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diff --git a/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml b/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml index 222878b145..7fefa9d707 100644 --- a/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/doc/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ To open up your address book, click on <guibutton>Contacts</guibutton> in the shortcut bar. The contact manager is illustrated in <xref - linkend="usage-contact-fig"> + linkend="usage-contact-fig">. By default, the contact manager + shows all your cards in alphabetical order, and in a + <glossterm>minicard</glossterm> format. </para> @@ -73,14 +75,19 @@ <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> deletes a selected card. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> - + </para> + <para> The last feature is <guilabel>Quick Search</guilabel>; to use - it, just enter what you're looking for and hit + it, just type in the person you're looking for and hit <keycap>Enter</keycap>. <application>Evolution</application> - will show you all the cards that match; if there are none, the - display will be blank. To display <emphasis>all</emphasis> of - your contacts, you can leave the <guilabel>Quick - Search</guilabel> field blank, and press enter. + will search through the name fields of all the cards to find + one that matches. The search is currently case-sensitive. + </para> + <para> + If there are no matches, the card display will be blank. To + display <emphasis>all</emphasis> of your contacts, you can + leave the <guilabel>Quick Search</guilabel> field blank, and + press enter. </para> <para> The rest of the contact manager is taken up by the display of @@ -88,124 +95,183 @@ cards— switch between them in the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu — and move through them alphabetically alphanumeric buttons and the scrollbar at the right of the window. - </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="usage-contact-cards"> - <title>Creating, Deleting, and Adding Cards</title> + <title>Create, Change, and Delete Cards</title> + <para> - Open up the contact editor by pressing the <guibutton>New - Card</guibutton> button. The window has two tabs, - <guilabel>General</guilabel>, for basic contact information, and - <guilabel>Details</guilabel>, for a more specific description of - the person. In addition, it contains a full menu bar. FIXME: - The contents are still changing rapidly, but you should be able - to guess what they're for. + 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. </para> - <figure id="usage-contact-editor-fig"> - <title>Evolution Contact Editor</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Evolution Contact Editor</screeninfo> - <graphic fileref="fig/contact-new" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> - </graphic> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <para> - The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab contains no less than seven - sections, each with an icon: a face, for name and company; a - telephone for phone numbers; an envelope for email address; a - house for postal address; a handshake for contacts (FIXME: I - don't understand this feature, and the button doesn't do - anything yet.); and a briefcase for categories. The things that - go into most of the text fields should be obvious enough, so - we'll just describe the more interesting parts of the window. - Aside from the <guilabel>Categories</guilabel> feature, which is - discussed in <xref linkend="usage-contact-organize">, there are - two things you'll want to know about: the first of these is the - <guilabel>File As</guilabel> field. - </para> - - <para> - Type "Eva Lucianne Tester" into the <guilabel>Full - Name</guilabel> field. You'll notice that the <guilabel>File - As</guilabel> field also fills up, but in reverse: Tester, - Lucianne. You can pick "Eva Tester" from the drop-down, or, if - you prefer, type in your own, such as "Lucianne Tester, Eva". I - suggest that you don't enter something entirely different from - the actual name, however. You might forget that you've filed - Eva's information under "F" for "Fictitious Helix Code - Employees" - </para> - <para> - The other feature I want to mention involves the little squares - next to several of the fields. Click on them and you'll get a - menu of different labels; for the fields in the telephone - section, it's a long list involving things like - <guilabel>Home</guilabel>, <guilabel>Home 2</guilabel>, - <guilabel>Other Fax</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Pager</guilabel>. - Select from among them to determine which four telephone numbers - to display at any given time. Of course, these connected times - mean that people often have more than four telephone numbers. - You can display only four in the editor, but - <application>Evolution</application> can remember them all for - you. When you click the little square button for the list of - labels, any that you've already filled in will be marked. - </para> - -<!-- FIXME: do this whole thing later. - <variablelist> - <listitem> - <term> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> <para> - <guilabel>Name:</guilabel> Enter the person's name here - </para></listitem> - <listitem> <para> - - </para></listitem> - <listitem> <para> - <guilabel>Business:</guilabel> - </para></listitem> - - <listitem> <para> - <guilabel>Job Title:</guilabel> - </para></listitem> - - <listitem> <para> - <guilabel>Home:</guilabel> - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - ---> - <tip> - <title>Contact Shortcuts</title> + 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 + <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 + find that it's pretty flexible and can store quite a lot more + than you'd think would fit onto a file card. + </para> + + <sect2 id="usage-contact-editor"> + <title>The Contact Editor</title> + <para> + The contact editor window has two tabs, + <guilabel>General</guilabel>, for basic contact information, + and <guilabel>Details</guilabel>, for a more specific + description of the person. In addition, it contains a full + menu bar. FIXME: The contents are still changing rapidly, + but you should be able to guess what they're