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diff --git a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index c6a252ac78..0000000000 --- a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,424 +0,0 @@ -<!-- - <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> ---> -<chapter id="usage-mainwindow"> - - <title>The Main Window: Evolution Basics</title> - <para> - Start <application>Evolution</application> by selecting - <menuchoice><guimenu>Main Panel Menu</guimenu> - <guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu> - <guimenuitem>Evolution</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or by typing - <command>evolution</command> at the command line. The first time - you run the program, it will create a directory called - <filename>evolution</filename> in your home directory, where it - will keep all your <application>Evolution</application>-related - files. - </para> - <para> - After <application>Evolution</application> starts - up, you will see the <interface>main window</interface>, with the - <interface>Inbox</interface> open. It should look a lot like the - picture in <xref linkend="usage-mainwindow-fig">. On the left of - the <interface>main window</interface> is the <interface>shortcut - bar</interface>, with several buttons in it. Just underneath the - title bar is a series of menus in the <interface>menu - bar</interface>, and below that, the <interface>tool - bar</interface> with buttons for different functions. The largest - part of the <interface>main window</interface> is taken up by the - actual <interface>Inbox</interface>, where messages are listed - and displayed. If you're running the program for the first time, - you'll have just one message: a welcome from Helix Code. - - -<!-- ==============Figure=================================== --> - <figure id="usage-mainwindow-fig"> - <title>Evolution Main Window and Inbox</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo> - <graphic fileref="fig/mainwindow-pic" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit"> - </graphic> - </screenshot> - </figure> -<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== --> -</para> - - <para> - <note> - <title>The Way Evolution Looks</title> - <para> - The appearance of both <application>Evolution</application> - and <application>GNOME</application> is very easy to - customize, so your screen might not look like this picture. - You might decide to have <application>Evolution</application> - start with the calendar and a folder bar, or with the contact - manager occupying the entire window. - </para> - </note> - </para> - - <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-shortcutbar"> - <title>The Shortcut Bar</title> - <para> - <application>Evolution</application>'s most important job is - to give you access to your information and help you use it - quickly. One way it does that is through the - <interface>shortcut bar</interface>, the column on the left - hand side of the main window. The large buttons with names - like <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> and - <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> are the shortcuts, and you can - select different groups of shortcuts by clicking the - rectangular group buttons. - </para> - <para> - The shortcut group buttons are <guibutton>Evolution - Shortcuts</guibutton> and <guibutton>Internet - Directories</guibutton>. When you click on them, they'll slide - up and down to give you access to different sorts of shortcuts. - When you first start <application>Evolution</application>, you - are looking at the <guilabel>Evolution Shortcuts</guilabel> - category. If you click <guilabel>Internet - Directories</guilabel>, it will slide up and you'll see buttons - for the <guilabel>Bigfoot</guilabel> and - <guilabel>Netcenter</guilabel> directories, as well as any - others you or your system administrator might have added. You - can add more groups by right-clicking on the background of the - shortcut bar and selecting <guimenuitem>Menu - Group</guimenuitem>. Internet directories behave a lot like - the local contact manager, which is covered in <xref - linkend="usage-contact">. - </para> - <para> - Take a look at the <guilabel>Evolution Shortcuts</guilabel> - again. The shortcut buttons in that category are: - - <variablelist> - -<!-- NOT IMPLEMENTED! - <varlistentry> - <term> <guibutton>Today:</guibutton></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This will bring up a summary of any new messages you've - received, along with the tasks and appointments you have - lined up for today. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> ---> - - <varlistentry> - <term> <guibutton>Inbox:</guibutton></term> - <listitem> - <para> - The Inbox will show you all of your email. Your Inbox - is also where you can access Evolution's tools to - filter, sort, organize, and search your mail. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guibutton>Calendar:</guibutton></term> - <listitem> - <para> - The Calendar can store your appointments and To do lists - for you. Connected to a network, you can use it to keep - a group of people on schedule and up to date. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guibutton>Contacts:</guibutton></term> - <listitem> - <para> - The Contact Manager holds your addresses, phone numbers, - and contact information. Like calendar information, - contact data can be synchronized with hand-held devices - and shared over a network. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - -<!-- NOT IMPLEMENTED YET - <varlistentry> - <listitem> - <para> - The <guibutton>Tasks:</guibutton> tool combines a "to - do" list with reminders to help you keep track of - daily events. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> <guibutton>Notes:</guibutton></term> - <listitem> - <para> The note pad is your catch-all tool: use it to take - messages from phone conversations, keep small things - organized, write <glossterm linkend="haiku">haiku</glossterm>, or whatever - you like. This feature is not yet implemented, but will be - soon. See <xref linkend="usage-notes"> for more - information. