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- <chapter id="usage-mainwindow">
-
- <title>The Main Window: Evolution Basics</title>
- <para>
- After <application>Evolution</application> starts up, you will
- see the <interface>main window</interface>, which looks a lot
- like in <xref linkend="usage-mainwindow-fig">. On the left of
- the <interface>main window</interface> are the
- <interface>shortcut bar</interface> and the
- <interface>tree-view</interface>. Just underneath the title
- bar is a series of menus in the <interface>menu
- bar</interface>, and below that, the <interface>tool
- bar</interface> with buttons for different functions. The
- largest part of the <interface>main window</interface> is
- taken up by a welcome message. <!-- para does not end here
- but after fig! -->
-
-<!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
-
-<!--
-Make sure that this figure meets its descriptions below: it should
-show the shortcut bar, the tree view with some trees expanded, and so
-forth. Can these things be labelled with little arrows & stuff?
- -->
-
- <figure id="usage-mainwindow-fig">
- <title>Evolution Main Window</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="mainwindow-pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
- </graphic>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
-
-
- <note>
- <title>The Way Evolution Looks</title>
- <para>
- The appearance of both
- <application>Evolution</application> and
- <application>GNOME</application> is very easy to
- customize, so your screen might not look like this
- picture. You might configure
- <application>Evolution</application> to start with a
- different view, or without the <interface>shortcut
- bar</interface> or <interface>tree view</interface>.
- </para>
- </note>
- </para>
-
- <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-shortcutbar">
- <title>The Shortcut Bar</title>
- <para>
- The buttons in the <interface>shortcut bar</interface> give
- you quick access to the different functions that
- <application>Evolution</application> provides.
- </para>
- <para>
- The buttons in the <interface>shortcut bar</interface> are:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guibutton>Today</guibutton>, which will bring up a summary
- of any new messages you've recieved, along with the tasks and
- appointments you have lined up for today.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton>, which will show you all
- of your email. Your Inbox is also where you can
- access Evolution's tools to filter, sort, organize,
- and search your mail.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <guibutton>Calendar</guibutton>, which can store
- appointments for you. Connected to a network, you
- can use it to keep a group of people on schedule and
- up to date.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <guibutton>Contacts</guibutton> tool holds your
- addresses, phone numbers, and contact information.
- Like calendar information, contact data can be
- synchronized with hand-held devices and shared over a
- network.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <guibutton>Tasks</guibutton> tool combines a "to
- do" list with reminders to help you keep track of
- daily events.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para> <guibutton>Notes</guibutton> is your catch-all
- notepad: write <glossterm>haiku</glossterm>, take down
- messages from phone conversations, or keep small
- things organized.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
-
- </para>
- <para>
- If you prefer to use a keyboard shortcut, or <glossterm>hot
- key</glossterm>, you can use those instead. They're
- shown... (INSERT DESCRIPTION) You can also set your own hot
- keys for functions that don't have any; this is covered in
- <xref linkend="config">. If you're using the keyboard
- shortcuts you may also want to hide the <interface>shortcut
- bar</interface> by selecting <guimenuitem>Hide/Show Shortcut
- Bar</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>MENU</guimenu> menu.
- </para>
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-treeview">
- <title>The Tree View</title>
- <para>
- The <interface>tree view</interface> is the most comprehensive way to
- get to your information: it can show you everything you've
- stored with <application>Evolution</application>
- appointments, address cards, emails, and so forth.
-
- The <interface>tree view</interface> display presents your
- data like a <glossterm>file tree</glossterm>&mdash; it
- starts small at the top, and branches downwards. There are a
- few folders you will always see, because they're at the top.
- On my computer, they are: (ch. to itemizedlist w/descriptions?)
- <simplelist>
- <member>Local Mail</member>
- <member>Remote Mail</member>
- <member>Address Book</member>
- <member>Calendar</member>
- <member>Trash</member>
- </simplelist>.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Right-clicking will bring up a menu for just about anything
- in GNOME, and <application>Evolution</application> is no
- exception. If you right-click on a folder, you'll have a
- menu with the following options:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>Something</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Something</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Something</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>.
- </para>
-
- <tip>
- <title>Context-Sensitive Help</title>
- <para>
- You can almost always get help on an item by
- right-clicking it. If you're not sure what something is,
- or don't know what you can do with it, right-clicking and
- choosing <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> is a good way to
- find out.
- </para>
- </tip>
-
- <para>
- If a folder has other folders in it, there will be a plus
- sign next to it. Click on the plus sign, and you will see
- the other folders inside. This may change in the future to
- something more attractive, like triangles that drop down as
- you click on them to display the rest of the tree.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Any time new information arrives in a folder, that folder
- will be highlighted, or its label displayed as bold
- text. You can learn more about customizing
- <application>Evolution</application> alerts and appearance
- in <xref linkend="config">.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- (CHANGE that title! THIS SECTION BELONGS SOMEWHERE ELSE!)
- You can drag the folders inside the tree view to change
- their order or put one folder inside another. To delete a
- folder, you can drag it into the trash folder. The same
- goes for individual messages, appointments, and address
- cards, whether they're in the <interface>tree
- view</interface> or not: drag them where you want them, and
- they will go there. (IS THIS TRUE?)
- </para>
- <para>
- You can also use the <guimenu>right-click menu</guimenu> to
- move, rename, and delete folders.
- <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> function from the
- <guimenu>right-click menu</guimenu>.
- </para>
- <para>
- Once you've familiarized yourself with the <interface>main
- window</interface> you can start doing things with it.
- We'll start with email: you've got a letter waiting for you
- already.
- </para>
- </sect1>
- </chapter> \ No newline at end of file