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  <!ENTITY kplato "KPlato">
  <!ENTITY kappname "&kplato;">
  <!ENTITY package "koffice">
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  <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE">
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<bookinfo>
<title>The &kplato; Handbook</title>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Raphael</firstname>
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<surname>Langerhorst</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>raphael.langerhorst@kdemail.net</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
<surname>Mahfouf</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>annma@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
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</authorgroup>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

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<date>2006-02-11</date>
<releaseinfo>0.5.0</releaseinfo>

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<abstract>
<para>
&kplato; is a project planning and management application for &kde;.
</para>
</abstract>


<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>KPlato</keyword>
<keyword>Project</keyword>
<keyword>Management</keyword>
<keyword>gantt</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title>
<para><emphasis>
&kplato; as included in &koffice; 1.5 is a technology preview
release and it is not advised to use &kplato; in critical
production scenarios. Do so at your own risk. In this first public release we
focus on planning and scheduling of projects.
</emphasis></para>
<para>
&kplato; is a project management application and a planning tool.
As an integrated component of &koffice;, &kplato; can
be used within larger documents of other &koffice; components.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="features"> <title>Features</title>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Features include:</title>
<listitem><para>Resource management,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Hierarchical calendars,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Tasks with dependencies and subtasks.</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Chart for visualization:</title>
<listitem><para>Gantt</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist><title>Project scheduling</title>
<listitem><para>Pessimistic,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Expected,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optimistic.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Work breakdown structure (WBS).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Critical path and resources.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Embedding into other KOffice applications.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</chapter>

&definitions;
&mainwindow;
&wbs;
&options;
&commands;

<chapter id="license"><title>License</title>

&underFDL;

</chapter>

&documentation.index; 
</book>


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