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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"> |