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diff --git a/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml b/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
index 77f84e8230..cccf6c409f 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
<para>
My Evolution is designed to show you a
summary of important information: the appointments for a given
- day, important email, and so forth. To see your My Evolution.
- , click on the <guibutton>My Evolution</guibutton>
+ day, important email, and so forth. To see your My Evolution,
+ click on the <guibutton>My Evolution</guibutton>
button in the shortcut bar, or select the
<guilabel>My Evolution</guilabel> folder in the folder
bar.
@@ -14,40 +14,24 @@
<title>Introducing My Evolution</title>
<para>
The first thing you'll want to do with My Evolution
- is add a service. Click the <guibutton>Add Service</guibutton>
- button in the toolbar, then select one of the available
- services. Services may vary depending upon your system, but
- most installations will have at least the following options:
+ is add a service. Go to
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>My Evolution Settings</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ then select one of the available
+ services. Services may vary depending upon your system, but
+ most installations will have at least the following options:
+ <variablelist>
- <variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Calendar</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Pending appointments and other events for that day.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Inbox</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Information about your mail, such as the number of
- new messages you have waiting.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>To Do</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A short summary of your task pad.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Mail</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Display amount of unread email in your selected folders.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>RDF Summary</term>
@@ -61,27 +45,136 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- </para>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Weather</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Shows you the current weather for the cities of your choice.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <para>
- Each service appears in a small box on the screen; you can
- remove the service by clicking the <guibutton>x</guibutton>
- button in the upper right, or bring up a settings dialog by
- clicking the little wrench icon below that.
- </para>
- </sect1>
-<!--
- <sect1 id="exec-services-detail">
- <title>Services in Detail</title>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Schedule</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Lets you see the events for the day.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> comes with ... enabled by
+ default.
+ </para>
+ <sect2 id="new-components">
+ <title>Adding New Components</title>
+ <para>
+ To add a new service:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>My Evolution Settings</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ from the menubar.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the service you wish to add by clicking on the respective
+ tab.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose <guibutton>OK</guibutton> when finished configuring the
+ item.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="delete-components">
+ <title>Deleting Components</title>
+ <para>
+ Of course, there are possibly some components which you'd prefer not too
+ view in your My Evolution.
+ To remove a component:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>My Evolution Settings</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ from the menubar.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guilabel>Enable</guilabel> button in the component you
+ would like to disable.
+ <!-- This is incorrect. I am going to ask Iain if he could throw
+ in an Enable button -->
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="modifying-components">
+ <title>Modifying Components</title>
<para>
- This section will show you how to use several
- <application>Evolution</application> services, once they
- become available. Wait for updates. FIXME
+ Chances are, the components that you setup aren't going to be setup for
+ your needs. For instance, you may choose that you want to use different
+ city choices than the default settings.
+ <application>Evolution</application> lets you configure all the
+ components in My Evolution.
</para>
-
- </sect1>
--->
+ <sect3 id="modifying-components-mail">
+ <title>Modifying Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ To modify mail:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>My Evolution Settings</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ from the menubar.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> tab at the top of the
+ window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> service window is broken up into two
+ sections. The left section is where your mail folders are listed.
+ The right section shows which folders are displayed.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To add a folder to be displayed, click on a folder in the
+ <guilabel>All folders</guilabel> section and click the
+ <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To remove a folder from the service, click on the folder in the
+ <guilabel>Display folders</guilabel> section and click the
+ <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
</chapter>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
index 1217109a25..3f8ced92f1 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
start with the <interface>Inbox</interface> open and show you a
message from Ximian welcoming you to the application.
</para>
+
<para>
Your <application>Evolution</application>
<guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> will look something like the one in
@@ -82,172 +83,296 @@
</figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-1.png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Email Viewer</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This is where your email is displayed.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-1.png"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Email Viewer</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is where your email is displayed.
+ </para>
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-2.png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Email List</guilabel>
- </para>
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-2.png"></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>
+ 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. Almost all of them are also located 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.
+
+ <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>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-listorder">
+ <title>Sorting the message list</title>
<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.
+ One of the ways <application>Evolution</application> lets
+ you choose the way you work is the way it lets you sort your
+ message lists. To sort by sender, subject, or date, click
+ on the bars with those labels at the top of the message
+ list. The direction of the arrow next to the label indicates
+ the direction of the sort, and if you click again, you'll
+ sort them in reverse order. For example, click once on
+ <guilabel>Date</guilabel> to sort messages by date from
+ oldest to newest. Click again, and
+ <application>Evolution</application> sorts the list from
+ newest to oldest. You can also right-click on the message
+ header bars to get a set of sorting options, and add or
+ remove columns from the message list. You can find detailed
+ instructions on how to customize your message display
+ columns in <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-columns">.
