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-rw-r--r--doc/C/menuref.sgml83
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-rw-r--r--doc/C/usage-mail.sgml69
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diff --git a/doc/C/evolution-guide.sgml b/doc/C/evolution-guide.sgml
index 310eea5711..064bb0d305 100644
--- a/doc/C/evolution-guide.sgml
+++ b/doc/C/evolution-guide.sgml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
<!ENTITY USAGE-CONTACT SYSTEM "usage-contact.sgml">
<!ENTITY USAGE-CALENDAR SYSTEM "usage-calendar.sgml">
<!ENTITY USAGE-SYNC SYSTEM "usage-sync.sgml">
+<!ENTITY USAGE-PRINT SYSTEM "usage-print.sgml">
<!ENTITY CONFIG-SETUPASSIST SYSTEM "config-setupassist.sgml">
<!ENTITY CONFIG-PREFS SYSTEM "config-prefs.sgml">
<!ENTITY CONFIG-SYNC SYSTEM "config-sync.sgml">
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@ implemented. -->
&USAGE-CONTACT;
&USAGE-CALENDAR;
<!-- &USAGE-NOTES; -->
- &USAGE-SYNC;
-
+ &USAGE-SYNC;
+ &USAGE-PRINT;
</part>
<part id="config">
<title>Configuring and Managing Evolution</title>
diff --git a/doc/C/fig/calendar.png b/doc/C/fig/calendar.png
index 2054c5d1e4..c9703f4903 100644
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+++ b/doc/C/fig/calendar.png
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index eea0057a9d..988ad2f918 100644
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+++ b/doc/C/fig/contact-editor.png
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diff --git a/doc/C/fig/contact.png b/doc/C/fig/contact.png
index d79f16acee..a9ed02251a 100644
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diff --git a/doc/C/fig/mail-composer.png b/doc/C/fig/mail-composer.png
index 4ecd36adaa..22c16365b5 100644
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+++ b/doc/C/fig/mail-composer.png
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diff --git a/doc/C/fig/mail-inbox.png b/doc/C/fig/mail-inbox.png
index 0e7722e72c..7bf0b32189 100644
--- a/doc/C/fig/mail-inbox.png
+++ b/doc/C/fig/mail-inbox.png
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diff --git a/doc/C/fig/print-dest.png b/doc/C/fig/print-dest.png
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diff --git a/doc/C/fig/print-preview.png b/doc/C/fig/print-preview.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f9a8d661a
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diff --git a/doc/C/menuref.sgml b/doc/C/menuref.sgml
index 28e2da4ff7..4b83bf5135 100644
--- a/doc/C/menuref.sgml
+++ b/doc/C/menuref.sgml
@@ -5,22 +5,35 @@
<chapter id="menuref">
<title>Menu Reference</title>
<para>
- This section will serve as a reference for every menu that
- <application>Evolution</application> has. If you've ever wondered
- what some obscure menu item does, this is the chapter for
- you. When menu items are repeated in
- <application>Evolution</application>, they're repeated here too.
+ <application>Evolution</application>'s menus may not hold the
+ secret to happiness, they do hold every ability that
+ <application>Evolution</application> has. This section will serve
+ as a reference for all those menus, and the capabilites that they
+ offer you.
</para>
<para>
- From left to right, the menus available to you when you are
- reading mail are: <guimenu>File</guimenu>,
- <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>, <guimenu>View</guimenu>,
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>, <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>, and
- <guimenu>Help</guimenu>. The last of these doesn't change, but
- the rest of them have contents that will change depending on
- whether you're looking at mail, contacts, or calendar information.
In addition, the editor tools for messages, appointments, and
- contacts all have menu bars.
+ contacts all have menu bars of their own. From left to right, the
+ menus available to you when you are reading mail are:
+ <guimenu>File</guimenu>, <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>,
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu>, <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>,
+ <guimenu>Message</guimenu>, <guimenu>Folder</guimenu>and
+ <guimenu>Help</guimenu>.
