From 31f6fc71f2b1095f0cb2423358c3da09f0e82121 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:21:17 +0000 Subject: Added password remembering/forgetting feature. 2000-07-21 Aaron Weber * C/usage-mail.sgml: Added password remembering/forgetting feature. * C/config-prefs.sgml: Mostly moved to variablelists, a few language changes. * C/config-setupassist.sgml: Minor changes to formatting, wording. * C/usage-notes.sgml: Changed trademark references, other minor changes. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Minor fixes, added additional calendar section, removed references to unimplemented features. Spellcheck, prep for 0.3 release. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4258 --- doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml | 160 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml') diff --git a/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml index 56e5a4e65e..f0772e9948 100644 --- a/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml +++ b/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ - - + The Evolution Calendar: Time-Tamer Extraordinaire @@ -64,27 +65,30 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. Creating events To create a new calendar event, select - New and then - Appointment from the MENU, or - click the New button on the left end of - the toolbar. The New Appointment dialog - will pop up with the usual menu bar, tool bar, and window full - of choices for you. I'm going to skip the the more - self-explanatory items, like the Summary - and Owner of the event (which is probably - you), and cut right to the more intersting ones. + + File + New + Appointment + + or click the New button on the left end + of the toolbar. The New Appointment + dialog will pop up with the usual menu bar, tool bar, and + window full of choices for you. Your event must have a starting and ending date — by - default, it's today — but you can choose whether to give - it starting and ending times or to mark it as an All + default, today — but you can choose whether to give it + starting and ending times or to mark it as an All day event. For the purposes of the calendar, an All day event begins at ten in the morning, runs until eleven at night, and is displayed at the - top of a day's event list rather than inside it. This allows - you to include events of shorter duration within it. A - conference might be an all day event, and the various lectures - might be timed events that happen during the all day event. + top of a day's event list rather than inside it. That makes + it easy to have events that overlap. For example, a + conference might be an all day event, and the meetings at the + conference would be timed events. Events with starting and + ending times can also overlap, however, and when they do + they're displayed as multiple columns in the day view of the + calendar. You can have as many as four different @@ -136,15 +140,15 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. Classification is a little more complicated, and only applies to calendars on a network. Public is the default category, - and a public even tcan be viewd by anyone on the calendar + and a public event can be viewed by anyone on the calendar sharing network. Private means (SOMETHING), and Confidential means that (SOMETHING ELSE). The Recurrence tab lets you describe - repitition in events ranging from once every day up to once - every 100 years. You can then choose a time when repitition + repetition in events ranging from once every day up to once + every 100 years. You can then choose a time when repetition will stop, and, under Exceptions, pick individual days when the event will not recur. @@ -162,42 +166,48 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. + + + + The To-Do List The to-do list, located in the lower right corner of the - calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks seperate from your - calendar events. Tasks are colored by priority and due-date - (see ), and are included with - calendar data during synchronization with a hand-held device. + calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks separate from your + calendar events. Tasks are colored and sorted by priority and + due-date (see for more + information), and are included with calendar data during + synchronization with a hand-held device. To record a new task, click the Add @@ -269,24 +284,55 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. Once you've added a task to your to-do list, its summary appears in the Summary section of the - calendar window. To edit an item, double-click on it, or - select it and click Edit. You can - delete items by selecting them and clicking on the - Delete button. + calendar window. To view or edit a detailed description of an + item, double-click on it, or select it and click + Edit. You can delete items by selecting + them and clicking on the Delete button. - - Organizing your Appointments + + Multiple Calendars - Until I have Evolution running properly, - I have no idea how this sort of organization will actually work. + Evolution permits you to have and + maintain multiple calendars. This is useful if you maintain + schedules for other people, if you are responsible for resource + or room allocation, or if you have multiple personalities. + + + Keeping Multiple Calendars + + Keelyn has one calendar for her own schedule. Next to that + she maintains one for the conference room, so people know when + they can schedule meetings. On the local network, she + maintains a calendar that reflects when consultants are going + to be on site, and another that keeps track of the various + company managers, so that people know where to find each + other. + + - But this section will have at least two paragraphs, and - probably a screenshot. + To create a new calendar, select + + File + New + Calendar + . + + You can place the calendar in any calendar folder and access it + from the folder view. + + + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3