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-<!--
- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
--->
-<chapter id="usage-mainwindow">
-
- <title>The Main Window: Evolution Basics</title>
- <para>
- Start <application>Evolution</application> by selecting
- <guimenuitem>Evolution</guimenuitem> from your
- <guimenu>Programs</guimenu> menu, or by typing
- <command>evolution</command> at the command line. The first time
- you run the program, it will create a directory called
- <filename>evolution</filename> in your home directory, where it
- will keep all your <application>Evolution</application>-related
- files. At this point, it will also offer to import old messages
- from other mail clients, such as Netscape mail.
- </para>
- <para>
- After <application>Evolution</application> starts up, you will
- see the <interface>main window</interface>, with the
- <interface>Inbox</interface> open. It should look a lot like the
- picture in <xref linkend="usage-mainwindow-fig">. On the left of
- the <interface>main window</interface> is the <interface>shortcut
- bar</interface>, with several buttons in it. Just underneath the
- title bar is a series of menus in the <interface>menu
- bar</interface>, and below that, the <interface>tool
- bar</interface> with buttons for different functions. The largest
- part of the <interface>main window</interface> is taken up by the
- content view, where your messages are displayed. Above that is
- the message list view, where a summary of your email is displayed.
- If you're running the program for the first time,
- you'll have one message: a welcome from Ximian.
-
-
-<!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
- <figure id="usage-mainwindow-fig">
- <title>Evolution Main Window and Inbox</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="fig/mainwindow-pic" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
- </graphic>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
-</para>
-
- <para>
- <note>
- <title>The Way Evolution Looks</title>
- <para>
- Both <application>GNOME</application> and <application>
- Evolution</application>'s appearances can be customized,
- so your graphics may not look the same as the screenshots.
- </para>
- </note>
- </para>
-
- <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-shortcutbar">
- <title>The Shortcut Bar</title>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application>'s most important job is
- to give you access to your information and help you use it
- quickly. One way it does that is through the
- <interface>shortcut bar</interface>, the column on the left
- hand side of the main window. The large buttons with names
- like <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> and
- <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> are the shortcuts, and you can
- select different groups of shortcuts by clicking the
- rectangular group buttons.
- </para>
- <para>
- Take a look at the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>
- The shortcut buttons in that category are:
-
- <variablelist>
-
-<!-- NOT IMPLEMENTED!
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guibutton>Today:</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This will bring up a summary of any new messages you've
- received, along with the tasks and appointments you have
- lined up for today.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
--->
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guibutton>My Evolution</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Start your day here. <guilabel>My Evolution</guilabel>
- gives you a quick summary of new or important messages,
- daily appointments and urgent tasks. You can customize
- its appearance and content, and use it to access
- Evolution services.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> button to start
- reading your mail. Your Inbox is also where you can
- access Evolution's tools to filter, sort, organize, and
- search your mail.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guibutton>Calendar</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The Calendar can store your appointments and To do lists
- for you. Connected to a network, you can use it to keep
- a group of people on schedule and up to date.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guibutton>Tasks</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A full-size view of your calendar's task pad.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guibutton>Contacts</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The Contact Manager holds your addresses, phone numbers,
- and contact information. Like calendar information,
- contact data can be synchronized with hand-held devices
- and shared over a network.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-<!-- NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guibutton>Notes:</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para> The note pad is your catch-all tool: use it to take
- messages from phone conversations, keep small things
- organized, write <glossterm linkend="haiku">haiku</glossterm>, or whatever
- you like. This feature is not yet implemented, but will be
- soon. See <xref linkend="usage-notes"> for more
- information.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
--->
-
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- If you don't like the shortcut bar, you can use the folder bar
- or the menu bar to navigate the main window. Press
- <keycombo action="simul">
- <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
- <keycap>O</keycap>
- </keycombo>
- to choose from a list of folders you'd like to visit, or use the
- drop-down folder bar. You can hide and show the folder bar and
- the shortcut bar by selecting those items in the
- <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu.
- </para>
-
- <tip>
- <title>Shortcut Bar Tricks</title>
- <para>
- To remove a shortcut from the shortcut bar, right-click on it
- and select <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>. To add one,
- select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Evolution Bar
- Shortcut</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
- </para>
- <para>
- To change the way the shortcut bar looks, right-click in an
- empty space on the shortcut bar. From the menu that appears,
- you can select icon sizes.
