aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>2001-08-21 06:46:44 +0800
committerAaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org>2001-08-21 06:46:44 +0800
commite6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218 (patch)
tree4a6618752a6bd0c1f708fe92e394603791930781
parentf3d8243e6336b50fca51415e5d8e9c4a93de0afd (diff)
downloadgsoc2013-evolution-e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218.tar
gsoc2013-evolution-e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218.tar.gz
gsoc2013-evolution-e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218.tar.bz2
gsoc2013-evolution-e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218.tar.lz
gsoc2013-evolution-e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218.tar.xz
gsoc2013-evolution-e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218.tar.zst
gsoc2013-evolution-e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218.zip
Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.
2001-08-20 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file. Rewrote intro. * C/usage-contact.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Put summary-type info into this file from other chapters. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12328
-rw-r--r--help/C/preface.sgml1
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-calendar.sgml74
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-contact.sgml76
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml42
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-mail.sgml178
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml295
-rw-r--r--help/ChangeLog27
7 files changed, 372 insertions, 321 deletions
diff --git a/help/C/preface.sgml b/help/C/preface.sgml
index f1f14584b5..fa03971fc9 100644
--- a/help/C/preface.sgml
+++ b/help/C/preface.sgml
@@ -167,3 +167,4 @@
</formalpara>
</sect1>
</preface>
+
diff --git a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
index 7d009eeb8c..8c4b48ebc2 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
@@ -4,66 +4,15 @@
<chapter id="usage-calendar">
<title>Managing your Schedule</title>
- <para>
- To begin using the calendar, select
- <guibutton>Calendar</guibutton> from the <interface>shortcut
- bar</interface>. By default, the calendar starts showing today's
- schedule on a ruled background. At the upper right, there's a
- monthly calendar you can use to switch days. Below that, there's
- a <guilabel>TaskPad</guilabel>, where you can keep a list of tasks
- separate from your calendar appointments. The calendar's daily
- view is shown in <xref linkend="usage-calendar-fig">.
- <!-- ============== Figure ============================= -->
- <figure id="usage-calendar-fig">
- <title>Evolution Calendar View</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Evolution Contact Manager Window</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="figures/calendar" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
- </graphic>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
- <!-- ============== End of Figure ============================= -->
+ <para>
+ This chapter will show you how to use the Ximian Evolution
+ Calendar to manage your schedule alone or in conjunction with
+ others.
+ </para>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-1" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Appointment List</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Appointment List</guilabel> is responsible for showing you all of
- your scheduled appointments, whether they are all day appointments or simply one time
- appointments that last a half an hour.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-2" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Todo List</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Todo List</guilabel> compliments the <guilabel>Appointment List
- </guilabel> as it keeps track of your chores or tasks which don't have
- any time associated with them. These may include "Clean Room" or "Call
- Repairman".
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-3" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Calendar Window</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Calendar Window</guilabel> has a graphical representation of
- the calendar, so you can select what days to view in the <guilabel>Appointment
- List</guilabel>.
- </para>
-
<sect1 id ="usage-calendar-view">
<title>Ways of Looking at your Calendar</title>
-
<para>
The toolbar offers you four different views of your calendar:
one day, five days, a week, or a month at once. Press the
@@ -87,19 +36,6 @@
box that appears.
</para>
-
-<!-- ############### FIXME FIXME FIXME ############
-Feature not yet implemented, and may not be implemented due to
-lack of time, resources, and interest.
- <para>
- In addition, <application>Evolution</application> supports
- Hebrew, Muslim, and other calendar formats. To switch to a
- different calendar format, choose
- <guimenuitem>GUIMENUITEM</guimenuitem> from the
- <guimenu>GUIMENU</guimenu>.
- </para>
-################ END FIXME AREA ################## -->
-
</sect1>
<sect1 id="usage-calendar-apts">
<title>Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar</title>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
index a168ef1087..ec3d504f6b 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
@@ -4,76 +4,21 @@
<chapter id="usage-contact">
<title>Working with Your Contacts</title>
- <abstract>
- <para>
- The <application>Evolution</application> address book can
- handle all of the functions of an address book, phone book, or
- Rolodex. Of course, it's a lot easier to update
- <application>Evolution</application> than it is to change an
- actual paper book. <application>Evolution</application> also
- allows easy synchronization with hand-held devices. Since
- <application>Evolution</application> supports the <glossterm
- linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> directory protocol, you can use
- it with almost any type of existing directory server on your
- network.
