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+<!--
+<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
+-->
+<chapter id="usage-summary">
+ <title>Getting Oriented with the Ximian Evolution Summary</title>
+
+ <sect1 id="summary-intro">
+ <title>Using the Summary</title>
+ <para>
+ The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to know
+ quickly. It will show you your tasks for that day, how many
+ emails are waiting for you, and much more.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To begin using your Summary, click on the <guilabel>Shortcut
+ Bar</guilabel> or <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> at the top of the
+ <guilabel>Folder Bar</guilabel>. By default, you will see:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Weather Reports
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ News feeds from the Internet
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Mail summary
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Appointments
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Tasks
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1 id="customizing-summary">
+ <title>Customizing the Summary's Modules</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution's</application> modules can be customized
+ to suit your needs. For example, you can choose which mail
+ boxes are summarized, and which news services appear.
+ </para>
+
+
+ <note id="summary-http-proxy">
+ <title>Using the Summary through an HTTP Proxy</title>
+ <para>
+ If you use an HTTP proxy, <application>Ximian
+ Evolution</application> must be able to find it through the
+ <systemitem>gnome-vfs</systemitem> subsystem before it can
+ access news and weather from the Internet. This is also
+ the case if you wish to load remote images into HTML mail
+ message. You can tell the GNOME Virtual File System about
+ your HTTP proxy in one of three ways, from easiest to most
+ complicated:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Use the VFS Proxy Tool</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Run the command "gnome-vfs-proxy-capplet" or
+ select the GNOME VFS Proxy Configuration tool
+ from your Desktop Preferences menu in the menu
+ panel.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the address or hostname of your proxy
+ server and click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
+ button.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Configure it with Nautilus</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open a Nautilus window
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Preferences</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Edit Preferences</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Go to the <guilabel>Navigation</guilabel> tab.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guilabel>Use HTTP Proxy</guilabel>
+ checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP
+ proxy in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Configure it with the gconftool command</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open a terminal.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the command
+ <command>
+ gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE"
+ </command>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the command
+ <command>
+ gconftool --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url"
+ </command>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the command
+ <command>
+ gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080"
+ </command>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For more information about the gconftool command,
+ read the gconftool man page.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
+
+ <sect2 id="customizing-summary-weather">
+ <title>Customizing the Weather Summary</title>
+ <para>
+ To add a city to be displayed in the weather:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> and
+ select the Summary Preferences tool.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guilabel>Weather</guilabel> tab.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the city on the left hand column.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <tip id="measurments">
+ <title>Metric or Imperial?</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> supports both
+ Imperial and Metric measurement for weather
+ reports. Imperial units are sometimes called British
+ units, but are used almost exclusively in the United
+ States. Britain, and most of the rest of the world, use
+ metric units.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="customizing-feeds">
+ <title>Customizing Your News Feeds</title>
+ <para>
+ To customize your news feeds:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> and
+ select the Summary Preferences tool. Then, choose the
+ <guilabel>News</guilabel> tab.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ In the left hand column, select the news feed to add to
+ your display.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can also add your own news feeds. Evolution will display
+ RDF format news feeds from the website of your choice.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="customizing-mail">
+ <title>Customizing Your Mail Summary</title>
+ <para>
+ To customize your mail summary:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> and
+ select the Summary Preferences tool.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guibutton>Mail</guibutton> tab.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the mail folder you want to see in the preview on the left.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="customizing-cal">
+ <title>Customizing Your Schedule Summary</title>
+ <para>
+ To customize your calendar summary:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> and
+ select the Summary Preferences tool.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guibutton>Schedule</guibutton> tab.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose whether you'd like appointments displayed for one
+ day, five days, a week, or a month.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose whether you'd like to display all tasks, or just
+ the tasks due today.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+</chapter> \ No newline at end of file