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> ---> - - </variablelist> - </para> - <para> - If you don't like the shortcut bar, you can use the menu bar, or - keyboard shortcuts, also called <glossterm linkend="hot-key">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>. - </para> - - <tip> - <title>Shortcut Bar Tricks</title> - <para> - To remove a shortcut from the shortcut bar, right-click on it - and select <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>. To add one, - select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> - <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Evolution Bar - Shortcut</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. </para> - <para> - To change the way the shortcut bar looks, right-click in an - empty space on the shortcut bar. From the menu that appears, - you can select icon sizes. - </para> - </tip> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-folderbar"> - <title>The Folder Bar</title> - <para> - The <interface>folder bar</interface> is a more comprehensive - way to view the information you've stored with - <application>Evolution</application>. It displays all your - appointments, address cards, and email in a tree that's a lot - like a <glossterm linkend="filetree">file - tree</glossterm>— it starts small at the top, and branches - downwards. On most computers, there will be three folders at the - base. At the top are your <guilabel>vFolders</guilabel>, or - virtual folders, discussed in <xref - linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">. After that come any - <glossterm linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm> mail folders you - might have available to you over your network. The next folder - is called <guilabel>External Directories</guilabel>, and holds - <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> contact directories - stored on a network. The most important one is probably - <guilabel>Local</guilabel>, which you can use to access all the - data that's stored on your computer. If you click on the plus - sign plus sign next to the <guilabel>Local</guilabel> folder, - you'll see the contents: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>, for appointments and - event listings. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel>, for address cards. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Directories</guilabel>, for Internet contact directories. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>, for incoming mail. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, which is for drafts of - messages and mail that's already been sent. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - </para> - <tip id="foldertips"> - <title>Navigating without the Folder Bar</title> - <para> - You don't need the folder bar or the shortcut bar to move - around the main window. You can use <keycap>Tab</keycap> to - switch from one part of the window to another, and the folder - menu on the right side of the window just below the toolbar - to move about the folder tree. - </para> - </tip> - - <para> - To create a new folder, select <menuchoice> - <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> - <guimenuitem>Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You'll be asked where you want to - put it, and what kind of folder it should be. You can choose - from three types: <guilabel>Mail</guilabel>, for storing mail, - <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel> for storing calendars, and - <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> for storing contacts. - </para> - - <note> - <title>Folders Have Limits</title> - <para> - You can always place a folder inside other folders, - regardless of folder type. However, calendars, - contacts, and mail can't go into the same - folder. Calendars have to go in calendar folders, mail - in mail folders, and contacts in contact folders. - </para> - </note> - - <para> - Right-clicking will bring up a menu for just about anything - in GNOME, and <application>Evolution</application> is no - exception. If you right-click on a folder, you'll have a - menu with the following options: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem>, to view a message.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Something else</guimenuitem>, for another purpose. </para></listitem> - <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Something else</guimenuitem>, for another purpose. </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist>. - </para> - - <tip> - <title>Context-Sensitive Help</title> - <para> - GNOME 2.0 will support context-sensitive help, which means you - can almost always get help on an item by right-clicking it. - If you're not sure what something is, or don't know what you - can do with it, choosing <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> from - the right-click menu is a good way to find out. - </para> - </tip> - - <para> - Any time new information arrives in a folder, that folder label - is displayed in bold text. - </para> - <para> - To delete a folder, right-click it and select - <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> from the menu that pops up. - To change the order of folders, or put one inside another, use - drag-and-drop. To move individual - messages, appointments, and address cards between folders, you - can do the same thing: drag them where you want them, and - they'll go. - </para> - </sect1> - <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-menubar"> - <title>The Menu Bar</title> - <para> - The <interface>menu bar</interface>'s contents will always - provide all the possible actions for any given view of your - data. That means that, depending on the context, menu bar items - will change. If you're looking at your Inbox, most of the menu - items will relate to mail; some will relate to other components - of <application>Evolution</application> and some, especially - those in the <guimenu>File Menu</guimenu> will relate to the - application as a whole. The contents of the menu bar are - described in <xref linkend="menuref">. - </para> - <para> - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term> <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</term> - - <listitem><para> - Anything even related to a file or to the operations - of the application generally falls under this - menu: creating things, saving them to disk, - printing them, and quitting the program itself. - - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu </term> - <listitem><para> - Although it doesn't contain anything at first, - the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu fills up with - useful tools that help you edit text and move it around. - </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>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>Help</guimenu> Menu</term> - <listitem><para> - Select among these items to open the - <application>Help Browser</application> - and read the <application>Evolution</application> manual. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </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 - for you already. - </para> - </sect1> -</chapter> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |