<s>
KWord	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
deprecated	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
and	O
a	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
application	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
KOffice	B-Language
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
obsoleted	O
by	O
Calligra	B-Language
Words	I-Language
of	O
the	O
Calligra	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
KWord	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
by	O
Reginald	O
Stadlbauer	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
KOffice	B-Language
project	O
in	O
1998	O
using	O
several	O
ideas	O
from	O
FrameMaker	B-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
author	O
confessed	O
that	O
the	O
application	O
and	O
its	O
code	O
were	O
not	O
top	O
notch	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
his	O
first	O
object-oriented	B-Language
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2012	O
,	O
KWord	B-Protocol
was	O
being	O
actively	O
developed	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
KOffice	B-Language
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
KOffice	B-Language
2.4	O
the	O
developers	O
aimed	O
to	O
release	O
new	O
KOffice	B-Language
versions	O
every	O
six	O
months	O
in	O
sync	O
with	O
SC4	O
releases	O
but	O
KOffice	B-Language
had	O
seen	O
no	O
development	O
activity	O
since	O
mid-March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
two	O
minor	O
commits	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
the	O
koffice.org	O
website	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
placeholder	O
in	O
early	O
September	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
KDE	B-Application
removed	O
KOffice	B-Language
from	O
their	O
Quality	O
Website	O
Tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
text-layout	O
scheme	O
in	O
KWord	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
on	O
frames	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
similar	O
to	O
FrameMaker	B-Device
by	O
Adobe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
new	O
page	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
frame	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
text	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
flow	O
through	O
KWord	B-Protocol
’s	O
ability	O
to	O
link	O
frames	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
frames	O
means	O
that	O
complex	O
graphical	O
layouts	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
relatively	O
easily	O
in	O
KWord	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
(	O
DTP	O
)	O
applications	O
use	O
frames	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
KWord	B-Protocol
does	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
DTP	O
applications	O
use	O
a	O
concept	O
called	O
master	O
pages	O
which	O
gives	O
the	O
power	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
design	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
KWord	B-Protocol
developers	O
designed	O
the	O
frames	O
usage	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
usable	O
variant	O
of	O
master	O
pages	O
,	O
with	O
intelligent	O
copying	O
of	O
frames	O
and	O
their	O
position	O
when	O
a	O
new	O
page	O
is	O
created	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
when	O
there	O
is	O
too	O
much	O
text	O
for	O
a	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
