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-<!--
-<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
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-
-<chapter id="usage-calendar">
- <title>Evolution Calendar</title>
-
- <para>
- This chapter will show you how to use the Evolution
- Calendar to manage your schedule alone or in conjunction with
- peers. To learn about importing calendar data, see <xref
- linkend="importing-mail" />, which covers the Import tool.
- </para>
-
- <sect1 id ="usage-calendar-view">
- <title>Ways of Looking at your Calendar</title>
- <para>
- In Evolution, you can keep multiple calendars and overlay them
- one over the next. For example, you might have a schedule of
- events for work, one for home, and one for your favorite sports
- team. The shortcut bar lists those calendars, and you can check
- or uncheck the boxes next to them to show and hide the
- appointments in your calendar view. By hiding and showing
- different sets of appointments, you can be sure to avoid
- conflicts, while keeping a minimum of clutter in your view at
- any one time.
- </para>
- <para>
- Appointments for each calendar appear as a different color.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The toolbar offers you four different buttons that can show you
- different views of your calendar:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Day
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Work Week
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Week
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Month
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- You can also select an arbitrary range of days in the small
- calendar at the upper right. To do this, click and drag on the
- days that you wish to view in your calendar.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Prev</guilabel> and <guilabel>Next</guilabel>
- buttons will move you forward and back in your calendar pages.
- If you're looking at only one day, you'll see tomorrow's page,
- or yesterday's. If you're looking at your calendar by week or
- month, you'll move around by just that much.
- To come back to today's listing, click the
- <guilabel>Today</guilabel> button in the toolbar.
- </para>
- <para>
- To visit calendar entries for a specific date, click
- <guilabel>Go To</guilabel> and select the date in the dialog
- box that appears.
- </para>
-
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="usage-calendar-apts">
- <title>Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar</title>
-
-
- <sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-basic">
- <title>Creating Appointments</title>
- <para>
- To create a new appointment, select
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>File</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Appointment</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- click the <guilabel>New</guilabel> button on the left end
- of the toolbar, or double-click in a blank space in the calendar.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Your appointment must have a starting and ending date (by
- default, today) but you can choose whether to give it
- starting and ending times or to mark it as an <guilabel>All
- day event</guilabel>. An <guilabel>All day event</guilabel>
- appears at the top of a day's appointment list, in the grey header under the date, rather than inside
- it. That makes it easy to have appointments that overlap and fit
- inside each other. For example, a conference might be an all
- day appointment, and the meetings at the conference would be timed
- appointments. Of course, appointments with specific starting and ending
- times can also overlap. When they do they're displayed as
- multiple columns in the day view of the calendar.
- </para>
- <para>
- If you have more than one calendar, be sure to select the
- calendar in which you want to save the appointment.
- </para>
- <para>
- Evolution supports the use of
- time zones. If you share calendar files with friends or
- co-workers, it is quite possible you will need to configure
- your tim ezone. To configure your time zone:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Select
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>, and
- click the <guilabel>Calendar And Tasks</guilabel> icon
- in the settings dialog.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guilabel>Globe</guilabel> button in the
- <guilabel>Time</guilabel> section, located in the
- <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Each red dot represents a major city. Click a dot and click <guilabel>OK</guilabel> to select your time zone.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- You can also configure time zone information specific to the
- Start and End time in each appointment. To do that, simply
- create a new appointment and click on a globe to customize the
- time zone that the time exists in. For example, if you live in
- New York but have a telephone meeting set for noon with
- someone in California, you need to make sure that you're not
- calling each other a few hours off. Setting time-zones on a
- per-appointment basis helps avoid that potential confusion.
- </para>
- <note>
- <title>Multiple Simultaneous Appointments</title>
- <para>
- If you create calendar appointments that overlap,
- Evolution will display them side
- by side in your calendar. However,
- Evolution cannot help you do
- multiple things at once.
