Dodgy translation

Subject: Dodgy translation
From: ash (gordonac@ocean.com.au)
Date: Sat May 06 2000 - 02:01:10 CDT

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Sorry about the dodgy translation, and thanks for all the corrections. I
think that I'll just rewrite the help documents in english after getting
the basic meaning from french. This translation should be better and it
also has anew heading.

Ash

Entering Plain Text in AbiWord

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By the way
Why AbiWord?
General
    Environment
    Sdi Vs. Mdi
Installation
    Windows
    Linux INTEL
    BeOS INTEL
    BeOS Ppc
    Solaris
    FreeBSD
The bases #1
The bases #2
Data entry
The formatting
Paragraphs
    Tabulations
    Columns
Sections
Styles
Insertion of object
To print
To seek /
To replace
Personalization
Short cuts keyboard
abisource.com
Demonstrations
FAQ
Appropriations
Entering Plain Text
To start a new document, it is necessary to start by launching AbiWord as was explained previously. AbiWord then presents a blank page on which we can start to make a document.
Initially it is enoungh to access the text in a rough way without being concerned with its working, of its appearance (i.e., to carry out the data entry " with the keyboard "). You can type with the keyboard the letters which make the document and they are automatically inserted into the place where the cursor is. This cursor automatically advances position with each new letter, as a typewriter would. Of course, you should use capital letters and spaces between the words.
To introduce a new paragraph, you simply press on the " Enter " key. However, the " Enter " key is only used to introduce a new paragraph and must never be used to introduce a simple new line. The changing of lines is managed by AbiWord when the text overflows the right hand margin. It is the guiding principle of any word processor. You can however add a manual line break by simultaneously pressing on the keys " Shift " and " Enter " and that does not make a new paragraph.
Spell checking
Sometimes you make typing errors during the data entry. To correct the mispelt text, use:
* the "Backspace" key (above the " Enter " key) makes it possible to erase the character located BEFORE the cursor of insertion I.
* The "Delete " key which makes it possible to erase the character located AFTER the cursor of insertion I.
If a word or a text is selected, the pressing the key " Backspace " or " Delete " will erase all the selected text.
When a word is mispelt, AbiWord underlines in red this word indicating that it does not exist in its dictionary. Here for example is the word juxtaposition: It does the same for all the words that it does not know even if they are correct.
To correct a word underlined in red, click the right button of the mouse on the word. A menu then opens containing a certain number of suggestions. If the correctly spelled word appears among the suggestions, click above so that the mispelt word is automatically corrected.

Un clic droit de la souris sur le mot erroné fait apparaitre un menu contextuel avec des suggestions.

If no suggestion is made by AbiWord, then that means that AbiWord did not find any similar word in its dictionary. It should then be checked if this word is spelt correctly. If this is the case, there are then two possibilities:

If the mispelt word is not a regular word in your documents, then choose to be ignore this word. (click on Ignore all) It will not be underlined any more but this only applies to the current document.

If the mispelt word on the contrary is frequently in your documents (like a proper name for example), you can choose to add this word to the dictionary of AbiWord. (click on Add)

The last option (Change) will change the word as below:
Le correcteur orthgraphique d'AbiWord.

* The Ignore button will not underline any more of the selected word and will continue the checking.
* The button Ignore All will not stop AbiWord on the selected word if it finds it in the document.
* The Change button will correct the incorrect word by the selected suggestion.
* The button Change All will correct all the occurrences of the word of the current document.
* The Cancel button does not carry out any modification and will exit from this window.
To launch the spell checker, there are several options:

Go the "Tools" menu and click on " Spelling... " or

Right click on the underlined word and then click on the last option (Spelling...) or

To use the keyboard short cut, press the F7 key

The zoom function
During the data entry or before printing the document, you can zoom in on the document (to have an overall picture or to see the enlarged document). There are two ways to do this:
* Click on the small arrow on the right of the Zoom list located on the Standard toolbar then select the amount of zoom from the list.
Zoom

* To get a more detailed control of the zoom function, go to the "View" menu option, and then click on " Zoom ", and the window below appears:

The heading " Preview " displays an outline of the enlarged/shrunken characters
The heading " Zoom to " has several levels of present zoom:

Preset zoom with 75%, 100% and 200%
"Page Width" adjusts the zoom level to the width of the screen
"Whole page " displays all the page on the screen
There is also a function ("Percent ") where you can specify the amount of zoom by clicking on the small arrows in the box or by directly entering the zoom factor from the keyboard.

