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Update second half of Chapter Five, "Command and Menu Reference", in kmail2 documentation. 

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......@@ -1354,123 +1354,127 @@ Menu</ulink> of the &kde; Fundamentals, with one additional item.</para>
<sect2 id="composer-file-menu">
<title>Message Menu</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Message Menu</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="composermessage.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The Message Menu</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>The Message Menu</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>&nbsp;</para><!-- add whitespace -->
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-new-composer">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New Composer</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Opens up a new composer window.</action></para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Composer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens a new composer window so you can create a message.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-new-main-window">
<!-- <varlistentry id="composer-message-new-main-window">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New Main Window</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Creates a new main window.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-new-addressbook-contact">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New AddressBook Contact</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Brings up the &kontact; New Contact Dialog</action> to add a new contact your addressbook.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry> Thes options not available in 5.14.2 @dcb2021088. -->
<varlistentry id="composer-message-send-mail">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send Mail</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Sends the message immediately.</action> If you use &SMTP; to send your
messages and the &SMTP; server is not reachable, the message will be put into the outbox and you will get an error message.
After the connection issues are resolved, you can send the messages in the outbox using <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Queued Messages</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Mail</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Sends the message immediately. If you use &SMTP; to send your messages and the &SMTP;
server is not reachable, the message will remain in the outbox and you will get an error message.
After the connection issues have been resolved, you can send the messages in the outbox using <link
linkend="reader-send-queued-messages"><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Queued
Messages</guimenuitem></menuchoice></link> (in the reader window).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-send-mail-via">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send Mail Via</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Allows you to select which outgoing mail server you wish to use to send the message.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Mail Via &gt;</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Allows you to specify which outgoing mail server will be used to send the message.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-send-later">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send Later</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Brings up the send later dialog.</action>
Please see <link linkend="send-later">Send Later</link> for details.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Later</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Launches the send later dialog. Please see the <ulink url="help:/akonadi_sendlater_agent">Send
Later</ulink> documentation for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-send-later-via">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send Later Via</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Allows you to choose which outgoing account to send your send later configured message.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Later Via &gt;</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Allows you to specify which outgoing mail server will be used
to send the delayed message.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-save-as-file">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Save as File</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Saves the message as a text document.</action></para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save as File</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Saves the message as a file. Three formats are supported: Rich Text (.html),
plain text (.txt), and Open Document Format (.odt).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-save-as-draft">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Save as Draft</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Save the message in the <guilabel>drafts</guilabel> folder</action> so you can later edit and send it.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save as Draft</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Saves the message in the <guilabel>drafts</guilabel> folder
so you can finish it later.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-save-as-template">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Save as Template</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Allows you to <action>save your message as a template.</action>
Please see <link linkend="new-compose-from-templates">Compose from templates</link> for details on templates.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save as Template</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Lets you save your message as a template. Please see <link
linkend="new-compose-from-templates">Compose from templates</link> for more information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-insert-text-file">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Insert Text File...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Inserts a text file into the message text,</action> starting at the cursor position.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert Text File...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Inserts a text file into the message text, starting at the cursor position.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-insert-recent-text-file">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Insert Recent Text File...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Allows you to choose from a list of recently inserted text files to insert into your message. Select <guimenuitem>Clear List</guimenuitem> to clear the list.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert Recent Text File &gt;</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Lets you choose from a list of recently inserted text files, and inserts that file into
your message. Select <guimenuitem>Clear List</guimenuitem> to clear the list.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-print-preview">
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Print Preview</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens a print preview window and displays your message, formatted for printing.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-print">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Prints the current text.</action></para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Formats and prints the message you have composed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-share">
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Share Mail Text... &gt;</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Lets you make a second copy of your message somewhere else. Four options are provided:
Nextcloud (an OSS file-sharing app), Pastebin <ulink url="https://pastebin.com">(a freely available web
site)</ulink>, Bluetooth, and Email (opens another composer window, and adds the current message to that new
message, as an attachment). This option is not available unless the <guilabel>Share Text</guilabel>
plugin is active.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-message-close">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Closes this composer window.</action></para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Message</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Closes this composer window.</para>
<para>&nbsp;</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
......@@ -1479,235 +1483,320 @@ Menu</ulink> of the &kde; Fundamentals, with one additional item.</para>
<sect2 id="composer-edit-menu">
<title>Edit Menu</title>
<para>If the menu item you are looking for is missing, please see <ulink url="help:/fundamentals/menus.html#menus-edit">Edit Menu</ulink> of the &kde; Fundamentals.
