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<!--
<!DOCTYPE preface PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
-->
-
<preface id="introduction">
-<!-- =============Introduction ============================= -->
- <title>Introduction</title>
-
- <sect1 id="what">
- <title>What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me?</title>
- <para>
- Information is useless unless it's organized and accessible;
- it's hardly even worth the name if you can't look at it and be
- <emphasis>informed</emphasis>.
- <application>Evolution</application>'s goal is to make the
- tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal
- information easier, so you can work and communicate with
- others. That is, it's a highly evolved <glossterm
- linkend="groupware">groupware</glossterm> program, an integral
- part of the Internet-connected desktop.
- </para>
- <para>
- Without all the hot air, that means it's a tool to help you
- get your work done.
- </para>
- <para>
- Because it's part of the GNOME project,
- <application>Evolution</application> is Free Software. The
- program and its source code are released under the terms of
- the GNU <ulink type="help" url="gnome-help:gpl"><citetitle>General
- Public License (GPL)</citetitle></ulink>, and the
- documentation falls under the <ulink type="help"
- url="gnome-help:fdl"><citetitle>Free Documentation
- License</citetitle></ulink> (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>
- <application>Evolution</application> can help you work in a
- group by handling email, address and other contact
- information, and one or more calendars. It can do that on one
- or several computers, connected directly or over a network,
- for one person or for large groups.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <application>Evolution</application> project has four
- central goals:
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The application must be <emphasis>both powerful and easy
- to use</emphasis>. In other words, it needs a familiar
- and intuitive interface that users can customize to their
- liking, and users should have access to shortcuts for
- complex tasks.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> must meet and
- exceed the standards set by other groupware products.
- It must include support for major network <glossterm
- linkend="protocol">protocols</glossterm> so that it can
- integrate seamlessly with existing hardware and network
- environments.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The project must support open standards and be open to
- expansion, so that it can become a development platform
- as well as an application. From the simplest scripting
- to the most complex network and component programming,
- <application>Evolution</application> must offer
- developers an environment for cutting-edge application
- development.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Data must be safe: <application>Evolution</application>
- must not lose mail, corrupt mailbox files or other data,
- execute arbitrary <glossterm
- linkend="script">scripts</glossterm>, or delete files from
- your hard disk.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> is designed to make most
- daily tasks faster. For example, it takes only one or two
- clicks to enter an appointment or an address card sent to you
- by email, or to send email to a contact or appointment.
- <application>Evolution</application> makes displays faster and
- more efficient, so searches are faster and memory usage is
- lower. People who get lots of mail will appreciate advanced
- features like <link linkend="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">
- Virtual Folders</link>, which let you save searches as though
- they were ordinary mail folders.
- </para>
-
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="aboutbook">
- <title>About This Book</title>
+ <title>About this Book</title>
+ <sect1 id="organization">
+ <title>Organization</title>
<para>
This book is divided into two parts, with several
appendices. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
@@ -119,14 +17,16 @@
<application>Evolution</application> looks or acts can benefit
from reading it.
</para>
- <formalpara>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="typography">
<title>Typographical conventions</title>
<para>
- Some kinds of words are marked off with special typography:
+ In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
<simplelist>
<member><application>Applications</application></member>
- <member><command>Commands</command> typed at the command line</member>
- <member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for interface items</member>
+ <member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command line</member>
+ <member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for </member>
<member> Menu selections look like this:
<menuchoice>
@@ -153,7 +53,7 @@
<example>
<title>Example Example</title>
<para>
- This is what an example looks like.
+ This is what an example looks like.
</para>
</example>
@@ -164,7 +64,6 @@
</para>
</warning>
</para>
- </formalpara>
- </sect1>
+ </sect1>
</preface>