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diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index a2e4558d5d..3b233baba0 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -108,75 +108,9 @@ 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"> - <title>Searching for Contacts</title> - <para> - Between <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> and <guilabel>View - All</guilabel> is a quick search field. To use it, select - from the drop-down list which sort of search you'd like to - perform (the whole card, just the name, or just the email - address), then enter one or more words in the text entry - box, and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. - <application>Evolution</application> will search through - the contents of every displayed card to find one that - matches. You can refine searches by doing several in - succession, or start over by pressing the <guibutton>View - All</guibutton> button. - </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>. - </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. - </para> - <para> - He opens his contacts folder, and runs a quick search for - "Curtis." There are eighteen different people with that name - in the file. He then enters "Sales," and - <application>Evolution</application> narrows it down to the - right Curtis. He only becomes annoyed when he discovers that - the call was not actually important. - </para> - </example> - - <para> - If you prefer to perform a more complex search, press - <guibutton>Find</guibutton> or choose - <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Search for - Contact</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This will open the - in-depth search window, which lets you use multiple search - criteria in the same way that email filters and <glossterm - linkend="vfolder">virtual folders</glossterm> do. - </para> - <para> - 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 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 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 - <guibutton>Search</guibutton> to set it all off. - </para> - - </sect2> - </sect1> <sect1 id="usage-contact-cards"> - <title>Destroy, Create, and Change: The Contact Editor</title> + <title>The Contact Editor</title> <para> To delete a card, click on it once to select it, then press the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button. If you have multiple @@ -370,6 +304,70 @@ </sect1> + <sect1 id="contact-search"> + <title>Searching for Contacts</title> + <para> + Between <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> and <guilabel>View + All</guilabel> is a quick search field. To use it, select + from the drop-down list which sort of search you'd like to + perform (the whole card, just the name, or just the email + address), then enter one or more words in the text entry + box, and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. + <application>Evolution</application> will search through + the contents of every displayed card to find one that + matches. You can refine searches by doing several in + succession, or start over by pressing the <guibutton>View + All</guibutton> button. + </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>. + </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. + </para> + <para> + He opens his contacts folder, and runs a quick search for + "Curtis." There are eighteen different people with that name + in the file. He then enters "Sales," and + <application>Evolution</application> narrows it down to the + right Curtis. He only becomes annoyed when he discovers that + the call was not actually important. + </para> + </example> + + <para> + If you prefer to perform a more complex search, press + <guibutton>Find</guibutton> or choose + <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Search for + Contact</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This will open the + in-depth search window, which lets you use multiple search + criteria in the same way that email filters and <glossterm + linkend="vfolder">virtual folders</glossterm> do. + </para> + <para> + 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 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 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 + <guibutton>Search</guibutton> to set it all off. + </para> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="usage-contact-organize"> <title>Organizing your Address Book</title> <para> @@ -595,33 +593,18 @@ --> </sect2> -<!--- FIXME this feature not yet implemented - <sect2 id="usage-contact-automation-extra"> - <title>Map It!</title> - <para> - Need a map or directions? Click - <guibutton>MapIt</guibutton> from within the contact - manager, and <application>Evolution</application> will - map the address for you online. - </para> - </sect2> ---> - - + <!--- FIXME this feature not yet implemented + <sect2 id="usage-contact-automation-extra"> + <title>Map It!</title> + <para> + Need a map or directions? Click + <guibutton>MapIt</guibutton> from within the contact + manager, and <application>Evolution</application> will + map the address for you online. + </para> + </sect2> + --> + + </sect1> - </chapter> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |