<preface id="introduction">
<title>About this Book</title>
<sect1 id="organization">
<title>Organization</title>
<para>
This book is divided into two parts, with several
appendices. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
tour</link>, which will explain how to use
<application>Evolution</application>. If you are new to
<application>Evolution</application> or to groupware in
general, this section is for you. The second section, covering
<link linkend="config">configuration</link>, is targeted at
more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way
<application>Evolution</application> looks or acts can benefit
from reading it.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="typography">
<title>Typographical conventions</title>
<para>
In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
<simplelist>
<member><application>Applications</application></member>
<member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command line</member>
<member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface</member>
<member> Menu selections look like this:
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</member>
<member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
click</member> <member><userinput>Anything you type
in</userinput></member> <member><computeroutput>Text
output from a computer</computeroutput></member>
<member><glossterm linkend="apx-gloss">Words</glossterm>
that are defined in the <xref linkend="apx-gloss">.</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<para>
We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well.
<tip id="example-tip">
<title>Tip</title>
<para>
Tips and bits of extra information will look like
this.
</para>
</tip>
</para>
<para>
Examples are also set off from the rest of the text. They look like this:
<example>
<title>Example Example</title>
<para>
This is what an example looks like. We'll provide
examples for some of the more complicated tasks you
might be performing.
</para>
</example>
</para>
<para>
Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
<warning id="example-warning">
<title>Example Warning</title>
<para>
This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
</para>
</warning>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="whats-new-in-one-two">
<title>What's New in Evolution 1.2</title>
<para>
If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new
version has a lot to add. Here are some of the new and
changed features. Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange also
has new features, which are covered in "new-in-connector-one-two">.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Evolution Settings Interface</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The preferences dialogs have been completely
overhauled. There is now a single configuration dialog
window for all components of the program, and you can
access it from anywhere. To change your preferences,
select
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>
Tools
</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>
Preferences
</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>. Detailed help for the preferences
dialogs has been added to <xref
linkend="config-prefs">.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Mail Composer Autocomplete</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Email addresses in the message composer can now work
with LDAP address books. Add your LDAP address book to
the list of folders searched for address completion in
the <guilabel>Folder Settings</guilabel> section of
the Settings dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Performance Improvements</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Startup time has decreased, POP server interactions
are more efficient, and indexing of locally cached
mail is now faster.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Mail Composer HTML Improvements</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Pasting into the mail composer from another message
or from a web page preserves the HTML formatting of
the source document. Multiple levels of reply
quotation in messages are clearer and use a vertical
blue line on the left side to indicate quotation. Text
"smileys" are now automatically converted to small
images displaying the appropriate emotion. You can
turn this option off in the
<guilabel>Composer</guilabel> section of the Settings
dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Signature Editor</term>
<listitem>
<para>
There is now a signature editor, which can be used to
create plain text or HTML signatures.
click the the <guilabel>Signatures</guilabel> tab in
the Composer Settings section of the Evolution
Settings window.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Keyboard Navigation Overhaul</term>
<listitem>
<para>
All unmodified letter keys have changed function-- the
<keycap>N</keycap> and <keycap>P</keycap> keys, for
example, no longer take you to the next you to the
next or previous message. Pressing a letter will now
take you to the nearest message whose data in the sort
column begins with that letter. That is, if you press
N and you are sorting your list by sender, you will
move to a message from Nadine. If you are sorting by
subject, you'll move to the message about
nectarines. This should also work in the folder list
for folder navigation.
</para>
<para>
This means that the old single letter shortcuts have
changed as well. The new shortcuts:
<simplelist>
<member>
<keycap>,</keycap> (comma) and <keycap>.</keycap>
(period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next
and Previous unread messages. You can also use the
square brackets <keycap>]</keycap> and
<keycap>[</keycap>.
</member>
<member>
<keycap>`</keycap> (backtick) toggles
the message preview pane.
</member>
</simplelist>
Shortcuts that use the <keycap>Control</keycap> key
have not changed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Added Functionality for the "New" Button</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <guibutton>New</guibutton> now has a menu next to
it. As in Evolution 1.0, you can click the button once
to get a new item for the Evolution tool you're
using. However, if you click the small arrow menu to
the right of the button, you will find a menu that
allows you to create new items for the rest of
Evolution: All day appointments, regular appointments,
tasks and meetings for the calendar; mail messages for
the mail tool; and contacts and contact lists for the
address book.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Import Tool Now Imports Netscape Filters</term>
<listitem>
<para>
You can now import your filters, as well as your email
messages, from the Netscape mail client.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Folder Naming Internationalization</term>
<listitem>
<para>
You can now use Unicode (UTF-8) characters in the
names for IMAP folders.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Executive Summary now Reads IMAP</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The Executive Summary tool in Evolution now displays
email messages in IMAP as well as local mail folders.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Filters and vFolders Notice Moved or Missing Folders</term>
<listitem>
<para>
vFolders and filters now notice if you move or delete
a folder that they use.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>vFolder "Original Location" Feature</term>
<listitem>
<para>
vFolders can now display the actual folder location
for each message they contain. To do so, right click
on the column headers in the message list of any
vFolder, select <guimenuitem>Add a
Column</guimenuitem>, and drag the <guibutton>Original
Location</guibutton> item into position.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>New Criteria and Actions</term>
<listitem>
<para>
There are many new filter criteria and actions,
including additional message flags such as Flag for
Followup.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Folder Selection for Offline Mode</term>
<listitem>
<para>
You may now select which network folders which will be
cached locally when you go into Offline mode. This
setting may be changed from the Folders section of the
Evolution Settings window.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Resend (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This feature is often called "Bounce" or "Redirect." To
resend a message with all its headers instead of merely
forwarding it, select the message and choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>
Actions
</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>
Forward
</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>
Resend
</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Messages that contain multiple forwarded messages are
now displayed as a digest rather than inline or as a
series of attachments.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>New Mail Notification</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution
beep or play a sound file that you specify.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect1>
</preface>
