Spellchecking, proofing in all .sgml files except FDL and authors.

2000-07-26  Aaron Weber  <aaron@helixcode.com>

	* C/evolution-guide.sgml: Spellchecking, proofing in all .sgml
	files except FDL and authors.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=4358

10 files changed, 158 insertions, 117 deletions

diff --git a/help/C/apx-bugs.sgml b/help/C/apx-bugs.sgml
index eb30901422..e7a501acba 100644
--- a/help/C/apx-bugs.sgml
+++ b/help/C/apx-bugs.sgml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
     <abstract>
     <para>
      This appendix describes known bugs and limitations of
-    <application>Evolution</application>.  Please contact the
-    Evolution team (<email>bugs@helixcode.com</email>) or use
-    <application>bug-buddy</application> if you find one we have not
-    listed, or if you have a patch to fix one.
+    <application>Evolution</application>.  Please use the GNOME
+    <application>Bug Report Tool</application> (known as
+    <command>bug-buddy</command> at the command line) if you find one
+    we have not listed.
     </para>
     </abstract>
 
diff --git a/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml b/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml
index fb05344813..55ab3ed8a1 100644
--- a/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml
+++ b/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@
   <glossdef>
    <para>
     To run a program.  Any file that can be run is called an
-    executable.  In order to be execute program, a user must have
-    the proper permissions.
+    executable.  <application>Evolution</application> can download
+    executable attachments, but before they can be run, the files must
+    be marked as executable with a shell or file manager.  This
+    security precaution prevents the automatic or accidental execution
+    of malicious programs.
    </para>
   </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
@@ -96,7 +99,9 @@
   <glossdef>
    <para>
     Within <application>Evolution</application>, a filter is a method
-    of sorting mail automatically.  
+    of sorting mail automatically.  You can create filters to perform
+    one or more actions on a message that meets any (or all) of a wide
+    range of criteria.
    </para>
   </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@
   <glossterm>Forward</glossterm>
   <glossdef>
    <para>
-    By forwarding an e-mail, the user can send a third party a message
+       the user can send a third party a message
     which was sent to the user originally.
    </para>
   </glossdef>
@@ -115,8 +120,9 @@
  <glossterm>Groupware</glossterm>
   <glossdef>
    <para>
-    Groupware is a term describing an application who has many
-    productivity features built into one program.
+    Groupware is a term describing an application which helps groups
+    of people work together.  Typically, a groupware application will
+    have several productivity features built into one program.
    </para>
   </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
@@ -183,8 +189,10 @@
   <glossterm>Mail Client</glossterm>
   <glossdef>
    <para>
-    A mail client is the application which a user reads and sends
-    their e-mail with.
+    A mail client is the application with which a person reads and
+    sends e-mail.  Its counterparts are the various types of mail
+    servers, which handle user authentication and direct messages from
+    sender to recipient.
    </para>
   </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
@@ -255,8 +263,10 @@
   <glossterm>Spam</glossterm>
   <glossdef>
    <para>
-    Spam: useless e-mail.  Spam normally comes in forms of
-    chain-letters and advertisements for websites or services.
+    Spam: useless, unwanted e-mail.  Spam normally comes in forms of
+    chain-letters and advertisements for unscrupulous websites or
+    services.  Messages that are merely useless are called
+    "opt-in newsletters."
    </para>
   </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml
index 687a75e9f0..c2839f741b 100644
--- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml
+++ b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 	      <term><guilabel>Username:</guilabel></term>
 	      <listitem>
 		<para>
-                  Enter your user name here.  Eva Lucy Ann Tester's
+                  Enter your user name here.  Eva Lucianne Tester's
                   user name is <userinput>eltester</userinput>.
                 </para>
 	      </listitem>
diff --git a/help/C/config-setupassist.sgml b/help/C/config-setupassist.sgml
index 6690c766ad..2652644ec7 100644
--- a/help/C/config-setupassist.sgml
+++ b/help/C/config-setupassist.sgml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         The setup assistant can gather most of the information
         necessary for <application>Evolution</application>'s daily
         operation. If you prefer more detailed or advanced
-        configuration, see <xref linkend="config-prefs">
+        configuration, see <xref linkend="config-prefs">.
       </para>
 
