From a861e97686aa498cd9a9a9683ac8ec06e36952d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:02:42 +0000 Subject: Category stuff improved. * C/usage-contact.sgml: Category stuff improved. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Now covers how to add an event properly. svn path=/trunk/; revision=3571 --- doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml | 344 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ doc/C/usage-contact.sgml | 53 +++---- 2 files changed, 240 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml index cf655d42fc..dbfbe7d8df 100644 --- a/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml +++ b/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml @@ -1,142 +1,218 @@ + + + + The Evolution Calendar: Time-Tamer Extraordinaire + + To begin using the calendar, select + Calendar from the shortcut + bar. By default, the calendar starts with a display + of one day on a yellow ruled background. There's a month calendar + in the upper right and a To-do list in the lower right. The + calendar's daily view is shown in . + + +
+ Evolution Calendar View + + Evolution Contact Manager Window + + + +
+ + + + + Ways of Looking at your Calendar + + You can view your calendar by the day, by the week, by the + month, or by the year. To do so, use the calendar-shaped + buttons on the right side of the toolbar. + + + Describe the less-obvious differences among the views of time + here. + + + + In addition, Evolution supports + Hebrew, Muslim, and other calendar formats. To switch to a + different calendar format, choose + GUIMENUITEM from the + GUIMENU. + + + Describe the ways that different calendars can work here, and + how the different calendars work together. + + + + Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar + + The Evolution calendar allows you to + schedule events for yourself or a group of people. It can + handle events that repeat, event lengths from ten minutes to + multiple days, and events that have a date but no specific + time. You can set overlapping events, although + Evolution will warn you about trying + to do two things at once. You can also set event reminders so + that you don't forget about everything you've just put into + your calendar. Basically, it can handle almost any schedule you + throw at it. + + + 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. + + + 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 + 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. + + + You can have as many as four different + Alarms, any time prior to the event + you've scheduled. You can have one alarm of each type: + + + + Display means a window will pop up on + your screen to remind you of your event. + + + + + Click Audio to have your deliver a + sound alarm. + + + + + Select Program if you would like + some additional application to run as a reminder. You + can enter its name in the text field, or find it with + the Browse button. + + + + + + If you select Mail, then + Evolution will send an email + reminder to the address you enter into the text field. + + + + + + + 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 + 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 + will stop, and, under Exceptions, pick + individual days when the event will not + recur. + - - The Evolution Calendar: Time-Tamer Extraordinaire - To begin using the calendar, select - Calendar from the shortcut - bar. By default, the calendar starts in daily view mode - The calendar's daily view is shown in - : + Once you're done with all those settings, click on the disk + icon in the toolbar. That will save the event and close the + event editor window. If you want, you can alter an event + summary in the calendar view by clicking on it and typing. You + can change other settings by clicking once on the event in the + calendar view to select it, and then + choosing Event Properties from the + Settings menu. + + - -
- Evolution Calendar View - - Evolution Contact Manager Window - - - -
- + + Appointments for Groups + + If you have your calendar set up to work with other + calendars over a network, you can see when others are + available to meet with you. To browse other people's + calendars over your local network, do this: + + + In addition, you can use + Evolution to mark a meeting + request on another person's calendar. To do so, first + select New Appointment from the + MENU, or press KEYSYM + to bring up the new event window. + Then describe the event as you would any other. Before + you click OK, (INSERT DESCRIPTION + HERE...). Evolution will + automatically send email to each person on the request + list, notifying of the time and date of the meeting you + have requested with them. In addition, it will mark the + event on your calendar and on theirs as tentative, rather than + a confirmed, event. + + + To mark a tentative event as confirmed, click once on the + event in the calendar view to + select it, and then choose Event + Properties from the + Settings menu. In the Event + Properties dialog window, click the + "tentative" button to un-mark the event. (NOTE THAT this + feature may not at all exist!) + + + + Scheduling privileges + + There are several levels of scheduling privileges. You + can set whether people can see your calendar, whether they + can request meetings or appointments, and whether they can + create appointments. This section may have to be deleted, + because I don't know if we are going to support privileges + at all. - - Ways of Looking at your Calendar - - You can view your calendar by the day, by the week, by the - month, or by the year. To do so, click the buttons at the top - of Evolution with the numbers 1, 5, - 7, 31 respectivly. - - - Describe the less-obvious differences among the views of - time here. - + + - - In addition, Evolution supports - Hebrew, Muslim, and other calendar formats. To switch to a - different calendar format, choose - GUIMENUITEM from the - GUIMENU. - - - Describe the