- </para>
- <para>
- Another advantage of the <application>Evolution</application>
- address book is its integration with the rest of the
- application. When you look for someone's address, you can also
- see a history of appointments with that person. Or, you can
- create address cards from emails with just a few clicks. In
- addition, searches and folders work in the same way they do in
- the rest of <application>Evolution</application>.
- </para>
- <para>
- This chapter will show you how to use the
- <application>Evolution</application> address book to organize
- any amount of contact information, share addresses over a
- network, and several ways to save time with everyday tasks. To
- learn about configuring the address book, see <xref
- linkend="config-prefs-contact">.
- </para>
- </abstract>
- <sect1 id="usage-contact-basic">
- <title>Getting Started With the Address Book</title>
-
- <figure id="usage-contact-fig">
- <title>Evolution Contact Interface</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Evolution Contact List Window</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="figures/contact" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
- </graphic>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-1" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Contact List</guilabel> lists your contacts.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- To open your address book, click on
- <guibutton>Contacts</guibutton> in the shortcut bar, or select
- one of your contacts folders from the folder bar. <xref
- linkend="usage-contact-fig"> shows the address book in all
- its organizational glory. By default, the address book
- shows all your cards in alphabetical order, in a <glossterm
- linkend="minicard">minicard</glossterm> view. You can select
- other views from the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu, and adjust
- the width of the columns by clicking and dragging the grey
- column dividers.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ This chapter will show you how to use the
+ <application>Evolution</application> address book to organize
+ any amount of contact information, share addresses over a
+ network, and several ways to save time with everyday tasks. To
+ learn about configuring the address book, see <xref
+ linkend="config-prefs-contact">.
+ </para>
<para>
The toolbar for the address book is quite simple.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- <guibutton>New</guibutton> creates a new card.
+ Click <guibutton>New</guibutton> to create a new card, or double-click
+ in a blank space in the contact list.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
@@ -108,7 +53,6 @@
more than a few people listed, you'll want some way of finding
them more quickly, which is why there's a search feature.
</para>
- </sect1>
<sect1 id="usage-contact-cards">
<title>The Contact Editor</title>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml b/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
index dc4a5d3160..7c18a2e820 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
@@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
<chapter id="usage-exec-summary">
<title>Using the Ximian Evolution Summary</title>
- <para>
- The Ximian Evolution Summary is designed to show you a
- summary of important information: the appointments for a given
- day, important email, and so forth. To see the Summary,
- click on the <guibutton>Summary</guibutton>
- button in the shortcut bar, or select the
- <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> folder in the folder
- bar.
- </para>
+
<sect1 id="exec-intro">
<title>Introducing Summary</title>
<para>
- The first thing you'll want to do with Summary
- is add a service. Go to
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- then select one of the available
- services. Services may vary depending upon your system, but
- most installations will have at least the following options:
+ The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to
+ know at a glance. To make it work for you, you can customize
+ it so it displays the information you want, when you want it.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To begin customizing your Summary, select <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Summary
+ Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>, 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>
@@ -174,14 +168,4 @@
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
-</chapter>
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+</chapter> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
index 53f01af0da..54922ecac4 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
@@ -1,69 +1,29 @@
<!--
<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
-->
+
<chapter id="usage-mail">
<title>Using Evolution for Email</title>
- <abstract>
- <title> A Guide to the Evolution Mailer</title>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> email is like other email
- programs in all the ways that matter:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- It can sort and organize your mail in a wide variety of ways with
- folders, searches, and filters.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- It can send and receive mail in HTML or as plain text, and
- makes it easy to send and recieve multiple file attachments.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- It supports multiple mail sources, including <glossterm
- linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>, <glossterm
- linkend="pop">POP3</glossterm>, local
- <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem> and
- <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem> files, and
- even NNTP messages (newsgroups), which aren't technically
- email.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Lets you enhance your security with encryption.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- However, <application>Evolution</application> has some important
- differences. First, it's built to handle very large amounts of
- mail. Both the <link
- linkend="usage-mail-organize-filters">filtering</link> and <link
- linkend="usage-mail-organize-search">searching</link> functions
- were built for speed and efficiency on large volumes of
- mail. There's also the <application>Evolution</application>
- <link linkend="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">vFolder</link>, an
- advanced organizational feature not found in mainstream mail
- clients. If you get a lot of mail, or if you keep every message
- you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll find this
- feature especially useful.
