Menu Name    Menu Purpose

Undo    This command will change the document back to the state before you performed the last command.

Redo    This command will re-apply the command that you have just undone.

Cut    This command will remove the currently selected text and store it in memory. You can then insert this back into the document at some other location by using the Paste command.

Copy    Selecting this command will place the currently selected text into memory without removing it from its current location. It can then be pasted at any other point in the document.

Paste    This command will insert whatever you have stored in the clipboard memory into the document where the cursor is currently located.

Paste Unformatted    This is similar to the Paste command, except that it does not include any formatting information such as the font, or whether the text was bold or underlined.

Clear    This command will delete the currently selected text. The same command can be performed by pressing the Del key on the keyboard.

Select All    This command will select all of the text in the entire document. This command is useful when you want to apply some formatting to the entire document. For example if you want to change the font for all of the text in the document, choosing this command allows you to select all of the text with a single command.

Find    This command will display a dialogue box that allows you to search through the document for words that you specify.

Replace    This command displays a dialogue box that allows you to replace any occurences of a particular word with a different word.

Go to    This command allows you to move the cursor directly to a particular location in the document.

Edit Header    If you choose this command, Abiword will allow you to edit the document's header. This is the margin between the top of the page and the point at which the text begins. The header is most often used to display the name of the document that you are working on. If you edit the header, it will be the same on every page of the document.

Edit Footer    This command allows you to edit the document's footer. This is the margin between the bottom of the text and the bottom edge of the paper. This is most often used to display the page numbers on your document.

Remove Header    If you choose this command, the header will be deleted.

Remove Footer    This command will delete the footer from the document.