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-<!--
- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
--->
-<chapter id="usage-mainwindow">
-
- <title>The Main Window: Evolution Basics</title>
- <para>
- Start <application>Evolution</application> by selecting
- <guimenuitem>Evolution</guimenuitem> from the
- <guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu> of the <guimenu>Main Panel
- Menu</guimenu>, or by typing <command>evolution</command> at the
- command-line. The first time you run the program, it will create
- a directory called <filename>evolution</filename> in your home
- directory, where it will keep all your
- <application>Evolution</application>-related files.
- </para>
- <para>
- After <application>Evolution</application> starts
- up, you will see the <interface>main window</interface>, with the
- <interface>Inbox</interface> open. It should look a lot like the
- picture in <xref linkend="usage-mainwindow-fig">. On the left of
- the <interface>main window</interface> is the <interface>shortcut
- bar</interface>, with several buttons in it. 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 the
- actual <interface>Inbox</interface>, where messages are listed
- and displayed. If you're running the program for the first time,
- you'll have just one message: a welcome from Helix Code.
-
-
-<!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
- <figure id="usage-mainwindow-fig">
- <title>Evolution Main Window and Inbox</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="fig/mainwindow-pic" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
- </graphic>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
-</para>
-
- <para>
- <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, without the <interface>shortcut
- bar</interface>, or with the <link
- linkend="usage-mainwindow-folderbar">folder bar</link>
- instead.
- </para>
- </note>
- </para>
-
- <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-shortcutbar">
- <title>The Shortcut Bar</title>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application>'s most important job is
- to give you access to your information and help you use it
- quickly. One way it does that is through the
- <interface>shortcut bar</interface>, the column on the left
- hand side of the main window. The large buttons with names
- like <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> and
- <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> are the shortcuts, and you can
- select different groups of shortcuts by clicking the
- rectangular category buttons.
- </para>
- <para>
- The category buttons are <guibutton>Evolution
- Shortcuts</guibutton> and <guibutton>Internet
- Directories</guibutton>. When you click on them, they'll slide
- up and down to give you access to different sorts of shortcuts.
- When you first start <application>Evolution</application>, you
- are looking at the <guilabel>Evolution Shortcuts</guilabel>
- category. If you click <guilabel>Internet
- Directories</guilabel>, it will slide up and you'll see buttons
- for the <guilabel>Bigfoot</guilabel> and
- <guilabel>Netcenter</guilabel> directories, as well as any
- others you or your system administrator might have added.
- Internet directories behave a lot like the local contact
- manager, which is covered in <xref linkend="usage-contact">.
- </para>
- <para>
- Take a look at the <guilabel>Evolution Shortcuts</guilabel>
- again. They are:
-
- <variablelist>
-
-<!-- NOT IMPLEMENTED!
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guibutton>Today:</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This will bring up a summary of any new messages you've
- received, along with the tasks and appointments you have
- lined up for today.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
--->
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guibutton>Inbox:</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The Inbox 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>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guibutton>Calendar:</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The Calendar can store your appointments and To do lists
- for you. Connected to a network, you can use it to keep
- a group of people on schedule and up to date.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guibutton>Contacts:</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The Contact Manager 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>
- </varlistentry>
-
-<!-- NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
- <varlistentry>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <guibutton>Tasks:</guibutton> tool combines a "to
- do" list with reminders to help you keep track of
- daily events.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
--->
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guibutton>Notes:</guibutton></term>
- <listitem>
- <para> The note pad is your catch-all tool: use it to take
- messages from phone conversations, keep small things
- organized, write <glossterm>haiku</glossterm>, or whatever
- you like. This feature is not yet implemented, but will be
- soon. See <xref linkend="usage-notes"> for more
- information.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- If you prefer to use a keyboard shortcut, or <glossterm>hot
- key</glossterm>, you can use those instead. They're shown next
- to their equivalent menu items in the menu bar. 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
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Shortcut
- Bar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
- </para>
-
- <tip>
- <title>Two Shortcut Bar Tricks</title>
- <para>
- To remove a shortcut from the shortcut bar, right-click on it
- and select <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>. </para>
- <para>
- To change the way the shortcut bar looks, right-click in an
- empoy space on the shortcut bar. From the menu that appears,
- you can select icon sizes.
