From 0befe0bbee1d3b1f0421a09dd80e3a60214e9e4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Barnes Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:37:09 -0500 Subject: Synchronize help files with gnome-2-28 branch. --- help/no/usage-mainwindow.sgml | 1174 ----------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1174 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 help/no/usage-mainwindow.sgml (limited to 'help/no/usage-mainwindow.sgml') diff --git a/help/no/usage-mainwindow.sgml b/help/no/usage-mainwindow.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 1387b404f6..0000000000 --- a/help/no/usage-mainwindow.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1174 +0,0 @@ - - - - Getting Started with Ximian Evolution - - - What is Ximian 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. The goal of - Ximian Evolution 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. - - - In other words, Ximian Evolution is - a tool to help you get your work done. - - - Ximian 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. - - - - Ximian 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. - - - - With Ximian Evolution, you can - accomplish your most common 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. Ximian 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. - - - - - The First Time you Start Ximian Evolution - - To start Ximian Evolution, do either - of the following: - - - - Select Programs - Evolution from your - menu panel. - - - - - - Type evolution at the command line. - - - - - - - The first time you run the program, it will create a directory - called evolution in your home directory, - where it will store all of its local data. Then, it will open a - first-run assistant to help you set up mail accounts and import - data from other applications. - - - Using the first-run assistant will take approximately two to - five minutes. - - - - 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. You can define multiple identities - later on with the Tools - Mail Settings tool. - - - - Full Name: Your full name (Example: John Doe). - - - - - Email Address: Your email address (Example: john@doe.com) - - - - - Organization: The company where you work (optional). - - - - - Signature file: If you'd like to use an email - signature, - select your signature file here. Normally, the - signature will be the contents of the - .signature file in your home - directory. - - - - - - - - Recieving Email - - The Recieving Email step lets you configure - receving email people have sent you. - - - - Server Type: There are numerous types of servers - from which Ximian Evolution - can fetch your mail. Ask your system administrator if - you're not sure which of the following are available to - you: - - - - POP: Downloads your email to your hard disk for - permanent storage. - - - - - IMAP: Keeps the email on your server so you - can access your email from multiple systems. - - - - - Unix mail spool file: If you run a mail - server on your desktop computer, choose this - option. - - - - - Standard Unix .mbox file: If you want - Ximian Evolution to - read mail from a specific file, or if you download - mail with another application, choose this option. - - - - - Qmail maildir format files: If you download your - mail using qmail, you'll want to use this. - - - - - None: Select this if you do not plan to - check mail with this account. - - - - - - What's an IMAP Namespace? - - For IMAP mail servers, your sysadmin may provide - you with a specific namespace, the path on the - IMAP server where you check for mail. If you - check your IMAP mail and your folder list includes - files that don't look like mail folders, you - probably need to change your mail - namespace. Typical values are "mail" and "Mail." - If you prefer, you can choose to subscribe to - individual mail folders one at a time. For more - information about how to use IMAP mail, see . - - - - - - - Email Server: This is the address of the server you're - downloading from. - - - - - Username: The username that you login to your email. That - is often the part before the @ in your email. - - - Authentication Type: Chances are you are using - Password. Ask your administrator - for more details. You can have Ximian - Evolution make sure you've chosen - correctly by clicking Check for supported - types. - - - Remember Password: If you prefer to not enter your - password every time you check email, press this button. - - - - - - Can Ximian Evolution Talk to Exchange? - - Ximian Evolution can work with the - Microsoft Exchange server over - standard protocols such as POP or IMAP. Check with your - system administrator to see if you can get POP or IMAP - access to your email server. - - - - - Sending Email - - The Sending Email step lets you configure sending - email. - - - - Server Type: There are numerous server types that - Ximian Evolution supports for sending your - mail. - - - - SMTP: Downloads mail into your mailbox file. - - - - - Sendmail: Uses another program to download your mail - to your mailbox files. - - - - - - - - Host: If you chose SMTP, enter the server's name - or IP address here. - - - - - Server requires authentication: If your server - requires you to enter a password to send mail, check - this box. - - - - - Authentication Type: Chances are you are using - Password. If you're not sure, ask - your system administrator or ISP, or have - Ximian Evolution check for you by - clicking Check for supported - types. - - - - - Username: The account name you use when you login - to check your email. Normally, this is the part of your - email address before the '@' character. - - - - - Remember Password: If you prefer to not enter - your password every time you check email, press this - button. - - - - - - - - Importing Mail (Optional) - - If Ximian Evolution finds mail or - address files from another application, it