</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.
- <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>
+ You can also choose a threaded message view. Select
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Threaded</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ to turn the threaded view on or off. When you select this option,
+ <application>Evolution</application> groups the replies to a
+ message with the original, so you can follow the thread of a
+ conversation from one message to the next.
</para>
-
- <sect2 id="usage-mail-listorder">
- <title>Sorting the message list</title>
- <para>
- One of the ways <application>Evolution</application> lets
- you choose the way you work is the way it lets you sort your
- message lists. To sort by sender, subject, or date, click
- on the bars with those labels at the top of the message
- list. The direction of the arrow next to the label indicates
- the direction of the sort, and if you click again, you'll
- sort them in reverse order. For example, click once on
- <guilabel>Date</guilabel> to sort messages by date from
- oldest to newest. Click again, and
- <application>Evolution</application> sorts the list from
- newest to oldest. You can also right-click on the message
- header bars to get a set of sorting options, and add or
- remove columns from the message list. You can find detailed
- instructions on how to customize your message display
- columns in <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-columns">.
- </para>
- <para>
- You can also choose a threaded message view. Select
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Threaded</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> to turn
- the threaded view on or off. When you select this option,
- <application>Evolution</application> groups the replies to a
- message with the original, so you can follow the thread of a
- conversation from one message to the next.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-delete">
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-delete">
<title>Deleting Mail</title>
<para>
Once you've read your mail, you may want to get rid of
- it. To mark a message for deletion, select it in the the
- <interface>message list</interface> by clicking on it once.
- Then click on the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button in
- the tool bar. Or, right-click on a message and choose
- <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> from the right-click
- menu. The message will appear with a line through it, to
- show that you've marked it for deletion.
- </para>
- <para>
- If you change your mind and decide you want to keep it,
- select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Undelete</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. If you
- really want to get rid of it, choose
- <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem> from the
- <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> menu. That will delete it
- permanently.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get">
- <title>Checking Mail</title>
- <para>
- Now that you've had a look around the
- <interface>Inbox</interface>, it's time to check for new mail.
- Click <guibutton>Get mail</guibutton> in the toolbar to check
- your mail. If it's the first time you've done so, the
- <interface>mail setup assistant</interface> will ask you for
- the information it needs to check your mail (see <xref
- linkend="config-setupassist"> for more information).
- </para>
- <para>
- Then, you need to enter your email
- password. <application>Evolution</application> will remember
- your password until until you select <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Forget
- Passwords</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
+ it.
+ To delete a message:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the message to select it
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press delete button or right click and click on
+ <guilabel>Delete</guilabel>.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>Deleted but still here?</title>
+ <para>
+ When you do this, your message is marked to be deleted. It is
+ not until you expunge the message that the message is gone.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ or press
+ <keycombo action="simul">
+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
+ <keycap>E</keycap>
+ </keycombo>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-undelete">
+ <title>Undeleting Messages</title>
<para>
- Once it's validated the password,
- <application>Evolution</application> will check your mail.
- New mail will appear in the local <interface>Inbox</interface>
- if you're using a <glossterm>POP</glossterm> account, and in
- your <glossterm>IMAP</glossterm> folders if you use IMAP. If
- you have chosen to use IMAP, and you have multiple folders on
- your IMAP server, you may need to subscribe to them. To learn
- how to use the subscription manager, read <xref
- linkend="usage-mail-subscriptions">.
- </para>
-
- <note id="badmailsettings">
- <title>Can't Check Mail?</title>
- <para>
- If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need
- to change your network settings. To learn how to do that,
- have a look at <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-network">, or
- ask your system administrator.
+ To undelete a message:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click a message marked for deletion to select it
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Undelete</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>What does Undelete actually do?</title>
+ <para>
+ Undelete doesn't bring back messages that have been expunged.
+ Undelete simply unmarks messages for expunging.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
</para>
- </note>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
- <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-news">
- <title>Using Evolution for News </title>
- <para>
- Newsgroups are so similar to email that there's no reason not
- to read them side by side. If you want to do that, add a
- news source to your configuration (see <xref
- linkend="config-prefs-network-news">). The news server will
- appear as a remote server, and will look quite similar to an
- IMAP folder. When you click <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton>,
- <application>Evolution</application> will also check for news
- messages.
