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-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-contact.sgml6
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml239
-rw-r--r--help/ChangeLog4
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diff --git a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
index 72458ad74b..0592eb75bf 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@
network. <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> a
- higher level. <!-- FIXME --> Exact determinations and
- implementations of this feature have yet to be
- determined. <!-- FIXME -->
+ level of security, and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> an even
+ higher level.
</para>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> lets you categorize your
diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
index 0d469af19b..209b73d4ab 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
@@ -419,11 +419,6 @@
right. From the dialog box that appears, you can check as
many or as few categories as you like.
</para>
- <para>
- Then, you can refer to all the cards in that category by:
- <!-- FIXME --> Waiting for Evolution to support the
- operation.
- </para>
<!-- FIXME: Feature Not Implemented
<para>
@@ -554,6 +549,7 @@
-->
</sect1>
+
<!--- FIXME this feature not yet implemented
<sect1 id="usage-contact-automation-extra">
<title>Map It!</title>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml b/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
index 7c18a2e820..c1ef1f576b 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
@@ -1,171 +1,168 @@
-<chapter id="usage-exec-summary">
- <title>Using the Ximian Evolution Summary</title>
-
-
- <sect1 id="exec-intro">
- <title>Introducing Summary</title>
- <para>
- 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>
+<chapter id="usage-summary">
+ <title>Using the Ximian Evolution Summary</title>
+
+ <sect1 id="summary-intro">
+ <title>Introducing the Summary</title>
+ <para>
+ The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to know quickly. It will show you your tasks for that day, how many emails are waiting for you, and much more.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To begin using your Summary, click on the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel> or <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> at the top of the <guilabel>Folder Bar</guilabel>. By default, you will see:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Weather Summaries
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ News feeds from websites
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Your mail summary showing you how many new emails are waiting
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Appointments
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Tasks
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1 id="customizing-summary">
+ <title>Customizing the Summary's Modules</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution's</application> modules can be customized to suit your needs. For example, if you wanted the Summary to show CNN's news feed, you could add their feed.
+ </para>
+ <sect2 id="customizing-summary-weather">
+ <title>Customizing the Weather Summary</title>
<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>
- <term>Mail</term>
+ To add a city to be displayed in the weather:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
- Display amount of unread email in your selected folders.
+ Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>RDF Summary</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- News headlines from sites that allow this
- feature. The default
- is news about the GNOME project from <ulink
- url="www.gnome.org/gnome-news/">gnotices</ulink>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Weather</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows you the current weather for the cities of your choice.
+ Click
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Schedule</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Lets you see the events for the day.
+ Click the <guilabel>Weather</guilabel> tab.
</para>
</listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> comes with ... enabled by
- default.
- </para>
- <sect2 id="new-components">
- <title>Adding New Components</title>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the city on the left hand column.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <tip id="measurments">
+ <title>Metric or Imperial?</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> supports both Imperial and Metric forms of measurement. If you're used to using fahrenheit, use imperial. If you use celius, then select metric from the <guilabel>Weather settings</guilabel> section of the <guilabel>Weather</guilabel> tab.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="customizing-feeds">
+ <title>Customizing Your News Feeds</title>
<para>
- To add a new service:
+ To customize your news feeds:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
- Choose
+ Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- from the menubar.
+ </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guilabel>News Feeds</guilabel> tab.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select the service you wish to add by clicking on the respective
- tab.
+ Select your desired news feed on the left column.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Choose <guibutton>OK</guibutton> when finished configuring the
- item.
+ Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="delete-components">
- <title>Deleting Components</title>
+ <sect2 id="customizing-mail">
+ <title>Customizing Your Mail Summary</title>
<para>
- To remove a service from Summary, do the following:
+ To customize your mail summary:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
- Choose
+ Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- from the menubar.
+ </menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Click the <guilabel>Enable</guilabel> button in the component you
- would like to disable.
- <!-- This is incorrect. I am going to ask Iain if he could throw
- in an Enable button -->
+ Click the <guibutton>Mail</guibutton> tab.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the mail folder you want to see in the preview on the left.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="modifying-components">
- <title>Modifying Components</title>
- <para>
- Chances are, the components that you setup aren't going to be setup for
- your needs. For instance, you may choose that you want to use different
- city choices than the default settings.
- <application>Evolution</application> lets you configure all the
- components in Summary.
- </para>
- <sect3 id="modifying-components-mail">
- <title>Customizing Summary Mail Summary</title>
- <para>
- To modify mail:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- from the menubar.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> tab at the top of the
- window.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> service window is broken up into two
- sections. The left section is where your mail folders are listed.
- The right section shows which folders are displayed.
- </para>
- <para>
- To add a folder to the summary, click on a folder in the
- <guilabel>All folders</guilabel> section and click the
- <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
- </para>
- <para>
- To remove a folder from the service, click on the folder in the
- <guilabel>Display folders</guilabel> section and click the
- <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.
- </para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
</sect1>
-</chapter> \ No newline at end of file
+</chapter>
diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog
index e1287d23e4..5cb88d6585 100644
--- a/help/ChangeLog
+++ b/help/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-08-29 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
+
+ * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Rewrote this file to be...more up to date.
+
2001-08-28 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
* C/usage-mail.sgml: Renamed a xref to make it work.