for. + </para> + + <figure id="usage-contact-editor-fig"> + <title>Evolution Contact Editor</title> + <screenshot> + <screeninfo>Evolution Contact Editor</screeninfo> + <graphic fileref="fig/contact-new" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> + </graphic> + </screenshot> + </figure> + + <para> + The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab contains no less + than seven sections, each with an icon: a face, for name and + company; a telephone for phone numbers; an envelope for email + address; a house for postal address; a handshake for contacts + (FIXME: I don't understand this feature, and the button + doesn't do anything yet.); and a briefcase for categories. + You can guess what sort of information belongs in fields like + <guilabel>Job Title</guilabel> and <guilabel>Web page + address</guilabel>, but there are several parts of the window + that are a little more interesting. </para> <para> + <guilabel>Categories</guilabel> feature, which is discussed in + <xref linkend="usage-contact-organize">, there are a few + things you'll want to know about: the first of these is the + <guilabel>Full Name</guilabel> button. + </para> <para> - You can add cards from within an email message or calendar - appointment. While looking at an email, right-click on any - email address or message, and choose <guimenuitem>Create Card - for this Address</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Create Card for - this Sender</guimenuitem> from the menu. While looking at a - calendar appointment, right-click any email address, and - choose <guimenuitem>Create Card for this - Address</guimenuitem>. (NOTE that feature may change! - unimplemented!) + You can enter a name into the <guibutton>Full Name</guibutton> + field, or you can click the button to bring up a small dialog + box with a few text boxes: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> <para> + <guilabel>Title:</guilabel>Enter an honorific or select one from the menu. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem> <para> <guilabel>First:</guilabel>The person's first, or given, name. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem> <para> + <guilabel>Middle:</guilabel>The middle name or initial, if any, goes here. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem> <para> + <guilabel>Last:</guilabel>The last name (surname, family name), belongs here. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem> <para> + <guilabel>Suffix:</guilabel>Suffixes such as "Jr." or "III" can go here. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> - </tip> + + <para> + The <guilabel>Full Name</guilabel> field has one more trick + up its sleeve: it interacts with the <guilabel>File + As</guilabel> box to help you organize your contacts. To + see how it works, type a name in the <guilabel>Full + Name</guilabel> field: <userinput>Eva Lucianne + Tester</userinput>. You'll notice that the + <guilabel>File As</guilabel> field also fills up, but in + reverse: <computeroutput>Tester, + Lucianne</computeroutput>. You can pick + <computeroutput>Eva Tester</computeroutput> from the + drop-down, or type in your own, such as + <userinput>Lucianne Tester, Eva</userinput>. I suggest that + you don't enter something entirely different from the + actual name, since you might forget that you've filed + Eva's information under "F" for "Fictitious Helix Code + Employees" </para> - <para> - You delete a card by pressing the <guibutton>Delete - Card</guibutton> button, or by dragging it into the trash - folder. - </para> + <para> + The other feature I want to mention involves the little + squares next to several of the fields. Click on them and + you'll get a menu of different labels; for the fields in the + telephone section, it's a long list involving things like + <guilabel>Home</guilabel>, <guilabel>Home 2</guilabel>, + <guilabel>Other Fax</guilabel>, and + <guilabel>Pager</guilabel>. Select from among them to + determine which four telephone numbers to display at any given + time. Of course, these connected times mean that people often + have more than four telephone numbers. You can display only + four in the editor, but <application>Evolution</application> + can remember them all for you. When you click the little + square button for the list of labels, any that you've already + filled in will be marked. </para> + + <!-- FIXME: do this whole thing later. + <variablelist> + <listitem> + <term> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> <para> + <guilabel>Name:</guilabel> Enter the person's name here + </para></listitem> + <listitem> <para> + + </para></listitem> + <listitem> <para> + <guilabel>Business:</guilabel> + </para></listitem> + + <listitem> <para> + <guilabel>Job Title:</guilabel> + </para></listitem> + + <listitem> <para> + <guilabel>Home:</guilabel> + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + --> + </sect2> + +<!--- ############# This section isn't implemented yet either: + <sect2> + <title></title> + <para> + <tip> + <title>Contact Shortcuts</title> + <para> + You can add cards from within an email message or calendar + appointment. While looking at an email, right-click on + any email address or message, and choose + <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Address</guimenuitem> or + <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Sender</guimenuitem> + from the menu. While looking at a calendar appointment, + right-click any email address, and choose + <guimenuitem>Create Card for this Address</guimenuitem>. + (NOTE that feature may change! unimplemented!) + </para> + </tip> + </para> + <para> + You can move cards around just as you would move email + messages: dragging and dropping works, as does right-clicking + and choosing <guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem> from the menu + that appears. + </para> + </sect2> +############### SHORTCUT SECTION COMMENTED OUT FOR NOW --> - <para> - You can move cards around just as you would move email messages: - dragging and dropping works, as does right-clicking and choosing - <guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem> from the menu that appears. - </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="usage-contact-organize"> @@ -384,3 +450,15 @@ </chapter> + + + + + + + + + + + + |