+
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Menus in <application>Evolution</application> are
+ context-sensitive, which means that they vary depending on what
+ you're doing. If you're reading your mail, you'll have
+ mail-related menus; for your calendar, you'll have
+ calendar-related menu items. Some menus, of course, like
+ <guimenu>Help</guimenu> and <guimenu>File</guimenu> don't much, if
+ at all, because they have more universal functions. But you'd
+ never mark an address card as "read," or set the recurrence for an
+ email message you've recieved. depending on whether you're looking
+ at mail, contacts, or calendar information.
+ </para>
+
</para>
<sect1 id="menuref-universal">
@@ -891,9 +904,10 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Print Preview</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Shows you what your appointment will look like if you print it.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para> Shows you what your appointment will look
+ like if you print it. See <xref linkend="usage-print">
+ for details on printing and the Print Preview function.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1049,24 +1063,43 @@
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-tools">
<title>The Appointment Editor's Tools Menu</title>
<para>
-
- This menu contains four items, none of which
- have any functionality yet:
+ This menu contains four items, including the
+ <guisubmenu>Forms</guisubmenu> submenu, which allows you to
+ alter calendar forms and create your own entries. None of
+ this works yet, though.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Item</guimenuitem></term>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Spelling</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- FIXME: ?
+ Checks the spelling of your calendar entry.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Item</guimenuitem></term>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Check Names</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para> Checks the names listed here against
+ those in your address book.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Address Book</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
FIXME: ?
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guisubmenu>Forms</guisubmenu> Submenu</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The Forms submenu lets you alter the
+ appearance of Calendar Forms.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -1077,10 +1110,10 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Invite Attendees</guimenuitem></term>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Schedule Meeting</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- Invite the listed attendees to the current event (via email).
- You may be prompted to specify an invitation message.
+ Brings up the <interface>Meeting Invitation</interface> window,
+ described in <xref linkend="usage-calendar-apts-invite">.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml
index 9e1ec88ef2..72f278a424 100644
--- a/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml
+++ b/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
<guimenu>File</guimenu> <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Calendar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
-
You can place the calendar in any calendar folder and access it
from the folder view. Alarms, configuration, and display for
each calendar are separate from each other.
diff --git a/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml b/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml
index ebada4540a..c06259ad17 100644
--- a/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml
+++ b/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
<!--
<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
-->
-<!-- NOTE: Queue handling, Outbox, and Written Message Editing are not
-implemented with a stable UI yet, and are described wrong -->
<chapter id="usage-mail">
<title>Evolution Mail</title>
@@ -91,47 +89,23 @@ implemented with a stable UI yet, and are described wrong -->
</figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
-
-
<para>
- Other actions you can perform are listed, appropriately, in
- the <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> menu in the menu bar:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Mark all Messages Read</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- <application>Evolution</application> keeps track of which
- messages you have read, and which ones you haven't:
- When you've looked at a message for more than a few seconds,
- it's no longer marked as new. If you want to mark all mail
- in a folder as read, select this item.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>View Message</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- <guimenuitem>View Message</guimenuitem> opens the selected message
- in its own window.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Edit Message</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Only available for messages you have written (drafts and
- mail in the <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, this item opens the message
- in a new mail composition window.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Clicking the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button marks
- messages for deletion. <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem>
- wipes them off the face of the earth.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are
+ listed in the <guimenu>Message</guimenu> menu in the menu
+ bar. The most frequently used ones, like
+ <guimenuitem>Reply</guimenuitem> and
+ <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem>, also appear as buttons in
+ the toolbar.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ While you're there, have a look at the items items the bottom
+ of the list, which are shortcuts for simple filter and
+ vFolder creation. You can learn more about filters and
+ vFolders in <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize">; a
+ comprehensive description of this menu (and all the others)
+ is in <xref linkend="menuref">.