- </para>
- </note>
- <para>
- You can have several
- <guilabel>Reminders</guilabel>, any time prior to the appointment
- you've scheduled. You can have one reminder of each of the following types:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Display:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A window will pop up on your screen to remind you of
- your appointment.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Audio:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose this to have your computer deliver a sound
- alarm.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Program:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Select this if you would like to run a program as a
- reminder. You can enter its name in the text field,
- or find it with the <guilabel>Browse</guilabel>
- button.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
-
-
- <note id="reminders-when-not-running-evo">
- <title>Reminders Without Evolution</title>
- <para>
- If you have stored reminders in a local calendar, they
- will work from the moment you log in. However, for reminders
- stored on an Exchange server, you must run Evolution at
- least once after logging in. No matter where the reminders
- are stored, you can quit Evolution and still be reminded of
- an upcoming appointment.
- </para>
- </note>
-
- <para>
- If you are using a a calendar on a GroupWise or
- Exchange server, select a <guilabel>Classification</guilabel>
- for the appointment, to determine who can view it.
- <guilabel>Public</guilabel> is the default category, and a
- public appointment can be viewed by anyone on the calendar
- sharing network. <guilabel>Private</guilabel> denotes one
- level of security, and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> an even
- higher level. The different levels vary depending on your
- server settings; check with your system administrator or adjust
- your delegation settings.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- If you are using a GroupWise or Exchange server, other people
- on the server can check your schedule to see if you are
- available at any given time. If you have an appointment that
- is flexible or that you wish to designate as "Free" rather
- than "Busy" time, check the <guilabel>Free</guilabel> box in
- the<guilabel>Show Time As</guilabel> section. Normally,
- appointments display as "Busy."
- </para>
- <para>
- You can categorize appointments in the same way you can
- categorize contacts. Click the <guilabel>Categories</guilabel>
- button opens up a checklist. Check the box next to each category
- that matches the appointment you are creating.
- </para>
-
- <tip>
- <title>Adding a New Appointment Category</title>
- <para>
- You can add a new category to your category list by clicking on
- <guilabel>Edit Master Category List</guilabel> and single-clicking
- on <guilabel> Click here to add a category</guilabel>.
- </para>
- </tip>
-
- <para>
- Once you've selected your categories, click <guilabel>OK</guilabel> to
- assign these categories to the appointment. The categories you selected are now
- listed in the text box to the right of the <guilabel>Categories...</guilabel>
- button.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Appointments with categories will appear
- with icons in the calendar display, and you can also search
- for appointments by category. To display only the appointments
- in a particular category, select <guilabel>Category
- Is</guilabel> in the search bar at the top of the calendar, and
- select a category.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Recurrence</guilabel> tab lets you describe
- repetition in appointments ranging from once every day up to once
- every 100 years. You can then choose a time and date when the
- appointment will stop recurring, and, under
- <guilabel>Exceptions</guilabel>, pick individual days when the
- appointment will <emphasis>not</emphasis> recur. Make your
- selections from left to right, and you'll form a sentence:
- "Every two weeks on Monday and Friday until January 3, 2008"
- or "Every month on the first Friday for 12 occurrences."
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Once you're done with all those settings, click on the disk
- icon in the toolbar to save and close the appointment editor window.
- If you want, you can alter an appointment
- summary in the calendar view by clicking on it and typing. You
- can change other settings by right-clicking on the appointment then
- choosing <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem>, or double-clicking
- the appointment.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="old-meetings">
- <title>Deleting Old Events</title>
- <para>
- Keeping a huge list of everything you did in the past will
- eventually slow down your calendar. To delete old events, select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>Purge
- </guimenuitem></menuchoice> and enter the number of days of past
- events you wish to keep.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="usage-calendar-rsvp">
- <title>Sending a Meeting Invitation</title>
- <para>
- Evolution can be used to schedule group meetings and help you
- manage responses to meeting requests.
- </para>
- <para>
- When you create a meeting or group appointment, you can
- specify the attendees in several categories, such as "chair"
- or "required." When you save the appointment listing, each
- attendee will be sent an email with the appointment
- information and gives them the option to respond.
