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diff --git a/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 962cdf2fac..0000000000 --- a/doc/C/usage-calendar.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,271 +0,0 @@ - -<!-- UNCOMMENT FOR VALIDATION ONLY: - <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> ---> - -<chapter id="usage-calendar"> - <title>The Evolution Calendar: Time-Tamer Extraordinaire</title> - <para> - To begin using the calendar, select - <guibutton>Calendar</guibutton> from the <interface>shortcut - bar</interface>. By default, the calendar starts with a display - of one day on a yellow ruled background. There's a month calendar - in the upper right and a To-do list in the lower right. The - calendar's daily view is shown in <xref - linkend="usage-calendar-fig">. - - <!-- ============== Figure ============================= --> - <figure id="usage-calendar-fig"> - <title>Evolution Calendar View</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Evolution Contact Manager Window</screeninfo> - <graphic fileref="fig/calendar" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> - </graphic> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ============== End of Figure ============================= --> - - </para> - <sect1 id ="usage-calendar-view"> - <title>Ways of Looking at your Calendar</title> - <para> - You can view your calendar by the day, by the week, by the - month, or by the year; press the calendar-shaped buttons on the - right side of the toolbar to switch between views. - </para> - - -<!-- ############### FIXME FIXME FIXME ############ -Feature not yet implemented, and may not be implemented due to -lack of time, resources, and interest. - <para> - In addition, <application>Evolution</application> supports - Hebrew, Muslim, and other calendar formats. To switch to a - different calendar format, choose - <guimenuitem>GUIMENUITEM</guimenuitem> from the - <guimenu>GUIMENU</guimenu>. - </para> -################ END FIXME AREA ################## --> - - </sect1> - <sect1 id="usage-calendar-apts"> - <title>Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar</title> - <para> - The <application>Evolution</application> calendar allows you to - schedule events for yourself or a group of people. It can - handle events that repeat, event lengths from ten minutes to - multiple days, and events that have a date but no specific - time. You can set overlapping events, although - <application>Evolution</application> will warn you about trying - to do two things at once. You can also set event reminders so - that you don't forget about everything you've just put into - your calendar. Basically, it can handle almost any schedule you - throw at it. - </para> - <sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-basic"> - <title>Creating events</title> - <para> - To create a new calendar event, select - <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> and then <guimenuitem> - Appointment</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>MENU</guimenu>, or - click the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button on the left end of - the toolbar. The <interface>New Appointment</interface> 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 <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> - and <guilabel>Owner</guilabel> of the event (which is probably - you), and cut right to the more intersting ones. - </para> - <para> - 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 <guilabel>All - day event</guilabel>. For the purposes of the calendar, an - <guilabel>All day event</guilabel> 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. - </para> - <para> - You can have as many as four different - <guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>, any time prior to the event - you've scheduled. You can have one alarm of each type: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Display</guilabel> means a window will pop up on - your screen to remind you of your event. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guilabel>Audio</guilabel> to have your deliver a - sound alarm. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select <guilabel>Program</guilabel> if you would like - some additional application to run as a reminder. You - can enter its name in the text field, or find it with - the <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - If you select <guilabel>Mail</guilabel>, then - <application>Evolution</application> will send an email - reminder to the address you enter into the text field. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - </para> - <para> - <guilabel>Classification</guilabel> is a little more - complicated, and only applies to calendars on a - network. <guilabel>Public</guilabel> is the default category, - and a public even tcan be viewd by anyone on the calendar - sharing network. <guilabel>Private</guilabel> means - (SOMETHING), and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> means that - (SOMETHING ELSE). - </para> - <para> - The <guilabel>Recurrence</guilabel> 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 - will stop, and, under <guilabel>Exceptions</guilabel>, pick - individual days when the event will <emphasis>not</emphasis> - recur. - </para> - - <para> - Once you're done with all those settings, click on the disk - icon in the toolbar. That will save the event and close the - event editor window. If you want, you can alter an event - summary in the calendar view by clicking on it and typing. You - can change other settings by clicking once on the event in the - <interface>calendar view</interface> to select it, and then - choosing <guimenuitem>Event Properties</guimenuitem> from the - <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-group"> - <title>Appointments for Groups</title> - <para> - If you have your calendar set up to work with other - calendars over a network, you can see when others are - available to meet with you. To browse other people's - calendars over your local network, do this: - </para> - <para> - In addition, you can use - <application>Evolution</application> to mark a meeting - request on another person's calendar. To do it, first - select <guimenuitem>New Appointment</guimenuitem> from the - <guimenu>MENU</guimenu>, or press <keysym>KEYSYM</keysym> - to bring up the <interface>new event</interface> window. - Then describe the event as you would any other. Before - you click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, (INSERT DESCRIPTION - HERE...). <application>Evolution</application> will - automatically send email to each person on the request - list, notifying of the time and date of the meeting you - have requested with them. In addition, it will mark the - event on your calendar and on theirs as tentative, rather than - a confirmed, event. - </para> - <para> - To mark a tentative event as confirmed, click once on the - event in the <interface>calendar view</interface> to - select it, and then choose <guimenuitem>Event - Properties</guimenuitem> from the - <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. In the <interface>Event - Properties</interface> dialog window, click the - "tentative" button to un-mark the event. (NOTE THAT this - feature may not at all exist!) - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-privs"> - <title>Scheduling privileges</title> - <para> - There are several levels of scheduling privileges. You - can set whether people can see your calendar, whether they - can request meetings or appointments, and whether they can - create appointments. This section may have to be deleted, - because I don't know if we are going to support privileges - at all. - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-calendar-todo"> - <title>The To-Do List</title> - <para> - 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 <xref linkend="config-prefs">), and are included with - calendar data during synchronization with a hand-held device. - </para> - <para> - To record a new task, click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> - button below the list. <application>Evolution</application> - will pop up a small window with five items in it: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Summary:</guilabel>The description you enter - here will appear in the To Do list itself. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Due Date:</guilabel> Decide when this item is - due. You can either type in a date and time, or select one from - the <guibutton>Calendar</guibutton> and time drop-down menus. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Priority:</guilabel>Select a level of importance from 1 to 9. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Item Comments:</guilabel>If you wish, you can - keep a more detailed description of the item here. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - <para> - Once you've added a task to your to-do list, its summary - appears in the <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> section of the - calendar window. To edit an item, double-click on it, or - select it and click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. You can - delete items by selecting them and clicking on the - <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button. - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-calendar-organize"> - <title>Organizing your Appointments</title> - <para> - Until I have <application>Evolution</application> running properly, - I have no idea how this sort of organization will actually work. - </para> - <para> - But this section will have at least two paragraphs, and - probably a screenshot. - </para> - </sect1> -</chapter> - - |