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@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
<chapter id="config-prefs">
<title>Advanced Configuration with the Preferences Window</title>
<para>
- If you prefer not to use the setup assistant, select
+ To change your configuration settings, select
<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> from the
- <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu, and work your way through
- the page tabs it offers you. They are:
+ <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. This will open the
+ preferences window, illustrated in <xref linkend="config-prefs-fig">.
+ Preferences are seperated into several categories:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -17,37 +18,31 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>Network</guilabel>, which allows you to
- specify your network settings. There are no default
- values for this information.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
<guilabel>Mail</guilabel>, which allows you to specify
- attachment and HTML handling, forwarding behavior,
- filters, and other <application>Evolution</application>
- behaviors specific to email. The default behaviors are
- those approved by Jamie Zawinski.
+ your email server and protocols, as well as attachment
+ and HTML handling, forwarding behavior, filters, and
+ other <application>Evolution</application> behaviors
+ specific to email. The default behaviors are those
+ approved by Jamie Zawinski.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Contacts</guilabel>, which allows you to
- specify behavior that is specific to your contact
- manager.
+ control addressbook sharing as well as other funcctions
+ specific to your contact manager.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>, which allows you to set
- the way that your calendar will behave and appear. The
- default view is by week and the default calendar is
- Western. Date format is determined by the system clock
- and localization, and cannot be set here.
+ up calendar networking, as well as the way that your
+ calendar will behave and appear. The default view is by
+ week and the default calendar is Western. Time and
+ date are determined by the system clock and
+ localization, and cannot be set here.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -60,9 +55,7 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- The <interface>Preferences Dialog</interface> is shown in
- <xref linkend="config-prefs-fig">.
- </para>
+ </para>
<!-- ==============Figure===================== -->
<figure id="config-prefs-fig">