will offer to - import them. If you're not sure which file format your mail - program uses, ask your system administrator. If you want, you - can skip this step and return to it at a later time by - selecting - FileImport. - - - Ximian Evolution can import the following types of - files: - - - VCard (.vcf, gcrd): - - - The addressbook format used by the GNOME, KDE, and - many other contact management applications. You - should be able to export to vCard format from any - address book application. - - - - - - Microsoft Outlook Express 4 (.mbx): - - - Email file format used by Microsoft Outlook Express -4. For other versions of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, see -the workaround described in the note below. - - - - - - MBox (mbox): - - - The email box format used by Mozilla, Netscape, - Ximian Evolution, Eudora, and many other email clients. - - - - - - - - Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Users - - Microsoft Outlook, and versions of Outlook Express after - version 4, use proprietary formats that Ximian - Evolution cannot read or import. For contacts, - you may have to email them to yourself and import them that - way. For email, there is a simpler workaround: - - - - - While using Windows, import the files into Mozilla Mail (or - another mailer, such as Netscape or Eudora, that uses the - standard mbox format). - - - - - - Copy the files to the system or partition you use for - Ximian Evolution. - - - - - - Use the Ximian Evolution import - tool to import the files. There's more information about - why this works, and how, at the Ximian support website. - - - - - - - - Netscape Users - - Before importing mail from Netscape, make sure you select - FileCompact All - Folders. If you don't, - Ximian Evolution will import and undelete - the messages in your Trash folders. - - - - - - - Exporting Files From Ximian Evolution - - Ximian Evolution uses standard file types for all its information, - so you should have no trouble taking your information - elsewhere if you want. - - - For mail, that's mbox, for calendar, - iCal, and for the address book, vCards - in a .db3 database. - - - - - - - What's What in Ximian Evolution - - Now that you've gotten the first-run configuration out of the - way, you're ready to get down to work. Here's a quick - explanation of what's going on in your main - Ximian Evolution window. - - -
- The Ximian Evolution Main Window - - Inbox - - -
- - - - Menubar - - - - The Menubar gives you access to nearly all the - features that can be found in Ximian 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 the click of a click of a button. - - - - - Status Bar - - - - Periodically, Ximian Evolution will need to quietly - display a message, or tell you the progress of a task. This most - often happens when you're checking or sending email. These progress - queues are shown here, in the Status Bar. - - - - - Search Tool - - - - The Search Tool lets you search through your email - with precision so you can easily find what you're looking for. - - - - - The Shortcut Bar - - Ximian Evolution's most important job is - to give you access to your information and help you use it - quickly. One way it does that is through the - shortcut bar, the column on the left - hand side of the main window. The large buttons with names - like Inbox and - Contacts are the shortcuts, and you can - select different groups of shortcuts by clicking the - rectangular group buttons. - - - Take a look at the Shortcut Bar - The shortcut buttons in that category are: - - - - Summary: - - - Start your day here. The Ximian Evolution - Summary gives you a quick - summary of new or important messages, daily - appointments and urgent tasks. You can customize - its appearance and content, and use it to access - Ximian Evolution services. - - - - - - Inbox: - - - Click the Inbox button to start - reading your mail. Your Inbox is also where you can - access Ximian Evolution's tools to filter, sort, organize, and - search your mail. - - - - - - Calendar: - - - The Calendar can store your appointments and task lists - for you. Connected to a network, you can use it to keep - a group of people on schedule and up to date. - - - - - - Tasks: - - - A full-size view of your calendar's task pad. - - - - - - Contacts: - - - The Addressbook holds contacts, with address, phone, and - other personal information. Like calendar information, - contact data can be synchronized with hand-held devices - and shared over a network. - - - - - - - - - - - Folders and The Folder Bar - - The folder bar is a more comprehensive - way to view the information you've stored with - Ximian Evolution. It displays all your - appointments, address cards, and email in a tree that's a lot - like a file - tree-- it starts small at the top, and branches - downwards. On most computers, there will be three or four - folders at the base. First, of course, is the - Summary, a customizable summary of your - information. Below that are your Local - Folders, which hold all the - Ximian Evolution data that's stored on your - computer. After that are your network servers: LDAP servers that host shared contact - directories, and IMAP mail - folders to which you subscribe. Lastly, there are - vFolders, or virtual folders, discussed in - , - - - - A typical Local folder contains the following folders: - - - - Calendar, for appointments and - event listings. - - - - - Contacts, for address cards. - - - - - Drafts, for messages you started and didn't finish. - - - - - Inbox, for incoming mail. - - - - - - Outbox, for messages you have written - but not yet sent. This will be empty unless you use - Ximian Evolution while offline. - - - - - - Sent, for sent mail. - - - - - - Trash, a vFolder view of all the - messages you have marked for deletion but not yet - expunged. - - - - - - - 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 