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-<!-- <!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 &mdash; by
- default, it's today &mdash; but you can choose whether to give
- it starting and ending times or to mark it as an <guilabel>All
+ default, today &mdash; 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>
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