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diff --git a/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml b/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 6cc9cd605f..0000000000 --- a/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,288 +0,0 @@ - - <chapter id="usage-contact"> - <title>The Evolution Contact Manager</title> - <para> - The <application>Evolution</application> contact manager can - handle all of the functions of an address book, phone book, - or Rolodex. Of course, <application>Evolution</application> - allows easier updates than an actual paper book, and much - easier synchronization with handheld and remote devices. And - I doubt that you can take your little black book and make it - accessible to the rest of your office over a network. Since - <application>Evolution</application> supports most major - network protocols, including <glossterm>IMAP</glossterm> and - <glossterm>LDAP</glossterm>, it's easy to use over an - existing network. - </para> - <para> - Antother advantage of <application>Evolution</application> - is that the address book is integrated into the rest of - the application. That means that when you look for - someone's address, you can also see a history of - appointments with that person, and when you get an email - with contact information in it, you can create a new address - card very quickly. In addition, searches, folders, and - vFolders all work in the same intuitive way they do in the - other components, so you don't have to learn another system - for similar tasks. - </para> - <para> - This chaper will cover the usage of the - <application>Evolution</application> contact manager, - including organizing large amounts of contact data, sharing - addresses over a network, and the automation - capabilities of the address book. Contact manager - configuration is addressed in <xref - linkend="config-prefs-contact">. - </para> - - <sect1 id="usage-contact-basic"> - <title>Getting Started With the Contact Manager</title> - - <para> - To start managing your contacts, click on - <guibutton>Contacts</guibutton> in the shortcut bar. - </para> - <para> - Describe the interface. Include the fact that the - whole address book consists of a set of cards, organized into - folders. - </para> - </sect1> - <sect1 id="usage-contact-cards"> - <title>Creating, Deleting, and Adding Cards</title> - <para> - You can create a new card by pressing the <guibutton>New - Card</guibutton> button, or by pressing - <keysym>KEYSYM</keysym>. The <interface>New Card</interface> - window will appear. It has the following fields: - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> <para> - <guilabel>Name:</guilabel> Enter the person's name here - </para></listitem> - <listitem> <para> - - </para></listitem> - <listitem> <para> - <guilabel>Address:</guilabel> - </para></listitem> - - <listitem> <para> - Something - </para></listitem> - - <listitem> <para> - Something - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - <para> - You can choose which fields an address card has, and create - new fields for cards. For example, - <application>Evolution</application> provides for two line - postal addresses by default, but you may have as many or as - few lines to an address as you wish. To change which - fields an address card has, choose DESCRIBE HERE HOW TO DO - THIS - </para> - - <note> - <title>Quick ways to add cards</title> - <para> - You can add cards from within an email message or calendar - appointment. While looking at an email, right-click on - any email address or message, and choose - <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Address</guimenuitem> or - <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Sender</guimenuitem>from - the menu that appears. While looking at a calendar - appointment, right-click any email address, and choose - <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Address</guimenuitem>. - (NOTE that feature may change! unimplemented!) - </para> - </note> - - <para> - You delete a card by pressing the <guibutton>Delete - Card</guibutton> button, or by dragging it into the trash folder. - </para> - - <para> - You can move cards around just as you would with email: - dragging and dropping works, as does right-clicking and - selecting <guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem> from the menu - that appears. - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-contact-organize"> - <title>Organizing your Contact Manager</title> - <para> - Organizing your contact manager is a lot like organizing - your 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. - </para> - <para> - Another useful UNIMPLEMENTED - <application>Evolution</application> feature is its ability - to recognize when people live together. If two people in - your contact manager share an address, and you change the - address for one of them, Evolution will ask you if you wish - to change the address for both of them, or just for one. - </para> - - <sect2 id="usage-contact-organize-group"> - <title>Groups of contacts</title> - <para> - <application>Evolution</application> lets you put cards - into folders, mark them as members of different groups, - and search through them in a variety of ways. This - section will describe how to organize and find contact - information using <application>Evolution</application>. - CHANGE THIS paragraph: it needs a great deal of work. - </para> - - <sect3 id="usage-contact-organize-group-folder"> - <title>Grouping with Folders</title> - <para> - The simplest way to group address cards is to use - folders. By default, cards start in the - <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> 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. - </para> - <para> - To create a new folder, do this: - </para> - <para> - To put a card into a folder, do this: - </para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 id="usage-contact-organize-group-category"> - <title>Grouping with Categories</title> - <para> - The other way to group cards is to mark them as - belonging to different categories. The difference - between folders and categories is that folders contain - cards, but category membership is a property of each - card. That means that you can mark a card as being in - several categories or no category at all. For example, - I put my friend Matthew's card in the "Business" category, - because he works with me, 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. - </para> - <para> - To mark a card as belonging to a category, do this: - </para> - <para> - Then, you can refer to all the cards in that category - by: - </para> - <para> - If the default categories don't suit you, you can add - your own. Here's how: - </para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-contact-sharing"> - <title>Sharing your Cards (and keeping them to yourself)</title> - <para> - Cards can be shared over a network. This is the sort of - feature you'll want to use if your company has a list of - vendors and clients that needs constant updating. If you - also share your calendars, people can avoid duplicating - work and keep up to date on developments within their - workgroup or across the entire company. - </para> - - <example id="usage-contact-sharing-ex"> - <title>Sharing Address Cards and Calendar Data</title> - <para> - I want to schedule a meeting with someone at Company - X, but I'm not sure who to talk to there. Our - corporate network has an address card that states our - contacts there, so I know whom to call. Since we also - share the calendars, I know that Deanna has already - scheduled a meeting with them next Thursday, and I can - either go to the meeting myself or ask Deanna to - discuss my concerns for me. Either way, I avoid - having to schedule yet another meeting with Company X, - which is good since everybody hates their products and - they're doomed to fail anyway. - </para> - </example> - - <para> - 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? <application>Evolution</application> lets you - decide which folders you want to make accessible to others. - </para> - <para> - To begin sharing a folder of address cards, select (something) <!-- - DESCRIBE PROCESS HERE -->. The - <interface>Sharing</interface> window will pop up. It contains: - <!--DESCRIBE INTERFACE HERE--> - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-contact-automate"> - <title>Automating the Contact Manager</title> - <para> - The <application> Evolution</application> contact manager - can perform a wide variety of tasks for you. From speeding - up basic tasks like adding a new address card to managing - mailing lists, you'll find that the contact manager is more - than a mere address book. - </para> - - <sect2 id="contact-automation-basic"> - <title>Send me a card: Adding New Cards Quickly</title> - <para> - When you get information in the mail or in a calendar - entry, you can add it to an address card. To do so, right - click on any email address or email message, and select - <guimenuitem>Add Address Card</guimenuitem> from the menu - that appears. Of course, <application> - Evolution</application> adds cards from a hand-held device - during HotSync operation. For more information about - that, see <xref linkend="usage-sync">. - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="contact-automation-lists"> - <title>Managing a Mailing list</title> - <para> - You already know that when you are writing an email, you - can address it to one or more people, and that - <application>Evolution</application> will fill in - addresses from your contact manager's address cards if - you let it. In addition to that, you can send email to - everyone in a particular group by doing SOMETHING HERE. - Future versions of <application>Evolution</application> - will allow you to you export a group of cards to a - spreadsheet, database, or word processor so you can print - address labels or prepare large postal mailings. - </para> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="usage-contact-automation-extra"> - <title>Map It! and other extra features</title> - <para> - Need a map or directions? Click - <guibutton>MapIt</guibutton> from within the contact - manager, and <application>Evolution</application> will - map the address for you online. - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - </chapter>
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