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diff --git a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
index db99bfa998..7d009eeb8c 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
<para>
<inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-1" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Event List</guilabel>
+ <guilabel>Appointment List</guilabel>
</para>
<para>
- The <guilabel>Event List</guilabel> is responsible for showing you all of
+ The <guilabel>Appointment List</guilabel> is responsible for showing you all of
your scheduled appointments, whether they are all day appointments or simply one time
appointments that last a half an hour.
</para>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
</para>
<para>
- The <guilabel>Todo List</guilabel> compliments the <guilabel>Event List
+ The <guilabel>Todo List</guilabel> compliments the <guilabel>Appointment List
</guilabel> as it keeps track of your chores or tasks which don't have
any time associated with them. These may include "Clean Room" or "Call
Repairman".
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
<para>
The <guilabel>Calendar Window</guilabel> has a graphical representation of
- the calendar, so you can select what days to view in the <guilabel>Event
+ the calendar, so you can select what days to view in the <guilabel>Appointment
List</guilabel>.
</para>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
<para>
Of course, you'll want to use the calendar to do more than find
out what day it is. This section will tell you how to schedule
- appointments, set alarms, and determine event recurrence.
+ appointments, set alarms, and determine appointment recurrence.
</para>
<sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-basic">
<title>Creating appointments</title>
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
</tip>
<para>
- Your event must have a starting and ending date &mdash; by
+ Your appointment must have a starting and ending date &mdash; by
default, today &mdash; 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 event list rather than inside
+ appears at the top of a day's appointment list 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 event, and the meetings at the conference would be timed
+ 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.
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
</note>
<para>
You can have as many as four different
- <guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>, any time prior to the event
+ <guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>, any time prior to the appointment
you've scheduled. You can have one alarm of each of the following types:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
<listitem>
<para>
A window will pop up on your screen to remind you of
- your event.
+ your appointment.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
<guilabel>Classification</guilabel>
and only applies to calendars on a
network. <guilabel>Public</guilabel> is the default category,
- and a public event can be viewed by anyone on the calendar
+ 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
@@ -237,11 +237,11 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
<para>
Clicking on the <guibutton>Categories</guibutton> button opens up the category
- list. To associate a category to an event, simply click the check box.
+ list. To associate a category to an appointment, simply click the check box.
</para>
<para>
Once you've selected your categories, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to
- assign these categories to the event. The categories you selected are now
+ assign these categories to the appointment. The categories you selected are now
listed in the text box to the right of the <guibutton>Categories...</guibutton>
button.
</para>
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
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
- event will stop recurring, and, under
+ appointment will stop recurring, and, under
<guilabel>Exceptions</guilabel>, pick individual days when the
- event will <emphasis>not</emphasis> recur. Make your
+ 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, 2003"
or "Every month on the first Friday for 12 occurrences."
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
<para>
Once you're done with all those settings, click on the disk
- icon in the toolbar. That will save the event and close the
- event editor window. If you want, you can alter an event
+ icon in the toolbar. That will save the appointment 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 event then
+ can change other settings by right-clicking on the appointment then
choosing <guimenuitem>Edit this Appointment</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -301,23 +301,23 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
or select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Appointment</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> to bring
- up the <interface>new event</interface> window. Then describe
- the event as you would any other. Before you click
+ up the <interface>new appointment</interface> window. Then describe
+ the appointment as you would any other. Before you click
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>, (INSERT DESCRIPTION HERE...).
<application>Evolution</application> 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 event on your calendar and on
- theirs as tentative, rather than a confirmed, event.
+ 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 event as confirmed, click once on the
- event in the <interface>calendar view</interface> to select
- it, and then choose <guimenuitem>Event
+ 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>Event Properties</interface> dialog
+ menu. In the <interface>Appointment Properties</interface> dialog
window, click the "tentative" button to De-select the
- event.
+ appointment.
</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog
index d172de5613..07d313c894 100644
--- a/help/ChangeLog
+++ b/help/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-08-20 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
+
+ * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Did more event -> appointment conversions.
+
2001-08-18 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
* C/usage-calendar.sgml: Renamed events to appointments (please review for me as it was a simple regex replace).