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<H2><A NAME="sec-Menus"></A> <A NAME="s6">6. Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts</A></H2>

<P>Each menu item is discussed below. When there is a keyboard shorcut that performs a
menu item function, it is listed after the menu item.
<P>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="ss6.1">6.1 The Main Mail Reader window</A>
</H2>

<P>
<H3>File menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>New Composer (Ctrl+N)</B><DD><P>Creates a new <B>Composer</B> window.
<P>
<DT><B>New Mail Reader</B><DD><P>Creates a new <B>Mail Reader</B> window.
<P>
<DT><B>Save As... (Ctrl+S)</B><DD><P>Saves the currently displayed message. 
<P>
<DT><B>Print... (Ctrl+P)</B><DD><P>Prints the currently displayed message.
<P>
<DT><B>Check Mail (Ctrl+L)</B><DD><P>Checks mail in the active account.
<P>
<DT><B>Check Mail in... submenu</B><DD><P>Submenu that lets you check mail from a particular account.
<P>
<DT><B>Settings...</B><DD><P>Opens the Settings window. You can configure the settings for your identity, accounts, network, PGP, 
the appearance of the <B>Composer</B> and <B>Mail Reader</B> windows, and various other settings here.
<P>
<DT><B>Addressbook...</B><DD><P>Opens up the Addressbook.
<P>
<DT><B>Filters...</B><DD><P>Opens the Filters window.
<P>
<DT><B>Close (Ctrl+W)</B><DD><P>Closes the current <B>Mail Reader</B> window.
<P>
<DT><B>Quit (Ctrl+Q)</B><DD><P>Exits Kmail.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H3>Edit menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Copy (Ctrl+C)</B><DD><P>Copies selected text to the clipboard.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H3>Folder menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Create...</B><DD><P>Opens the New Folder dialog which lets you create new folders
<P>
<DT><B>Modify...</B><DD><P>Opens up the Modify Folder dialog which lets you change the settings for the selected folder.
<P>
<DT><B>Compact</B><DD><P>Compacts the folder file to reduce its disk space usage. Use this command if your mailboxes seem
to be much larger than they ought to be.
<P>
<DT><B>Empty</B><DD><P>Moves all of the messages in the selected folder into the trash folder.  If the selected
folder is the trash folder, the messages are permanently deleted.
<P> 
<DT><B>Remove</B><DD><P>Removes the selected folder.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H3>Message menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Next (N)</B><DD><P>Selects the next message in the Headers pane.
<P>
<DT><B>Next Unread (+)</B><DD><P>Selects the next unread message in the Headers pane.
<P>
<DT><B>Previous (P)</B><DD><P>Selects the previous message in the Headers pane.
<P>
<DT><B>Previous Unread (-)</B><DD><P>Selects the previous unread message in the Headers pane.
<P>
<DT><B>Reply... (R)</B><DD><P>Opens up the <B>Composer</B> window with the contents of the selected message's Reply-To field 
in the To: field.
<P>
<DT><B>Reply All... (A)</B><DD><P>Opens up the <B>Composer</B> window and copies the contents of the selected message's Reply-To and To
fields into the To: field and the cc: and bcc: fields into the cc: and bcc: fields of
the <B>Composer</B> window.
<P>
<DT><B>Forward (F)</B><DD><P>Forwards the message to a new recipient.
<P>
<DT><B>Edit (T)</B><DD><P>Edits the selected message if it is editable.
<P>
<DT><B>Set Status submenu</B><DD><P>Allows you to change the status of the selected message to one of the below:
<UL>
<LI>New</LI>
<LI>Unread</LI>
<LI>Read</LI>
<LI>Replied</LI>
<LI>Queued</LI>
<LI>Sent</LI>
</UL>
<P>
<DT><B>Mark All (K)</B><DD><P>Selects all of the messages in the current folder.
<P>
<DT><B>Move (M)</B><DD><P>Moves all of the selected messages to a new folder.
<P>
<DT><B>Copy (S)</B><DD><P>Copies the selected messages into a new folder.
<P>
<DT><B>Delete (D)</B><DD><P>Moves the selected messages into the trash folder.
<P>
<DT><B>Send Again...</B><DD><P>Sends the message again
<P>
<DT><B>Apply Filters (Ctrl+J)</B><DD><P>Applies your filters to the selected messages
<P>
<DT><B>View Source...</B><DD><P>Views the message and its complete headers in plain text format in a new window.
</DL>
<P>
<H3>View menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Brief, Fancy, Standard, Long, and All Headers</B><DD><P>Changes the number of headers that are displayed and the formatting of the headers in 
the Message pane.
<P>
<DT><B>Iconic, Smart, and Inlined Attachments</B><DD><P>Changes the way that attachments appear in the Message pane.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H3>Help menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Contents (F1)</B><DD><P>Invokes the KDE help system with the Kmail help pages displayed.
<P>
<DT><B>About Kmail...</B><DD><P>Displays essential information about Kmail.
<P>
<DT><B>About KDE...</B><DD><P>Displays information about KDE.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="ss6.2">6.2 The Composer window</A>
</H2>