- </para>
- </tip>
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-folderbar">
- <title>The Folder Bar</title>
- <para>
- The <interface>folder bar</interface> is a more comprehensive
- way to view the information you've stored with
- <application>Evolution</application>. It displays all your
- appointments, address cards, and email in a tree that's a lot
- like a <glossterm>file tree</glossterm>&mdash; it starts small
- at the top, and branches downwards. On most computers, there
- will be three folders at the base. The first one is
- <guilabel>VFolders</guilabel>, for virtual folders (discussed in
- <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">. The next one is
- <guilabel>External Directories</guilabel>, for contact
- directories stored on a network. The most important one is
- probably <guilabel>Local</guilabel>, which you can use to access
- all the data that's stored on your computer. If you click on
- the plus sign plus sign next to the <guilabel>Local</guilabel>
- folder, you'll see the contents:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>, for appointments and
- event listings.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel>, for address cards.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Directories</guilabel>, for Internet contact directories.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>, for incoming mail.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, which is for drafts of
- messages and mail that's already been sent.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </para>
-
- <para>
- To create a new folder, select <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You'll be asked where you want to
- put it, and what kind of folder it should be. You can choose
- from three types: <guilabel>Mail</guilabel>, for storing mail,
- <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel> for storing calendars, and
- <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> for storing contacts.
- </para>
-
- <note>
- <title>Folders Have Limits</title>
- <para>
- You can always place a folder inside other folders,
- regardless of folder type. However, calendars,
- contacts, and mail can't go into the same
- folder. Calendars have to go in calendar folders, mail
- in mail folders, and contacts in contact folders.
- </para>
- </note>
-
- <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><guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem>, to view a message.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Something else</guimenuitem>, for another purpose. </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Something else</guimenuitem>, for another purpose. </para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>.
- </para>
-
- <tip>
- <title>Context-Sensitive Help</title>
- <para>
- GNOME 2.0 supports context-sensitive help, which means 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, choosing <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> from the
- right-click menu is a good way to find out.
- </para>
- </tip>
-
- <para>
- Any time new information arrives in a folder, that folder label
- is displayed as bold text.
- </para>
- <para>
- To delete a folder, right-click it and select
- <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> from the menu that pops up.
- To change the order of folders, or put one inside another, use
- <glossterm>drag-and-drop</glossterm>. To move individual
- messages, appointments, and address cards between folders, you
- can do the same thing: drag them where you want them, and
- they'll go.
- </para>
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-menubar">
- <title>The Menu Bar</title>
- <para>
- The <interface>menu bar</interface>'s contents will always
- provide all the possible actions for any given view of your
- data. That means that, depending on the context, menu bar items
- will change. If you're looking at your Inbox, most of the menu
- items will relate to mail; some will relate to other components
- of <application>Evolution</application> and some, especially
- those in the <guimenu>File Menu</guimenu> will relate to the
- application as a whole. This section describes those items that
- cover the application as a whole; items specific to mailer are
- discussed in the mail chapter, calendar items in the calendar
- chapter, and so forth.
- </para>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</term>
-
- <listitem><para>
- Anything related to a file falls under this
- menu:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>
- <guisubmenu>New... &mdash; </guisubmenu> If you
- want to create a new folder, calendar,
- appointment, address card, or message, this is
- where you should look.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- <guimenuitem>Go to Folder &mdash; </guimenuitem>
- Select this item, then choose which folder you'd
- like to view.
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- <guimenuitem>Exit &mdash; </guimenuitem> Quits the application.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>
- <guimenuitem>Print... &mdash; </guimenuitem> Opens the printing
- dialog box so you can print items from the view pane of
- <application>Evolution</application>.
- </para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu </term>
- <listitem><para>
- Although it doesn't contain anything at first,
- the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu fills up with
- useful editing tools when you're... editing.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu </term>
- <listitem><para> All of your assistants and configuration
- tools go here. For the <interface>Inbox</interface>, that
- means things like <guimenuitem>Mail
- Configuration</guimenuitem> and the <guimenuitem>vFolder
- Editor</guimenuitem>. For the
- <interface>Calendar</interface> and the <interface>Contact
- Manager</interface> </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> Menu </term>
- <listitem><para>
- This menu contains a list of actions you can perform on
- the information you've stored with
- <application>Evolution</application>. The contents vary
- depending on the view, but for the
- <interface>Inbox</interface>, it contains items like
- <guimenuitem>Mark All Messages Read</guimenuitem> and
- <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem>, to erase all the
- messages you've marked for deletion.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</term>
- <listitem><para>
- Select among these items to open the
- <application>Help Browser</application> to the appropriate section.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- Once you've familiarized yourself with the <interface>main
- window</interface> you can start doing things with it. We'lql
- start with your email inbox: you've got a letter waiting for you
- already.
- </para>
- </sect1>
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