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<!-- The actual preface tag is in the evolution.xml file -->
      <sect1 id="organization">
        <title>Organization</title>
      <para>
        This book is divided into two parts, with several
        appendices. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
        tour</link>, which will explain how to use
        <application>Evolution</application>.  If you are new to
        <application>Evolution</application> or to groupware in
        general, this section is for you. The second section, covering
        <link linkend="config">configuration</link>, is targeted at
        more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way
        <application>Evolution</application> looks or acts can benefit
        from reading it.  
      </para>
      </sect1>

      <sect1 id="typography">
        <title>Typographical conventions</title>
    <para>
          In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
          <simplelist>
        <member><application>Applications</application></member>
        <member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command line</member>
        <member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface</member>

            <member> Menu selections look like this:
                       <menuchoice>
                          <guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
                          <guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu> 
                          <guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
                     </menuchoice>
            </member>
        <member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
            click</member> <member><userinput>Anything you type
            in</userinput></member> <member><computeroutput>Text
            output from a computer</computeroutput></member>
      <member><glossterm linkend="apx-gloss">Words</glossterm>
            that are defined in the <xref linkend="apx-gloss"/>.</member>
      </simplelist>
</para>
<para>
We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well. 

      <tip id="example-tip">
          <title>Tip</title>
          <para>
        Tips and bits of extra information will look like
        this.
          </para>
        </tip>
</para>

<para>
Examples are also set off from the rest of the text.  They look like this:

      <example>
        <title>Example Example</title>
        <para>
          This is what an example looks like.  We'll provide
          examples for some of the more complicated tasks you
          might be performing.
        </para>
      </example>
</para>
<para>
  Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:

        <warning id="example-warning">
          <title>Example Warning</title>
          <para>
        This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
        you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
          </para>
      </warning>
        </para>
    </sect1>


    <sect1 id="other-help">
      <title>Additional Help Sources</title>
      <para>
        You can find additional help in three places. For information
        about command-line options, open a terminal window and type
        <command> man evolution</command> or <command>evolution
        --help</command>. For support, late-breaking news, and errata,
        visit the Ximian support center at <ulink
        url="http://support.ximian.com">support.ximian.com</ulink>.
      </para>
    </sect1>

    <sect1 id="whats-new-in-one-two">
      <title>What's New in Evolution &appversion;</title>
      <para>
        If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.2, there
        are a number of new features in this version. Most of the
        changes, however, have been made behind the scenes, as we
        moved to the GNOME 2 platform. Ximian Connector for Microsoft
        Exchange also has new features, described in <xref linkend="new-in-connector" />.
        You can find a complete list of bugs fixed and features added
        in the Evolution release notes at the <ulink
        url="http://developer.ximian.com">Ximian Developer
      Website</ulink>. Some of the features include:
    </para>
        <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>Better Fonts</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                Ximian Evolution &appversion; uses the same font
                smoothing technology as the rest of your GNOME 2
                desktop.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Cleaner Shutdowns</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                We have fixed several bugs that caused Evolution to
                continue to occupy system resources when it was not
                running.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
        <term>Mail Composer HTML Improvements</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                 The message composer has continued to improve.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>New Graphics and Icons</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                We've added new graphics and icons.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
    </sect1>

    <sect1 id="preface-for-experts">
      <title>Introductory Tips for Experienced Users</title>
      <para>
        This section has a few tips for experienced users of Linux or
        UNIX systems:
      </para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Backups and File Locations</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              To create a backup of your Evolution data, copy the
              <guilabel>~/evolution/local/</guilabel> directory to
              your backup disk.  To access data you
              have backed up, use the <guilabel>Import</guilabel> tool to 
              restore individual files as needed.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>Default Browsers</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              To set the browser that opens when you click a link in
              an email, open the GNOME preferences tool
              (<menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
            or <command>gnome-control-center</command>) and start the
            <guilabel>File Associations</guilabel> tool. There, look under
            <guilabel>Internet Services</guilabel>, select
             <guilabel>World wide web (http)</guilabel>, and select
             the browser of your choice. If you wish to use a 
             browser other than the ones suggested, you will need to
             enter the full shell command. For example you might use 
             <userinput>mybrowser "%s"</userinput> to start the
             mybrowser program at the right page.
           </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>Making Evolution Your Default Mail Client</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              For GNOME desktops, you can set
              <application>Evolution</application> to be the default
              mail client, so that it opens when you click a mailto:
              link in web pages and help tools. To do that, open the
              GNOME preferences tool and start the <guilabel>File
              Associations</guilabel> tool.  There, look under
              <guilabel>Internet Services</guilabel>, select
              <guilabel>Electronic mail transmission
              (mailto)</guilabel>, and select
              <application>Evolution</application> from the drop-down
              list.
            </para>
            <para>
              For applications such as Mozilla and Netscape, which do
              not use the GNOME preference tools, you will need to
              find the protocol handler preference tool for that
              application and enter <userinput>evolution
            "%s"</userinput> as your choice for handling mailto links.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>
    </sect1>