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Chapter 7. Menu Entries

Each menu item is discussed below. When there is a keyboard shortcut that performs a menu item function, the default shortcut is listed with the menu item.

The Contact List Window's Menus

File Menu

File->Set Status->Online

Go online with all accounts

File->Set Status->Away

Set all connected accounts away

File->Set Status->Offline

Set all accounts offline

File->Add Contact...

This displays the Add Contact Wizard, which allows you to add a new contact to your list

File->Create New Group...

Prompts you for the new group's name and adds it to the contact list.

File->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Disconnects you from all IM systems, closes all the windows and exits the application.

Edit Menu

Edit->Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Reverts the last change that was made to the contact list.

Edit->Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z)

Reverts the last change that was made to the contact list by EditUndo

Edit->Send Single Message...

Opens an email-style message window with the selected contact, to send a single message.

Edit->Start Chat...

Opens a chat window with the selected contact, to have a conversation.

Edit->Send File...

If supported by the IM system, this opens a file selector to choose a file to send to the selected contact.

Edit->Move To

(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose another group from the sub-menu, and the contact will move to that group.

Edit->Copy To

(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose a group from the sub-menu, and the contact will be copied to group. IM systems that allow contacts to be in more than one group on the server contact list will be updated accordingly.

Edit->Remove (Delete)

(Enabled when a contact is selected) Removes a contact from the contact list entirely.

Edit->Rename Contact

(Enabled when a contact is selected) Renames the contact on the contact list. If you do this, the contact list entry will no longer change if the contact changes their display name remotely. You can re-enable this using the contact's Properties dialog.

Edit->Add Contact...

(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose another account from the submenu, and you can add another way to message that person using that account.

Edit->Add to Your Contact List...

(Enabled when a contact is selected) Sometimes people will message you who aren't on your contact list already. In this case, Kopete creates a temporary entry for them, but to keep them on your contact list, use this function.

Edit->Properties

The Properties dialog lets you choose custom icons for the selected item, and change its name.

For contacts, you can change the KDE Address Book entry that they are associated with.

Edit->Remove Group

(Enabled when a group is selected) Removes a group from the contact list entirely. Any contacts that are only in this group are moved to the top level.

Edit->Rename Group

(Enabled when a group is selected) Renames the group.

Settings Menu

Settings->View Menubar (Ctrl+M)

Shows/hides the menu bar.

Settings->View Toolbar

Shows/hides the tool bar.

Settings->View Statusbar

Shows/hides the status bar.

Settings->Show Offline Users (Ctrl+U)

This shows/hides contacts who are currently offline. They will become visible when they go online again.

Settings->Show Empty Groups (Ctrl+G)

This shows/hides groups which do not have any members, or where all the members are offline and hidden (see above).

Settings->Configure Shortcuts...

Shows the KDE standard Configure Shortcuts dialog, where you can change keyboard shortcuts that work in the Contact List's windows.

Settings->Configure Global Shortcuts...

Displays the KDE standard Configure Global Shortcuts dialog, where you can change keyboard shortcuts that work all the time under KDE.

Settings->Configure Toolbars...

Displays the KDE standard Configure Toolbars dialog, which lets you customise the Contact List's toolbars.

Settings->Configure Kopete...

Displays the Configure Kopete dialog.

Settings->Configure Plugins...

Displays the Configure Plugins dialog.

Help Menu

These are the KDE standard items for the Help menu:

Help->Kopete Handbook (F1)

Invokes the TDE Help system starting at the Kopete help pages. (this document).

Help->What's This? (Shift+F1)

Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within Kopete 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->About Kopete

This will display version and author information.

Help->About TDE

This displays the TDE version and other basic information.

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