    <sect1 id="config-setupassist-mail">
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 	  <listitem>
 	    <para>
               This should be the name of your mail server: it should
-              look something like: 
+              look something like:
               <userinput>mailserver.organization.org</userinput>.
             </para>
 	  </listitem>
diff --git a/help/C/evolution-guide.sgml b/help/C/evolution-guide.sgml
index f844db46c0..67b26e4783 100644
--- a/help/C/evolution-guide.sgml
+++ b/help/C/evolution-guide.sgml
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
         Documentation License</citetitle>, Version 1.1 or any later
         version published by the Free Software Foundation with no
         Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
-        Texts. You may obtain a copy of the <citetitle>GNU Free
-        Documentation License</citetitle> from the Free Software
-        Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
+        Texts. The license is included with this document in <xref
+        linkend="fdl">, and you may also obtain a copy from the Free
+        Software Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
         url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink> or by writing
         to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite
         330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
diff --git a/help/C/preface.sgml b/help/C/preface.sgml
index a228998027..bb6cb4d948 100644
--- a/help/C/preface.sgml
+++ b/help/C/preface.sgml
@@ -14,16 +14,29 @@
       </para>
       <para>
         As part of the GNOME project,
-        <application>Evolution</application> is free software, and is
-        released under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).  As
-        stated previously, the documentation falls under the Free
-        Documentation License (FDL), which is included with this
-        document in <xref linkend="fdl">.  For more information about
-        the GPL and the FDL, visit the Free Software Foundation's
-        website at <ulink
+        <application>Evolution</application> is free software.  The
+        program and its source code are released under the terms of
+        the GNU Public License (GPL), and the documentation falls
+        under the Free Documentation License (FDL), which is included
+        with this document (<xref linkend="fdl">).  For more
+        information about the GPL and the FDL, visit the Free Software
+        Foundation's website at <ulink
         url="http://www.fsf.org">http://www.fsf.org</ulink>.
       </para>
       <para>
+        <note>
+           <title>This is a preview release</title>
+           <para>
+             Please help develop <application>Evolution</application>
+             by submitting bug reports when you find bugs.  You can do
+             so by using the <application>Bug Report
+             Tool</application> (known as <command>bug-buddy</command>
+             at the command line).
+          </para>
+        </note>
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
         <application>Evolution</application> is a suite of tools to
         help you work in a group.  You can use it to send, receive,
         and organize email, manage address and other contact
@@ -125,8 +138,7 @@
       <formalpara>
         <title>Typographical conventions</title>
 	<para>
-          Some kinds of words are marked off with special typography.
-          It's listed below:
+          Some kinds of words are marked off with special typography:
           <simplelist>
 	    <member><application>Applications</application></member>
 	    <member><command>Commands</command> typed at the command line</member>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
index 3da93260a5..5cc7588dcd 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
          network. <guilabel>Public</guilabel> is the default category,
          and a public event can be viewed by anyone on the calendar
          sharing network.  <guilabel>Private</guilabel> denotes one
-         level of security, and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel>
-         means that .
+         level of security, and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> a
+         higer level.  <!-- FIXME --> Exact determinations and implementations of
+         this feature have yet to be determined. <!-- FIXME -->
       </para>
       <para>
         The <guilabel>Recurrence</guilabel> tab lets you describe
@@ -307,9 +308,8 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
         she maintains one for the conference room, so people know when
         they can schedule meetings.  On the local network, she
         maintains a calendar that reflects when consultants are going
-        to be on site, and another that keeps track of the various
-        company managers, so that people know where to find each
-        other.
+        to be on site, and another that keeps track of when the Red
+        Sox are playing.
       </para>
     </example>
     <para>
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest.
 	<guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
 	<guimenuitem>Calendar</guimenuitem>
       </menuchoice>.
-
        You can place the calendar in any calendar folder and access it
        from the folder view.
     </para>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
index fc5c5781ed..c937e957b5 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml
@@ -102,21 +102,21 @@
     </para>
   </sect1>
   <sect1 id="usage-contact-cards">
-    <title>Create, Change, and Delete Cards</title>
+    <title>Destroy, Create, or Change Cards</title>
 
