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diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index 3b233baba0..9720bd4c63 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -109,12 +109,22 @@ them more quickly, which is why there's a search feature. </para> </sect1> + <sect1 id="usage-contact-cards"> <title>The Contact Editor</title> <para> - To delete a card, click on it once to select it, then press the - <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button. If you have multiple - cards selected, you'll delete multiple cards. + <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> + <listitem> + <para> + Click once on the contact. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Press <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> </para> <para> If you want to add or change cards, you'll use the contact @@ -125,32 +135,32 @@ toolbar will open the same window, with blank entry boxes for you to fill in. </para> - - <para> - The contact editor window has two tabs, - <guilabel>General</guilabel>, for basic contact information, - and <guilabel>Details</guilabel>, for a more specific - description of the person. In addition, it contains a - <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu, (see <xref - linkend="menuref-contact-editor">) and a toolbar with three + + <para> + The contact editor window has two tabs, + <guilabel>General</guilabel>, for basic contact information, + and <guilabel>Details</guilabel>, for a more specific + description of the person. In addition, it contains a + <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu, (see <xref + linkend="menuref-contact-editor">) and a toolbar with three items: <guilabel>Save and Close</guilabel>, <guilabel>Print</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Delete</guilabel>. </para> - - <figure id="usage-contact-editor-fig"> - <title>Evolution Contact Editor</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Evolution Contact Editor</screeninfo> - <graphic fileref="fig/contact-editor" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> - </graphic> - </screenshot> - </figure> - - <para> The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab has seven sections, - each with an icon: a face, for name and company; a telephone - for phone numbers; an envelope for email address; a globe for - web page address; a house for postal address; a file folder - for contacts, and a briefcase for categories. + + <figure id="usage-contact-editor-fig"> + <title>Evolution Contact Editor</title> + <screenshot> + <screeninfo>Evolution Contact Editor</screeninfo> + <graphic fileref="fig/contact-editor" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> + </graphic> + </screenshot> + </figure> + + <para> The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab has seven sections, + each with an icon: a face, for name and company; a telephone + for phone numbers; an envelope for email address; a globe for + web page address; a house for postal address; a file folder + for contacts, and a briefcase for categories. </para> <para> <variablelist> @@ -260,62 +270,70 @@ linkend="usage-contact-organize">. </para> <para> - The <guilabel>Details</guilabel> tab is, fortunately, much more - simple: three sections, all of which are more or less obvious: - the briefcase next to the details about the contact's - professional life; the face next to the details about their - personal life; the globe next to a big blank space you can use - for anything and everything else you'd like to note about them. - If you ever wanted to have that uncanny knack for remembering - obscure details like the date of someone's anniversary (perhaps - your own) this is the way to develop it. - </para> - - - - -<!--- ############# This section isn't implemented yet either: - <sect2> - <title></title> - <para> - <tip> - <title>Contact Shortcuts</title> + The <guilabel>Details</guilabel> tab is much simpler: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> <para> - You can add cards from within an email message or calendar - appointment. While looking at an email, right-click on - any email address or message, and choose - <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Address</guimenuitem> or - <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Sender</guimenuitem> - from the menu. While looking at a calendar appointment, - right-click any email address, and choose - <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Address</guimenuitem>. - (NOTE that feature may change! unimplemented!) - </para> - </tip> - </para> - <para> - You can move cards around just as you would move email - messages: dragging and dropping works, as does right-clicking - and choosing <guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem> from the menu - that appears. - </para> - </sect2> -############### SHORTCUT SECTION COMMENTED OUT FOR NOW --> + The briefcase - Describes the person's professional life + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The face - Describes the person's personal life + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The globe - Misc. notes + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <tip> + <title>Contact Shortcuts</title> + <para> + You can add cards from within an email message or calendar + appointment. While looking at an email, right-click on + any email address or message, and choose + <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Address</guimenuitem> or + <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Sender</guimenuitem> + from the menu. While looking at a calendar appointment, + right-click any email address, and choose + <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Address</guimenuitem>. + (NOTE that feature may change! unimplemented!) + </para> + </tip> + </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="contact-search"> <title>Searching for Contacts</title> <para> - Between <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> and <guilabel>View - All</guilabel> is a quick search field. To use it, select - from the drop-down list which sort of search you'd like to - perform (the whole card, just the name, or just the email - address), then enter one or more words in the text entry - box, and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. - <application>Evolution</application> will search through - the contents of every displayed card to find one that - matches. You can refine searches by doing several in + <application>Evolution</application> allows searching through contacts + quickly and easily. + </para> + <para> + To search through contacts: + <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> + <listitem> + <para> + Select your search focus in the search bar. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Enter your query. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Press return to search. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </para> + <para> + You can refine searches by doing several in succession, or start over by pressing the <guibutton>View All</guibutton> button. </para> @@ -344,28 +362,45 @@ </example> <para> - If you prefer to perform a more complex search, press - <guibutton>Find</guibutton> or choose - <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Search for - Contact</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This will open the - in-depth search window, which lets you use multiple search - criteria in the same way that email filters and <glossterm - linkend="vfolder">virtual folders</glossterm> do. + To perform a complex search through your contacts: + <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> + <listitem> + <para> + Open + <menuchoice> + <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> + <guimenuitem>Search for contacts</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Name the rule in the <guilabel>Rule name</guilabel field. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Setup your criteria information in the <guilabel>If</guilabel> section. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + If you want to add more critera, click the <guibutton>Add + criterion</guibutton> button. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Click <guibutton>Search</guibutton>. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> </para> <para> - Click <guibutton>Add Criterion</guibutton> to increase the - number of criteria you'd like to use in the search, and - <guibutton>Remove Criterion</guibutton> to remove one from the - bottom of the list. Your criteria may be a search within the - <guilabel>Name</guilabel> or <guilabel>Email</guilabel> - fields; alternately you can choose to search through all the - fields with a regular expression. Then, you can select from - all the familiar requirements like <guilabel>Begins - With</guilabel> and <guilabel>Does Not Contain</guilabel>, - decide whether to match <guilabel>All</guilabel> or - <guilabel>Any</guilabel> of your criteria, and press - <guibutton>Search</guibutton> to set it all off. + To show all your contacts, select <guibutton>Show All</guibutton> in the + <guilablel>Search Bar</guilabel> or search with an empty query. </para> + </sect1> <sect1 id="usage-contact-organize"> @@ -469,6 +504,7 @@ </sect2> </sect1> +<!-- we need a LDAP server up for me to test this --> <sect1 id="usage-contact-sharing"> <title>Sharing your Cards</title> <para> |