From e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:46:44 +0000 Subject: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file. 2001-08-20 Aaron Weber * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file. Rewrote intro. * C/usage-contact.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Put summary-type info into this file from other chapters. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12328 --- help/C/preface.sgml | 1 + help/C/usage-calendar.sgml | 74 +---------- help/C/usage-contact.sgml | 76 ++--------- help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml | 42 ++---- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 178 ++++++------------------- help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml | 295 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- help/ChangeLog | 27 +++- 7 files changed, 372 insertions(+), 321 deletions(-) diff --git a/help/C/preface.sgml b/help/C/preface.sgml index f1f14584b5..fa03971fc9 100644 --- a/help/C/preface.sgml +++ b/help/C/preface.sgml @@ -167,3 +167,4 @@ + diff --git a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml index 7d009eeb8c..8c4b48ebc2 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml @@ -4,66 +4,15 @@ Managing your Schedule - - To begin using the calendar, select - Calendar from the shortcut - bar. By default, the calendar starts showing today's - schedule on a ruled background. At the upper right, there's a - monthly calendar you can use to switch days. Below that, there's - a TaskPad, where you can keep a list of tasks - separate from your calendar appointments. The calendar's daily - view is shown in . - -
- Evolution Calendar View - - Evolution Contact Manager Window - - - -
- + + This chapter will show you how to use the Ximian Evolution + Calendar to manage your schedule alone or in conjunction with + others. + - - - - - Appointment List - - - - The Appointment List is responsible for showing you all of - your scheduled appointments, whether they are all day appointments or simply one time - appointments that last a half an hour. - - - - - Todo List - - - - The Todo List compliments the Appointment List - as it keeps track of your chores or tasks which don't have - any time associated with them. These may include "Clean Room" or "Call - Repairman". - - - - - Calendar Window - - - - The Calendar Window has a graphical representation of - the calendar, so you can select what days to view in the Appointment - List. - - Ways of Looking at your Calendar - The toolbar offers you four different views of your calendar: one day, five days, a week, or a month at once. Press the @@ -87,19 +36,6 @@ box that appears. - - - Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index a168ef1087..ec3d504f6b 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -4,76 +4,21 @@ Working with Your Contacts - - - The Evolution address book can - handle all of the functions of an address book, phone book, or - Rolodex. Of course, it's a lot easier to update - Evolution than it is to change an - actual paper book. Evolution also - allows easy synchronization with hand-held devices. Since - Evolution supports the LDAP directory protocol, you can use - it with almost any type of existing directory server on your - network. - - - Another advantage of the Evolution - address book is its integration with the rest of the - application. When you look for someone's address, you can also - see a history of appointments with that person. Or, you can - create address cards from emails with just a few clicks. In - addition, searches and folders work in the same way they do in - the rest of Evolution. - - - This chapter will show you how to use the - Evolution address book to organize - any amount of contact information, share addresses over a - network, and several ways to save time with everyday tasks. To - learn about configuring the address book, see . - - - - Getting Started With the Address Book - -
- Evolution Contact Interface - - Evolution Contact List Window - - - -
- - - - Contact List - - - - The Contact List lists your contacts. - - - - To open your address book, click on - Contacts in the shortcut bar, or select - one of your contacts folders from the folder bar. shows the address book in all - its organizational glory. By default, the address book - shows all your cards in alphabetical order, in a minicard view. You can select - other views from the View menu, and adjust - the width of the columns by clicking and dragging the grey - column dividers. - + + This chapter will show you how to use the + Evolution address book to organize + any amount of contact information, share addresses over a + network, and several ways to save time with everyday tasks. To + learn about configuring the address book, see . + The toolbar for the address book is quite simple. - New creates a new card. + Click New to create a new card, or double-click + in a blank space in the contact list. @@ -108,7 +53,6 @@ more than a few people listed, you'll want some way of finding them more quickly, which is why there's a search feature. - The Contact Editor diff --git a/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml b/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml index dc4a5d3160..7c18a2e820 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-exec-summary.sgml @@ -1,27 +1,21 @@ Using the Ximian Evolution Summary - - The Ximian Evolution Summary is designed to show you a - summary of important information: the appointments for a given - day, important email, and so forth. To see the Summary, - click on the Summary - button in the shortcut bar, or select the - Summary folder in the folder - bar. - + Introducing Summary - The first thing you'll want to do with Summary - is add a service. Go to - - Tools - Summary Settings - - then select one of the available - services. Services may vary depending upon your system, but - most installations will have at least the following options: + The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to + know at a glance. To make it work for you, you can customize + it so it displays the information you want, when you want it. + + + To begin customizing your Summary, select + Tools Summary + Settings , then select one of the + available services. Services may vary depending upon your + system, but most installations will have at least the + following options: @@ -174,14 +168,4 @@ - - - - - - - - - - - + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 53f01af0da..54922ecac4 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -1,69 +1,29 @@ + Using Evolution for Email - - A Guide to the Evolution Mailer - - Evolution email is like other email - programs in all the ways that matter: - - - - It can sort and organize your mail in a wide variety of ways with - folders, searches, and filters. - - - - - It can send and receive mail in HTML or as plain text, and - makes it easy to send and recieve multiple file attachments. - - - - - It supports multiple mail sources, including IMAP, POP3, local - mbox and - mh files, and - even NNTP messages (newsgroups), which aren't technically - email. - - - - - Lets you enhance your security with encryption. - - - - - - However, Evolution has some important - differences. First, it's built to handle very large amounts of - mail. Both the filtering and searching functions - were built for speed and efficiency on large volumes of - mail. There's also the Evolution - vFolder, an - advanced organizational feature not found in mainstream mail - clients. If you get a lot of mail, or if you keep every message - you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll find this - feature especially useful. - - + + This chapter, and , will + provide you with an in-depth guide to the capabilities of + Evolution as a mail client. For information about how to set up + your mail account, see . + - Reading Mail - - You can start reading email by clicking - Inbox in the shortcut bar. The first - time you use Evolution, it will - start with the Inbox open and show you a - message from Ximian welcoming you to the application. - + Reading Mail + + Start the mail client by clicking on the + Inbox icon in the shortcut bar, or by + selecting a mail folder in the folder bar. To read a message, + select it in the message list; if you'd like to see it in its + own window, double-click on it or press + + Ctrl + O + . + Reading Mail with the Keyboard @@ -74,80 +34,6 @@ - - Your Evolution - Inbox will look something like the one in - . - If you find the view pane too small, you can resize - the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click on the - message in the message list to have it - open in a new window. To change the sizes of a pane, just click - and hold on the divider between the two panes. Then you can drag - up and down to select the size of the panes. Just like with - folders, you can right-click on messages in the message list and - get a menu of possible actions. - - - - -
- Evolution Mail - - Inbox - - - -
- - - - - Email Viewer - - - - This is where your email is displayed. - - - - - Email List - - - - The Email List displays all the emails that you - have. This includes all your read, unread, and email that is flagged - to be deleted. - - - - Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are - listed in the Message menu in the menu bar. - The most frequently used ones, like - Reply and - Forward, 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. - - - Email Headers - - To look at the complete headers for email messages, select - ViewMessage - DisplayShow Full - Headers. To see absolutely every - bit, choose - ViewMessage - DisplayShow Email Source - . - - - - - Sorting the message list @@ -166,6 +52,21 @@ instructions on how to customize your message display columns in . + + + Email Headers + + To look at the complete headers for email messages, select + ViewMessage + DisplayShow Full + Headers. To see absolutely every + bit, choose + ViewMessage + DisplayShow Email Source + . + + + You can also choose a threaded message view. Select @@ -912,16 +813,15 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed--> Some people do not have HTML-capable mail clients, or prefer not to receive HTML-enhanced mail because it is - slower to download and display. Some - people don't like HTML mail and - get very angry if you send them HTML mail, which is why + slower to download and display. Because some people may + prefer not to get HTML mail, Evolution sends plain text unless you explicitly ask for HTML. To send HTML mail, you will need to select Format - HTML. Alternately, you can set - your default mail format preferences in the mail - configuration dialog. See . To send all your mail as + HTML, you can set your default mail format preferences in + the mail configuration dialog. See for more information. diff --git a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml index 26db4d892d..7d54c9a033 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml @@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ - Step 1 of 4 + Defining Your Identity The Identity window is the first of four steps in the assistant. The identity step will ask you to enter your basic - personal information. + personal information. You can define multiple identities + later on with the Tools + Mail Settings tool. @@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ - Step 2 of 4 + Recieving Email The Recieving Email step lets you configure receving email people have sent you. @@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ - Step 3 or 4 + Sending Email The Sending Email step lets you configure sending email. @@ -202,13 +204,10 @@ - Step 4 of 4 + Importing Mail (Optional) - Chances are, Evolution isn't your first email - program. You're probably switching from another program and will want - access to your email from your old program. It's for exactly these - situations that Evolution includes an import - feature. + If Evolution finds mail or address + files from another application, it will offer to import them. Evolution can import the following types of @@ -522,7 +521,7 @@ - Navigating without the Folder Bar + Navigating without the Folder Bar or the Shortcut Bar You don't need the folder bar or the shortcut bar to move around the main window. You can use Tab to @@ -535,9 +534,8 @@ - If you get any serious amount of mail, you'll want more folders - than just your Inbox. - To create a new folder: + If you get large volumes of mail, you'll want more folders than + just your Inbox. To create a new folder: @@ -758,10 +756,275 @@ everything that's going on. + + Introducing the Summary + + The Ximian Evolution Summary provides you with a quick + run-down of important information: your appointments for a + given day, how much new mail you have, headlines from + selected news services, and so forth. To see the Summary, + click on the Summary button in the + shortcut bar, or select the Summary + folder in the folder bar. + + + + FIXME: Insert picture of the Summary and labels here. + + + + To add additional services to your Summary, or