     <para>
-       The easiest thing you can do with a card is delete it.  To
-       delete a card, click on it once to select it, then press the
-       <guibutton>Delete Card</guibutton> button.
+       To delete a card, click on it once to select it, then press the
+       <guibutton>Delete Card</guibutton> button.  If you have
+       multiple cards selected, you'll delete mutliple cards.
     </para>
-
     <para>
-       Any time you add new information to a card, whether it's an old
-       card you're editing or a new card you're just adding to your
-       address book, you'll use the contact editor.  To change a card
-       that already exists, just double click it to open the contact
-       editor window with all the current information already filled
-       in.  If you want to create a new one, clicking the
+       Adding or changing cards is slightly more complicated.  Any
+       time you add information to the contact manager, whether it's
+       an old card you're editing or a new card you're just adding to
+       your address book, you'll use the contact editor.  To change a
+       card that already exists, just double click it to open the
+       contact editor window with all the current information already
+       filled in.  If you want to create a new one, clicking the
        <guibutton>New Card</guibutton> button will open up that same
        window, but with empty fields instead of full ones.  Either
        way, it's the same tool for quite similar tasks, and you'll
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@
        than you'd think would fit onto a file card.
     </para>
 
-    <sect2 id="usage-contact-editor">
-      <title>The Contact Editor</title>
-      <para>
+         <para>
 	  The contact editor window has two tabs,
     	  <guilabel>General</guilabel>, for basic contact information,
     	  and <guilabel>Details</guilabel>, for a more specific
@@ -256,7 +254,7 @@
 	    </para>
 
     -->
-    </sect2>
+   
 
 <!--- ############# This section isn't implemented yet either:
     <sect2>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
index 2664d121d2..60ac9e0303 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml
@@ -179,8 +179,9 @@
       <title>Writing and Sending Mail</title>
       <para>
 	 You can start writing a new email message by selecting
-	 <guimenuitem>New Mail</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>File
-	 Menu</guimenu>, or by pressing the
+	 <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+	 <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>
+	 Mail</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or by pressing the
 	 <guibutton>Compose</guibutton> button in the Inbox toolbar.
 	 When you do so, the <interface>New Message</interface> window
 	 will open, as shown in <xref
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@
 	<title>New Message Window</title>
 	<screenshot>
 	  <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
-	  <graphic fileref="fig/newmsg-pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+	  <graphic fileref="fig/newmsg-pic" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
 	</graphic>
 	</screenshot>
       </figure>
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
 	      <term>Alignment</term>
 	      <listitem>
 		<para>
-                  Located next to the text style buttons,
+                   Located next to the text style buttons,
                    these three paragraph icons should be familiar to
                    users of most word processing software.  The
                    leftmost button will make your text left-justified,
@@ -479,12 +480,14 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
 	  </variablelist>
         </para>
 	<para>
-           There are two tools that you can find only in the
+           There are three tools that you can find only in the
            <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> menu.
-           <itemizedlist>
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>
-                 <guimenuitem>Insert Link</guimenuitem>: Use this tool to
+           <variablelist>
+             <varlistentry>
+               <term><guimenuitem>Insert Link</guimenuitem>:</term>
+	       <listitem>
+	        <para>
+                 Use this tool to
                  put hyperlinks in your HTML messages.  When you
                  select it, <application>Evolution</application> will
                  prompt you for the <guilabel>Text</guilabel> that
@@ -492,6 +495,9 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
                  you should enter the actual web address (URL).
               </para>
 	    </listitem>
+          </varlistentry>
+          <varlistentry>
+            <term> <guimenuitem>Insert Image</guimenuitem>:</term>
 	    <listitem>
 	      <para>
                <guimenuitem>Insert Image</guimenuitem>: Select this item to
@@ -500,7 +506,19 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
                cursor.
               </para>
 	    </listitem>
-	  </itemizedlist>
+           </varlistentry>
+          <varlistentry>
+             <term><guimenuitem>Insert Rule</guimenuitem>:</term>
+             <listitem><para>
+               This will insert a horizontal line, or rule, into your document.
+               You'll be presented with a dialog box which gives you
+               the choice of size, percentage of screen, shading, and
+               alignment; if you leave everything at the default
+               values you'll get a thin black rule all the way across
+               the screen.</para></listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	  </variablelist>
           </para>
 	  <note>
 	    <title>A Technical note on HTML Tags</title>
@@ -676,16 +694,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
 	<application>Evolution</application> will as you for the name
 	and the type of the folder, and will provide you with a folder
 	tree so you can pick where it goes.
-        <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>
       <para>
         When you click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, your new folder will
@@ -770,16 +779,20 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
     <sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-filters">
       <title>Staying organized: Mail Filters in Evolution</title>
       <para>
-	Filters sort your email for you.  People who subscribe to
-	multiple mailing lists, or who often need to refer to messages
-	they have sent, find filters especially helpful to separate
-	personal from list-related mail, but they're good for anybody
-	who gets more than a few messages a day.  To create a filter,
-	select <guimenuitem>Filter Assistant</guimenuitem> from the
-	<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. This will bring up a window
-	which will guide you through filter creation.  The
-	<interface>filter assistant</interface> is shown in <xref
-	linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
+	Filters sort your email for you as it arrives.  Most often,
+	you'll want to have <application>Evolution</application> put
+	mail into different folders, but you can have it do anything
+	you like.  People who subscribe to multiple mailing lists, or
+	who often need to refer to messages they have sent, find
+	filters especially helpful to separate personal from
+	list-related mail, but they're good for anybody who gets more
+	than a few messages a day.  To create a filter, select
+	<menuchoice>
+	<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Filter
+         Assistant</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. This will bring up a
+         window which will guide you through filter creation.  The
+         <interface>filter assistant</interface> is shown in <xref
+         linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
 
