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<chapter id="usage-exec-summary">
   <title>My Evolution</title>
    <para>
       My Evolution is designed to show you a
       summary of important information: the appointments for a given
       day, important email, and so forth. To see your My Evolution. 
       , click on the <guibutton>My Evolution</guibutton>
       button in the shortcut bar, or select the
       <guilabel>My Evolution</guilabel> folder in the folder
       bar.
    </para>

    <sect1 id="exec-intro">
      <title>Introducing My Evolution</title>
      <para>
        The first thing you'll want to do with My Evolution
        is add a service. Click the <guibutton>Add Service</guibutton>
        button in the toolbar, then select one of the available
        services.  Services may vary depending upon your system, but
        most installations will have at least the following options:

        <variablelist>

          <varlistentry>
             <term>Calendar</term>
             <listitem>
               <para>
                  Pending appointments and other events for that day.
               </para>
             </listitem>
           </varlistentry>

          <varlistentry>
             <term>Inbox</term>
             <listitem>
               <para>
                 Information about your mail, such as the number of
                 new messages you have waiting.
               </para>
             </listitem>
           </varlistentry>

          <varlistentry>
             <term>To Do</term>
             <listitem>
               <para>
                 A short summary of your task pad.
               </para>
             </listitem>
           </varlistentry>

          <varlistentry>
             <term>RDF Summary</term>
             <listitem>
               <para>
                  News headlines from sites that allow this
                  feature.  The default
                  is news about the GNOME project from <ulink
                  url="www.gnome.org/gnome-news/">gnotices</ulink>.
               </para>
             </listitem>
           </varlistentry>

        </variablelist>

     </para>

     <para>
       Each service appears in a small box on the screen; you can
       remove the service by clicking the <guibutton>x</guibutton>
       button in the upper right, or bring up a settings dialog by
       clicking the little wrench icon below that.
     </para>
   </sect1>
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     <title>Services in Detail</title>
      <para>
          This section will show you how to use several
          <application>Evolution</application> services, once they
          become available.  Wait for updates.  FIXME
      </para>
     
    </sect1>
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</chapter>