- File
lets you create New documents, Open and Close a file, Save, Export, Import, Mail, Create a Template From Document, Print, and Close the file or Quit the application.
- Edit
allows you to Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All, All Frames or a single Frame. You can also Find, Replace, and Delete Page.
- View
lets you open a new document with New View, Close All Views, Split or Remove View, Display Mode for Page, Preview, and Text Modes. You can Format Characters, choose Frame Borders, Hide Doc Structure and Rulers, Show Grid, Snap to Grid, and Zoom in and out.
- Insert
lets you insert Special Characters, Page Breaks, Pages, Footnotes/Endnotes, Table of Contents, Variables, Expressions, Links, Comments, Files, Bookmarks, Tables, Pictures, Text Frames, Object Frames, or Scan Images.
- Format
lets you choose the Default Format, Font, Paragraph, Footnotes, Formulas, Styles, use the Style Manager, Import Styles, or Create a Style From a Selection. Page Layout can also be formatted and you can Enable Document Headers and Footers.
- Frames
allows you to set Frame/Frameset Properties, Raise and Lower Frames, Bring to Front, Send to Back, Create a Linked Copy, Convert to Text Box, and to use the Frame Style Manager, Create Framestyle From Frame, change the Framestyle, Text Backgound Color, and Configure the Frame Border.
- Table
allows you to change the Table's Properties, Insert and Delete, Rows, and Columns, Join, Split and Protect Cells, Ungroup the Table, Delete a Table, use the Table Style manager and choose from several Tablestyles.
- Tools
gives you access to Spellcheck, Autocorrection, Change Case, Sort Text, Edit Personal Expressions, Add Expressions, set Custom Variables, Select Bookmarks, and Configure Mail Merge.
- Settings
lets you choose which Toolbars you want open, Configure Autocorrection and Completion, Configure Shortcuts, Toolbars, and Kword.
- Help
opens the KWord Handbook (which you can also access by pressing the F1 key), lets you Report a Bug and offers general information about KWord and KDE.