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@@ -33,16 +33,18 @@
The toolbar offers you four different views of your calendar:
one day, five days, a week, or a month at once. Press the
calendar-shaped buttons on the right side of the toolbar to
- switch between views. You can also select a range of days in
- the small calendar at the upper right.
+ switch between views. You can also select a range of
+ days— three days, ten days, a fortnight if you want
+ — in the small calendar at the upper right.
</para>
<para>
- To view yesterday's appointments, &mdash;last week's, if you're
- in the weekly view, and last month's for the monthly
- view&mdash; click the <guibutton>Prev</guibutton> button. For
- tomorrow, next week, or next month, click
- <guibutton>Next</guibutton>. Of course, click
- <guibutton>Today</guibutton> for today.
+ The <guibutton>Prev</guibutton> and <guibutton>Next</guibutton>
+ buttons will move you forward and back in your calendar pages.
+ If you're looking at only one day, you'll see tomorrow's page,
+ or yesterday's. If you're looking at your calendar by week,
+ month, fortnight, or anything else, you'll move around by just
+ that much. To come back to today's listing, click
+ <guibutton>Today</guibutton>.
</para>
<para>
To visit a specific date's calendar entries, click
@@ -145,10 +147,10 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
<term><guilabel>Program</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select this if you would like some additional application
- to run as a reminder. You can enter its name in the
- text field, or find it with the
- <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button.
+ Select this if you would like to run a program as a
+ reminder. You can enter its name in the text field,
+ or find it with the <guibutton>Browse</guibutton>
+ button.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -172,8 +174,9 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
and a public event 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 implementations of
- this feature have yet to be determined. <!-- FIXME -->
+ higher level. <!-- FIXME --> Exact determinations and
+ implementations of this feature have yet to be
+ determined. <!-- FIXME -->
</para>
<para>
The <guilabel>Recurrence</guilabel> tab lets you describe
@@ -262,10 +265,9 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
calendar events. Tasks are colored and sorted by priority and
due-date (see <xref linkend="config-prefs"> for more
information), and are included with calendar data during
- synchronization with a hand-held device. You can also use the
- list in a larger format by choosing the
- <guibutton>Tasks</guibutton> button in the shortcut bar or in
- the folder tree.
+ synchronization with a hand-held device. You can use the list
+ in a larger format by choosing the <guibutton>Tasks</guibutton>
+ button in the shortcut bar or in the folder tree.
</para>
<para>
To record a new task, click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
@@ -315,9 +317,9 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
</para>
<para>
Once you've added a task to your to-do list, its summary
- appears in the <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> section of the
- calendar window. To view or edit a detailed description of an
- item, double-click on it, or select it and click
+ appears in the <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> section of task
+ list. To view or edit a detailed description of an item,
+ double-click on it, or select it and click
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. You can delete items by selecting
them and clicking on the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button.
</para>