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-<!-- The actual preface tag is in the evolution.xml file -->
- <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
- tour</link>, which will explain how to use
- <application>Evolution</application>. If you are new to
- <application>Evolution</application> or to groupware in
- general, this section is for you. The second section, covering
- <link linkend="config">configuration</link>, is targeted at
- more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way
- <application>Evolution</application> looks or acts can benefit
- from reading it.
- </para>
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="typography">
- <title>Typographical conventions</title>
- <para>
- In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
- <simplelist>
- <member><application>Applications</application></member>
- <member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command line</member>
- <member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface</member>
-
- <member> Menu selections look like this:
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- </member>
- <member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
- click</member> <member><userinput>Anything you type
- in</userinput></member> <member><computeroutput>Text
- output from a computer</computeroutput></member>
- <member><glossterm linkend="apx-gloss">Words</glossterm>
- that are defined in the <xref linkend="apx-gloss"/>.</member>
- </simplelist>
-</para>
-<para>
-We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well.
-
- <tip id="example-tip">
- <title>Tip</title>
- <para>
- Tips and bits of extra information will look like
- this.
- </para>
- </tip>
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Examples are also set off from the rest of the text. They look like this:
-
- <example>
- <title>Example Example</title>
- <para>
- This is what an example looks like. We'll provide
- examples for some of the more complicated tasks you
- might be performing.
- </para>
- </example>
-</para>
-<para>
-Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
-
- <warning id="example-warning">
- <title>Example Warning</title>
- <para>
- This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
- you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
- </para>
- </warning>
- </para>
- </sect1>
-
-
- <sect1 id="other-help">
- <title>Additional Help Sources</title>
- <para>
- You can find additional help in three places. For information
- about command-line options, open a terminal window and type
- <command> man evolution</command> or <command>evolution
- --help</command>. For support, late-breaking news, and errata,
- visit the Ximian support center at <ulink
- url="http://support.ximian.com">support.ximian.com</ulink>.
- </para>
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="whats-new-in-one-two">
- <title>What's New in Evolution 1.2</title>
- <para>
- If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new
- version has a lot to add. Here are some of the new and
- changed features. Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange also
- has new features, which are covered in "new-in-connector-one-two">.
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Evolution Settings Interface</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The preferences dialogs have been completely
- overhauled. There is now a single configuration dialog
- window for all components of the program, and you can
- access it from anywhere. To change your preferences,
- select
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>
- Tools
- </guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>
- Preferences
- </guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>. Detailed help for the preferences
- dialogs has been added to <xref
- linkend="config-prefs"/>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Mail Composer Autocomplete</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Email addresses in the message composer can now work
- with LDAP address books. Add your LDAP address book to
- the list of folders searched for address completion in
- the <guilabel>Folder Settings</guilabel> section of
- the Settings dialog.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Performance Improvements</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Startup time has decreased, POP server interactions
- are more efficient, and indexing of locally cached
- mail is now faster.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Mail Composer HTML Improvements</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Pasting into the mail composer from another message
- or from a web page preserves the HTML formatting of
- the source document. Multiple levels of reply
- quotation in messages are clearer and use a vertical
- blue line on the left side to indicate quotation. Text
- "smileys" are now automatically converted to small
- images displaying the appropriate emotion. You can
- turn this option off in the
- <guilabel>Composer</guilabel> section of the Settings
- dialog.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Signature Editor</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- There is now a signature editor, which can be used to
- create plain text or HTML signatures.
- click the the <guilabel>Signatures</guilabel> tab in
- the Composer Settings section of the Evolution
- Settings window.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Keyboard Navigation Overhaul</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- All unmodified letter keys have changed function-- the
- <keycap>N</keycap> and <keycap>P</keycap> keys, for
- example, no longer take you to the next you to the
- next or previous message. Pressing a letter will now
- take you to the nearest message whose data in the sort
- column begins with that letter. That is, if you press
- N and you are sorting your list by sender, you will
- move to a message from Nadine. If you are sorting by
- subject, you'll move to the message about
- nectarines. This should also work in the folder list
- for folder navigation.
- </para>
- <para>
- This means that the old single letter shortcuts have
- changed as well. The new shortcuts:
- <simplelist>
- <member>
- <keycap>,</keycap> (comma) and <keycap>.</keycap>
- (period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next
- and Previous unread messages. You can also use the
- square brackets <keycap>]</keycap> and
- <keycap>[</keycap>.
- </member>
- <member>
- <keycap>`</keycap> (backtick) toggles
- the message preview pane.
- </member>
- </simplelist>
- Shortcuts that use the <keycap>Control</keycap> key
- have not changed.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Added Functionality for the "New" Button</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <guibutton>New</guibutton> now has a menu next to
- it. As in Evolution 1.0, you can click the button once
- to get a new item for the Evolution tool you're
- using. However, if you click the small arrow menu to
- the right of the button, you will find a menu that
- allows you to create new items for the rest of
- Evolution: All day appointments, regular appointments,
- tasks and meetings for the calendar; mail messages for
- the mail tool; and contacts and contact lists for the
- address book.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Import Tool Now Imports Netscape Filters</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can now import your filters, as well as your email
- messages, from the Netscape mail client.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Folder Naming Internationalization</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can now use Unicode (UTF-8) characters in the
- names for IMAP folders.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Executive Summary now Reads IMAP</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The Executive Summary tool in Evolution now displays
- email messages in IMAP as well as local mail folders.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Filters and vFolders Notice Moved or Missing Folders</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- vFolders and filters now notice if you move or delete
- a folder that they use.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>vFolder "Original Location" Feature</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- vFolders can now display the actual folder location
- for each message they contain. To do so, right click
- on the column headers in the message list of any
- vFolder, select <guimenuitem>Add a
- Column</guimenuitem>, and drag the <guibutton>Original
- Location</guibutton> item into position.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>New Criteria and Actions</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- There are many new filter criteria and actions,
- including additional message flags such as Flag for
- Followup.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Folder Selection for Offline Mode</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You may now select which network folders which will be
- cached locally when you go into Offline mode. This
- setting may be changed from the Folders section of the
- Evolution Settings window.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This feature is often called "Bounce" or "Resend." To
- resend a message with all its headers instead of merely
- forwarding it, select the message and choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>
- Actions
- </guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>
- Forward
- </guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>
- Redirect
- </guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Messages that contain multiple forwarded messages are
- now displayed as a digest rather than inline or as a
- series of attachments.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>New Mail Notification</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution
- beep or play a sound file that you specify.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </sect1>