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<sect1 id="what">
<title>What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me?</title>
<para>
- The word "evolution" means "a process of improvement and
- development." The GNOME application
- <application>Evolution</application> is meant to be a more
- evolved <glossterm>groupware</glossterm> program, and an
- integral part of the Internet-connected desktop.
+ Information is useless unless it's organized and accessible;
+ it's hardly even worth the name if you can't look at it and be
+ <emphasis>informed</emphasis>.
+ <application>Evolution</application>'s goal is to make the
+ tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving information
+ easier, so you can work and cooperate with others. That is,
+ it's a more evolved <glossterm>groupware</glossterm> program,
+ and an integral part of the Internet-connected desktop.
</para>
<para>
- As part of the GNOME project,
+ Because it's part of the GNOME project,
<application>Evolution</application> is free software. The
program and its source code are released under the terms of
the GNU Public License (GPL), and the documentation falls
@@ -39,15 +42,14 @@
</para>
<para>
- <application>Evolution</application> is a suite of tools to
- help you work in a group. You can use it to send, receive,
- and organize email, manage address and other contact
- information, and maintain a calendar. It enables you to do
- those things on one or several computers, connected directly
- or over a network, for one person or for large groups.
+ <application>Evolution</application> can help you work in a
+ group, by handling email, address and other contact
+ information, and one or more calendars. It can do that on one
+ or several computers, connected directly or over a network,
+ for one person or for large groups.
<application>Evolution</application> can handle almost all
- your communications tasks with the power and flexibility of
- the GNOME desktop environment.
+ your communications and information management tasks with the
+ power and flexibility of the GNOME desktop environment.
</para>
<para>
The developers of <application>Evolution</application> had
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- The application must be <emphasis>both powerful and easy
+ The application must be <emphasis>both powerful and easy
to use</emphasis>. That means a familiar and intuitive
interface that users could customize to their liking, and
the development of shortcuts for complex tasks.
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@
<para>
This book is divided into two parts, with several
- appendicies. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
+ appendices. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
tour</link>&mdash; it will explain how to use
<application>Evolution</application>. If you are new to
<application>Evolution</application> or to groupware in
@@ -170,8 +172,8 @@
<title>Quick Reference for Common Tasks</title>
<para>
You might want to get a copy of this section and tape it to
- the wall next to your computer: they contain a very short
- run-down of most of the things you'll want to do with
+ the wall next to your computer: it's a very short summary of
+ most of the things you'll want to do with
<application>Evolution</application>, and pointers to the
sections of the book where you'll find more in-depth
description of those tasks.