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<p>...that you can create your own templates? Create a document containing the text you usually start with and save it; then, select "Create Template from Document" from the "File" menu, fill in the dialog and you are done: next time you create a new document you can select the template from the template list.</p>
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<p>...that Kile supports forward search? This enables you to switch back and forth between places in the source file and their corresponding locations in the DVI file. Stop spending so much time on finding the place in the source file: if you spotted a mistake while viewing the DVI, finding the correct location is just a mouse-click away!.</p>
<p><a href="help:/kile/quick_inverseforward.html">Read the manual to find out how to activate this feature.</a></p>
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<p>...that the Quick Build tool is now fully configurable? Go to <b>Settings->Configure Kile->Build</b> and select the <b>QuickBuild</b> tool.</p>
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<p>...that using projects gives Kile much more power? You can, for example, bundle and archive all related documents in a project; also, features like auto-completion of references and citations become much more powerful. Kile is even able to determine which document is the master document in a project.</p>
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<p>...that you can configure which QuickBuild command is issued for a project? Just go to <b>Project->Project Options</b> and select a QuickBuild command.</p>
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<p>...that inserting references and citations has never been easier? Enable auto-completion and type in <code>\ref{</code>, a list with all available labels will appear automatically (if auto-completion is not enabled, press Ctrl+Space).</p>
<p>Note that this feature is much more powerful if the current document belongs to a project.</p>
<p>You can configure auto-completion by going to <b>Settings->Configure Kile->Complete</b>; there, you can select databases of LaTeX commands. You can even create your own lists of commands.</p>
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<p>...that Kile can complete LaTeX commands for you? Type <code>\se</code> and press Ctrl+Space, a list of all commands starting with <code>\se</code> will appear.</p>
<p>You can configure auto-completion by going to <b>Settings->Configure Kile->Complete</b>; there, you can select databases of LaTeX commands. You can even create your own lists of commands.</p>
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<p>...starting a new environment is very easy using the auto-complete feature. For example, type <code>equ</code> and press Alt+Space and a list of all environments starting with <code>equ</code> appears. Press Enter to select the first entry and a <code>\begin{equation}\end{equation}</code> pair is inserted in your document.</p>
<p>You can configure auto-completion by going to <b>Settings->Configure Kile->Complete</b>; there, you can select databases of LaTeX commands. You can even create your own lists of commands.</p>
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<p>...Kile now contains several editing tools to help you type in LaTeX faster and easier? Check out the <b>Complete, Select, Delete, Environment and TeX Group</b> menus in the <b>Edit</b> menu.</p>
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<p>...that the Quick Preview tool will compile and select a part of a document? This can be a <b>selected text</b>, the <b>current environment</b> or the <b>current subdocument</b>.</p>
<p>You can configure Quick preview by going to <b>Settings->Configure Kile->Preview</b>. There, you can select one of the predefined configurations.</p>
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<p>...that a new wizard will help to create tabulars and arrays?</p>
<p>A right click with the mouse will open a dialog or a popup menu, where a lot of attributes like <b>alignment</b>, <b>colors</b>, <b>horizontal and vertical lines</b> and more can be set. Also <b>multicolumn cells</b> are supported.</p>
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<p>...that Kile can show user defined help files?</p>
<p>Go to <b>Settings->Configure Kile->Help</b> and configure your help files, which are integrated into the help menu.</p>
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