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  <title>La Ventana Principal: Conceptos Básicos de Evolution</title>
  <para>
     Start <application>Evolution</application> by selecting
     <menuchoice><guimenu>Main Panel Menu</guimenu>
     <guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu>
     <guimenuitem>Evolution</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 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 Ximian.


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    <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>
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</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 decide to have <application>Evolution</application>
    start with the calendar and a folder bar, or with the contact
    manager occupying the entire window.
      </para>
    </note>
  </para>
  
  <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-shortcutbar">
    <title>La Barra de Atajos</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 group buttons.
    </para>
    <para>
       The shortcut group 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 may have added. You can
       add more groups by right-clicking on the background of the
       shortcut bar and selecting <guimenuitem>Menu
       Group</guimenuitem>.  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.  The shortcut buttons in that category are:

      <variablelist>

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    <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>
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    <varlistentry>
      <term> <guibutton>Executive Summary:</guibutton></term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Start your day here.  The Executive summary gives you
              lists of new or important messages, daily appointments
              and urgent tasks.  You can customize its appearance and
              content, and use it to access Evolution services.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>


    <varlistentry>
      <term> <guibutton>Inbox:</guibutton></term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Click the <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> button to start
          reading your mail.  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>Tasks:</guibutton></term>
    <listitem>
      <para>
         A full-size view of your calendar's task pad.
      </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>

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    <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 linkend="haiku">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>
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      </variablelist>
    </para>
    <para>
      If you don't like the shortcut bar, you can use the folder bar
      or the menu bar to navigate the main window. Press 
            <keycombo action="simul">
                 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> 
                 <keycap>O</keycap> 
             </keycombo>
      to choose from a list of folders you'd like to visit, or use the
      drop-down folder bar.  You can hide and show the folder bar and
      the shortcut bar by selecting those items in the
      <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu.
    </para>

    <tip>
       <title>Trucos de la Barra de Atajos</title>
       <para>
         To remove a shortcut from the shortcut bar, right-click on it
         and select <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>.  To add one,
         select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
         <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Evolution Bar
         Shortcut</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
      </para>
       <para>
         To change the way the shortcut bar looks, right-click in an
         empty space on the shortcut bar.  From the menu that appears,
         you can select icon sizes.
       </para>
    </tip>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-folderbar">
    <title>La Barra de Carpetas</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 linkend="filetree">file
      tree</glossterm>&mdash; it starts small at the top, and branches
      downwards. On most computers, there will be three or four
      folders at the base.  First is the <guilabel>Local</guilabel>
      folder, which holds all the <application>Evolution</application>
      data that's stored on your computer.  After that come
      <guilabel>Virtual Folders</guilabel>, or virtual folders, discussed in
      <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">, followed by any
      <glossterm linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm> mail folders you may
      have available to you over your network.  Lastly, there are
      <guilabel>External Directories</guilabel>, <glossterm
      linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> contact directories stored on a
      network.
    </para>
    <para>
       
      A typical <guilabel>Local</guilabel> folder contains the following folders:
      <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>Inbox</guilabel>, for incoming mail. 
       </para>
     </listitem>
         <listitem>
        <para>
        <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel>, for messages you started and didn't finish.
       </para>
     </listitem>
    <listitem>
        <para>
        <guilabel>Sent</guilabel>, for sent mail.
       </para>
     </listitem>
    <listitem>
        <para>
        <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, which is used to store
        messages you don't want, but keep around just in case you
        change your mind.
       </para>
     </listitem>
    <listitem>
        <para>
        <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, for messages you have written
        but not yet sent.  This will be empty unless you use
        <application>Evolution</application> while offline.
       </para>
     </listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>
    <tip id="foldertips">
    <title>Navegando sin la Barra de Carpetas</title>
       <para>
         You don't need the folder bar or the shortcut bar to move
         around the main window. You can use <keycap>Tab</keycap> to
         switch from one part of the window to another, and the folder
         menu on the right side of the window just below the toolbar
         to move about the folder tree.
       </para>
     </tip>

    <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>Las Carpetas Tienen Limitaciones</title>
      <para>
              Los calendarios deben ir en carpetas de calendarios, el correo
          en carpetas de correo, y los contactos en carpetas de contactos.
           </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>FIXME</guimenuitem>, for another purpose. </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Something else</guimenuitem>, for another purpose. </para></listitem>
      </itemizedlist>.
    </para>

    <tip>
     <title>Ayuda Sensible al Contexto</title>
      <para>
    GNOME 2.0 will support 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 in 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
      drag-and-drop.  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>La Barra de Menú</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. The contents of the menu bar are
      described in <xref linkend="menuref">.
   </para>
   <para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</term>

          <listitem><para> 
            Anything even related to a file or to the operations
            of the application generally  falls under this
            menu: creating things, saving them to disk, 
            printing them, and quitting the program itself.  

            </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>

       <varlistentry>
          <term> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu </term>
          <listitem><para>
              The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu holds
              useful tools that help you edit text and move it around.
          </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>

       <varlistentry>
          <term> <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu </term>
          <listitem><para>
            This menu lets you decide how <application>Evolution</application> 
            should look. Some of the features control the appearance of 
            <application>Evolution</application> as a whole, and others 
            the way a particular kind of information appears.
          </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu </term>
          <listitem><para> Tools for configuring, changing, and
          setting up go here.  For mail, that means things like
          <guimenuitem>Mail Configuration</guimenuitem> and the
          <guimenuitem>Virtual Folder Editor</guimenuitem>.  For the
          <interface>Calendar</interface> and the <interface>Contact
          Manager</interface>, it's color, network, and layout
          configuration. </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>

       <varlistentry>
          <term> <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</term>
          <listitem><para>
             Select among these items to open the 
             <application>Help Browser</application> 
             and read the <application>Evolution</application> manual.
          </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
   </para>
   <para>
     Other menus, like <guilabel>Folder</guilabel>,
     <guilabel>Message</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Actions</guilabel>,
     appear only occasionally.  <guilabel>Message</guilabel> and
     <guilabel>Folder</guilabel>, for example, have commands that only
     relate to email, so they're only available when you're looking at
     email.
   </para>
   <para>
      Once you've familiarized yourself with the <interface>main
      window</interface> you can start doing things with it.  We'll
      start with your email inbox, since you've got a letter waiting
      for you already.
    </para>
  </sect1>
</chapter>