Getting Oriented with the Ximian Evolution Summary
Using the Summary
The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to know
quickly. It will show you your tasks for that day, how many
emails are waiting for you, and much more.
To begin using your Summary, click on the Shortcut
Bar or Summary at the top of the
Folder Bar. By default, you will see:
Weather Reports
News feeds from the Internet
Mail summary
Appointments
Tasks
Customizing the Summary's Modules
Evolution's modules can be customized
to suit your needs. For example, you can choose which mail
boxes are summarized, and which news services appear.
Using the Summary through an HTTP Proxy
If you use an HTTP proxy, Ximian
Evolution must be able to find it through the
gnome-vfs subsystem before it can
access news and weather from the Internet. This is also
the case if you wish to load remote images into HTML mail
message.
You can find the proxy settings tool in the Control Center.
Customizing the Weather Summary
To add a city to be displayed in the weather:
Choose
Tools
Settings and
select the Summary Preferences tool.
Click the Weather tab.
Select the city on the left hand column.
Click the Add button.
Below the list of cities, you can select the time, in seconds,
between updates, and whether you wish to see temperatures in Celsius
or Farenheit.
Customizing Your News Feeds
To customize your news feeds:
Choose
Tools
Settings and
select the Summary Preferences tool. Then, choose the
News Feeds tab.
In the left hand column, select the news feed to add to
your display.
Click the Add button.
Click OK.
You can also add your own news feeds. Evolution will display
RDF formatted XML news feeds from the website of your
choice. For most sites, it's a file called "index.rdf."
Customizing Your Mail Summary
To customize your mail summary:
Choose
Tools
Settings and
select the Summary Preferences tool.
Click the Mail tab.
Expand the folder tree to the folders you wish to
display in the Summary.
Click the checkbox to the left of that folder.
Customizing Your Schedule Summary
To customize your calendar summary:
Choose
Tools
Settings and
select the Summary Preferences tool.
Click the Schedule tab.
Choose whether you'd like appointments displayed for one
day, five days, a week, or a month.
Choose whether you'd like to display all tasks, or just
the tasks due today.