diff --git a/kate/data/kateui.rc b/kate/data/kateui.rc
--- a/kate/data/kateui.rc
+++ b/kate/data/kateui.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE kpartgui SYSTEM "kpartgui.dtd">
-<kpartgui name="kate" version="85" translationDomain="kate">
+<kpartgui name="kate" version="86" translationDomain="kate">
   <MenuBar>
     <Menu name="file" noMerge="1">
       <text>&amp;File</text>
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@
       <DefineGroup name="open_merge"/>
       <Separator/>
       <DefineGroup name="save_merge"/>
-      <Action name="file_save_all"/>
+      <DefineGroup name="file_save_variants_merge"/>
+      <Menu name="file_save_variants_menu"><text>Save Variants</text>
+        <DefineGroup name="file_save_variants_merge"/> <!-- to insert Save All after the other menu items-->
+        <Action name="file_save_all"/>
+      </Menu>
       <Separator/>
       <DefineGroup name="revert_merge"/>
       <Action name="file_reload_all"/>
-      <DefineGroup name="print_merge"/>
-      <DefineGroup name="export_merge"/>
+      <Menu name="file_print_export"><text>Print and Export</text>
+        <DefineGroup name="print_merge"/>
+        <DefineGroup name="export_merge"/>
+      </Menu>
       <Separator/>
       <Action name="file_rename"/>
       <Action name="file_delete"/>
@@ -29,10 +35,12 @@
       <Action name="file_properties"/>
       <Separator/>
       <Action name="file_close"/>
-      <Action name="file_close_other"/>
-      <Action name="file_close_all"/>
-      <Action name="file_close_orphaned"/>
-      <DefineGroup name="close_merge"/>
+      <Menu name="file_close_variants_menu"><text>Close Variants</text>
+        <Action name="file_close_other"/>
+        <Action name="file_close_all"/>
+        <Action name="file_close_orphaned"/>
+        <DefineGroup name="close_merge"/>
+      </Menu>
       <Separator/>
       <Action name="file_quit"/>
     </Menu>
diff --git a/kwrite/data/kwriteui.rc b/kwrite/data/kwriteui.rc
--- a/kwrite/data/kwriteui.rc
+++ b/kwrite/data/kwriteui.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE kpartgui SYSTEM "kpartgui.dtd">
-<kpartgui name="kwrite" version="17">
+<kpartgui name="kwrite" version="18">
   <MenuBar>
     <Menu name="file" noMerge="1">
       <text>&amp;File</text>
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
       <Action name="file_open_recent"/>
       <Separator/>
       <DefineGroup name="save_merge" append="save_merge"/>
+      <DefineGroup name="file_save_variants_merge"/>
       <Separator/>
       <DefineGroup name="revert_merge" append="revert_merge"/>
-      <DefineGroup name="print_merge" append="print_merge"/>
+      <Menu name="file_print_export"><text>Print and Export</text>
+        <DefineGroup name="print_merge" append="print_merge"/>
+      </Menu>
       <Separator/>
       <Action name="file_close"/>
       <DefineGroup name="close_merge" append="close_merge"/>