From 31d715e29313abac65d50f4ccf6ab82a4f1a707b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:36:29 +0000 Subject: Contact lists. 2001-09-10 Aaron Weber * C/usage-contact.sgml: Contact lists. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Contact Lists. * C/menuref.sgml: Verified and Corrected. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12762 --- help/C/usage-contact.sgml | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/usage-contact.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index 80c438283d..6fcf6afd46 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ - Working with Your Contacts @@ -17,29 +15,19 @@ The toolbar for the address book is quite simple. - Click New to create a new card, or double-click + Click New Contact to create a new card, or double-click in a blank space in the contact list. - Find brings up an in-depth search window. - - - - Print sends one or more of your cards to the printer. + Click New List to create a new card, or double-click + in a blank space in the contact list. - - Delete deletes a selected card. - - - View All displays all - the address information in the folder. Use this button to - refresh the display for a network folder, or to switch from - viewing the results of a search and see all your contacts. - - - - Stop stops loading + + The printer icon sends one + or more of your cards to the printer. + + The stop sign icon stops loading contact data from the network. This button is only relevant if you are looking at contact information on a network. @@ -189,13 +177,14 @@ Multiple Values for Fields - If you click on the small arrow buttons next to the - Primary Email field, you can also - choose Email 2 and + If you click on the downward pointing triangle buttons + next to the Primary Email field, + you can also choose Email 2 and Email 3. Although the contact editor will only display one of those at any given - time, Evolution will - store them all. The arrow buttons next to the + time, Evolution will store + them all. Entries that have information in them have + a check mark next to them. The buttons next to the telephone and postal address fields work in the same way. @@ -370,7 +359,9 @@ to organize your cards. The first way is to use folders; this works the same way mail folders do. For more flexibility, you can also mark contacts as elements of - different categories. + different categories. To better integrate with email tools, + you can also create lists of contacts that you can send mail + to as a single person. @@ -432,6 +423,72 @@ --> + + + Creating a List of Contacts + + To create a list of contacts: + + + + + Open the list creation dialog box by clicking the + New List button or selecting + + + File + + + New + + + Contact List + + . + + + + + + Enter a name for the list. + + + + + Enter names or email addresses of contacts, or just + drag contacts from the main window into the list. + + + + + + Choose whether you would like to hide the email + addresses when you send a message to the list. + Unless it is a very small list, it is recommended + that you leave the addresses hidden. This is the + same thing as using the "Bcc:" feature discussed in + . + + + + + + When you are done, click OK. The + list will appear as a contact card, which you can use as + you would any other. That includes emailing the list to + another person, and, of course, sending email to the list. + + + To mail the list, open a new email and type the name you + chose for the list. Ximian Evolution will address the + message to the entire list when you send it. You can also + right-click on the list's address card in the Contact + Manager and select Send Message to + List, + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3