- </para>
- </abstract>
+ <para>
+ This chapter, and <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize">, will
+ provide you with an in-depth guide to the capabilities of
+ Evolution as a mail client. For information about how to set up
+ your mail account, see <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail">.
+ </para>
<sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-read">
- <title>Reading Mail</title>
- <para>
- You can start reading email by clicking
- <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> in the shortcut bar. The first
- time you use <application>Evolution</application>, it will
- start with the <interface>Inbox</interface> open and show you a
- message from Ximian welcoming you to the application.
- </para>
+ <title>Reading Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ Start the mail client by clicking on the
+ <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> icon in the shortcut bar, or by
+ selecting a mail folder in the folder bar. To read a message,
+ select it in the message list; if you'd like to see it in its
+ own window, double-click on it or press
+ <keycombo action="simul">
+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
+ <keycap>O</keycap>
+ </keycombo>.
+ </para>
<tip id="spaceandbs">
<title>Reading Mail with the Keyboard</title>
@@ -74,80 +34,6 @@
</para>
</tip>
- <para>
- Your <application>Evolution</application>
- <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> will look something like the one in
- <xref linkend="usage-mail-intro-fig">.
- If you find the <interface>view pane</interface> too small, you can resize
- the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click on the
- message in the <interface>message list</interface> to have it
- open in a new window. To change the sizes of a pane, just click
- and hold on the divider between the two panes. Then you can drag
- up and down to select the size of the panes. Just like with
- folders, you can right-click on messages in the message list and
- get a menu of possible actions.
- </para>
-
- <!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
-
- <figure id="usage-mail-intro-fig">
- <title>Evolution Mail</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Inbox</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="figures/mail-inbox" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
- </graphic>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-1" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Email Viewer</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This is where your email is displayed.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-2" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Email List</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Email List</guilabel> displays all the emails that you
- have. This includes all your read, unread, and email that is flagged
- to be deleted.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are
- listed in the <guimenu>Message</guimenu> menu in the menu bar.
- The most frequently used ones, like
- <guimenuitem>Reply</guimenuitem> and
- <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem>, also appear as buttons in
- the toolbar. Almost all of them are also located in the
- right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts, which tend to be
- faster once you get the hang of them. You can choose whichever
- way you like best; the idea is that the software should work the
- way you want, rather than making you work the way the it does.
-
- <tip id="view-headers">
- <title>Email Headers</title>
- <para>
- To look at the complete headers for email messages, select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
- Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Full
- Headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To see absolutely every
- bit, choose
- <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
- Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Email Source
- </guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
- </para>
- </tip>
-
- </para>
-
<sect2 id="usage-mail-listorder">
<title>Sorting the message list</title>
<para>
@@ -166,6 +52,21 @@
instructions on how to customize your message display
columns in <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-columns">.
</para>
+
+ <tip id="view-headers">
+ <title>Email Headers</title>
+ <para>
+ To look at the complete headers for email messages, select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
+ Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Full
+ Headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To see absolutely every
+ bit, choose
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
+ Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Email Source
+ </guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+
<para>
You can also choose a threaded message view. Select
<menuchoice>
@@ -912,16 +813,15 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
<para>
Some people do not have HTML-capable mail clients, or
prefer not to receive HTML-enhanced mail because it is
- slower to download and display. <emphasis>Some</emphasis>
- people don't like HTML mail and
- get very angry if you send them HTML mail, which is why
+ slower to download and display. Because some people may
+ prefer not to get HTML mail,
<application>Evolution</application> sends plain text
unless you explicitly ask for HTML. To send HTML mail,
you will need to select <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Format</guimenu> <guimenuitem>
- HTML</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternately, you can set
- your default mail format preferences in the mail
- configuration dialog. See <xref
+ HTML</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To send all your mail as
+ HTML, you can set your default mail format preferences in
+ the mail configuration dialog. See <xref
linkend="config-prefs-mail-other"> for more information.
</para>
</note>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
index 26db4d892d..7d54c9a033 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
</para>
<sect2 id="first-step">
- <title>Step 1 of 4</title>
+ <title>Defining Your Identity</title>
<para>
The Identity window is the first of four steps in the
assistant. The identity step will ask you to enter your basic
- personal information.
+ personal information. You can define multiple identities
+ later on with the <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Mail Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> tool.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="second-step">
- <title>Step 2 of 4</title>
+ <title>Recieving Email</title>
<para>
The <guilabel>Recieving Email</guilabel> step lets you configure
receving email people have sent you.