+ <sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get">
+ <title>Checking Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ Now that you've had a look around the <interface>Inbox</interface>, it's
+ time to check for new mail. Click <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> in the
+ toolbar to check your mail. If it's the first time you've done so, the
+ <interface>mail setup assistance</interface> will ask you for the
+ information it needs to check your email.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The druid will give you several dialogue boxes where you setup:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Setup your personal information
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Setup your outgoing email server information
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Identity Name
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To check your email, press the <guibutton>Check Mail</guibutton> button.
+ If this is your first time checking mail, or you don't have
+ <application>Evolution</application> setup to store your password, you'll
+ be prompted for the password. Enter your password and your email will be
+ downloaded.
+ </para>
+ <note id="badmailsettings">
+ <title>Can't Check Mail?</title>
+ <para>
+ If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need to check
+ your network settings. If you. To learn how to do that,
+ have a look at <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-network">, or
+ ask your system administrator.
</para>
- </sect2>
+ </note>
- <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-attach">
- <title>Attachments and HTML Mail</title>
- <para>
- If someone sends you an <glossterm>attachment</glossterm>, a
- file attached to an email,
- <application>Evolution</application> will display the file
- at the bottom of the message to which it's attached. Text,
- HTML, and most images will be displayed within the message
- itself. For other files,
- <application>Evolution</application> will show an icon at
- the end of the message. Right-click on the icon to get a
- list of options which will vary depending on the type of
- attachment. You will have the option to display most files
- as part of the message, export them to a different
- application (images to Eye of GNOME, spreadsheets to
- Gnumeric, and so forth), or save them to disk.
- </para>
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-news">
+ <title>Using Evolution for News </title>
+ <para>
+ Newsgroups are so similar to email that there's no reason not
+ to read them side by side. If you want to do that, add a
+ news source to your configuration (see <xref
+ linkend="config-prefs-network-news">). The news server will
+ appear as a remote server, and will look quite similar to an
+ IMAP folder. When you click <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton>,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will also check for news
+ messages.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-attach">
+ <title>Attachments and HTML Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ If someone sends you an <glossterm>attachment</glossterm>, a
+ file attached to an email,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will display the file
+ at the bottom of the message to which it's attached. Text,
+ HTML, and most images will be displayed within the message
+ itself. For other files,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will show an icon at
+ the end of the message.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To Save an Attachment to Disk:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open up the desired email
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click on the down arrow at the bottom of the email for the desired
+ attachment.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select <guibutton>Save to Disk</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose the directory and filename you wish.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ To automatically view an attachment inline, press the arrow button next
+ to the attachment.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ <para>
+ To Open an Attachment in a Program:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open up the desired email
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the down arrow at the bottom of the email for the desired
+ attachment.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Open in Program</guibutton> where program is the
+ program that is assigned to open that file type.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+
+
+ <!-- Right-click on the icon to get a
+ list of options which will vary depending on the type of
+ attachment. You will have the option to display most files
+ as part of the message, export them to a different
+ application (images to Eye of GNOME, spreadsheets to
+ Gnumeric, and so forth), or save them to disk.
+ </para>
+ -->
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> can also display
HTML-formatted mail, complete with graphics. HTML
@@ -283,14 +408,14 @@
<!-- Check the alignment of the following paragraph in the PS and
HTML output: it's indented for no good reason
- Kevin Breit: I dont see a problem with it.
--->
+ Kevin Breit: I dont see a problem with the HTML.
+ -->
<para>
- Enter an address in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field, a
- subject in the <guilabel>Subject:</guilabel> and a message in
- the big empty box at the bottom of the window, and press
- <guibutton>Send</guibutton>.
- </para>
+ Enter an address in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field. If you wish
+ enter a subject in the <guilabel>Subject:</guilabel> and a message in
+ the big empty box at the bottom of the window. Once you have revised
+ your message, press <guibutton>Send</guibutton>.
+ </para>
<sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-delay">
<title>Saving Messages for Later</title>
@@ -312,44 +437,57 @@
filter behavior, see <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail">.
</para>
- <para>
- You can also choose to save messages as drafts or as text
- files. Choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>File</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
+ <para>
+ You can also choose to save messages as drafts or as text
+ files. Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
- or <guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem> to save your message
- as a text file. If you prefer to keep your message in a
- folder (the <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel> folder would be the
- obvious place), you can select <menuchoice>
+ or <guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem> to save your message
+ as a text file. If you prefer to keep your message in a
+ folder (the <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel> folder would be the
+ obvious place), you can select <menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save In
- Folder</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-compose">
- <title>Advanced Mail Composition</title>
- <para>
- You can probably guess the purpose of the buttons labelled
- <guibutton>Cut</guibutton>, <guibutton>Copy</guibutton>,
- <guibutton>Paste</guibutton>, <guibutton>Undo</guibutton>
- and <guibutton>Redo</guibutton>, but there's a bit more to
- sending mail that's less obvious. In the next few sections,
- you'll see how <application>Evolution</application> handles
- additional features, including large recipient lists,
- attachments, and forwarding.
