David Chart 2001

Contextual Menu

This menu appears when you right-click within the document. Some options are only available if you click on selected text.

Cut

Cut removes the selected text from the document and places it on the clipboard. This replaces any text previously placed on the clipboard. The formatting of the text is retained, as well as its content.

This command is only available when there is selected text.

Copy

Copy puts the selected text onto the clipboard, but does not remove it from the document.

This command is only available when there is selected text.

Paste

Paste adds the text on the clipboard to the document. If there is no text selected in the current document, the text is added as if it had been typed at the insertion point. If text is selected, the selected text is replaced by the text on the clipboard. The formatting of the text on the clipboard is preserved.

Paste Unformatted

This command pastes the text on the clipboard into the document, but does not paste its formatting. The pasted text takes on the formatting of the surrounding or preceding text.

Font...

This command opens the font dialog, which allows you to change the appearance of individual characters.

Language

This command opens the Language dialog, and allows you to change the dictionaries that AbiWord uses to check the selected text. You can also use this command to change the language setting from the insertion point onward.

Paragraph...

The Paragraph command opens the paragraph dialog, which allows you to change the appearance of whole paragraphs.

Bullets and Numbering...

This command opens the Lists dialog, allowing you to insert or modify a list.