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="third-step">
- <title>Step 3 or 4</title>
+ <title>Sending Email</title>
<para>
The <guilabel>Sending Email</guilabel> step lets you configure sending
email.
@@ -202,13 +204,10 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="fourth-step">
- <title>Step 4 of 4</title>
+ <title>Importing Mail (Optional)</title>
<para>
- Chances are, <application>Evolution</application> isn't your first email
- program. You're probably switching from another program and will want
- access to your email from your old program. It's for exactly these
- situations that <application>Evolution</application> includes an import
- feature.
+ If <application>Evolution</application> finds mail or address
+ files from another application, it will offer to import them.
</para>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> can import the following types of
@@ -522,7 +521,7 @@
</para>
<tip id="foldertips">
- <title>Navigating without the Folder Bar</title>
+ <title>Navigating without the Folder Bar or the Shortcut Bar</title>
<para>
You don't need the folder bar or the shortcut bar to move
around the main window. You can use <keycap>Tab</keycap> to
@@ -535,9 +534,8 @@
</tip>
<para>
- If you get any serious amount of mail, you'll want more folders
- than just your Inbox.
- To create a new folder:
+ If you get large volumes of mail, you'll want more folders than
+ just your Inbox. To create a new folder:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -758,10 +756,275 @@
everything that's going on.
</para>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="basics-summary">
+ <title>Introducing the Summary</title>
+ <para>
+ The Ximian Evolution Summary provides you with a quick
+ run-down of important information: your appointments for a
+ given day, how much new mail you have, headlines from
+ selected news services, and so forth. To see the Summary,
+ click on the <guibutton>Summary</guibutton> button in the
+ shortcut bar, or select the <guilabel>Summary</guilabel>
+ folder in the folder bar.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ FIXME: Insert picture of the Summary and labels here.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ To add additional services to your Summary, or to edit the
+ existing services, select
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="basics-mail">
+ <title>Introducing Email</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> email is like other
+ email programs in several ways:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It can sort and organize your mail in a wide variety of
+ ways with folders, searches, and filters.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It can send and receive mail in HTML or as plain text,
+ and makes it easy to send and recieve multiple file
+ attachments.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It supports multiple mail sources, including <glossterm
+ linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>, <glossterm
+ linkend="pop">POP3</glossterm>, local
+ <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem> and
+ <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem> files,
+ and even NNTP messages (newsgroups), which aren't
+ technically email.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It lets you guard your privacy with encryption.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ However, <application>Evolution</application> has some
+ important differences. First, it's built to handle very large
+ amounts of mail. Both the <link
+ linkend="usage-mail-organize-filters">filtering</link> and
+ <link linkend="usage-mail-organize-search">searching</link>
+ functions were built for speed and efficiency on large volumes
+ of mail. There's also the <application>Evolution</application>
+ <link linkend="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">vFolder</link>,
+ an advanced organizational feature not found in mainstream
+ mail clients. If you get a lot of mail, or if you keep every
+ message you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll
+ find this feature especially useful.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Here's what the mailer looks like:
+
+ <!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
+
+ <figure id="usage-mail-intro-fig">
+ <title>Evolution Mail</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Inbox</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="figures/mail-inbox" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
+</para>
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-1"
+ format="png"></inlinegraphic> <guilabel>Email
+ Viewer</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is where your email is displayed.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-2"
+ format="png"></inlinegraphic> <guilabel>Email List</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Email List</guilabel> displays all the emails
+ that you have. This includes all your read, unread, and email
+ that is flagged to be deleted.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you find the <interface>view pane</interface> too small, you can resize
+ the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click on the
+ message in the <interface>message list</interface> to have it
+ open in a new window. To change the sizes of a pane, just click
+ and hold on the divider between the two panes. Then you can drag
+ up and down to select the size of the panes. Just like with
+ folders, you can right-click on messages in the message list and
+ get a menu of possible actions.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are
+ listed in the <guimenu>Message</guimenu> menu in the menu bar.
+ The most frequently used ones, like
+ <guimenuitem>Reply</guimenuitem> and
+ <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem>, also appear as buttons in
+ the toolbar. Almost all of them are also located in the
+ right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts, which tend to be
+ faster once you get the hang of them. You can choose
+ whichever way you like best; the idea is that the software
+ should work the way you want, rather than making you work the
+ way the it does.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For an in-depth guide to the email capabilities of Ximian
+ Evolution, read <xref linkend="usage-mail">.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="basics-calendar">
+ <title>Introducing the Calendar</title>
+ <para>
+ To begin using the calendar, select
+ <guibutton>Calendar</guibutton> from the <interface>shortcut
+ bar</interface>. By default, the calendar starts showing
+ today's schedule on a ruled background. At the upper right,
+ there's a monthly calendar you can use to switch days. Below
+ that, there's a <guilabel>TaskPad</guilabel>, where you can
+ keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments.
