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@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
shows all your cards in alphabetical order, in a
<glossterm>minicard</glossterm> format. You can select other
views from the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu, and adjust the
- width of the colums by clicking and dragging the grey column
+ width of the columns by clicking and dragging the grey column
dividers.
</para>
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@
<listitem><para>
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> deletes a selected card.
</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guibutton>Show All</guibutton> Shows all cards.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> Stop loading card data from the network.
+ </para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
@@ -88,10 +97,9 @@
the cards to find one that matches.
</para>
<para>
- If there are no matches, the card display will be blank. To
- display <emphasis>all</emphasis> of your contacts, you can
- leave the <guilabel>Quick Search</guilabel> field blank, and
- press enter.
+ If there are no matches, the card display will be blank. When
+ you'd like to see all the cards again, press <guilabel>Show
+ All</guilabel>.
</para>
<para>
The rest of the contact manager is taken up by the display of
@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@
<para>
To delete a card, click on it once to select it, then press the
<guibutton>Delete Card</guibutton> button. If you have
- multiple cards selected, you'll delete mutliple cards.
+ multiple cards selected, you'll delete multiple cards.
</para>
<para>
Adding or changing cards is slightly more complicated. Any
@@ -217,7 +225,7 @@
<userinput>Eva Lucianne Tester</userinput>.
You'll notice that the <guilabel>File
As</guilabel> field also fills up, but in reverse:
- <computeroutput>Tester, Lucianne</computeroutput>.
+ <computeroutput>Tester, Eva</computeroutput>.
You can pick <computeroutput>Eva
Tester</computeroutput> from the drop-down, or
type in your own, such as <userinput>Lucianne
@@ -230,7 +238,7 @@
Don't enter something entirely different from
the actual name, since you might forget that
you've filed Eva's information under "F" for
- "Fictitious Helix Code Employees"
+ "Fictitious Helix Code Employee."
</para>
</tip>
</listitem>
@@ -300,13 +308,12 @@
<!--
<para>
- Another useful UNIMPLEMENTED
- <application>Evolution</application> feature is its ability to
- recognize when people live or work together. If several people
- in your contact manager share an address, and you change the
- address for one of them, <application>Evolution</application>
- will ask you if you wish to change the address for all of them,
- or just for one.
+ Another useful <application>Evolution</application> feature is
+ its ability to recognize when people live or work together. If
+ several people in your contact manager share an address, and you
+ change the address for one of them,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will ask you if you wish to
+ change the address for all of them, or just for one.
</para>
-->
@@ -333,10 +340,11 @@
<guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Folder</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
- and that you can put new folders anywhere you like. Each
- card must be in a folder, and no card can be in two places
- at once. If you want more flexibility, try <xref
- linkend="usage-contact-organize-group-category">
+ and that you can put new folders anywhere you like. Just
+ like with mail, cards must be in a card folder, and no card
+ can be in two places at once. If you want more
+ flexibility, try <xref
+ linkend="usage-contact-organize-group-category">.
</para>
<para>
To put a card into a folder, just drag it there from the
@@ -371,13 +379,18 @@
<!-- FIXME --> Waiting for Evolution to support the
operation.
</para>
+
+ <!-- FIXME: Feature Not Implemented
<para>
+
If the master list of categories doesn't suit you, you can
add your own. Just enter the new category's name in the
text box, then click <guibutton>Categories</guibutton> and
choose <guilabel>Add to Master List</guilabel> in the
window that appears.
</para>
+ -->
+
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -392,7 +405,7 @@
the sort of feature you'll want to use if your company has a
list of vendors and clients that needs constant updating. If
you also share your calendars, people can avoid duplicating
- work and keep up to date on developments within their workgroup
+ work and keep up to date on developments within their work-group
or across the entire company.
</para>
@@ -424,19 +437,29 @@
the folder bar, and will work exactly like a local folder of
cards, with the following exceptions:
<itemizedlist>
+
<listitem><para>
They are only available when you are connected to the network. If
you use a laptop or have a modem connection, you may wish to copy or cache
the network directory and then synchronize your copy with the networked version
periodically.
</para></listitem>
-
+ <listitem><para>
+ To prevent excess network traffic,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will not normally
+ load the contents of LDAP folders immediately upon
+ opening. You must click <guilabel>Display
+ All</guilabel> before LDAP folder cards will be loaded
+ from the network. You can change this behavior in the
+ <interface>Contact Preferences</interface> window.
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Your ability to view, change, add or delete contacts
- depends on the settings of the LDAP server. For example, you may
- read all the entries in the public Netcenter directory (available by default in the
- <guilabel>External Directories</guilabel> folder), but you may not change or delete
- any of them.
+ Your ability to view, change, add or delete
+ contacts depends on the settings of the LDAP server.
+ For example, you may read all the entries in the public
+ Netcenter directory (available by default in the
+ <guilabel>External Directories</guilabel> folder), but
+ you may not change or delete any of them.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>