to edit the + existing services, select + + Tools + Summary Settings + . + + + + + + Introducing Email + + Evolution email is like other + email programs in several ways: + + + + It can sort and organize your mail in a wide variety of + ways with folders, searches, and filters. + + + + + It can send and receive mail in HTML or as plain text, + and makes it easy to send and recieve multiple file + attachments. + + + + + It supports multiple mail sources, including IMAP, POP3, local + mbox and + mh files, + and even NNTP messages (newsgroups), which aren't + technically email. + + + + + It lets you guard your privacy with encryption. + + + + + + However, Evolution has some + important differences. First, it's built to handle very large + amounts of mail. Both the filtering and + searching + functions were built for speed and efficiency on large volumes + of mail. There's also the Evolution + vFolder, + an advanced organizational feature not found in mainstream + mail clients. If you get a lot of mail, or if you keep every + message you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll + find this feature especially useful. + + + Here's what the mailer looks like: + + + +
+ Evolution Mail + + Inbox + + + +
+ + + + Email + Viewer + + + + This is where your email is displayed. + + + + Email List + + + + The Email List displays all the emails + that you have. This includes all your read, unread, and email + that is flagged to be deleted. + + + + If you find the view pane too small, you can resize + the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click on the + message in the message list to have it + open in a new window. To change the sizes of a pane, just click + and hold on the divider between the two panes. Then you can drag + up and down to select the size of the panes. Just like with + folders, you can right-click on messages in the message list and + get a menu of possible actions. + + + Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are + listed in the Message menu in the menu bar. + The most frequently used ones, like + Reply and + Forward, 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. + + + + For an in-depth guide to the email capabilities of Ximian + Evolution, read . + + + + Introducing the Calendar + + To begin using the calendar, select + Calendar from the shortcut + bar. By default, the calendar starts showing + today's schedule on a ruled background. At the upper right, + there's a monthly calendar you can use to switch days. Below + that, there's a TaskPad, where you can + keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments. + The day view in the calendar looks like this: + + +
+ Evolution Calendar View + + Evolution Contact Manager Window + + + +
+ + + + + + Appointment + List + + + + The Appointment List is responsible for showing you all of + your scheduled appointments, whether they are all day appointments or simply one time + appointments that last a half an hour. + + + + + Todo List + + + + The Todo List compliments the + Appointment List as it keeps track of + tasks which don't have any time associated with them. These + may include "" or "Call Repairman". + + + + Calendar Window + + + + The Calendar Window has a graphical representation of + the calendar, so you can select what days to view in the Appointment + List. + + + + For more information about the calendar + read . + + + + + Introducing the Address Book + + The Evolution address book can + handle all of the functions of an address book, phone book, or + Rolodex. Of course, it's a lot easier to update + Evolution than it is to change an + actual paper book. Evolution also + allows easy synchronization with hand-held devices. Since + Evolution supports the LDAP directory protocol, you can + use it with almost any type of existing directory server on + your network. + + + Another advantage of the Evolution + address book is its integration with the rest of the + application. For example, you can create an address card from + an email just by right-clicking on the sender's email address. + + + To open your address book, click on + Contacts in the shortcut bar, or select + one of your contacts folders from the folder bar. shows the address book in all its + organizational glory. By default, the address book shows all + your cards in alphabetical order, in a minicard view. You can select + other views from the View menu, and adjust + the width of the columns by clicking and dragging the grey + column dividers. + + + The address book looks like this: + +
+ Evolution Contact Interface + + Evolution Contact List Window + + + +
+ + + Contact + List + + + + The Contact List lists your contacts. + + + For detailed instructions on how to use the address book, + read . + + + - - diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog index 07d313c894..4ee54f5cef 100644 --- a/help/ChangeLog +++ b/help/ChangeLog @@ -1,12 +1,35 @@ +2001-08-20 Aaron Weber + + * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the + usage-mainwindow.sgml file. Rewrote intro. + + * C/usage-contact.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the + usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. + + * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the + usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. + + * C/usage-mail.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the + usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. + + * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Put summary-type info into + this file from other chapters. + + * C/topic.dat: New file. Help Menu info. + 2001-08-20 Kevin Breit * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Did more event -> appointment conversions. 2001-08-18 Kevin Breit - * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Renamed events to appointments (please review for me as it was a simple regex replace). + * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Renamed events to appointments (please + review for me as it was a simple regex replace). - * C/usage-mail.sgml: Removed "emoticon" and "root of all evil", removed gargantuan, removed instances of "the the", changes Virtual Folders to vFolders, renamed "Attachements and HTML Mail" section, reworded "Embellish" to say "Enhance" + * C/usage-mail.sgml: Removed "emoticon" and "root of all evil", + removed gargantuan, removed instances of "the the", changes + Virtual Folders to vFolders, renamed "Attachements and HTML Mail" + section, reworded "Embellish" to say "Enhance" 2001-08-17 Aaron Weber -- cgit v1.2.3