The items listed here are &kmail; specific.</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Edit Menu</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="composeredit.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The Edit Menu</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>The Edit Menu</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>&nbsp;</para><!-- add whitespace -->
<para>If the menu item you are looking for is missing, please see the <ulink
url="help:/fundamentals/menus.html#menus-edit">Edit Menu</ulink> section of the
&kde; Fundamentals Handbook. The items listed here are &kmail; specific.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-paste-quotation">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Paste as Quotation</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Pastes the text from the clipboard</action> marked as quotation.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste as Quotation</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Pastes the text from the clipboard and marks it as a quotation (&ie;,
each line preceded by "&gt;" and a space).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-paste-attachment">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Paste as Attachment</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Pastes the text from the clipboard</action> as an attachment.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste as Attachment</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Pastes a file that has been copied to the clipboard (&eg;, by using
the &dolphin; file manager) as an attachment.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-paste-without-formatting">
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Paste Without Formatting</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Pastes the text from the clipboard</action> exactly as is, with no formatting.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste Without Formatting</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Pastes data from the clipboard as plain text, with no &HTML; formatting.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-clean-spaces">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Clean Spaces</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>This replaces multiple line breaks or spaces with single line breaks or spaces.
It works on the current selection or the complete message text if there is no selection.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clean Spaces</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>This option supposedly replaces multiple adjacent newline characters or spaces with
single line breaks / spaces, but in testing, it apparently does absolutely nothing.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-add-quote-characters">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Add Quote Characters</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Prepends the selected text with quotation marks.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Quote Characters</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Prepends each line of the selected text with the quotation indicator (&gt; and a space, by
default). If no selection is made, adds the indicator to every line in the message.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-remove-quote-characters">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Remove Quote Characters</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Removes the left-most quotation marks from the selected text.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Remove Quote Characters</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Removes the left-most quotation indicator from the selected text.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-insert-email">
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert Email...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Displays a list of all the names in your address book, then inserts the chosen email address at
the cursor position (after you make a selection and click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button). This option
is only available when the <guimenuitem>Insert Email</guimenuitem> plugin has been loaded.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-insert-nbsp">
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Space;</keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert Non Breaking Space</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Inserts a non breaking space at the cursor position. This option is only available
when the <guimenuitem>Insert Non Breaking Space</guimenuitem> plugin has been loaded.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-uppercase">
<!-- <varlistentry id="composer-edit-uppercase">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Uppercase</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Convert the selected text to uppercase.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-lowercase">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Lowercase</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Convert the selected text to lowercase.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry> These optons have been consolidated in the "Change Case" plugin. @dcb2021089. -->
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-insert-special-character">
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert Special Character...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Lets you insert a special character at the cursor position. A large number of Unicode
characters are made available. This option is only provided if the <guimenuitem>Insert Special
Character</guimenuitem> plugin has been activated.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-change-case">
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Change Case &gt;</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Helps you modify the capitalization of the selected text. There are four options:
<guilabel>Uppercase</guilabel> (capitalizes the selected characters), <guilabel>Lowercase</guilabel>
(forces selected text to all lower case), <guilabel>Sentence case</guilabel> (capitalizes the first
