From 31f6fc71f2b1095f0cb2423358c3da09f0e82121 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:21:17 +0000 Subject: Added password remembering/forgetting feature. 2000-07-21 Aaron Weber * C/usage-mail.sgml: Added password remembering/forgetting feature. * C/config-prefs.sgml: Mostly moved to variablelists, a few language changes. * C/config-setupassist.sgml: Minor changes to formatting, wording. * C/usage-notes.sgml: Changed trademark references, other minor changes. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Minor fixes, added additional calendar section, removed references to unimplemented features. Spellcheck, prep for 0.3 release. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4258 --- help/C/apx-gloss.sgml | 4 +- help/C/config-prefs.sgml | 185 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- help/C/config-setupassist.sgml | 47 ++++++----- help/C/usage-calendar.sgml | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------- help/C/usage-contact.sgml | 95 +++++++++++---------- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 28 +++++-- help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml | 16 +++- help/C/usage-notes.sgml | 12 +-- help/ChangeLog | 16 ++++ 9 files changed, 333 insertions(+), 230 deletions(-) (limited to 'help') diff --git a/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml b/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml index e660a0c798..e474d54b5c 100644 --- a/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml +++ b/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ - - Glossary @@ -240,7 +238,7 @@ - + Signature diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml index 65ea822cfe..de8c8beae7 100644 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml +++ b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml @@ -1,14 +1,7 @@ - + - - Advanced Configuration Perhaps your mail server has changed names. Perhaps you've @@ -28,29 +21,34 @@ functions are not yet available for doc'ing. . aaron, june 5. 7 am. window, illustrated in . Mail Preferences are seperated into several categories: - + + + Identity - Identity, which allows you to set + This allows you to set your name, email address, and other information. The default values are the ones found on your system account. - + + + Sources - Sources, which allows you to specify - your mail receiving server and protocols. + Set your mail-checking protocols and servers here. - - - - Transports, which allows you to - specify how you will send mail. + + + Transports + + + Here, you can specify how you will send mail. - - + + + +
- Mail Setup Druid + Mail Setup Assistant Evolution Main Window @@ -44,31 +45,31 @@ - The druid will ask you for the following information: + The assistant will ask you for the following information: Name— Your full name: eg. Eva Lucianne Tester - Email address— + Email address&mdash ; Your email address: eg. eltester@helixcode.com - Organization— Any + Organization— Any organization you represent. Leave this blank if you wish. - Signature File— A text - file appended to any email you send, typically your name - and email address, or a quotation you like. It should be - under three lines of text. + Signature File— + A text file appended to any email you send, typically + your name and email address, or a quotation you like. It + should be three or fewer lines of text. - Mail source type— + Mail source type— Evolution supports two mail sources: POP servers, the most common email server type, and UNIX-style MBOX files. Ask your system @@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ - Server— This should be the + Server— This should be the name of your mail server, eg. mailserver.organization.org @@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ - Authentication— Select the + Authentication— Select the type of authentication you will use. You can click Detect supported types to find out which authentication protocols your network allows. @@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ - Mail Transport— This is the + Mail Transport— This is the mail sending protocol you will want to use. Sendmail is the default. @@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ - + diff --git a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml index 56e5a4e65e..f0772e9948 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ - - + The Evolution Calendar: Time-Tamer Extraordinaire @@ -64,27 +65,30 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. Creating events To create a new calendar event, select - New and then - Appointment from the MENU, or - click the New button on the left end of - the toolbar. The New Appointment dialog - will pop up with the usual menu bar, tool bar, and window full - of choices for you. I'm going to skip the the more - self-explanatory items, like the Summary - and Owner of the event (which is probably - you), and cut right to the more intersting ones. + + File + New + Appointment + + or click the New button on the left end + of the toolbar. The New Appointment + dialog will pop up with the usual menu bar, tool bar, and + window full of choices for you. Your event must have a starting and ending date — by - default, it's today — but you can choose whether to give - it starting and ending times or to mark it as an All + default, today — but you can choose whether to give it + starting and ending times or to mark it as an All day event. For the purposes of the calendar, an All day event begins at ten in the morning, runs until eleven at night, and is displayed at the - top of a day's event list rather than inside it. This allows - you to include events of shorter duration within it. A - conference might be an all day event, and the various lectures - might be timed events that happen during the all day event. + top of a day's event list rather than inside it. That makes + it easy to have events that overlap. For example, a + conference might be an all day event, and the meetings at the + conference would be timed events. Events with starting and + ending times can also overlap, however, and when they