- </para>
+ Folder</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-compose">
+ <title>Advanced Mail Composition</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> is meant to not only handle large
+ amounts of incoming mail, but helps you manage all the tasks of having
+ an email account.
+ In the next few sections, you'll see how
+ <application>Evolution</application> handles additional features,
+ including large recipient lists, attachments, and forwarding.
+ </para>
<sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-attach">
<title>Attachments</title>
<para>
- If you want to attach a file to your email message, you
- can drag it from your desktop into the message window, or
- click the button in the toolbar with a paper clip on it,
- labelled <guibutton>Attach</guibutton>. If you click the
- <guibutton>Attach</guibutton> button,
- <application>Evolution</application> will open a file
- selection dialog box to ask you which file you want to
- send. Select the file and click <guilabel>OK</guilabel>.
+ To attach a file to your email:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Push the attach button in the composer toolbar
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the file you want to attach
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can drag a file from your desktop into the composer window to
+ attach it as well.
</para>
<para>
To hide the display of files you've attached to the
@@ -371,11 +509,12 @@
addressbook, or never load images.
</para>
</sect3>
+
<sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to-types">
- <title>Types of Recipients</title>
+ <title>Types of Recipients</title>
<para>
- <application>Evolution</application>, like most email
- programs recognizes three types of addressee: primary
+ <application>Evolution</application>, like most email
+ programs recognizes three types of addressee: primary
recipients, secondary recipients, and hidden ("blind")
recipients.
</para>
@@ -429,7 +568,7 @@
<sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to">
<title>Choosing Recipients Quickly</title>
<para>
-f you have created address cards in the contact manager,
+ If you have created address cards in the contact manager,
you can also enter nicknames or other portions of address
data, and <application>Evolution</application> will transparently
complete
@@ -446,7 +585,7 @@ f you have created address cards in the contact manager,
Alternately, you can click on the
<guibutton>To:</guibutton>, <guibutton>Cc:</guibutton>, or
<guibutton>Bcc:</guibutton> buttons to get a list &mdash;
- potentially a very long one &mdash; of the email addresses
+ a potentially a very long one &mdash; of the email addresses
in your contact manager. Select addresses and click on
the arrows to move them into the appropriate address
columns.
@@ -543,7 +682,7 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
<sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-find">
<title>Searching and Replacing with the Composer</title>
<para>
- You're probably familiar with search and replace features,
+ You maybe familiar with search and replace features,
and if you come from a Linux or Unix background, you
probably know what <guimenuitem>Find Regex</guimenuitem>
does. If you aren't among the lucky who already know,
@@ -588,6 +727,7 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
</variablelist>
</para>
+
<para>
For all of these menu items, you can choose whether or not
to <guilabel>Search Backwards</guilabel> in the document
@@ -598,6 +738,7 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
a match.
</para>
</sect2>
+
<sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-html">
<title>Embellish your email with HTML</title>
<para>
@@ -650,44 +791,44 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
or <guilabel>Header 1</guilabel> through
<guilabel>Header 6</guilabel> for varying sizes of
header from large (1) to tiny (6). Other styles
- include <guilabel>pre</guilabel>, to use the HTML
+ include <guilabel>preformat</guilabel>, to use the HTML
tag for preformatted blocks of text, and three types
of <guilabel>List Item</guilabel> for the highly
organized.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Text style</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Use these buttons to determine the way your letters
- look. If you have text selected, the style will
- apply to the selected text. If you do not have text
- selected, the style will apply to whatever you type
- next. The buttons are:
- <itemizedlist mark="none">
- <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>B</guibutton> for bold text</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>I</guibutton> for italics</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>U</guibutton> to underline</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>S</guibutton> for a strikethrough.</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Text style</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use these buttons to determine the way your letters
+ look. If you have text selected, the style will
+ apply to the selected text. If you do not have text
+ selected, the style will apply to whatever you type
+ next. The buttons are:
+ <itemizedlist mark="none">
+ <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>B</guibutton> for bold text</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>I</guibutton> for italics</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>U</guibutton> to underline</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>S</guibutton> for a strikethrough.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term>Alignment</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Located next to the text style buttons, these three
- paragraph icons should be familiar to users of most
- word processing software. The leftmost button will
- make your text aligned to the left, the center
- button, centered, and the right hand button,
- aligned on the right side.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Located next to the text style buttons, these three
+ paragraph icons should be familiar to users of most
+ word processing software. The leftmost button will
+ make your text aligned to the left, the center
+ button, centered, and the right hand button,
+ aligned on the right side.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Indentation rules</term>
@@ -719,79 +860,114 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
- There are three tools that you can find only in the
- <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> menu.
