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Rolodex. Of course, it's a lot easier to update
<application>Evolution</application> than it is to change an
actual paper book. <application>Evolution</application> also
- allows easy synchronization with hand-held and remote devices.
- Since <application>Evolution</application> supports most major
- network protocols, including <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm>, it can
- fit into almost any existing network.
+ allows easy synchronization with hand-held devices. Since
+ <application>Evolution</application> supports the <glossterm
+ linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> directory protocol, you can use
+ it with almost any type of existing directory server on your
+ network.
</para>
<para>
Another advantage of the <application>Evolution</application>
- address book is its integration with the rest of the
- application. That means that when you look for someone's
+ contact manager is its integration with the rest of the
+ application. When you look for someone's
address, you can also see a history of appointments with that
person. Or, you can get an e-mail with contact information in
it and create a new address card on the spot. In addition,
- searches and folders and all work in the same way they do in the
- other components, so you don't have to learn another system for
- similar tasks.
+ searches and folders work in the same way they do in the
+ other components.
</para>
<para>
This chapter will cover using the
<application>Evolution</application> contact manager to organize
any amount of contact information, share addresses over a
- network, and several ways to save time with everyday tasks. To
+ network, and several ways to save time with everyday tasks. To
learn about configuring the contact manager, see <xref
linkend="config-prefs-contact">.
</para>
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@
</para>
<para>
- The rest of the contact manager is taken up by the display of
- your contact information. You can view that display as a table
- or as a list of cards&mdash; switch views in the
- <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu &mdash; and move through them
- alphabetically with the buttons and the scrollbar at the right
- of the window. Of course, if you have more than a few people
- listed, you'll want some way of finding them more quickly,
- which is why there's a search feature.
+ Your contact information fills the rest of the display. By
+ default, <application>Evolution</application> shows it as a set
+ of small address cards, but you can set it to appear as a table
+ with the options in the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu. Move
+ through the cards alphabetically with the buttons and the
+ scrollbar at the right of the window. Of course, if you have
+ more than a few people listed, you'll want some way of finding
+ them more quickly, which is why there's a search feature.
</para>
<sect2 id="contact-search">
@@ -113,22 +113,27 @@
hit <keycap>Enter</keycap>.
<application>Evolution</application> will search through
the contents of every displayed card to find one that
- matches. That means that you can refine searches by doing several in
- succession.
+ matches. In other words, you can refine searches by doing
+ several in succession.
</para>
<para>
- 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>.
+ 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>.
+ <!-- **************************************************
+ If you're sneaky, you can
+ enter a blank search &mdash; every contact has at least one
+ space in it, so you'll display them all. NOTE: This may not actually work.
+ ****** -->
</para>
<example id="contact-quicksearch-ex">
<title>Refining a Quick Search</title>
<para>
- Tom comes back from lunch and finds a note on his keyboard:
- "Curtis in sales called for you, but he didn't leave a number,
- and I forgot to write down the name of the company he works
- for. He said it was important, though." Tom is not at all
- annoyed.
+ Tom comes back from lunch and finds a note on his
+ keyboard: "Curtis in sales called for you, but he didn't
+ leave a number, and I forgot to write down the name of the
+ company he works for. He said it was important, though."
+ Tom is not at all annoyed.
</para>
<para>
He opens his contacts folder, and runs a quick search for
@@ -152,11 +157,11 @@
Click <guibutton>Add Criterion</guibutton> to increase the
number of criteria you'd like to use in the search, and
<guibutton>Remove Criterion</guibutton> to remove one from the
- bottom of the list. Your criteria may be a searchs within the
+ bottom of the list. Your criteria may be a search within the
<guilabel>Name</guilabel> or <guilabel>Email</guilabel>
fields; alternately you can choose to search through all the
- fields with a regular expression. Then, you can select all
- the familiar requirements like <guilabel>Begins
+ fields with a regular expression. Then, you can select from
+ all the familiar requirements like <guilabel>Begins
With</guilabel> and <guilabel>Does Not Contain</guilabel>,
decide whether to match <guilabel>All</guilabel> or
<guilabel>Any</guilabel> of your criteria, and press
@@ -475,15 +480,15 @@
<sect1 id="usage-contact-sharing">
<title>Sharing your Cards</title>
<para>
- If you keep your cards on a network using an
- <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> server, you can share access to
- them. Actually, the server software takes care of that, and
- also determines who is allowed to see and change them. This is
- the sort of feature you'll want to use if your company has a
+ If you keep your cards on a network using an <glossterm
+ linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> server, you can share access to
+ them, browse other address books, or maintain a shared set of
+ contact information for your company or your department. This
+ is 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 work-group
- or across the entire company.
+ work and keep up to date on developments within their
+ work-group or across the entire company.
</para>
<example id="usage-contact-sharing-ex">
@@ -496,7 +501,7 @@
already scheduled a meeting with Company X next Thursday.
He can either go to the meeting himself or ask Deanna to
discuss his concerns for him. Either way, he avoids
- scheduling an extra meeting with Company X.
+ scheduling an extra meeting with Company X.
</para>
</example>
<para>
@@ -576,14 +581,16 @@
<application>Evolution</application> will fill in addresses
from your contact manager's address cards if you let it. In
addition to that, you can send email to everyone in a
- particular group.
+ particular group if you choose.
</para>
<!-- FIXME this feature not yet implemented -->
<para>
- Future versions of <application>Evolution</application> will
- allow you to you export a group of cards to a spreadsheet,
- database, or word processor so you can print address labels
- or prepare large postal mailings.
+ You can also use the contact manager to handle lists of
+ postal addresses to print for labels. Future versions of
+ <application>Evolution</application> will allow you to you
+ export a group of cards to a spreadsheet, database, or word
+ processor so you can print address labels or prepare large
+ mailings.
</para>
</sect2>
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