ways that different calendars can work here, - and how the different calendars work together. - - - - Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar - - The Evolution calendar allows - you to schedule events for yourself or a group of people. - It can handle events that repeat, event lengths from ten - minutes to multiple days, and events that have a date but - no specific time. You can set overlapping events, although - Evolution will warn you about - trying to do two things at once. You can also set event - reminders so that you don't forget about everything you've - just put into your calendar. Basically, it can handle almost - any schedule you throw at it. - - - Creating events - - While looking at the calendar, select New - Appointment from the - MENU, or press - KEYSYM. The New - Appointment dialog will appear. (INSERT - DESCRIPTION OF INTERFACE HERE: Date, Time, Recurrence, - Reminders, and Tentative/Confirmed) - - - You can alter those settings later by clicking once on the - event in the calendar view to - select it, and then choosing Event - Properties from the - Settings menu. - - + + Organizing your Appointments + + Until I have Evolution running properly, + I have no idea how this sort of organization will actually work. + + + But this section will have at least two paragraphs, and + probably a screenshot. + + + - - Appointments for Groups - - If you have your calendar set up to work with other - calendars over a network, you can see when others are - available to meet with you. To browse other people's - calendars over your local network, do this: - - - In addition, you can use - Evolution to mark a meeting - request on another person's calendar. To do so, first - select New Appointment from the - MENU, or press KEYSYM - to bring up the new event window. - Then describe the event as you would any other. Before - you click OK, (INSERT DESCRIPTION - HERE...). Evolution will - automatically send email to each person on the request - list, notifying of the time and date of the meeting you - have requested with them. In addition, it will mark the - event on your calendar and on theirs as tentative, rather than - a confirmed, event. - - - To mark a tentative event as confirmed, click once on the - event in the calendar view to - select it, and then choose Event - Properties from the - Settings menu. In the Event - Properties dialog window, click the - "tentative" button to un-mark the event. (NOTE THAT this - feature may not at all exist!) - - - - - Scheduling privileges - - There are several levels of scheduling privileges. You - can set whether people can see your calendar, whether they - can request meetings or appointments, and whether they can - create appointments. This section may have to be deleted, - because I don't know if we are going to support privileges - at all. - - - - - Organizing your Appointments - - Until I have Evolution running properly, - I have no idea how this sort of organization will actually work. - - - But this section will have at least two paragraphs, and - probably a screenshot. - - - diff --git a/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml b/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml index fdd988d55d..2291e28548 100644 --- a/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + The Evolution Contact Manager @@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ Creating, Deleting, and Adding Cards - You can create a new card by pressing the New - Card button, or by pressing - KEYSYM. The Contact - Editor window will appear. It has two tabs, - General, for basic contact information, - and Details, for a more specific - description of the person. In addition, it contains a full - menu bar with all the items from the main window (IS THIS TRUE? - DESCRIBE MENUBAR AGAIN?) + You can create a new card by pressing the New + Card button, or by pressing + KEYSYM. The Contact + Editor window will appear. It has two tabs, + General, for basic contact information, and + Details, for a more specific description of + the person. In addition, it contains a full menu bar with all + the items from the main window (IS THIS TRUE? DESCRIBE MENUBAR + AGAIN?) The General tab contains no less than seven @@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ - -!-- + + You can choose which fields an address card has, and create new fields for cards. For example, @@ -211,11 +211,10 @@ Groups of contacts Evolution lets you put cards into - folders, mark them as members of different groups, and search - through them in a variety of ways. This section will - describe how to organize and find contact information using - Evolution. CHANGE THIS paragraph: - it needs a great deal of work. + folders and mark them as members of different categories. + Although the contact manager does not support vFolders, + categories should provide as much flexibility as you need in + grouping your address cards. @@ -226,13 +225,17 @@ Contacts folder. You can create more folders inside that one, or create other address book folders as well. Each card must be in one and only one - folder. + folder. If you've read + then you already know that you can create a new folder by + selecting New and then + Folder from the + File menu. - To create a new folder, do this: - - - To put a card into a folder, do this: + To put a card into a folder, just drag it there from the + folder view, or (SOMETHING ELSE). Remember that address + cards can only go in contact folders, just like mail can + only go in mail folders, and calendars in calendar folders. @@ -251,7 +254,11 @@ and can never remember his phone number. - To mark a card as belonging to a category, do this: + To mark a card as belonging to a category, click the + Categories button at the lower + right. A dialog box will pop up with check-boxes for + different categories in it. You can select as many or as + few categories as you like. Then, you can refer to all the cards in that category by: -- cgit v1.2.3