<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, you may
want to know what has changed in this release. Aside from
performance benefits like faster POP server interaction, there
are new features and options, including some that may surprise
or confuse you. Here is a list of new and changed features:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Configuration 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>
Configure
</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Folder Preferences for Autocompletion and Offline Mode</term>
<listitem>
<para>
You may now select which network folders which will be
cached locally when you go into Offline mode. Offline
mode now works better in general.
</para>
<para>
You may also select which contact folders will be used
to autocomplete addresses in the mail composer.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
<listitem>
<para>
To redirect a message with all its headers instead of
merely forwarding it, select the message and choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>
Actions
</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>
Forward
</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>
Redirect
</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Messages that have been forwarded to you as
attachments are now displayed in "Digest Mode" rather
than inline.
</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>
<varlistentry>
<term>Letter Keyboard Shortcuts</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Pressing an unmodified letter key in the Folder Bar
now takes you to the next folder that starts with that
letter; if there are several, you can press the key
again and it will go to the next folder that starts
with that letter. Similarly, you can press a letter
key in the message list and the message selection will
move to the next message whose sender begins with that
letter. For example, you could press the
<keycap>r</keycap> key to go to the next message that
Russell sent you.
</para>
<para>
That means that unmodified letter shortcuts from
Evolution 1.0 won't work any more. The changes are:
<simplelist>
<member>
<keycap>,</keycap> (comma) and <keycap>.</keycap>
(period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next
and Previous unread messages
</member>
<member>
<keycap>'</keycap> (the single apostrophe) toggles
the message preview pane.
</member>
</simplelist>
Shortcuts that used the <keycap>Control</keycap> key
are not affected.
</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>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect1>
</preface>
