From e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:46:44 +0000 Subject: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file. 2001-08-20 Aaron Weber * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file. Rewrote intro. * C/usage-contact.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Put summary-type info into this file from other chapters. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12328 --- help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml | 295 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 279 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml index 26db4d892d..7d54c9a033 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml @@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ - Step 1 of 4 + Defining Your Identity The Identity window is the first of four steps in the assistant. The identity step will ask you to enter your basic - personal information. + personal information. You can define multiple identities + later on with the Tools + Mail Settings tool. @@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ - Step 2 of 4 + Recieving Email The Recieving Email step lets you configure receving email people have sent you. @@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ - Step 3 or 4 + Sending Email The Sending Email step lets you configure sending email. @@ -202,13 +204,10 @@ - Step 4 of 4 + Importing Mail (Optional) - Chances are, Evolution isn't your first email - program. You're probably switching from another program and will want - access to your email from your old program. It's for exactly these - situations that Evolution includes an import - feature. + If Evolution finds mail or address + files from another application, it will offer to import them. Evolution can import the following types of @@ -522,7 +521,7 @@ - Navigating without the Folder Bar + Navigating without the Folder Bar or the Shortcut Bar You don't need the folder bar or the shortcut bar to move around the main window. You can use Tab to @@ -535,9 +534,8 @@ - If you get any serious amount of mail, you'll want more folders - than just your Inbox. - To create a new folder: + If you get large volumes of mail, you'll want more folders than + just your Inbox. To create a new folder: @@ -758,10 +756,275 @@ everything that's going on. + + Introducing the Summary + + The Ximian Evolution Summary provides you with a quick + run-down of important information: your appointments for a + given day, how much new mail you have, headlines from + selected news services, and so forth. To see the Summary, + click on the Summary button in the + shortcut bar, or select the Summary + folder in the folder bar. + + + + FIXME: Insert picture of the Summary and labels here. + + + + To add additional services to your Summary, or to edit the + existing services, select + + Tools + Summary Settings + . + + + + + + Introducing Email + + Evolution email is like other + email programs in several ways: + + + + It can sort and organize your mail in a wide variety of + ways with folders, searches, and filters. + + + + + It can send and receive mail in HTML or as plain text, + and makes it easy to send and recieve multiple file + attachments. + + + + + It supports multiple mail sources, including IMAP, POP3, local + mbox and + mh files, + and even NNTP messages (newsgroups), which aren't + technically email. + + + + + It lets you guard your privacy with encryption. + + + + + + However, Evolution has some + important differences. First, it's built to handle very large + amounts of mail. Both the filtering and + searching + functions were built for speed and efficiency on large volumes + of mail. There's also the Evolution + vFolder, + an advanced organizational feature not found in mainstream + mail clients. If you get a lot of mail, or if you keep every + message you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll + find this feature especially useful. + + + Here's what the mailer looks like: + + + +
+ Evolution Mail + + Inbox + + + +
+ + + + Email + Viewer + + + + This is where your email is displayed. + + + + Email List + + + + The Email List displays all the emails + that you have. This includes all your read, unread, and email + that is flagged to be deleted. + + + + If you find the view pane too small, you can resize + the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click on the + message in the message list to have it + open in a new window. To change the sizes of a pane, just click + and hold on the divider between the two panes. Then you can drag + up and down to select the size of the panes. Just like with + folders, you can right-click on messages in the message list and + get a menu of possible actions. + + + Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are + listed in the Message menu in the menu bar. + The most frequently used ones, like + Reply and + Forward, also appear as buttons in + the toolbar. Almost all of them are also located in the + right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts, which tend to be + faster once you get the hang of them. You can choose + whichever way you like best; the idea is that the software + should work the way you want, rather than making you work the + way the it does. + + + + For an in-depth guide to the email capabilities of Ximian + Evolution, read . + + + + Introducing the Calendar + + To begin using the calendar, select + Calendar from the shortcut + bar. By default, the calendar starts showing + today's schedule on a ruled background. At the upper right, + there's a monthly calendar you can use to switch days. Below + that, there's a TaskPad, where you can + keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments. + The day view in the calendar looks like this: + + +
+ Evolution Calendar View + + Evolution Contact Manager Window + + + +
+ + + + + + Appointment + List + + + + The Appointment List is responsible for showing you all of + your scheduled appointments, whether they are all day appointments or simply one time + appointments that last a half an hour. + + + + + Todo List + + + + The Todo List compliments the + Appointment List as it keeps track of + tasks which don't have any time associated with them. These + may include "" or "Call Repairman". + + + + Calendar Window + + + + The Calendar Window has a graphical representation of + the calendar, so you can select what days to view in the Appointment + List. + + + + For more information about the calendar + read . + + + + + Introducing the Address Book + + The Evolution address book can + handle all of the functions of an address book, phone book, or + Rolodex. Of course, it's a lot easier to update + Evolution than it is to change an + actual paper book. Evolution also + allows easy synchronization with hand-held devices. Since + Evolution supports the LDAP directory protocol, you can + use it with almost any type of existing directory server on + your network. + + + Another advantage of the Evolution + address book is its integration with the rest of the + application. For example, you can create an address card from + an email just by right-clicking on the sender's email address. + + + To open your address book, click on + Contacts in the shortcut bar, or select + one of your contacts folders from the folder bar. shows the address book in all its + organizational glory. By default, the address book shows all + your cards in alphabetical order, in a minicard view. You can select + other views from the View menu, and adjust + the width of the columns by clicking and dragging the grey + column dividers. + + + The address book looks like this: + +
+ Evolution Contact Interface + + Evolution Contact List Window + + + +
+ + + Contact + List + + + + The Contact List lists your contacts. + + + For detailed instructions on how to use the address book, + read . + + + - - -- cgit v1.2.3