- </para>
- </tip>
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-folderbar">
- <title>Folders and The Folder Bar</title>
- <para>
- The <interface>folder bar</interface> is a more comprehensive
- way to view the information you've stored with
- <application>Evolution</application>. It displays all your
- appointments, address cards, and email in a tree that's a lot
- like a <glossterm linkend="filetree">file
- tree</glossterm>&mdash; it starts small at the top, and branches
- downwards. On most computers, there will be three or four
- folders at the base. First is the <guilabel>Local</guilabel>
- folder, which holds all the <application>Evolution</application>
- data that's stored on your computer. After that are
- <guilabel>Other Contacts</guilabel>, <glossterm
- linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> contact directories stored on a
- network, followed by any <glossterm
- linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm> mail folders you may have
- available to you over your network. Lastly, there are
- <guilabel>Virtual Folders</guilabel>, discussed in <xref
- linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">,
- </para>
- <para>
-
- A typical <guilabel>Local</guilabel> folder contains the following folders:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>My Evolution</guilabel>, a quick summary to help you do
- your tasks.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>, for appointments and
- event listings.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel>, for address cards.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel>, for messages you started and didn't finish.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>, for incoming mail.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, for messages you have written
- but not yet sent. This will be empty unless you use
- <application>Evolution</application> while offline.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Sent</guilabel>, for sent mail.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, a virtual folder view of all
- the messages you have marked for deletion but not yet
- <glossterm linkend="expunge">expunged</glossterm>. Note that
- once you have expunged a message, it
- is gone for good.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </para>
- <tip id="foldertips">
- <title>Navigating without the Folder 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
- switch from one part of the window to another, and the folder
- menu on the right side of the window just below the toolbar
- to move about the folder tree, even with the folder and
- shortcut bars hidden.
- </para>
- </tip>
-
- <para>
- If you get any serious amount of mail, you'll want more folders
- than just your Inbox. To create a new folder, select
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
- <keycombo action="simul">
- <keycap>Shift</keycap>
- <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
- <keycap>E</keycap>
- </keycombo>. You'll be
- asked where you want to put it, and what kind of folder it
- should be. You can choose from three types:
- <guilabel>Mail</guilabel>, for storing mail,
- <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel> for storing calendars, and
- <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> for storing contacts.
- </para>
-
- <sect2 id="subfolders">
- <title>Subfolders</title>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> can also manage subfolders.
- Subfolders are folders inside of folders. This works well if
- you want to try to separate your home folders from your work
- folders.
- </para>
-
-
-
- <note>
- <title>Folders Have Limits</title>
- <para>
- Calendars must go in calendar folders, mail in mail
- folders, and contacts in contact folders.
- </para>
- </note>
-
- <para>
- Right-clicking will bring up a menu for just about anything
- in GNOME, and <application>Evolution</application> is no
- exception. If you right-click on a folder, you'll have a
- menu with the following options:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem>, to view the folder. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Open in New Window</guimenuitem>, to see it in a new Evolution window. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem>, to move the folder to another location. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>, to duplicate the folder. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>, to delete the folder and all its contents. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem>, to change its name. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Create New Folder</guimenuitem>, to create another folder in the same location. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Add to Shortcut Bar</guimenuitem>, to add the folder to your shortcut bar. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>, to view or change the folder properties. </para></listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- You can also rearrange folders and messages with by dragging and
- dropping them.
- </para>
-
-
-
-<!--
- <tip>
- <title>Context-Sensitive Help</title>
- <para>
- GNOME 2.0 offers context-sensitive help, which means you can
- almost always get help on an item by right-clicking it. If
- you're not sure what something is, or don't know what you can
- do with it, choosing <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> from the
- right-click menu is a good way to find out.
- </para>
- </tip>
--->
-
- <para>
- Any time new information arrives in a folder, that folder label
- is displayed in bold text, along with the amount of new messages in
- that folder inside of paranthesis.
- </para>
-</sect2>
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-menubar">
- <title>The Menu Bar</title>
- <para>
- The <interface>menu bar</interface>'s contents will always
- provide all the possible actions for any given view of your
- data. That means that, depending on the context, menu bar items
- will change. If you're looking at your Inbox, most of the menu
- items will relate to mail; some will relate to other components
- of <application>Evolution</application> and some, especially
- those in the <guimenu>File Menu</guimenu> will relate to the
- application as a whole. The contents of the menu bar are
- described in <xref linkend="menuref">.
- </para>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>File</guimenu></term>
-
- <listitem><para>
- Anything even related to a file or to the operations
- of the application generally falls under this
- menu: creating things, saving them to disk,
- printing them, and quitting the program itself.
-
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu></term>
- <listitem><para>
- The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu holds
- useful tools that help you edit text and move it around.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>View</guimenu></term>
- <listitem><para>
- This menu lets you decide how <application>Evolution</application>
- should look. Some of the features control the appearance of
- <application>Evolution</application> as a whole, and others
- the way a particular kind of information appears.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Holds actions which maybe applied to a message. Normally,
- if there is only one target for the action &mdash; for
- example, replying to a message &mdash; you can find it in
- the <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> menu.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Tools for configuring, changing, and
- setting up preferences go here. For mail, that means things like
- <guimenuitem>Mail Configuration</guimenuitem> and the
- <guimenuitem>Virtual Folder Editor</guimenuitem>. For the
- <interface>Calendar</interface> and the <interface>Contact
- Manager</interface>, it's color, network, and layout
- configuration.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Help</guimenu></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Select among these items to open the
- <application>Help Browser</application>
- and read the <application>Evolution</application> manual.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Once you've familiarized yourself with the <interface>main
- window</interface> you can start doing things with it. We'll
- start with your executive summary.
- </para>
- </sect1>
-</chapter>
-