KWord problems since upgrade to Lucid Lynx

[Jeffrey Barish]

1. KWord is presenting a panel labeled "KWord".  It has controls for 
"Connect shapes", "Create path", "Text editing tool", and a few others.  How 
do I make it go away?  I have nothing selected under Dockers and only File 
under Toolbars Shown.

2. The font Sans Serif looks terrible.  For example, the top of the "e" is 
almost filled in.  Any suggestions?

3. There is no Help in the File menu.  Is that right?

4. Insert | Variable | Date has disappeared.  Any way to recover it?

I always liked KWord because it starts more quickly than OpenOffice Word.  
Is it time to switch now?  The fonts look fine in OO.
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Jeffrey Barish