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</para>
</abstract>
+
<sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend">
<title>Reading, Getting and Sending Mail</title>
@@ -88,34 +89,112 @@
<title>Evolution Mail</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Inbox</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="fig/mail-pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ <graphic fileref="fig/mainwindow-pic" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
<para>
- Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are
- listed in the <guimenu>Message</guimenu> menu in the menu
- bar. The most frequently used ones, like
- <guimenuitem>Reply</guimenuitem> and
- <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem>, also appear as buttons in
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-1"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guimenu>Menu Bar</guimenu>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The menu items give you access to most of the functions available to you
+ including writing new email, editing your filters, and changing how
+ Evolution looks.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-2"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel> gives you access to the most used
+ functions in <application>Evolution</application>. You can control
+ whether the toolbar has icons, text, or both.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-3"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel> gives you quick and easy access to
+ the many components of <application>Evolution</application>. You can
+ also set it up as a 'Favorites' bar, and have it store all your favorite
+ folders, so you can access them quickly.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-4"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Status Bar</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Periodically, <application>Evolution</application> will need to quietly
+ display a message, or tell you the progress of something. This most
+ often happens when you're checking or sending email. These progress
+ queues are shown here, in the <guilabel>Status Bar</guilabel>.
+ <!-- This sucks, rewrite this paragraph! -->
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-5"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Email Viewer</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is where your email is displayed.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-6"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Email List</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Email List</guilabel> lists off all the emails that you
+ have. This includes all your read, unread, and email that is flagged to
+ be deleted.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-7"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Search Bar</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Search Bar</guilabel> lets you search through your email
+ with precision so you can easily find what you're looking for.
+ <!-- End Marketing Sounding Stuff Here -->
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are
+ listed in the <guimenu>Message</guimenu> menu in the menu
+ bar. The most frequently used ones, like
+ <guimenuitem>Reply</guimenuitem> and
+ <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem>, also appear as buttons in
the toolbar, and almost all of them are duplicated in the
- right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts, which tend to be
- faster once you get the hang of them. You can choose
- whichever way you like best; the idea is that the software
- should work the way you want, rather than making you work the
- way the it does.
+ right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts, which tend to be
+ faster once you get the hang of them. You can choose
+ whichever way you like best; the idea is that the software
+ should work the way you want, rather than making you work the
+ way the it does.
<tip id="view-headers">
- <title>Take a look at the headers</title>
- <para>
- To look at the entire source of your email message, including
- all the header information, select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Source</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
- </para>
- </tip>
- </para>
-
+ <title>Take a look at the headers</title>
+ <para>
+ To look at the entire source of your email message, including
+ all the header information, select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Source</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </para>
+
<sect3 id="usage-mail-listorder">
<title>Sorting the message list</title>
<para>