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diff --git a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml index 56e5a4e65e..f0772e9948 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ -<!-- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> --> - +<!-- +<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> +--> <chapter id="usage-calendar"> <title>The Evolution Calendar: Time-Tamer Extraordinaire</title> @@ -64,27 +65,30 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. <title>Creating events</title> <para> To create a new calendar event, select - <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> and then <guimenuitem> - Appointment</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>MENU</guimenu>, or - click the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button on the left end of - the toolbar. The <interface>New Appointment</interface> dialog - will pop up with the usual menu bar, tool bar, and window full - of choices for you. I'm going to skip the the more - self-explanatory items, like the <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> - and <guilabel>Owner</guilabel> of the event (which is probably - you), and cut right to the more intersting ones. + <menuchoice> + <guimenu>File</guimenu> + <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> + <guimenuitem>Appointment</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice> + or click the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button on the left end + of the toolbar. The <interface>New Appointment</interface> + dialog will pop up with the usual menu bar, tool bar, and + window full of choices for you. </para> <para> Your event must have a starting and ending date — by - default, it's today — but you can choose whether to give - it starting and ending times or to mark it as an <guilabel>All + default, today — but you can choose whether to give it + starting and ending times or to mark it as an <guilabel>All day event</guilabel>. For the purposes of the calendar, an <guilabel>All day event</guilabel> begins at ten in the morning, runs until eleven at night, and is displayed at the - top of a day's event list rather than inside it. This allows - you to include events of shorter duration within it. A - conference might be an all day event, and the various lectures - might be timed events that happen during the all day event. + top of a day's event list rather than inside it. That makes + it easy to have events that overlap. For example, a + conference might be an all day event, and the meetings at the + conference would be timed events. Events with starting and + ending times can also overlap, however, and when they do + they're displayed as multiple columns in the day view of the + calendar. </para> <para> You can have as many as four different @@ -136,15 +140,15 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. <guilabel>Classification</guilabel> is a little more complicated, and only applies to calendars on a network. <guilabel>Public</guilabel> is the default category, - and a public even tcan be viewd by anyone on the calendar + and a public event can be viewed by anyone on the calendar sharing network. <guilabel>Private</guilabel> means (SOMETHING), and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> means that (SOMETHING ELSE). </para> <para> The <guilabel>Recurrence</guilabel> tab lets you describe - repitition in events ranging from once every day up to once - every 100 years. You can then choose a time when repitition + repetition in events ranging from once every day up to once + every 100 years. You can then choose a time when repetition will stop, and, under <guilabel>Exceptions</guilabel>, pick individual days when the event will <emphasis>not</emphasis> recur. @@ -162,42 +166,48 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. </para> </sect2> +<!-- ############UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURES ################### + <sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-group"> <title>Appointments for Groups</title> <para> If you have your calendar set up to work with other calendars over a network, you can see when others are - available to meet with you. To browse other people's - calendars over your local network, do this: + available to meet with you. </para> + <note> + <title>Unimplemented Feature</title> + <para>This feature is not yet implemented.</para> + </note> + <para> - In addition, you can use - <application>Evolution</application> to mark a meeting - request on another person's calendar. To do it, first - select <guimenuitem>New Appointment</guimenuitem> from the - <guimenu>MENU</guimenu>, or press <keysym>KEYSYM</keysym> - to bring up the <interface>new event</interface> window. - Then describe the event as you would any other. Before - you click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, (INSERT DESCRIPTION - HERE...). <application>Evolution</application> will - automatically send email to each person on the request - list, notifying of the time and date of the meeting you - have requested with them. In addition, it will mark the - event on your calendar and on theirs as tentative, rather than - a confirmed, event. + In addition, you can use <application>Evolution</application> + to mark a meeting request on another person's calendar. To do + it, click <guibutton>New</guibutton> in the calendar toolbar, + or select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> + <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> + <guimenuitem>Appointment</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> to bring + up the <interface>new event</interface> window. Then describe + the event as you would any other. Before you click + <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, (INSERT DESCRIPTION HERE...). + <application>Evolution</application> will automatically send + email to each person on the request list, notifying of the + time and date of the meeting you have requested with them. In + addition, it will mark the event on your calendar and on + theirs as tentative, rather than a confirmed, event. </para> <para> To mark a tentative event as confirmed, click once on the - event in the <interface>calendar view</interface> to - select it, and then choose <guimenuitem>Event - Properties</guimenuitem> from the - <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. In the <interface>Event - Properties</interface> dialog window, click the - "tentative" button to un-mark the event. (NOTE THAT this - feature may not at all exist!) + event in the <interface>calendar view</interface> to select + it, and then choose <guimenuitem>Event + Properties</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> + menu. In the <interface>Event Properties</interface> dialog + window, click the "tentative" button to deselect the + event. </para> </sect2> + <sect2 id="usage-calendar-apts-privs"> <title>Scheduling privileges</title> <para> @@ -209,16 +219,21 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. at all. </para> </sect2> + ########## END UNIMPLEMENTED FEATURESET ############ --> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="usage-calendar-todo"> <title>The To-Do List</title> <para> The to-do list, located in the lower right corner of the - calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks seperate from your - calendar events. Tasks are colored by priority and due-date - (see <xref linkend="config-prefs">), and are included with - calendar data during synchronization with a hand-held device. + calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks separate from your + calendar events. Tasks are colored and sorted by priority and + due-date (see <xref linkend="config-prefs"> for more + information), and are included with calendar data during + synchronization with a hand-held device. </para> <para> To record a new task, click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> @@ -269,24 +284,55 @@ lack of time, resources, and interest. <para> Once you've added a task to your to-do list, its summary appears in the <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> section of the - calendar window. To edit an item, double-click on it, or - select it and click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. You can - delete items by selecting them and clicking on the - <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button. + calendar window. To view or edit a detailed description of an + item, double-click on it, or select it and click + <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. You can delete items by selecting + them and clicking on the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button. </para> </sect1> - <sect1 id="usage-calendar-organize"> - <title>Organizing your Appointments</title> + <sect1 id="usage-calendar-multiple"> + <title>Multiple Calendars</title> <para> - Until I have <application>Evolution</application> running properly, - I have no idea how this sort of organization will actually work. + <application>Evolution</application> permits you to have and + maintain multiple calendars. This is useful if you maintain + schedules for other people, if you are responsible for resource + or room allocation, or if you have multiple personalities. </para> + + <example> + <title>Keeping Multiple Calendars</title> + <para> + Keelyn has one calendar for her own schedule. Next to that + 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. + </para> + </example> <para> - But this section will have at least two paragraphs, and - probably a screenshot. + To create a new calendar, select + <menuchoice> + <guimenu>File</guimenu> + <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> + <guimenuitem>Calendar</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice>. + + You can place the calendar in any calendar folder and access it + from the folder view. </para> + </sect1> </chapter> + + + + + + + + |