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authorAaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>2001-09-11 10:36:29 +0800
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Contact lists.
2001-09-10 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-contact.sgml: Contact lists. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Contact Lists. * C/menuref.sgml: Verified and Corrected. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12762
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@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-<!--
<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
--->
<chapter id="usage-contact">
<title>Working with Your Contacts</title>
@@ -17,29 +15,19 @@
The toolbar for the address book is quite simple.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- Click <guibutton>New</guibutton> to create a new card, or double-click
+ Click <guibutton>New Contact</guibutton> to create a new card, or double-click
in a blank space in the contact list.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <guibutton>Find</guibutton> brings up an in-depth search window.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- <guibutton>Print</guibutton> sends one or more of your cards to the printer.
+ Click <guibutton>New List</guibutton> to create a new card, or double-click
+ in a blank space in the contact list.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> deletes a selected card.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para> <guibutton>View All</guibutton> displays all
- the address information in the folder. Use this button to
- refresh the display for a network folder, or to switch from
- viewing the results of a search and see all your contacts.
- <!-- Lets xref to search feature -->
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para> <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> stops loading
+
+ <listitem><para> The <guiicon>printer</guiicon> icon sends one
+ or more of your cards to the printer. </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para> The <guiicon>stop sign</guiicon> icon stops loading
contact data from the network. This button is only
relevant if you are looking at contact information on a
network. </para></listitem>
@@ -189,13 +177,14 @@
<term>Multiple Values for Fields</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- If you click on the small arrow buttons next to the
- <guilabel>Primary Email</guilabel> field, you can also
- choose <guilabel>Email 2</guilabel> and
+ If you click on the downward pointing triangle buttons
+ next to the <guilabel>Primary Email</guilabel> field,
+ you can also choose <guilabel>Email 2</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Email 3</guilabel>. Although the contact
editor will only display one of those at any given
- time, <application>Evolution</application> will
- store them all. The arrow buttons next to the
+ time, <application>Evolution</application> will store
+ them all. Entries that have information in them have
+ a check mark next to them. The buttons next to the
telephone and postal address fields work in the same
way.
</para>
@@ -370,7 +359,9 @@
to organize your cards. The first way is to use folders;
this works the same way mail folders do. For more
flexibility, you can also mark contacts as elements of
- different categories.
+ different categories. To better integrate with email tools,
+ you can also create lists of contacts that you can send mail
+ to as a single person.
</para>
<sect3 id="usage-contact-organize-group-folder">
@@ -432,6 +423,72 @@
-->
</sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="usage-contact-organize-group-list">
+ <title>Creating a List of Contacts</title>
+ <para>
+ To create a list of contacts:
+
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open the list creation dialog box by clicking the
+ <guibutton>New List</guibutton> button or selecting
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>
+ File
+ </guimenu>
+ <guisubmenu>
+ New
+ </guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>
+ Contact List
+ </guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter a name for the list.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter names or email addresses of contacts, or just
+ drag contacts from the main window into the list.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose whether you would like to hide the email
+ addresses when you send a message to the list.
+ Unless it is a very small list, it is recommended
+ that you leave the addresses hidden. This is the
+ same thing as using the "Bcc:" feature discussed in
+ <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to-types">.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para>
+ When you are done, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The
+ list will appear as a contact card, which you can use as
+ you would any other. That includes emailing the list to
+ another person, and, of course, sending email to the list.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To mail the list, open a new email and type the name you
+ chose for the list. Ximian Evolution will address the
+ message to the entire list when you send it. You can also
+ right-click on the list's address card in the Contact
+ Manager and select <guimenuitem>Send Message to
+ List</guimenuitem>,
+ <para>
+ </sect3>
+
+
</sect2>
</sect1>