- </para>
-
- <note id="meeting-announce">
- <title>Simple Announcements</title>
- <para>
- If you don't need to collect attendance information when
- you're scheduling an event, and would rather just announce
- it, select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>Forward
- as iCalendar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. That will open a
- new email message with the event notification attached as
- an announcement. Recipients will be able to add the event
- to their calendars with one click, but won't automatically
- send you email about whether they'll attend.
- </para>
- </note>
-
- <para>
- To schedule a meeting:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Select
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Schedule
- Meeting</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. The
- <guilabel>Scheduling</guilabel> and
- <guilabel>Meeting</guilabel> tabs open.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- If you have multiple Evolution email accounts, choose the
- one you'll use by selecting an item in the
- <guilabel>Organizer</guilabel> field.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the space labeled <guilabel>Click here to add an
- attendee</guilabel> to enter the names and email
- addresses of people you will invite, or click the
- <guilabel>Invite Others</guilabel> to select them from
- your contacts.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Save the Appointment.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- An email is now sent out to all the recipients, inviting them to your event.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="replying-to-rsvp">
- <title>Replying to a Meeting Request</title>
- <para>
- Meeting requests are sent as iCal attachments. To view or
- respond to one, click on the attachment icon and view it
- inline in the mail window. All the details are shown about
- the event including time and dates. Then you can choose how
- to reply to the invitation. Your choices are:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Accept</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Tentatively Accept</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Decline</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- Click <guilabel>OK</guilabel> and an email will be sent to
- the organizer with your answer. The event will also be added
- to your calendar if you accept.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Note, however, that if you add a meeting to your calendar,
- there are some limitations: only the organizer of a meeting
- can add participants in a meeting. Your only options, as a
- participant, are to accept the meeting, or decline it.
- </para>
- <para>
- Once you have added the meeting to your calendar, you can make
- changes to your copy, but be aware
- that if the original organizer sends out another update, your
- changes may be overwritten.
- </para>
- <note id="organizer-only-one">
- <title>There Can Be Only One</title>
- <para>
- A meeting can have only one organizer. You can designate
- yourself the organizer of the meeting, but unless you
- coordinate that action with the organizer you are replacing,
- you could create confusion in the scheduling process. If you
- want to invite additional people to a meeting without
- changing the organizer, it's best to forward the first
- organizer's message to the additional participants.
- </para>
- </note>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="receiving-rsvp-response">
- <title>Getting Responses to Meeting Requests</title>
- <para>
- Once you get a reply to your meeting invitation, you'll need
- to view it inline in the email. Click the attachment and
- select <guimenuitem>View Inline</guimenuitem>. At the bottom, you
- can click <guilabel>OK</guilabel> to update your attendee
- list.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
-<!-- ############UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURES ###################
-
- <sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-group">
- <title>Appointments for Groups</title>
- <para>
- You can use Evolution to mark a
- meeting request on another person's calendar. To do it, click
- <guilabel>New</guilabel> in the calendar toolbar, or select
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Appointment</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> to bring
- up the <interface>new appointment</interface> window. Then
- describe the appointment as you would any other. When you are
- ready to send the invitation <guilabel>OK</guilabel>
- Evolution will automatically send
- email to each person on the request list, notifying of the
- time and date of the meeting you have requested with them. In
- addition, it will mark the appointment on your calendar and on
- theirs as tentative, rather than a confirmed, appointment.
- </para>
- <para>
- To mark a tentative appointment as confirmed, click once on the
- appointment in the <interface>calendar view</interface> to select
- it, and then choose <guimenuitem>Appointment
- Properties</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
- menu. In the <interface>Appointment Properties</interface> dialog
- window, click the "tentative" button to De-select the
- appointment.