the Tab - key to switch from one part of the window to another. When - you hide the folder bar, there is a menu on the left side of - the window just below the toolbar to move about the folder - tree, even with the folder and shortcut bars hidden. - - - - - If you get large volumes of mail, you'll want more folders than - just your Inbox. To create a new folder: - - - - Select - File - New - Folder - - Shift - Ctrl - E - . - - - - - Select the name of the folder in the Folder - Name field. - - - - - Select the folder type. The available options are. - - - - Calendar - - - - - Contacts - - - - - Mail - - - - - Tasks - - - - - - - - - Choose the location of the new folder. - - - - - - - Subfolders - - Ximian Evolution lets you nest folders - inside of each other, so that you can have a detailed - organizational system. - - - - Folders Have Limits - - Calendars must go in calendar folders, mail in mail - folders, and contacts in contact folders. - - - - - Right-clicking will bring up a menu for just about anything in - Ximian Evolution. If you right-click on a - folder, you'll have a menu with the following options: - - View, to view the folder. - Open in New Window to view the folder in another window. - Move, to move the folder to another location. - Copy, to duplicate the folder. - Delete, to delete the folder and all its contents. - Rename, to change its name. - Create New Folder, to create another folder in the same location. - Add to Shortcut Bar, to add the folder to your shortcut bar. - Properties, to view or change the folder properties. - - - - You can also rearrange folders and messages by dragging and - dropping them. - - - - Any time new mail arrives in a mail folder, that folder - label is displayed in bold text, along with the number of - new messages in that folder. - - - - - - The Menu Bar - - The menu bar's contents will always - provide all the possible actions for any given view of your - data. If you're looking at your Inbox, most of the menu items - will relate to mail; some will relate to other components of - Ximian Evolution and some, especially those - in the File Menu will relate to the - application as a whole. - - - - - File: - - Anything related to a file or to the - operations of the application generally falls under this - menu: creating things, saving them to disk, printing them, - and quitting the program itself. - - - - Edit: - - The Edit menu holds - useful tools that help you edit text and move it around. - - - - - View: - - This menu lets you decide how Ximian Evolution - should look. Some of the features control the appearance of - Ximian Evolution as a whole, and others - the way a particular kind of information appears. - - - - - Actions: - - Holds actions which maybe applied to a message. Normally, - if there is only one target for the action -- for - example, replying to a message -- you can find it in - the Actions menu. - - - - - Tools: - - Tools for configuring, changing, and - setting up preferences go here. For mail, that means things like - Mail Configuration and the - Virtual Folder Editor. For the - Calendar and the Contact - Manager, it's color, network, and layout - configuration. - - - - - Help: - - Select among these items to open the - Help Browser - and read the Ximian Evolution manual. - - - - - - - Once you've familiarized yourself with the main - window you can start doing things with it. We'll - start with the Summary, which provides a - quick overview of your Ximian - Evolution information. - - - - 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. - - - -
- The Evolution Summary - - - - -
- - - - Weather Summary - - -Shows you the latest weather updates from hundreds of cities around the world. - - - News Feeds - - -Displays up to the minute news from your favorite websites. - - - Mail Summary - - -Shows you how many email messages you have in your selected folders, waiting to be read. - - - Calendar Summary - - -Shows you your calendar. - - - Tasks - - -Shows your pending tasks - - - - - To add additional services to your Summary, or to edit the - existing services, select - - Tools - Summary Settings - . - - - - - - Introducing Email - - Ximian 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 - spools and files created by other mail programs. - - - - - - - It lets you guard your privacy with encryption. - - - - - - However, Ximian 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 Ximian 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: - - - -
- Ximian Evolution Mail - - Inbox - - - -
- - - - Email - Viewer - - - - This is where your email is displayed. - - - - Message List - - - - The Message 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: you can move, - delete, or undelete them, and create filters or vFolders based - on them. - - - 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 Task pad, where you can - keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments. - The day view in the calendar looks like this: - - -
- Ximian Evolution Calendar View - - Ximian 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. - - - - - Task List - - - - The Task List compliments the - Appointment List as it keeps track of - tasks which don't have a time associated with them. Tasks can - have complex notes associated with them, and you can also note - their completeness on a percentage scale. - - - - - 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 Ximian 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 - Ximian Evolution than it is to - change an actual paper book. Ximian - Evolution also allows easy synchronization with - hand-held devices and functions with LDAP directories on a network. - - - Another advantage of the Ximian 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: - -
- Ximian Evolution Contact Interface - - Ximian 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