<P>
<H3>File menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Send (Ctrl+Enter)</B><DD><P>Queues the message in the outbox for sending it later.
<P>
<DT><B>Send Now</B><DD><P>Sends the message immediately.
<P>
<DT><B>Insert File...</B><DD><P>Inserts the selected text file into the message, starting at the cursor.
<P>
<DT><B>Address Book</B><DD><P>Opens up the address book.
<P>
<DT><B>Print</B><DD><P>Prints the message.
<P>
<DT><B>New Composer (Ctrl+N)</B><DD><P>Opens up a new <B>Composer</B> window.
<P>
<DT><B>New Mail Reader</B><DD><P>Opens up a new <B>Mail Reader</B> window.
<P>
<DT><B>Close (Ctrl+W)</B><DD><P>Closes the <B>Composer</B> window.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H3>Edit menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Cut (Ctrl+X), Copy (Ctrl+C>, Paste (Ctrl+V)</B><DD><P>These items are for cutting, copying, and pasting text. They work like in most editors.
<P>
<DT><B>Mark all</B><DD><P>Selects all of the text in your message.
<P>
<DT><B>Find (Ctrl+F)</B><DD><P>Finds words, phrases, or expressions in the message.
<P>
<DT><B>Replace (Ctrl+R)</B><DD><P>Lets you replace words, phrases, or expressions in your message with other words or phrases.
<P>
<DT><B>Spellcheck...</B><DD><P>Uses KSpell to check the spelling in the body of your message.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H3>Options menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Urgent</B><DD><P>Sets the priority of the message to Urgent.
<P>
<DT><B>Confirm Delivery</B><DD><P>If you choose this option, you will receive a confirmation email once your message is
successfully delivered to its destination mail server.
<P>
<DT><B>Confirm Read</B><DD><P>If you choose this option, you will receive a confirmation email once your message is
downloaded and read by its recipient. 
<P>
<DT><B>Spellchecker...</B><DD><P>Allows you to configure Kspell, KDE's spellchecker.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H3>View menu</H3>

<P>This menu lets you toggle the display of the header fields in the <B>Composer</B> window.
<P>
<P>
<H3>Attach menu</H3>

<P>This menu lets you select attachment options.
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Append Signature</B><DD><P>Appends the contents of your signature file to the end of the message.
<P>
<DT><B>Insert File...</B><DD><P>Inserts the contents of the selected file into the message starting at the cursor.
<P>
<DT><B>Attach...</B><DD><P>Attaches the selected file to the message using the encoding you select in the dialog.
<P>
<DT><B>Attach Public Key... and Attach My Public Key</B><DD><P>Attaches the corresponding PGP key to your message using the default encoding.
<P>
<DT><B>Remove</B><DD><P>Removes the attachment that is selected in the attachment window.
<P>
<DT><B>Save...</B><DD><P>Saves the attachment that is selected in the attachment window to a file.
<P>
<DT><B>Properties...</B><DD><P>Displays the properties of the attachment that is selected in the attachment window.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
<H3>Help menu</H3>

<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Contents (F1)</B><DD><P>Invokes the KDE help system with the Kmail help pages displayed.
<P>
<DT><B>About Kmail...</B><DD><P>Displays essential information about Kmail.
<P>
<DT><B>About KDE...</B><DD><P>Displays information about KDE.
<P>
</DL>
<P>
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