Presentations Menu
The Screen Presentations Menu
The Screen Presentations Menu
Screen Presentations Configure Pages... 	
Screen Presentations Assign Effect... 	
Screen Presentations Start 	
Screen Presentations View Current Page 	
Home Screen Presentations Go To Start 	
Page Up Screen Presentations Previous Step 	
Page Down Screen Presentations Next Step 	
End Screen Presentations Go To End 	
Screen Presentations Pen Color... 	
Screen Presentations Pen Width # 	
Screen Presentations Open Presentation Structure Editor 	

Tools Menu
The Tools Menu
The Tools Menu
F5 Tools Mouse 	
F6 Tools Line 	
F7 Tools Rectangle 	
F8 Tools Circle/Ellipse 	
F9 Tools Pie/Arc/Chord 	
F10 Tools Text 	
F11 Tools Autoform 	
F12 Tools Diagram 	
F1 Tools Table 	
F2 Tools Object 	

Help Menu
The Help Menu
The Help Menu
F1 Help Contents 	
F1 Help What's This 	
Help Report Bug... 	
Help About KPresenter... 	
Help About KDE... 	