<!-- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> --> <chapter id="usage-summary"> <title>Getting Oriented with the Ximian Evolution Summary</title> <sect1 id="summary-intro"> <title>Using the Summary</title> <para> 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. </para> <para> To begin using your Summary, click on the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel> or <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> at the top of the <guilabel>Folder Bar</guilabel>. By default, you will see: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> Weather Reports </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> News feeds from the Internet </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Mail summary </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Appointments </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Tasks </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="customizing-summary"> <title>Customizing the Summary's Modules</title> <para> <application>Evolution's</application> modules can be customized to suit your needs. For example, you can choose which mail boxes are summarized, and which news services appear. </para> <note id="summary-http-proxy"> <title>Using the Summary through an HTTP Proxy</title> <para> If you use an HTTP proxy, <application>Ximian Evolution</application> must be able to find it through the <systemitem>gnome-vfs</systemitem> 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 tell the GNOME Virtual File System about your HTTP proxy in one of two ways: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Configure it with Nautilus</term> <listitem> <para> <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> Open a Nautilus window </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Preferences</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Edit Preferences</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Go to the <guilabel>Navigation</guilabel> tab. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click the <guilabel>Use HTTP Proxy</guilabel> checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP proxy in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Configure it with the gconftool command</term> <listitem> <para> <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> Open a terminal. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Enter the command <command> gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE" </command> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Enter the command <command> gconftool --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url" </command> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Enter the command <command> gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080" </command> </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> <para> For more information about the gconftool command, read the gconftool man page. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </note> <sect2 id="customizing-summary-weather"> <title>Customizing the Weather Summary</title> <para> To add a city to be displayed in the weather: <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click the <guilabel>Weather</guilabel> tab. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Select the city on the left hand column. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> <tip id="measurments"> <title>Metric or Imperial?</title> <para> <application>Evolution</application> supports both Imperial and Metric measurement for weather reports. Imperial units are sometimes called British units, but are used almost exclusively in the United States. Britain, and most of the rest of the world, use metric units. </para> </tip> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="customizing-feeds"> <title>Customizing Your News Feeds</title> <para> To customize your news feeds: <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click the <guilabel>News Feeds</guilabel> tab. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Select the news news feed on the left column. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="customizing-mail"> <title>Customizing Your Mail Summary</title> <para> To customize your mail summary: <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click the <guibutton>Mail</guibutton> tab. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Select the mail folder you want to see in the preview on the left. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="customizing-cal"> <title>Customizing Your Schedule Summary</title> <para> To customize your calendar summary: <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click the <guibutton>Schedule</guibutton> tab. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Choose whether you'd like appointments displayed for one day, five days, a week, or a month. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Choose whether you'd like to display all tasks, or just the tasks due today. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> </sect2> </sect1> </chapter>