do + they're displayed as multiple columns in the day view of the + calendar. You can have as many as four different @@ -136,15 +140,15 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. Classification is a little more complicated, and only applies to calendars on a network. Public is the default category, - and a public even tcan be viewd by anyone on the calendar + and a public event can be viewed by anyone on the calendar sharing network. Private means (SOMETHING), and Confidential means that (SOMETHING ELSE). The Recurrence tab lets you describe - repitition in events ranging from once every day up to once - every 100 years. You can then choose a time when repitition + repetition in events ranging from once every day up to once + every 100 years. You can then choose a time when repetition will stop, and, under Exceptions, pick individual days when the event will not recur. @@ -162,42 +166,48 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. + + + + The To-Do List The to-do list, located in the lower right corner of the - calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks seperate from your - calendar events. Tasks are colored by priority and due-date - (see ), and are included with - calendar data during synchronization with a hand-held device. + calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks separate from your + calendar events. Tasks are colored and sorted by priority and + due-date (see for more + information), and are included with calendar data during + synchronization with a hand-held device. To record a new task, click the Add @@ -269,24 +284,55 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. Once you've added a task to your to-do list, its summary appears in the Summary section of the - calendar window. To edit an item, double-click on it, or - select it and click Edit. You can - delete items by selecting them and clicking on the - Delete button. + calendar window. To view or edit a detailed description of an + item, double-click on it, or select it and click + Edit. You can delete items by selecting + them and clicking on the Delete button. - - Organizing your Appointments + + Multiple Calendars - Until I have Evolution running properly, - I have no idea how this sort of organization will actually work. + Evolution permits you to have and + maintain multiple calendars. This is useful if you maintain + schedules for other people, if you are responsible for resource + or room allocation, or if you have multiple personalities. + + + Keeping Multiple Calendars + + Keelyn has one calendar for her own schedule. Next to that + she maintains one for the conference room, so people know when + they can schedule meetings. On the local network, she + maintains a calendar that reflects when consultants are going + to be on site, and another that keeps track of the various + company managers, so that people know where to find each + other. + + - But this section will have at least two paragraphs, and - probably a screenshot. + To create a new calendar, select + + File + New + Calendar + . + + You can place the calendar in any calendar folder and access it + from the folder view. + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index 30729f96ab..07bc5af973 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - - + The Evolution Contact Manager @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ The Evolution contact manager can handle all of the functions of an address book, phone book, or - Rolodex. Of course, Evolution allows - easier updates than an actual paper book. - Evolution also allows easy synchronization with - handheld and remote devices. Since - Evolution supports most major network - protocols, including LDAP, it's easy to - use over an existing network. + 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 handheld and remote devices. + Since Evolution supports most major + network protocols, including LDAP, it can + fit into almost any existing network. Another advantage of the Evolution @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ - Press Print to print. + Press Print to print one or more cards. Delete deletes a selected card. @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ The last feature is Quick Search; to use - it, just type in the person you're looking for and hit - Enter. Evolution - will search through the name fields of all the cards to find - one that matches. The search is currently case-sensitive. + it, just type in the name of the person you're looking for and + hit Enter. + Evolution will search through all + the cards to find one that matches. If there are no matches, the card display will be blank. To @@ -163,30 +163,30 @@ box with a few text boxes: - Title: + Title: Enter an honorific or select one from the menu. - First: + First: The person's first, or given, name. - Middle: + Middle: The middle name or initial, if any, goes here. - Last: + Last: The last name (the surname, or family name), belongs here. - Suffix: + Suffix: Suffixes such as "Jr." or "III" can go here. @@ -293,9 +293,12 @@ mail. You can have folders and searches the same way you can with mail, but the contact manager does not allow vFolders. It does, however, allow each card to fall under several - categories, and allow you to create your own categories. We'll - go over categories in a bit. + categories, and allow you to create your own categories. + Categories are discussed . + + Groups of contacts - Evolution lets you put cards into - folders and mark them as members of different categories. - Although the contact manager does not support vFolders, - categories should provide as much flexibility as you need in - grouping your address cards. + Evolution offers two ways for you + to organize your cards. The first way is to use folders; + this works the same way that mail folders do. For more + flexibility, you can also mark contacts as members of + different categories. @@ -321,20 +325,23 @@ The simplest way to group address cards is to use folders. By default, cards start in the - Contacts folder. You can create more - folders