- </para>
- <para>
- When your meeting attendees get the email inviting them to the
- meeting, they'll be able to enter the information into their
- calendars and let you know if they'll be able to attend; if
- they use Novell Evolution or
- another iCal compliant mail client, they can do this with just
- one click. When you get a response from them, it will include
- an iCal attachment. Opening and accepting this attachment will
- change the meeting data in your calendar to indicate that they
- have responded to your invitation, and whether they will be in
- attendance.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
-
- <sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-privs">
- <title>Scheduling privileges</title>
- <para>
- There are several levels of scheduling privileges. You
- can set whether people can see your calendar, whether they
- can request meetings or appointments, and whether they can
- create appointments. This section may have to be deleted,
- because I don't know if we are going to support privileges
- at all.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- ########## END UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURESET ############ -->
-
- <sect2 id="usage-calendar-freebusy">
- <title>Scheduling Meetings and The Free/Busy View</title>
- <para>
- In addition to the standard meeting scheduling tools, you can
- use the Free/Busy view to check whether people are available
- in advance. The Free/Busy feature is normally a function of
- dedicated groupware servers such as Exchange and Groupwise.
- However, you can also publish Free/Busy information online,
- and access Free/Busy information published elsewhere.
- If not everyone you collaborate with publishes Free/Busy data,
- you can still use iCal event invitations to coordinate
- schedules with other
- people.
- </para>
- <para>
- To access the free/busy view:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Open or create an appointment in the
- <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel> window.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Schedule Meeting</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Open the <guilabel>Scheduling</guilabel> tab.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
-
- <figure>
- <title>Appointment Scheduling Window</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Appointment Scheduling Window</screeninfo>
- <mediaobject><imageobject>
- <imagedata format="PNG" fileref="figures/schedule" srccredit="Kevin Breit"/>
- </imageobject></mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/full-1" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <guilabel>Attendee List</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Attendee List</guilabel> lists off the people who
- have been invited to the respective appointment. It also
- shows their RSVP status.
- </para>
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/full-2" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <guilabel>Schedule Grid</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Schedule Grid</guilabel> shows the published
- Free/Busy information for the people you have invited. This is
- where you compare people's schedules to find free time to
- schedule the appointment. Individuals will only have visible
- scheduling information if they use the same GroupWise or
- Exchange server you do (that is, if they are in the same
- organization as you), or if they publish free/busy information
- at a URL you can reach and you have entered that URL into their
- contact card using the contact editor.
- </para>
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/full-3" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <guilabel>Meeting Scheduler</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Meeting Scheduler</guilabel> allows you to
- schedule the meeting in the <guilabel>Free/Busy</guilabel> window.
- </para>
- <sect3 id="usage-calendar-freebusy-scheduling">
- <title>Scheduling an Appointment</title>
- <para>
- To schedule an appointment, you'll first need people's
- free/busy information. If you're using the Evolution Connector
- for Microsoft Exchange, all of the information is already
- available to you in the Global Address List. Otherwise, each
- person will have to email you their schedule files and you
- will have to incorporate them into your calendar.
- </para>
- <para>
- Regardless of how you get the information, Novell Evolution
- will display it in the <guilabel>Scheduling</guilabel> tab.
- The pending appointment time will appear in white with bold
- black borders. Each attendee's free and busy times appear
- color-coded next to their names in the attendee list.
- </para>
- <para>
- Adjust the meeting time, either by dragging the meeting
- borders or by using the <guilabel>Autopick</guilabel>
- buttons to choose a time automatically, then click
- <guilabel>Save and Close</guilabel>. Attendees on an
- Exchange server will have the appointment updated
- automatically; others will receive email notification of any
- change in plans.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Read <xref linkend="full-advantage"/> to learn about how to
- use this feature with the Evolution Connector for Microsoft
- Exchange.
- </para>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="publishing-freebusy">
- <title>Publishing Free/Busy Data Without a Groupware Server</title>
- <para>
- You can publish Free/Busy information to a WebDAV or other
- web server with HTTP PUT support. Check with your system
- administrator if you are not sure.
