<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Composer Window</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="The KMail Handbook" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts" HREF="secmenus.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts" HREF="secmenus.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)" HREF="faq.html"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"><LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="common/kde-common.css" TYPE="text/css"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Language" CONTENT="en"><LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="common/kde-localised.css" TYPE="text/css" TITLE="KDE-English"><LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="common/kde-default.css" TYPE="text/css" TITLE="KDE-Default"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#AA0000" VLINK="#AA0055" ALINK="#AA0000" STYLE="font-family: sans-serif;" ><DIV CLASS="logoheader" ><A HREF="http://www.kde.org/" ><IMG SRC="common/logotp3.png" BORDER="0" ALT="The K Desktop Environment" HEIGHT="62" WIDTH="229"></A ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >The <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >KMail</SPAN > Handbook</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="secmenus.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 6. Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="faq.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="THECOMPOSERWINDOW2" >6.2. The Composer Window</A ></H1 ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="FILEMENU2" >6.2.1. Message Menu</A ></H2 ><P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT >Send (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Return</B >)</DT ><DD ><P >Sends the message immediately.</P ></DD ><DT >Queue</DT ><DD ><P >Queues the message in the outbox for sending it later.</P ></DD ><DT >Insert File...</DT ><DD ><P >Inserts the selected text file into the message, starting at the cursor position.</P ></DD ><DT >Print... (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >P</B >)</DT ><DD ><P >Prints the current text.</P ></DD ><DT >Address Book...</DT ><DD ><P >Opens up the address book.</P ></DD ><DT >New Composer... (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >N</B >)</DT ><DD ><P >Opens up a new <SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Composer</SPAN > window.</P ></DD ><DT >Open Mailreader</DT ><DD ><P >Opens up a new <SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Mail Reader</SPAN > window.</P ></DD ><DT >Close (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >W</B >)</DT ><DD ><P >Closes this <SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Composer</SPAN > window.</P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="EDITMENU2" >6.2.2. Edit Menu</A ></H2 ><P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT >Undo (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Z</B >), Redo (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Shift</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Z</B >)</DT ><DD ><P >Undo or Redo your steps of editing the current mail.</P ></DD ><DT >Cut (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >X</B >), Copy (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >C</B >), Paste (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >V</B >)</DT ><DD ><P >These items are for cutting, copying, and pasting text. They work like in most editors. Hint: You can also select text and drag it to a new position. If you hold down Ctrl while dragging the text, it will not be moved, but copied.</P ></DD ><DT >Select all</DT ><DD ><P >Selects all of the text in your message.</P ></DD ><DT >Find... (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >F</B >)</DT ><DD ><P >Finds words, phrases, or expressions in the message.</P ></DD ><DT >Replace... (<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >R</B >)</DT ><DD ><P >Lets you replace words, phrases, or expressions in your message with other words or phrases.</P ></DD ><DT >Clean Spaces</DT ><DD ><P >This replaces multiple spaces with single spaces in the current selection.</P ></DD ><DT >Spelling...</DT ><DD ><P >Uses KSpell to check the spelling in the body of your message. Note that you have to configure KSpell with <SPAN CLASS="GUIMENU" >Settings</SPAN >-><SPAN CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" >Spellchecker...</SPAN > if you use it for the first time.</P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="VIEWMENU2" >6.2.3. View Menu</A ></H2 ><P >This menu lets you toggle the display of the header fields (like Subject, Cc, Bcc, ...) in this <SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Composer</SPAN > window.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="OPTIONSMENU" >6.2.4. Options Menu</A ></H2 ><P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT >Urgent</DT ><DD ><P >Sets the priority of the message to Urgent.</P ></DD ><DT >Confirm delivery</DT ><DD ><P >If you choose this option, you request a confirmation email once your message is successfully delivered to its destination mail server. This has to be supported on the receiver's side in order to work.</P ></DD ><DT >Confirm read</DT ><DD ><P >If you choose this option, you request a confirmation email once your message is downloaded and read by its recipient. This has to be supported and enabled by the receiver's mail client in order to work.</P ></DD ><DT >Set Encoding submenu</DT ><DD ><P >Set the charset encoding of this message. It will appear in the header of the outgoing mail.</P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="ATTACHMENU" >6.2.5. Attach Menu</A ></H2 ><P >This menu lets you select attachment options.</P ><P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT >Append Signature</DT ><DD ><P >Appends your signature to the end of the message.</P ></DD ><DT >Attach Public Key / Attach My Public Key</DT ><DD ><P >Attaches the corresponding PGP/GnuPG key to your message using the default encoding.</P ></DD ><DT >Attach...</DT ><DD ><P >Attaches a file to the message using the encoding you select in the dialog.</P ></DD ><DT >Remove</DT ><DD ><P >Removes the attachment that is selected in the attachment window.</P ></DD ><DT >Save...</DT ><DD ><P >Saves the attachment that is selected in the attachment window to a file.</P ></DD ><DT >Properties...</DT ><DD ><P >Displays the properties of the attachment that is selected in the attachment window.</P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="SETTINGSMENU2" >6.2.6. Settings Menu</A ></H2 ><P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT >Show Toolbar</DT ><DD ><P >If enabled, the Toolbar is visible (the Toolbar is the one with the icons to send the message etc.)</P ></DD ><DT >Show Statusbar</DT ><DD ><P >If enabled, the Statusbar is visible (the Statusbar is the small one on the bottom which shows useful short messages)</P ></DD ><DT >Configure Key Bindings...</DT ><DD ><P >Opens a window that lets you configure the keyboard shortcuts for many menu command.</P ></DD ><DT >Configure Toolbars...</DT ><DD ><P >Opens a window that allows you to decide which icons appear in the toolbar.</P ></DD ><DT >Spellchecker...</DT ><DD ><P >Allows you to configure KSpell, KDE's spellchecker.</P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="HELPMENU2" >6.2.7. 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