</para>
+
<sect3 id="usage-mail-listorder">
<title>Sorting the message list</title>
<para>
@@ -143,11 +117,10 @@ implemented with a stable UI yet, and are described wrong -->
<para>
Aside from sorting the messages, you can opt to have the
messages threaded. Select <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Threaded Message
- List</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> to turn the threaded view
- on or off. If the option selected,
- <application>Evolution</application> will attempt to
- associate related messages by using the
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Threaded</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice> to turn the threaded view on or off. If the
+ option selected, <application>Evolution</application> will
+ attempt to associate related messages by using the
<systemitem>References</systemitem>,
<systemitem>In-Reply-To</systemitem>, and
<systemitem>Subject</systemitem> message headers. Messages
@@ -168,7 +141,7 @@ implemented with a stable UI yet, and are described wrong -->
<para>
If you really want to get rid of it, choose
<guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem> from the
- <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> menu. That will delete it
+ <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> menu. That will delete it
permanently. If you want to keep it, click
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> again, and it will no longer
be marked as deleted. At some point in the future, this
@@ -230,7 +203,7 @@ implemented with a stable UI yet, and are described wrong -->
your password. If you'd like
<application>Evolution</application> to forget your password
sooner, select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>Forget
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Forget
Passwords</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, and it will do so
immediately.
</para>
diff --git a/doc/C/usage-print.sgml b/doc/C/usage-print.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25c09abb7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/C/usage-print.sgml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<chapter id="usage-print">
+<title>Printing with Evolution</title>
+<para>
+ This is a very short chapter, because printing with
+ <application>Evolution</application> is not a complex task. Like
+ most GNOME applications, <application>Evolution</application> uses
+ the gnome-print system, so if you've used any other GNOME
+ application to print, you should be able to print from
+ <application>Evolution</application> immediately.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Whether you're printing a message, a calendar page, or a selection
+ of address cards, you can choose to print directly to a printer, or
+ save the print output to a postscript file. You can also use the
+ preview feature to see how your printed output will look.
+</para>
+
+ <sect1 id="printpreview">
+ <title>Print Preview</title>
+ <para>
+ <guibutton>Print Preview</guibutton>, appears both as a button
+ in the printing dialog and as an item in the
+ <guimenu>File<guimenu> menu. In both places, it does the same
+ thing: it opens a new window that displays an image of the current
+ message, calendar, appointment, or address card.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ That window allows you to select which pages you want to see,
+ and how close you'd like to look at them. Zoom in or out, fit
+ the page to the window (<guibutton>Fit</guibutton>) or match the
+ width of the page and the window (<guibutton>Fit
+ Width</guibutton>). If you're satisfied with the way it looks,
+ click <guibutton>Print</guibutton> to send your document on its way.
+ </para>
+
+
+ <!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
+
+ <figure id="print-preview">
+ <title>Print Preview</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Print Preview</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="fig/print-preview" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
+
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="print-destination">
+ <title>File or Printer?</title>
+ <para>
+ The printer selection window, shown in <xref
+ linkend="print-dest">, lets you choose the format for
+ printing&mdash; at this time, only <guilabel>Generic
+ Postscript</guilabel> is available&mdash; and whether to print
+ to a file or to an actual printer. If you choose a printer,
+ you'll be asked for the printer command (probably
+ <guilabel>lpr</guilabel>) which your system uses. If you
+ choose to print to a file, you'll need to decide upon a
+ filename. And of course, you'll want to choose a number of
+ copies, and whether to collate them.
+ </para>
+
+ <!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
+
+ <figure id="print-dest">
+ <title>Choosing a Printer</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Choosing a Printer</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="fig/print-dest" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
+
+ <para>
+ If you're printing a message that's more than one page, you'll
+ have the option of choosing which pages to print. If you're
+ printing a calendar entry, you can decide what range of dates to
+ print. And, if you're printing contact cards, you can decide
+ whether to print only the selected cards, or all of them.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When you're ready, click <guibutton>Print</guibutton> to print,
+ <guibutton>Preview</guibutton> to have a look (or another look)
+ at the preview, or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the
+ whole deal.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+</chapter>