letter of the selection and makes the rest lower case), and <guilabel>Reverse Case</guilabel> (converts
capital letters to lower case, and vice versa). This option is only provided if the <guimenuitem>Change
Case</guimenuitem> plugin has been activated. This menu item remains grayed out until some snippet of
text has been selected for modification.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-zoom">
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom... &gt;</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Lets you zoom in or zoom out on the message you are composing. This is the same function
appearing as <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Zoom &gt;</guisubmenu></menuchoice> in
the message preview window. This option is not available unless the <guimenuitem>Zoom Text</guimenuitem>
plugin has been loaded.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-variables">
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Variables &gt;</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Lets you insert the contents of a named field at the cursor position. You may choose
among <guilabel>To &gt;</guilabel>, <guilabel>From &gt;</guilabel>, <guilabel>CC &gt;</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Attachment &gt;</guilabel>, <guilabel>Date/Time &gt;</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Misc &gt;</guilabel>
(which has just one associated submenu item, "Subject"). There is one notable quirk: the date/time diplayed
in the submenu selections is fixed at the time the Composer window was opened, but the value actually inserted
in a message is taken from the system clock.</para>
<para>&nbsp;</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-edit-insert-special-characters">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Insert Special Characters</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>It allows you to insert special character in composer.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="composer-view-menu">
<title>View Menu</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The View Menu</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="composerview.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The View Menu</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>The View Menu</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>&nbsp;</para><!-- add whitespace -->
<para>This menu lets you toggle the display of the header fields and other
options in the composer window.</para>
<para>Currently visible items will have a checkmark shown next to their name in the
menu.</para>
<para>This menu lets you toggle the display of the header fields and a few other items in the
composer window. Selected items will be marked (check box colored in) in the menu.</para>
<para>Options available are:</para>
<para>Several options are available:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>All Fields</guimenuitem></para>
<para><guimenuitem>All Fields</guimenuitem>. Displays all six of the following fields.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Identity</guimenuitem></para>
<para><guimenuitem>Identity</guimenuitem>. If you have defined more than one identity,
this will be a drop down box.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Dictionary</guimenuitem></para>
<para><guimenuitem>Dictionary</guimenuitem> used for spell checking. If multiple dictionaries
are installed, this will be a drop down box.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Sent-Mail folder</guimenuitem></para>
<para><guimenuitem>Sent-Mail Folder</guimenuitem>. The <guilabel>&nbsp;<inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="document-open.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>&nbsp;</guilabel>
button appearing on the right when this option is checked opens a folder selection dialog.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Mail Transport</guimenuitem></para>
<para><guimenuitem>Mail Transport</guimenuitem>. If you have created more than one outgoing
account, this will be a drop down box.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>From</guimenuitem></para>
<para><guimenuitem>From</guimenuitem>. The contents of this field may vary, depending on the Identity you use.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Reply To</guimenuitem></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>Subject</guimenuitem></para>
<para><guimenuitem>Subject</guimenuitem>. Use this field to describe your message, briefly.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Please see <link linkend="composer-headers">Composer Headers</link> for details on these options.</para>
<para>The <guilabel>To <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="go-down.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
</inlinemediaobject></guilabel> drop down box is always present at the top of the composer window. Use
it to select <guilabel>CC</guilabel>, <guilabel>BCC</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Reply-To</guilabel>
addresses, as needed. Please see <link linkend="composer-headers">Composer Headers</link> for
further details on message headers.</para>
<para>&nbsp;</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="composer-view-use-fixed-font">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Use Fixed Font</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Uses a fixed width (monospaced) font to display the currently
edited message. The font to be used can be configured in the
<guilabel>Appearance</guilabel> section of &kmail;'s configuration dialog.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Use Fixed Font</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Uses a fixed width (monospaced) font to display the currently
edited message. The particular font to be used can be configured in the
<guilabel>Appearance</guilabel> section of &kmail;'s configuration dialog.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-view-snippets">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Snippets</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Displays a column on the right side of the composer window that allows you to use and create snippets.
