From dd277dbef9a0108419304f19b25e3f5dc13bc11a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nobody Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 05:14:10 +0000 Subject: This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'PRE_WDFCHANGES'. svn path=/tags/PRE_WDFCHANGES/; revision=10430 --- help/C/preface.sgml | 557 ---------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 557 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 help/C/preface.sgml (limited to 'help/C/preface.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/preface.sgml b/help/C/preface.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 967c739ddf..0000000000 --- a/help/C/preface.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,557 +0,0 @@ - - - - - Introduction - - - What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me? - - Information is useless unless it's organized and accessible; - it's hardly even worth the name if you can't look at it and be - informed. - Evolution's goal is to make the - tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal - information easier, so you can work and communicate with - others. That is, it's a highly evolved groupware program, an integral - part of the Internet-connected desktop. On the inside, it's a - powerful database; on the outside, it's a tool to help you get - your work done. - - - Because it's part of the GNOME project, - Evolution is Free Software. The - program and its source code are released under the terms of - the GNU General - Public License (GPL), and the - documentation falls under the Free Documentation - License (FDL). For more information about - the GPL and the FDL, visit the Free Software Foundation's - website at http://www.fsf.org. - - - - This is a preview release - - Evolution is not complete, and - still has a lot of flaws. Please help improve it by - letting us know about them. You should do this on the - Ximian GNOME bug report page at bugzilla.ximian.com. There - are detailed bug reporting instructions in . - - - - - - Evolution can help you work in a - group by handling email, address and other contact - information, and one or more calendars. It can do that on one - or several computers, connected directly or over a network, - for one person or for large groups. - - - The Evolution project has four - central goals: - - - - - The application must be both powerful and easy - to use. In other words, it needs a familiar - and intuitive interface that users can customize to their - liking, and users should have access to shortcuts for - complex tasks. - - - - - Evolution must meet and - exceed the standards set by other groupware products. - It must include support for major network protocols so that it can - integrate seamlessly with existing hardware and network - environments. - - - - - The project must support open standards and be open to - expansion, so that it can become a development platform - as well as an application. From the simplest scripting - to the most complex network and component programming, - Evolution must offer - developers an environment for cutting-edge application - development. - - - - - Data must be safe: Evolution - must not lose mail, corrupt mailbox files or other - data, execute arbitrary scripts, - or delete files from your hard disk. - - - - - - Evolution is designed to make most - daily tasks faster. For example, it takes only one or two - clicks to enter an appointment or an address card sent to you - by email, or to send email to a contact or appointment. - Evolution makes displays faster and - more efficient, so searches are faster and memory usage is - lower. People who get lots of mail will appreciate advanced - features like - Virtual Folders, which let you save searches as though - they were ordinary mail folders. - - - - - - About This Book - - - This version of the Evolution - User's Guide is a draft. Please send - comments on the guide to aaron@ximian.com. The - first person to send me some good constructive criticism wins - a free Ximian t-shirt. Include preferred shirt size and postal - address. If you would like to work on the guide please contact - me or see the GNOME Documentation project web - site. - - - - - This book is divided into two parts, with several - appendices. The first part is a guided - tour— it will explain how to use - Evolution. If you are new to - Evolution or to groupware in - general, this section is for you. The second section, covering - configuration, is targeted at - more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way - Evolution looks or acts can benefit - from reading it. In addition, there is a comprehensive menu reference which describes nearly - every capability that Evolution has - to offer. - - - Typographical conventions - - Some kinds of words are marked off with special typography: - - Applications - Commands typed at the command line - Labels for interface items - - Menu selections look like this: - - Menu - Submenu - Menu Item - - - Buttons you can - click Anything you type - in Text - output from a computer - Words - that are defined in the . - - - - - - Evolution Interface Introduction - - Evolution follows a consistent UI. This means - that in each component, you will find many UI characteristics the same as - others components. - - -
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- - - - Menubar - - - - The Menubar gives you access to nearly all the - features that can be found in Evolution. - - - - - Toolbar - - - - The Toolbar gives you fast and easy access to the - most used features in each component. - - - - - Shortcut Bar - - - - The Shortcut Bar lets you go to your favorite - components with a click of a button. You can even add your favorite - folders to the Shortcut Bar. - - - - - Status Bar - - - - Periodically, Evolution will need to quietly - display a message, or tell you the progress of something. This most - often happens when you're checking or sending email. These progress - queues are shown here, in the Status Bar. - - - - - Search Bar - - - - The Search Bar lets you search through your email - with precision so you can easily find what you're looking for. - - - - - Quick Reference for Common Tasks - - You might want to copy this section and tape it to the wall - next to your computer: it's a very short summary of most of - the things you'll want to do with - Evolution. Read if - you would like a complete list of keyboard shortcuts for menu commands. - - - - Opening or Creating Anything - - - - - - Create a new folder - - - FileNew - Folder or - - Ctrl - Shift - F - - - - - - - Create a new Shortcut in the Evolution Bar - - - File - New - Evolution Bar Shortcut or - - Ctrl - Shift - S - - - - - - - Create a new email message: - - - Use - FileNewMail - Message or - - Ctrl - Shift - M - - - - - - - Create a new Appointment - - - File - New - Appointment or - - Ctrl - Shift - A - - - - - - - - Enter a new Contact - - - File - New - Contact or - - Ctrl - Shift - C - - - - - - - - Create a new Task - - - File - New - Task or - - Ctrl - Shift - T - - - - - - - - - - Mail Tasks - - Here are the most frequent email tasks, and shortcuts for - navigating your mailbox with the keyboard instead of the - mouse: - - - Check Mail - - - Click Get Mail in the - toolbar. There is no keyboard shortcut for this task, - but you can ask Evolution - to check for new mail periodically in the - Mail Settings dialog. - - - - - - Reply to a Message - - - To reply to the sender of the message only: - click Reply in the - toolbar, or press - - Ctrl - R - - - - To reply to the sender and all the other visible - recipients of the message, click Reply to - All or select the message and press - - Shift - Ctrl - R - - - - - - - Forward a Message - - - Select the message or messages you want to forward, - and click Forward in the - toolbar, or press - - Ctrl - J - - - - - - - Open a Message in a New Window - - - Double-click the message you want to view, or select - it and press - - Ctrl - O - - - - - - - Create Filters and Virtual Folders - - - You can create filters and Virtual Folders based on - specific message attributes from the message's - right-click menu. Alternately, select a message, and - then choose Settings - Mail Filters - or Settings - Virtual Folder Editor - . Filters are discussed in , and Virtual - Folders in . - - - - - - - - - Calendar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Contact Manager - - Here are the most frequent tasks that are done in the Contact Manager, - with the shortcuts so that you can use these tasks without having to use - your mouse: - - - - Edit a User - - - You can edit a user two ways: - - - - Single click on the person's "rolodex card" and you can - edit the person's properties all in the same window. - - - - - Double-click on the contact's card. - - - - - - - - - - - Deleting a Contact - - - Right click on a contact and click Delete - or select a contact and press the Delete - on the toolbar. - - - - - - - - - Email a Contact - - - Right click on a contact and click on - Send message to contact. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- cgit v1.2.3