# Finding Your Way Around

## Common Menus

Many &kappname; applications contain these menus. However, most applications will have more menu entries than those listed here, and others may be missing some of the entries listed here.

A Menu Bar A menubar

The menubar in &gwenview;.

Some applications, like &dolphin;, do not show a menubar by default. You can show it by pressing &Ctrl;M. You can also use this to hide the menubar in applications that support doing so.

### The File Menu

The File menu allows you to perform operations on the currently open file and access common tasks in applications.

Common menu items include:

&Ctrl;N File New

- Creates a new file.

File New Window

- Opens a new window.

&Ctrl;O File Open

- Opens an already existing file.

&Ctrl;S File Save

- Saves the file. If the file already exists it will be overwritten.

File Save As

- Saves the file with a new filename.

File Save All

- Saves all open files.

F5 File Reload

- Reloads the current file.

File Reload All

- Reloads all open files.

&Ctrl;P File Print

- Prints the file.

&Ctrl;W File Close

- Closes the current file.

File Close All

- Closes all open files.

&Ctrl;Q File Quit

- Exits the program.

### The Edit Menu

The Edit menu allows you to modify the currently open file.

&Ctrl;Z Edit Undo

- Undo the last action you performed in the file.

&Ctrl;&Shift;Z Edit Redo

- Redo the last action you performed in the file.

&Ctrl;X Edit Cut

- Removes the currently selected portion of the file, if any, and places a copy of it in the clipboard buffer.

&Ctrl;C Edit Copy

- Places a copy of the currently selected portion of the file, if any, in the clipboard buffer.

&Ctrl;V Edit Paste

- Copies the first item in the clipboard buffer to the current location in the file, if any.

&Ctrl;A Edit Select All

- Selects the entire contents of the currently open file.

&Ctrl;F Edit Find...

- Allows you to search for text in the currently open file.

&Ctrl;R Edit Replace...

- Allows you to search for text in the currently open file and replace it with something else.

F3 Edit Find Next

- Go to the next match of the last Find operation.

&Shift;F3 Edit Find Previous

- Go to the previous match of the last Find operation.

### The View Menu

The View menu allows you to change the layout of the currently open file and/or the running application.

This menu has different options depending on the application you are using.

### The Tools Menu

The Tools menu allows you to perform certain actions on the currently open file.

&Ctrl;&Shift;O Tools Automatic Spell Checking

- Check for spelling errors as you type. For more information, see spellcheck-auto.

Tools Spelling...

- This initiates the spellchecking program - a program designed to help the user catch and correct any spelling errors. For more information, see spellcheck-check.

Tools Spelling (from cursor)...

- This initiates the spellchecking program, but only checks the portion of the document from the current location of the cursor to the end. For more information, see spellcheck-check.

Tools Spellcheck Selection...

- This initiates the spellchecking program, but only checks the currently selected text in the document. For more information, see spellcheck-check.

Tools Change Dictionary

- This allows you to change the dictionary used to check spellings. For more information, see spellcheck-config.

### The Settings Menu

The Settings allows you to customize the application.

This menu typically contains the following items:

&Ctrl;M Settings Show Menubar

- Hides and shows the menubar.

Settings Toolbars Shown

- Allows you to show and hide the various toolbars supported by the application.

Settings Configure Shortcuts...

- Allows you to enable, disable, and modify keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see shortcuts.

Settings Configure Toolbars...

- Allows you to customize the contents, layout, text, and icons of toolbars. For more information, see toolbars.

Settings Configure `Application`...

- Opens the configuration panel for the currently running application.

### The Help Menu

The Help menu gives you access to the application's documentation and other useful resources.

F1 Help `Application` Handbook

- Invokes the KDE Help system starting at the running application's handbook.

&Shift;F1 Help What's This?

- Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within the application; will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.

Help Report Bug...

- Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a wishlist feature.

Help Switch Application Language...

- Opens a dialog where you can edit the Primary language and Fallback language for this application.

Help About `Application`

- This will display version and author information for the running application.

Help About KDE

- This displays the KDE version and other basic information.

### Thanks and Acknowledgments

Special thanks to an anonymous Google Code-In 2011 participant for writing much of this documentation.