Please see <link linkend="setup-text-snippets">Snippets</link> for more information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-view-translator">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Translator</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Displays the translator tool at the bottom of the composer window. Please see
<link linkend="using-the-translator">Using the Translator</link> for more information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Snippets</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Displays a column on the right hand side of the composer window that allows you to use and create
snippets. Please see <link linkend="setup-text-snippets">Snippets</link> for more information.</para>
<para>&nbsp;</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="composer-options-menu">
<title>Options Menu</title>
<para>This menu lets you toggle various options for the current message.</para>
<para>Currently used options will have a checkmark shown next to their name in the
menu.</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Options Menu</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="composeroptions.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The Options Menu</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>The Options Menu</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>&nbsp;</para><!-- add whitespace -->
<para>This menu lets you toggle various options for the current message. Selected
items will be marked (check box colored in) in the menu.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="composer-options-urgent">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Options</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Urgent</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Sets the priority of the message to Urgent. The receiver's email client has to support
this or it will have no effect. &kmail; itself does not support priorities for incoming messages.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guimenuitem>Urgent</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Sets the priority of the message to Urgent by inserting two header lines:
"X-PRIORITY: 2 (High)" and "Priority: urgent". The receiver's email client must provide support
for these headers; otherwise they will have no effect. &kmail; itself does not support priorities
for incoming messages (although you can <link linkend="reader-mark-messages">mark messages</link>
as Important).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-options-request-mdn">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Options</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Request Disposition Notification</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>If you choose this option, you request a confirmation
email once your message is downloaded and read by its
recipient. This has to be supported and enabled by the
receiver's email client in order to work.</para>
<para>See <xref linkend="configure-security-reading-mdns"/>
for background information and ways to customize the
read receipts that &kmail; itself sends.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guimenuitem>Request Disposition
Notification</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>If you choose this option, &kmail; will
insert a Disposition-Notification-To: header line in the
message, which is a request to receive an email notification
once your message has been downloaded and read by the recipient.
This function must be supported, and enabled by the receiver's
email client; otherwise, it will not work.</para>
<para>See <xref linkend="configure-security-reading-mdns"/>
for background information and several ways to customize the
read receipts that &kmail; itself sends in response to a
received Disposition-Notification-To: header line.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-options-request-confirm">
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guimenuitem>Request Delivery
Confirmation</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>If you choose this option, &kmail; will
insert a Return-Receipt-To: header line in the message, which
is a request to receive an email notification once your message
has been uploaded by your email server and delivered to the
recipient. This function must be supported by your outgoing
email server; otherwise, it will not work.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-options-sign-message">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Options</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Sign Message</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Digitally sign the message using <application>OpenPGP</application>.
You can learn more about this in the <link linkend="pgp">chapter on OpenPGP</link>.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guisubmenu>Sign Message</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Digitally signs the message using <application>OpenPGP</application> or an X.509 certificate.
You can learn more about this option in the <link linkend="pgp">chapter on OpenPGP</link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-options-encrypt-message">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Options</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Encrypt Message</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Encrypt the message using <application>OpenPGP</application>.
You can learn more about this in the <link linkend="pgp">chapter on OpenPGP</link>.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guisubmenu>Encrypt Message</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Encrypts the message using <application>OpenPGP</application> or an X.509 certificate.
You can learn more about encryption in the <link linkend="pgp">chapter on OpenPGP</link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="composer-options-select-crypto-message-format">
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Options</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Cryptographic Message Format</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Choose the cryptographic message format to use to
digitally sign and/or encrypt the message in. Please see <link linkend="cryptographic-message-formats">
Cryptographic Message Formats</link> for more information.</para></listitem>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guisubmenu>Cryptographic Message Format &gt;</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Lets you choose the cryptographic message format to use when
digitally signing and/or encrypting this message. Please see <link
linkend="cryptographic-message-formats">Cryptographic Message