+ The day view in the calendar looks like this:
+
+ <!-- ============== Figure ============================= -->
+ <figure id="usage-calendar-fig">
+ <title>Evolution Calendar View</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Evolution Contact Manager Window</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="figures/calendar" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+ <!-- ============== End of Figure ============================= -->
+
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-1"
+ format="png"></inlinegraphic> <guilabel>Appointment
+ List</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Appointment List</guilabel> is responsible for showing you all of
+ your scheduled appointments, whether they are all day appointments or simply one time
+ appointments that last a half an hour.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-2" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Todo List</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Todo List</guilabel> compliments the
+ <guilabel>Appointment List </guilabel> as it keeps track of
+ tasks which don't have any time associated with them. These
+ may include "" or "Call Repairman". </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-3" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Calendar Window</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Calendar Window</guilabel> has a graphical representation of
+ the calendar, so you can select what days to view in the <guilabel>Appointment
+ List</guilabel>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For more information about the calendar
+ read <xref linkend="usage-calendar">.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="basics-contacts">
+ <title>Introducing the Address Book</title>
+ <para>
+ The <application>Evolution</application> address book can
+ handle all of the functions of an address book, phone book, or
+ Rolodex. Of course, it's a lot easier to update
+ <application>Evolution</application> than it is to change an
+ actual paper book. <application>Evolution</application> also
+ allows easy synchronization with hand-held devices. Since
+ <application>Evolution</application> supports the <glossterm
+ linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> directory protocol, you can
+ use it with almost any type of existing directory server on
+ your network.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Another advantage of the <application>Evolution</application>
+ address book is its integration with the rest of the
+ application. For example, you can create an address card from
+ an email just by right-clicking on the sender's email address.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To open your address book, click on
+ <guibutton>Contacts</guibutton> in the shortcut bar, or select
+ one of your contacts folders from the folder bar. <xref
+ linkend="usage-contact-fig"> shows the address book in all its
+ organizational glory. By default, the address book shows all
+ your cards in alphabetical order, in a <glossterm
+ linkend="minicard">minicard</glossterm> view. You can select
+ other views from the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu, and adjust
+ the width of the columns by clicking and dragging the grey
+ column dividers.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The address book looks like this:
+
+ <figure id="usage-contact-fig">
+ <title>Evolution Contact Interface</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Evolution Contact List Window</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="figures/contact" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-1"
+ format="png"></inlinegraphic> <guilabel>Contact
+ List</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Contact List</guilabel> lists your contacts.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For detailed instructions on how to use the address book,
+ read <xref linkend="usage-contact">.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
</sect1>
-
</chapter>
-
diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog
index 07d313c894..4ee54f5cef 100644
--- a/help/ChangeLog
+++ b/help/ChangeLog
@@ -1,12 +1,35 @@
+2001-08-20 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>
+
+ * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the
+ usage-mainwindow.sgml file. Rewrote intro.
+
+ * C/usage-contact.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the
+ usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro.
+
+ * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the
+ usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro.
+
+ * C/usage-mail.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the
+ usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro.
+
+ * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Put summary-type info into
+ this file from other chapters.
+
+ * C/topic.dat: New file. Help Menu info.
+
2001-08-20 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
* C/usage-calendar.sgml: Did more event -> appointment conversions.
2001-08-18 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
- * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Renamed events to appointments (please review for me as it was a simple regex replace).
+ * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Renamed events to appointments (please
+ review for me as it was a simple regex replace).
- * C/usage-mail.sgml: Removed "emoticon" and "root of all evil", removed gargantuan, removed instances of "the the", changes Virtual Folders to vFolders, renamed "Attachements and HTML Mail" section, reworded "Embellish" to say "Enhance"
+ * C/usage-mail.sgml: Removed "emoticon" and "root of all evil",
+ removed gargantuan, removed instances of "the the", changes
+ Virtual Folders to vFolders, renamed "Attachements and HTML Mail"
+ section, reworded "Embellish" to say "Enhance"
2001-08-17 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>