From 63485301d58b008af700a308d382fbfa24db3887 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:13:03 +0000 Subject: commented out future features; redid contact editor stuff. * C/usage-contact.sgml: commented out future features; redid contact editor stuff. * C/apx-gloss.sgml: Removed "live doc" and added "minicard" svn path=/trunk/; revision=3782 --- help/C/usage-contact.sgml | 306 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 192 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/usage-contact.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index 222878b145..7fefa9d707 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ To open up your address book, click on Contacts in the shortcut bar. The contact manager is illustrated in + linkend="usage-contact-fig">. By default, the contact manager + shows all your cards in alphabetical order, and in a + minicard format. @@ -73,14 +75,19 @@ Delete deletes a selected card. - + + The last feature is Quick Search; to use - it, just enter what you're looking for and hit + it, just type in the person you're looking for and hit Enter. Evolution - will show you all the cards that match; if there are none, the - display will be blank. To display all of - your contacts, you can leave the Quick - Search field blank, and press enter. + will search through the name fields of all the cards to find + one that matches. The search is currently case-sensitive. + + + If there are no matches, the card display will be blank. To + display all of your contacts, you can + leave the Quick Search field blank, and + press enter. The rest of the contact manager is taken up by the display of @@ -88,124 +95,183 @@ cards— switch between them in the View menu — and move through them alphabetically alphanumeric buttons and the scrollbar at the right of the window. - - Creating, Deleting, and Adding Cards + Create, Change, and Delete Cards + - Open up the contact editor by pressing the New - Card button. The window 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. FIXME: - The contents are still changing rapidly, but you should be able - to guess what they're for. + The easiest thing you can do with a card is delete it. To + delete a card, click on it once to select it, then press the + Delete Card button. -
- Evolution Contact Editor - - Evolution Contact Editor - - - -
- - The General tab contains no less than seven - sections, each with an icon: a face, for name and company; a - telephone for phone numbers; an envelope for email address; a - house for postal address; a handshake for contacts (FIXME: I - don't understand this feature, and the button doesn't do - anything yet.); and a briefcase for categories. The things that - go into most of the text fields should be obvious enough, so - we'll just describe the more interesting parts of the window. - Aside from the Categories feature, which is - discussed in , there are - two things you'll want to know about: the first of these is the - File As field. - - - - Type "Eva Lucianne Tester" into the Full - Name field. You'll notice that the File - As field also fills up, but in reverse: Tester, - Lucianne. You can pick "Eva Tester" from the drop-down, or, if - you prefer, type in your own, such as "Lucianne Tester, Eva". I - suggest that you don't enter something entirely different from - the actual name, however. You might forget that you've filed - Eva's information under "F" for "Fictitious Helix Code - Employees" - - - The other feature I want to mention involves the little squares - next to several of the fields. Click on them and you'll get a - menu of different labels; for the fields in the telephone - section, it's a long list involving things like - Home, Home 2, - Other Fax, and Pager. - Select from among them to determine which four telephone numbers - to display at any given time. Of course, these connected times - mean that people often have more than four telephone numbers. - You can display only four in the editor, but - Evolution can remember them all for - you. When you click the little square button for the list of - labels, any that you've already filled in will be marked. - - - - - Contact Shortcuts + Any time you add new information to a card, whether it's an old + card you're editing or a new card you're just adding to your + address book, you'll use the contact editor. To change a card + that already exists, just double click it to open the contact + editor window with all the current information already filled + in. If you want to create a new one, clicking the + New Card button will open up that same + window, but with empty fields instead of full ones. Either + way, it's the same tool for quite similar tasks, and you'll + find that it's pretty flexible and can store quite a lot more + than you'd think would fit onto a file card. + + + + The Contact Editor + + The contact editor window 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. FIXME: The contents are still changing rapidly, + but you should be able to guess what they're for. + + +
+ Evolution Contact Editor + + Evolution Contact Editor + + + +
+ + + The General tab contains no less + than seven sections, each with an icon: a face, for name and + company; a telephone for phone numbers; an envelope for email + address; a house for postal address; a handshake for contacts + (FIXME: I don't understand this feature, and the button + doesn't do anything yet.); and a briefcase for categories. + You can guess what sort of information belongs in fields like + Job Title and Web page + address, but there are several parts of the window + that are a little more interesting. + Categories feature, which is discussed in + , there are a few + things you'll want to know about: the first of these is the + Full Name button. + - You can add cards from within an email message or calendar - appointment. While looking at an email, right-click on any - email address or message, and choose Create Card - for this Address or Create Card for - this Sender from the menu. While looking at a - calendar appointment, right-click any email address, and - choose Create Card for this - Address. (NOTE that feature may change! - unimplemented!) + You can enter a name into the Full Name + field, or you can click the button to bring up a small dialog + box with a few text boxes: + + + Title:Enter an honorific or select one from the menu. + + + First:The person's first, or given, name. + + + + Middle:The middle name or initial, if any, goes here. + + + + Last:The last name (surname, family name), belongs here. + + + + Suffix:Suffixes such as "Jr." or "III" can go here. + + - + + + The Full Name field has one more trick + up its sleeve: it interacts with the File + As box to help you organize your contacts. To + see how it works, type a name in the Full + Name field: Eva Lucianne + Tester. You'll notice that the + File As field also fills up, but in + reverse: Tester, + Lucianne. You can pick + Eva Tester from the + drop-down, or type in your own, such as + Lucianne Tester, Eva. I suggest that + you don't enter something entirely different from the + actual name, since you might forget that you've filed + Eva's information under "F" for "Fictitious Helix Code + Employees" - - You delete a card by pressing the Delete - Card button, or by dragging it into the trash - folder. - + + The other feature I want to mention involves the little + squares next to several of the fields. Click on them and + you'll get a menu of different labels; for the fields in the + telephone section, it's a long list involving things like + Home, Home 2, + Other Fax, and + Pager. Select from among them to + determine which four telephone numbers to display at any given + time. Of course, these connected times mean that people often + have more than four telephone numbers. You can display only + four in the editor, but Evolution + can remember them all for you. When you click the little + square button for the list of labels, any that you've already + filled in will be marked. + + + + + - - You can move cards around just as you would move email messages: - dragging and dropping works, as does right-clicking and choosing - Move from the menu that appears. - @@ -384,3 +450,15 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3