- </para>
- <para>
- To set up Free/Busy publishing, select
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>, then click the <guilabel>Calendar and
- Tasks</guilabel> tool. In the <guilabel>Free/Busy
- Publishing</guilabel> tab, click <guilabel>Add</guilabel> and
- enter the URL for your upload server. Select the frequency
- with which you wish to upload data, the calendars for which
- you wish to display data, your username and
- password, and then click <guilabel>OK</guilabel>.
- </para>
- <para>
- To have Free/Busy data published immediately, go to the
- <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel> tool and select <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Publish Free/Busy</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- </para>
- </sect3>
-
- <sect3 id="accessing-freebusy-offserver">
- <title>Accessing Free/Busy Data Without a Groupware Server</title>
- <para>
- If someone gives you a URL for Free/Busy data or their web
- calendar, you can enter it as part of their contact
- information in the <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> tool. Then,
- when you schedule a meeting with them, Evolution will look up
- their schedule and display it in the meeting planner.
- </para>
-
- </sect3>
-
- </sect2>
-
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="usage-calendar-multiple">
- <title>Multiple Calendars and Web Calendars</title>
-
- <para>
- To create a new calendar, select
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Calendar</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>. If the calendar is one you plan to store locally,
- you need only provide a name and color. If it is a remote
- calendar, enter the name, color, URL, and a refresh
- frequency. The refresh frequency determines how often Evolution
- will check to see if the calendar has changed. If you are
- working with someone who publishes an online calendar, you may
- want to check for updates every thirty minutes. On the other
- hand, if you have displayed a sports team schedule in your
- calendar, you may not need to refresh it more than once a week,
- if at all.
- </para>
- <para>
- The website <ulink
- url="http://icalshare.com">icalshare.com</ulink> has an extensive list
- of shared online calendars, including national and religious
- holidays, phases of the moon, sports, and local and regional events.
- </para>
- </sect1>
-
-
- <sect1 id="usage-calendar-todo">
- <title>The Task Pad</title>
- <para>
- The Task Pad, located in the lower right corner of the
- calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks separate from your
- calendar appointments. You can use the list
- in a larger window by choosing the <guilabel>Tasks</guilabel>
- button in the shortcut bar or in the folder tree.
- </para>
- <para>
- To record a new task, click the <guilabel>Add</guilabel>
- button in the toolbar. Evolution
- will pop up a small window with five items in it:
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guilabel>Summary:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The description you enter here will appear in the To Do
- list itself.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guilabel>Due Date:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Decide when this item is
- due. You can either type in a date and time, or select one from
- the <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel> and <guilabel>time</guilabel> drop-down menus.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Start Date:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The date you intend to start working.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guilabel>Description:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- If you wish, you can keep a more detailed description of
- the item here. For example, you can note that a task is
- in progress, and display how close it is to completion.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Classification:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Sets who will see it if your calendar is shared.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- There are more options in the <guilabel>Details</guilabel> tab such as priority and progress settings.
- </para>
- <para>
- Once you've added a task to your to-do list, its summary
- appears in the <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> section of task
- list. To view or edit a detailed description of an item,
- double-click on it, or right click on it and select <guilabel>Open</guilabel>. You can delete items by selecting
- them and clicking on the <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> button.
- </para>
- <para>
- The list of tasks is sorted in a similar way to the list of
- email messages in Novell Evolution
- Mail. Click once on the message headers to change
- the direction and type of sorting, or right-click to add or
- remove columns from the display.
- </para>
- <sect2 id="task-folders">
- <title>Task Groups</title>
- <para>
- As with calendars, you can create multiple task groups. Task
- groups are more easily organized in the dedicated
- <guilabel>Tasks</guilabel> tool. Each task group is assigned a
- color, and in the <guilabel>Tasks</guilabel> tool shortcut bar
- you can hide and show task groups just like calendars. In the
- calendar display task pad, tasks from all visible task groups
- will appear, color coded by group. To create a new task
- group, select <menuchoice><guimenu>New</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Task Group</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You will
- be prompted for a name, color, and location for the task
- group. If the task group is online, you will need to provide
- the URL for it.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-
-</chapter>