        <figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
 	 <title>Creating a new Filter</title>
@@ -914,23 +927,21 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
       <example id="usage-mail-organize-vFolders-ex">
 	<title>Using Folders, Searches, and vFolders</title>
 	<para>
-	   To organize my mail box, I can set up a vFolder
-	   for emails from my friend Vince, by doing (INSERT
-	   PROCESS HERE).  Then, whenever I want to see the
-	   messages Vince has sent me, I open the vFolder, and
-	   every message he's sent me shows up, no matter where
-	   I've actually filed it.  If I want, I can also create a
-	   vFolder containing any message from my list of
-	   co-workers which also has the name of the project in
-	   it.  That way, when Vince sends me mail about the
-	   project, I can see that message both in the "Vince"
-	   vFolder and in the "Project" vFolder.  That's because
-	   when I open up the "Vince" folder, I'm really
-	   performing a search for all the mail from Vince, and
-	   when I open the "Project" folder I'm really performing
+	   To organize my mail box, I can set up a vFolder for emails
+	   from my friend Vince.  Then, whenever I want to see the
+	   messages Vince has sent me, I open the vFolder, and every
+	   message he's sent me shows up, no matter where I've
+	   actually filed it.  If I want, I can also create a vFolder
+	   containing any message from my list of co-workers which
+	   also has the name of the project in it.  That way, when
+	   Vince sends me mail about the project, I can see that
+	   message both in the "Vince" vFolder and in the "Project"
+	   vFolder.  That's because when I open up the "Vince" folder,
+	   I'm really performing a search for all the mail from Vince,
+	   and when I open the "Project" folder I'm really performing
 	   a search for all the mail about the project.
 
-	  (INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE)
+	<!--  (INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE) -->
 
 	</para>
       </example>
@@ -949,9 +960,9 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
 	 click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a new vFolder.
       </para>
       <para>
-	 You'll be prompted to create a filtering rule. To do so,
-	 select one of the base rules, and click
-	 <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to customize it.  Your options are:
+	 You'll be prompted to create a filtering rule.  You can build
+	 your own from the ground up, or select one of several base
+	 rules to customize.  Your options are:
     <variablelist>
 	 <varlistentry>
 	    <term><guilabel>For matching messages:</guilabel></term>
@@ -967,8 +978,8 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
 	    <term><guilabel>Messages from a certain person:</guilabel></term>
 	    <listitem>
 	      <para>
-		 Enter an email address, and the vFolder will contain
-		 any messages from that address.
+		 The vFolder will contain messages from an address
+		 you enter.
 	     </para>
 	   </listitem>
 	  </varlistentry>
@@ -992,7 +1003,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
 	  </varlistentry>
 	</variablelist>
 
-	as is shown in <xref
+        The selection window is shown in <xref
 	linkend="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
 
        <figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
index d03aaada50..051d16b900 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@
     <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
+        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 shortcut bar has two types
-        of buttons: big ones with names like
-        <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> and <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>,
-        and small rectangular ones at the top and bottom, which are
-        called category buttons.
+        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 labelled <guilabel>Evolution
-       Shortcuts</guilabel> and <guilabel>Internet
-       Directories</guilabel>.  When you click on them, they'll slide
+       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>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
        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>
     <para>
        Take a look at the <guilabel>Evolution Shortcuts</guilabel>
        again.  They are:
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@
          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 the
-         shortcut bar but not on a button.  From the menu that
-         appears, you can select icon sizes.
+         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>
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@
       <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 actually 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:
+      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>
@@ -250,6 +250,17 @@
        <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>
+
 <!-- UNIMPLEMENTED 
     <para>
       Right-clicking will bring up a menu for just about anything