By the way Why AbiWord? General Environment Sdi Vs. Mdi Installation Windows Linux INTEL BeOS INTEL BeOS Ppc Solaris FreeBSD The bases #1 The bases #2 Data entry The formatting Paragraphs Tabulations Columns Sections Styles Insertion of object To print To seek / To replace Personalization Short cuts keyboard abisource.com Demonstrations FAQ Appropriations		Entering Plain Text To start a new document, it is necessary to start by launching AbiWord as was explained previously. AbiWord then presents a blank page on which we can start to make a document. Initially it is enoungh to access the text in a rough way without being concerned with its working, of its appearance (i.e., to carry out the data entry " with the keyboard "). You can type with the keyboard the letters which make the document and they are automatically inserted into the place where the cursor is. This cursor automatically advances position with each new letter, as a typewriter would. Of course, you should use capital letters and spaces between the words. To introduce a new paragraph, you simply press on the " Enter " key. However, the " Enter " key is only used to introduce a new paragraph and must never be used to introduce a simple new line. The changing of lines is managed by AbiWord when the text overflows the right hand margin. It is the guiding principle of any word processor. You can however add a manual line break by simultaneously pressing on the keys " Shift " and " Enter " and that does not make a new paragraph. Spell checking Sometimes you make typing errors during the data entry. To correct the mispelt text, use: * the "Backspace" key (above the " Enter " key) makes it possible to erase the character located BEFORE the cursor of insertion I. * The "Delete " key which makes it possible to erase the character located AFTER the cursor of insertion I. If a word or a text is selected, the pressing the key " Backspace " or " Delete " will erase all the selected text. When a word is mispelt, AbiWord underlines in red this word indicating that it does not exist in its dictionary. Here for example is the word juxtaposition: It does the same for all the words that it does not know even if they are correct. To correct a word underlined in red, click the right button of the mouse on the word. A menu then opens containing a certain number of suggestions. If the correctly spelled word appears among the suggestions, click above so that the mispelt word is automatically corrected. If no suggestion is made by AbiWord, then that means that AbiWord did not find any similar word in its dictionary. It should then be checked if this word is spelt correctly. If this is the case, there are then two possibilities: If the mispelt word is not a regular word in your documents, then choose to be ignore this word. (click on Ignore all) It will not be underlined any more but this only applies to the current document. If the mispelt word on the contrary is frequently in your documents (like a proper name for example), you can choose to add this word to the dictionary of AbiWord. (click on Add) The last option (Change) will change the word as below: * The Ignore button will not underline any more of the selected word and will continue the checking. * The button Ignore All will not stop AbiWord on the selected word if it finds it in the document. * The Change button will correct the incorrect word by the selected suggestion. * The button Change All will correct all the occurrences of the word of the current document. * The Cancel button does not carry out any modification and will exit from this window. To launch the spell checker, there are several options: Go the "Tools" menu and click on " Spelling... " or Right click on the underlined word and then click on the last option (Spelling...) or To use the keyboard short cut, press the F7 key The zoom function During the data entry or before printing the document, you can zoom in on the document (to have an overall picture or to see the enlarged document). There are two ways to do this: * Click on the small arrow on the right of the Zoom list located on the Standard toolbar then select the amount of zoom from the list. * To get a more detailed control of the zoom function, go to the "View" menu option, and then click on " Zoom ", and the window below appears: The heading " Preview " displays an outline of the enlarged/shrunken characters The heading " Zoom to " has several levels of present zoom: Preset zoom with 75%, 100% and 200% "Page Width" adjusts the zoom level to the width of the screen "Whole page " displays all the page on the screen There is also a function ("Percent ") where you can specify the amount of zoom by clicking on the small arrows in the box or by directly entering the zoom factor from the keyboard.

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