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authorAaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com>2000-12-15 07:57:29 +0800
committerAaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org>2000-12-15 07:57:29 +0800
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Revisions as suggested by Dan. Especially to filter dialogs... which still
2000-12-13 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com> * C/usage-mail.sgml: Revisions as suggested by Dan. Especially to filter dialogs... which still need some renaming, IMHO. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Revisions as suggested by Dan. Especially to the Folder Limits thing, which still upsets me somehow. * C/preface.sgml: Revisions as suggested by Dan. svn path=/trunk/; revision=7033
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@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@
<term> <guibutton>Inbox:</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The Inbox will show you all of your email. Your Inbox
- is also where you can access Evolution's tools to
- filter, sort, organize, and search your mail.
+ 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>
@@ -169,15 +170,16 @@
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
- If you don't like the shortcut bar, you can use the menu bar, or
- keyboard shortcuts, also called <glossterm linkend="hot-key">hot keys</glossterm>.
- They're shown next to their equivalent menu items in the menu
- bar. You can also set your own hot keys for functions that don't
- have any; this is covered in <xref linkend="config">. If you're
- using the keyboard shortcuts you may also want to hide the
- <interface>shortcut bar</interface> by selecting <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Shortcut
- Bar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
+ If you don't like the shortcut bar, you can use the folder bar
+ or the menu bar to navigate. 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>
@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@
and select <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>. To add one,
select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Evolution Bar
- Shortcut</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. </para>
+ 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,
@@ -206,18 +209,21 @@
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 folders at the
- base. At the top are your <guilabel>vFolders</guilabel>, or
+ base. First, and probably most important, is the
+ <guilabel>Local</guilabel> folder, which holds all the
+ <application>Evolution</application> data that's stored on your
+ computer. After that come <guilabel>vFolders</guilabel>, or
virtual folders, discussed in <xref
- linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">. After that come any
+ linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">, followed by any
<glossterm linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm> mail folders you
- might have available to you over your network. The next folder
- is called <guilabel>External Directories</guilabel>, and holds
- <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> contact directories
- stored on a network. The most important one is probably
- <guilabel>Local</guilabel>, which you can use to access all the
- data that's stored on your computer. If you click on the plus
- sign plus sign next to the <guilabel>Local</guilabel> folder,
- you'll see the contents:
+ might have available to you over your network. Lastly, there
+ are <guilabel>External Directories</guilabel>, <glossterm
+ linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> contact directories stored on a
+ network.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+
+ A typical <guilabel>Local</guilabel> folder contains the following folders:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -232,20 +238,35 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>Directories</guilabel>, for Internet contact directories.
+ <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>, for incoming mail.
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel>, for messages you started and didn't finish.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>, for incoming mail.
+ <guilabel>Sent</guilabel>, for sent mail.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, which is for drafts of
- messages and mail that's already been sent.
+ <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, which is used to store
+ messages you don't want, but keep around just in case you
+ change your mind.
</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>
+
+
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@@ -273,11 +294,13 @@
<note>
<title>Folders Have Limits</title>
<para>
- You can always place a folder inside other folders,
- regardless of folder type. However, calendars,
- contacts, and mail can't go into the same
- folder. Calendars have to go in calendar folders, mail
- in mail folders, and contacts in contact folders.
+ No matter where they exist, calendars must go in
+ calendar folders, mail in mail folders, and contacts in
+ contact folders. Network folders follow the same type
+ restriction, because the network servers are only set up
+ to handle one kind of information. Within your local
+ system, though you can folders inside each other,
+ regardless of type.
</para>
</note>