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Insert Link</guimenuitem>:</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Use this tool to put hyperlinks in your HTML
- messages. When you select it,
- <application>Evolution</application> will prompt you
- for the <guilabel>Text</guilabel> that will appear,
- and the <guilabel>Link</guilabel>, where you should
- enter the actual web address (URL). If you don't
- want special link text, you can just enter the address
+ The <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> gives you three opinions which let you
+ spruce up your email to make it more interesting:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Insert Link</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Lets you link some text to a website. Use this tool to put hyperlinks in your HTML
+ messages. If you don't want special link text, you can just enter the address
directly, and <application>Evolution</application>
will recognize it as a link.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenuitem>Insert Image</guimenuitem>:</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Select this item to embed an image into your email, as
- was done in the welcome message. Images will appear at
- the location of the cursor. This is different from
- attaching them to a message, but not very different.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Insert Rule</guimenuitem>:</term>
- <listitem><para>
- This will insert a horizontal line, or rule, into your document.
- You'll be presented with a dialog box which gives you
- the choice of size, percentage of screen, shading, and
- alignment; if you leave everything at the default
- values you'll get a thin black rule all the way across
- the screen.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Insert Image</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Lets you put an image alongside text.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Insert Rule</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Inserts a horizontal line into the text to help divide two
+ sections.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ To add a hyperlink to your HTML message:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the text you want to link from
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Right click on text and select
+ <guimenuitem>Link</guimenuitem>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the address you wish to link to in the
+ <guilabel>URL</guilabel> field.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To add an image to your HTML message:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Browse</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the image you want
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <guibutton>Insert</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <note>
- <title>A Technical note on HTML Tags</title>
- <para>
- The composer is a <acronym>WYSIWYG</acronym>
- (What You See Is What You Get)
- editor for HTML. That means that if you enter HTML
- directly into the composer&mdash; say, <markup
- role="html">&lt;B&gt;Bold Text&lt;/B&gt</markup>, the
- the composer will assume you meant exactly that string
- of characters, and not "make this text bold," as an HTML
- composition tool or text editor would.
- </para>
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>A Technical note on HTML Tags</title>
+ <para>
+ The composer is a <acronym>WYSIWYG</acronym>
+ (What You See Is What You Get)
+ editor for HTML. That means that if you enter HTML
+ directly into the composer&mdash; say,
+ <markup role="html">&lt;B&gt;Bold Text&lt;/B&gt</markup>, the
+ the composer will assume you meant exactly that string
+ of characters, and not "make this text bold," as an HTML
+ composition tool or text editor would.
+ </para>
</note>
</sect2>
-
-<!-- Function not implemented, possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
-<!--
- <sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-live">
- <title>Live Documents</title>
- <para>
- Later versions of <application>Evolution</application>
- will allow you to enliven your email with almost any
- sort of document, and even with entire
- applications. At this point, however, this feature has not
- yet been implemented.
- </para>
- </sect3>
--->
-
<sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-fwd">
<title>Forwarding Mail</title>
<para>
@@ -828,6 +1004,7 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
<guibutton>Send</guibutton>.
</para>
</sect2>
+
<sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-ettiquette">
<title>Seven Tips for Email Courtesy</title>
<para>
@@ -892,24 +1069,31 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> lets you handle your
IMAP and newsgroup subscriptions with the same tool: the
- subscriptions manager. To start using it, choose
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Manage
- Subscriptions</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
- </para>
- <para>
- If you have configured any IMAP (mail) or NNTP (news)
- servers, you will see them listed in the left half of the
- subscription management window. Click on a server to select
- it, and you will see the folders or newsgroups available to
- you. You can then select individual folders and subscribe to
- them, or remove yourself from the subscription list.
- </para>
- <para>
- Once you have subscribed to a folder or newsgroup, your system
- will check for new messages whenever you press the
- <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> button.
- </para>
-</sect1>
+ subscriptions manager.
+
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click on the folder you wish to subscribe to in the
+ <guilabel>Store</guilabel> section.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guibutton>Subscribe</guibutton> to add it to the
+ subscribed list.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Close the window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ </sect1>
<sect1 id="encryption">