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diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index 80c438283d..6fcf6afd46 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -<!-- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> ---> <chapter id="usage-contact"> <title>Working with Your Contacts</title> @@ -17,29 +15,19 @@ The toolbar for the address book is quite simple. <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> - Click <guibutton>New</guibutton> to create a new card, or double-click + Click <guibutton>New Contact</guibutton> to create a new card, or double-click in a blank space in the contact list. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <guibutton>Find</guibutton> brings up an in-depth search window. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - <guibutton>Print</guibutton> sends one or more of your cards to the printer. + Click <guibutton>New List</guibutton> to create a new card, or double-click + in a blank space in the contact list. </para></listitem> - <listitem><para> - <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> deletes a selected card. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> <guibutton>View All</guibutton> displays all - the address information in the folder. Use this button to - refresh the display for a network folder, or to switch from - viewing the results of a search and see all your contacts. - <!-- Lets xref to search feature --> - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> stops loading + + <listitem><para> The <guiicon>printer</guiicon> icon sends one + or more of your cards to the printer. </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> The <guiicon>stop sign</guiicon> icon stops loading contact data from the network. This button is only relevant if you are looking at contact information on a network. </para></listitem> @@ -189,13 +177,14 @@ <term>Multiple Values for Fields</term> <listitem> <para> - If you click on the small arrow buttons next to the - <guilabel>Primary Email</guilabel> field, you can also - choose <guilabel>Email 2</guilabel> and + If you click on the downward pointing triangle buttons + next to the <guilabel>Primary Email</guilabel> field, + you can also choose <guilabel>Email 2</guilabel> and <guilabel>Email 3</guilabel>. Although the contact editor will only display one of those at any given - time, <application>Evolution</application> will - store them all. The arrow buttons next to the + time, <application>Evolution</application> will store + them all. Entries that have information in them have + a check mark next to them. The buttons next to the telephone and postal address fields work in the same way. </para> @@ -370,7 +359,9 @@ to organize your cards. The first way is to use folders; this works the same way mail folders do. For more flexibility, you can also mark contacts as elements of - different categories. + different categories. To better integrate with email tools, + you can also create lists of contacts that you can send mail + to as a single person. </para> <sect3 id="usage-contact-organize-group-folder"> @@ -432,6 +423,72 @@ --> </sect3> + + <sect3 id="usage-contact-organize-group-list"> + <title>Creating a List of Contacts</title> + <para> + To create a list of contacts: + + <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> + <listitem> + <para> + Open the list creation dialog box by clicking the + <guibutton>New List</guibutton> button or selecting + <menuchoice> + <guimenu> + File + </guimenu> + <guisubmenu> + New + </guisubmenu> + <guimenuitem> + Contact List + </guimenuitem> + </menuchoice>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Enter a name for the list. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Enter names or email addresses of contacts, or just + drag contacts from the main window into the list. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Choose whether you would like to hide the email + addresses when you send a message to the list. + Unless it is a very small list, it is recommended + that you leave the addresses hidden. This is the + same thing as using the "Bcc:" feature discussed in + <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to-types">. + </para> + </listitem> + + </orderedlist> + <para> + When you are done, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The + list will appear as a contact card, which you can use as + you would any other. That includes emailing the list to + another person, and, of course, sending email to the list. + </para> + <para> + To mail the list, open a new email and type the name you + chose for the list. Ximian Evolution will address the + message to the entire list when you send it. You can also + right-click on the list's address card in the Contact + Manager and select <guimenuitem>Send Message to + List</guimenuitem>, + <para> + </sect3> + + </sect2> </sect1> |