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<chapter id="fundamentals">
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<title>Fundamentals</title>
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<para>This next section is designed to show you how to start &kword; and
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some basic but important concepts you should understand when using
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<sect1 id="starting-kword">
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<title>Starting &kword;</title>
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<para>&kword; can be started one of four ways:</para>
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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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<para>If you are in a terminal program (&konsole;, <application>Xterm</application>, &etc;), you can type:
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput><command>kword
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&</command></userinput></screen></para>
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<para><screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput><command>kword</command>
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<replaceable>filename</replaceable> &</userinput></screen></para>
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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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<para>Using the &koffice; Workspace.</para>
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<sect1 id="template-intro">
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<title>An Introduction to Templates</title>
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<para>OK, so the first question you 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 you select a template, &kword; can act just like the
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page layout word processor you are used to. There are templates
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available for simple correspondence and day to day use.</para>
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<para>When you need to generate a more complex document (newsletters,
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posters, &etc;), however, 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 you generate your newsletters or other more
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complicated documents.</para>
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<para>OK. So now that you are willing to give this a try, we should talk
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briefly about what templates are, what templates can do for you and how
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you work with templates.</para>
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<para><emphasis>What are templates and what can they do for
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<para>A template can be thought of as an initial mold for your
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<para>When we sit down to write a document, we already have an idea of
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what the final product will look like. If you are writing a letter to a
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business, you want 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. When you sit
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down to author a newsletter for a local organization, however, you may
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want a large title across the top, and several columns for quick news
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<para>With &kword;, you can use this predetermined notion of how your
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document should look too make your work easier. By using a template,
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you can create a set of frames to approximate this final layout. For
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your business letter, you can select one large frame that covers the
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page from top to bottom and side to side (excluding margins of
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course). For that newsletter, however, you may decide that a two or
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three column document is more to your liking. Once you select this
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template, &kword; will create the frames for you.</para>
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<para><emphasis>What if I decide later to change my
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layout</emphasis></para>
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<para>This is not a problem. If you begin your document as a single
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column document and decide later that two columns is better for your
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needs, you can add another column. The purpose of templates is not to
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limit your ability to change your layout, but rather to take some of the
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work load off you whenever possible. Choosing the correct template when
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you begin your document will simplify the formatting (as opposed to
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always selecting the default template and making your changes later.),
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but it is also important to remember that choosing the wrong template
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will not limit your work.</para>
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<para><emphasis>Working with frames (aka Your First
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Document)</emphasis></para>
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<para>The following section, consists of two fundamental topics which
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you should understand before we continue, followed by a step by step
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walk through of the most important functions you will need to understand
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to complete a complex document. We will generate the start of a
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newsletter using this tutorial. If you do not want to complete the
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tutorial, or have questions about a specific aspect of frames, you can
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use the following to jump directly to that section of the
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<para><link linkend="wp-vs-dtp">The difference between Text Oriented and
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Page Layout templates</link></para>
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<para><link linkend="choose-template">Choosing the initial
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template</link></para>
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<para><link linkend="tutorial-frame-select">Selecting a frame and
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entering text into that frame</link></para>
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<para><link linkend="tutorial-resize-frame">Changing the size of a
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<para><link linkend="tutorial-move-frame">Moving a frame on the
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<para><link linkend="tutorial-add-frame">Adding a new frame and making text flow
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between two frames</link></para>
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<para><link linkend="tutorial-del-frame">Deleting a frame</link></para>
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<para>This tutorial is designed to be done in order, starting with <link
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linkend="wp-vs-dtp">The difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout
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templates.</link> I recommend going through the tutorial in order at
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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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<para>Before we begin with the tutorial, it is important that the
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difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout templates is clear in
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<term>Text Oriented</term>
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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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<term>Page Layout</term>
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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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<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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<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