inside that one, or create other address book - folders as well. Each card must be in one and only one - folder. If you've read - then you already know that you can create a new folder by - selecting New and then - Folder from the - File menu. + Contacts folder. If you've read then you already know that you + can create a new folder by selecting + + File + New + Folder + + and that you can put new folders anywhere you like. Note + that each card must be in one and only one folder, unless + you want to have duplicate cards. To put a card into a folder, just drag it there from the - folder view, or (SOMETHING ELSE). Remember that address - cards can only go in contact folders, just like mail can - only go in mail folders, and calendars in calendar folders. + folder view. Remember that contact cards can only go in + contact folders, just like mail can only go in mail folders, + and calendars in calendar folders. @@ -351,6 +358,7 @@ the "Friends" category, because he's also my friend, and the "Frequent" category, because I call him all the time and can never remember his phone number. + To mark a card as belonging to a category, click the Categories button at the lower @@ -410,7 +418,7 @@ Of course, you don't want to share all of your cards— why overload the network with a list of babysitters, or tell - everyone on your network you're talking to new job prospects? + everyone in the office you're talking to new job prospects? Evolution lets you decide which folders you want to make accessible to others. @@ -422,11 +430,12 @@ - Automating the Contact Manager + Extra Contact Manager Tools - In addition to working with the mailer and the calendar to add - new cards quickly, the contact manager can do some pretty cool - stuff on its own. (FIXME: This para is terrible) + The most obvious contact manager tool is that it works with the + mailer and the calendar to help you add new address cards + quickly. However, it can also manage mailing lists and help + you find directions between the locations of any two contacts. diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 16edcf15ca..bd00601fb3 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -108,12 +108,26 @@ you've done so, the mail setup assistant will ask you for the information it needs to check your mail (see for more information). Then, + linkend="config-setupassist"> for more information). You'll + need to enter your password. Then, Evolution will download your mail. New mail will appear in your Inbox. - + + + + Once you've entered your password, + Evolution will hold it in memory so + that you don't have to retype it every time you want to check + mail. It will only remember the password until you quit the + application; each time you run + Evolution, you need to re-enter + your password. If you'd like + Evolution to forget your password + sooner, select + ToolsForget + Passwords, and it will do so + immediately. - If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need to change your network settings. To learn how to @@ -246,10 +260,10 @@ added to the appropriate form field. - For more information about using email - together with the contact manager and the calendar, see - and . + For more information about using email together with the + contact manager and the calendar, see and . diff --git a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml index e9d2babb3b..bc6b6c27d4 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml @@ -174,7 +174,19 @@ Can these things be labelled with little arrows & stuff? the Show Shortcut Bar toggle in the View menu. - + + + Two Shortcut Bar Tricks + + To remove a shortcut from the shortcut bar, right-click on it + and select Remove. + + To change the way the shortcut bar looks, right-click in the + shortcut bar but not on a button. From the menu that + appears, you can select icon sizes. + + + The Folder View @@ -187,7 +199,7 @@ Can these things be labelled with little arrows & stuff? at the top, and branches downwards. On most computers, there will be three folders at the base. The first one is VFolders, for virtual folders (discussed in - . The next one is + . The next one is External Directories, which (FIXME: What is this for?). The most important one is probably Local, which contains all the data that's diff --git a/help/C/usage-notes.sgml b/help/C/usage-notes.sgml index 184d0c5709..a4161da810 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-notes.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-notes.sgml @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ An Overview of the Evolution Notes - Sticky Notes(tm) have become an almost necessary part of our lives. - They can be used to write school notes on and take down phone numbers, - among other things. Thus, it only makes sense that - Evolution has a Notes feature. Evolution - can help you take notes in the following ways: + In the dark ages before email was invented, there were notes. + Even now, notes are an almost necessary part of our lives. It + only makes sense that Evolution has + a Notes feature. Evolution can help + you take notes in the following ways: @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ - You can start reading notes by clicking Notes in the + You can start writing notes by clicking Notes in the shortcut bar. diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog index 683793ff0a..2ea010a3bc 100644 --- a/help/ChangeLog +++ b/help/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,19 @@ +2000-07-21 Aaron Weber + + * C/usage-mail.sgml: Added password remembering/forgetting feature. + + * C/config-prefs.sgml: Mostly moved to variablelists, a few + language changes. + + * C/config-setupassist.sgml: Minor changes to formatting, wording. + + * C/usage-notes.sgml: Changed trademark references, other minor + changes. + + * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Minor fixes, added additional calendar + section, removed references to unimplemented features. Spellcheck, + prep for 0.3 release. + 2000-07-19 Aaron Weber * C/usage-mail.sgml: lots of minor fixes to language. added -- cgit v1.2.3