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@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
- If you don't like the shortcut bar, you can use keyboard
- shortcuts, or <glossterm>hot keys</glossterm>. They're shown
- next to their equivalent menu items in the menu bar. You can
- also set your own hot keys for functions that don't have any;
- this is covered in <xref linkend="config">. If you're using the
- keyboard shortcuts you may also want to hide the
+ If you don't like the shortcut bar, you can use the menu bar, or
+ keyboard shortcuts, also called <glossterm>hot keys</glossterm>.
+ They're shown next to their equivalent menu items in the menu
+ bar. You can also set your own hot keys for functions that don't
+ have any; this is covered in <xref linkend="config">. If you're
+ using the keyboard shortcuts you may also want to hide the
<interface>shortcut bar</interface> by selecting <menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Shortcut
Bar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
@@ -350,32 +350,27 @@
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term> <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu </term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ This menu lets you decide how <application>Evolution</application>
+ should look. Some of the features control the appearance of
+ <application>Evolution</application> as a whole, and others
+ the way a particular kind of information appears.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu </term>
- <listitem><para> All of your assistants and configuration
- tools go here. For the <interface>Inbox</interface>, that
- means things like <guimenuitem>Mail
- Configuration</guimenuitem> and the <guimenuitem>vFolder
- Editor</guimenuitem>. For the
+ <term> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu </term>
+ <listitem><para> Tools for configuring, changing, and
+ setting up go here. For mail, that means things like
+ <guimenuitem>Mail Configuration</guimenuitem> and the
+ <guimenuitem>vFolder Editor</guimenuitem>. For the
<interface>Calendar</interface> and the <interface>Contact
Manager</interface>, it's color, network, and layout
configuration. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> Menu </term>
- <listitem><para>
- This menu contains a list of actions you can perform on
- the information you've stored with
- <application>Evolution</application>. The contents vary
- depending on the view, but for the
- <interface>Inbox</interface>, it contains items like
- <guimenuitem>Mark All Messages Read</guimenuitem> and
- <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem>, to erase all the
- messages you've marked for deletion.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term> <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</term>
<listitem><para>
@@ -387,6 +382,14 @@
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
+ Other menus, like <guilabel>Folder</guilabel>,
+ <guilabel>Message</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Actions</guilabel>,
+ appear only occasionally. <guilabel>Message</guilabel> and
+ <guilabel>Folder</guilabel>, for example, have commands that only
+ relate to email, so they're only available when you're looking at
+ email.
+ </para>
+ <para>
Once you've familiarized yourself with the <interface>main
window</interface> you can start doing things with it. We'll
start with your email inbox, since you've got a letter waiting