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diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index c937e957b5..4f9b9fd058 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- DEBUGGING COMMENT +<!-- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> --> @@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ than you'd think would fit onto a file card. </para> - <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, which is still evolving rapidly. <!-- FIXME --> + <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, which is still evolving rapidly. <!-- FIXME --> </para> <figure id="usage-contact-editor-fig"> @@ -150,112 +150,109 @@ Title</guilabel> and <guilabel>Web page address</guilabel>, but there are several parts of the window that are a little more interesting. + </para> + <para> + The <guilabel>Categories</guilabel> feature is discussed in + <xref linkend="usage-contact-organize">, but the remaining + features are described here: + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>Full Name</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The <guilabel>Full Name</guilabel> field has two + major features: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + You can enter a name into the <guibutton>Full + Name</guibutton> field, but you can also click the + <guibutton>Full Name</guibutton> button to bring + up a small dialog box with a few text boxes + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>Title: </guilabel></term> + <listitem> <para> + Enter an honorific or select one from the menu. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>First: </guilabel></term> + <listitem> <para> + The person's first, or given, name. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>Middle: </guilabel></term> + <listitem> <para> + The middle name or initial, if any, goes here. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>Last: </guilabel></term> + <listitem> <para> + The last name (surname) belongs here. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>Suffix: </guilabel></term> + <listitem> <para> + Suffixes such as "Jr." or "III" can go here. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <guilabel>Full Name</guilabel> field also + interacts with the <guilabel>File As</guilabel> + box to help you organize your contacts. + </para> + <para> + 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>. + </para> + <tip> + <title>Filing Suggestion</title> + <para> + 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> + </tip> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Multiple Values for Fields</term> + <listitem> + <para> + If you click on the small arrow buttons next to the + <guilabel>Primary Email</guilabel> field, you can also + choose <guilabel>Email 2</guilabel> and + <guilabel>Email 3</guilabel>. Although the contact + editor will only display one of those at any given + time, <application>Evolution</application> will + remember them all. The arrow buttons next to the + telephone and postal address fields work in the same + way. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </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 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: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Title: </guilabel></term> - <listitem> <para> - Enter an honorific or select one from the menu. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>First: </guilabel></term> - <listitem> <para>The person's first, or given, name. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Middle: </guilabel></term> - <listitem> <para> - The middle name or initial, if any, goes here. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Last: </guilabel></term> - <listitem> <para> - The last name (the surname, or family name), belongs here. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Suffix: </guilabel></term> - <listitem> <para> - Suffixes such as "Jr." or "III" can go here. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - - <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> - 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 right before release 0.4! FIXME. - <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> - - --> - - <!--- ############# This section isn't implemented yet either: <sect2> <title></title> @@ -362,15 +359,15 @@ <para> To mark a card as belonging to a category, click the <guibutton>Categories</guibutton> button at the lower - right. A dialog box will pop up with check-boxes for - different categories in it. You can select as many or as - few categories as you like. + right. From the dialog box that appears, you can check as + many or as few categories as you like. </para> <para> Then, you can refer to all the cards in that category by: + FEATURE NOT IMPLEMENTED... FIXME </para> <para> - If the master list of categories don't suit you, you can + If the master list of categories doesn't suit you, you can add your own. Just enter the new category's name in the text box, then click <guibutton>Categories</guibutton> and choose <guilabel>Add to Master List</guilabel> in the @@ -430,16 +427,18 @@ </sect1> <sect1 id="usage-contact-automate"> - <title>Extra Contact Manager Tools</title> + <title>Contact Manager Tools</title> <para> - The most obvious contact manager tool is that it works with the - mailer and the calendar to help you add new address cards - quickly. However, it can also manage mailing lists and help - you find directions between the locations of any two contacts. + The contact manager works with + <application>Evolution</application> mail and the calendar to + help you add new address cards quickly. However, it can also + manage mailing lists. There are more tools planned, and when + they arrive, <!-- FIXME --> they will be described in this + section. </para> <sect2 id="contact-automation-basic"> - <title>Send me a card: Adding New Cards Quickly</title> + <title>Send me a Card: Adding New Cards Quickly</title> <para> As noted before, when you get information about a person in the mail or in a calendar entry, you can add it to an address @@ -470,8 +469,9 @@ or prepare large postal mailings. </para> </sect2> +<!-- <sect2 id="usage-contact-automation-extra"> - <title>Map It! and other extra features</title> + <title>Map It!</title> <para> Need a map or directions? Click <guibutton>MapIt</guibutton> from within the contact @@ -479,6 +479,13 @@ map the address for you online. </para> </sect2> +--> + + </sect1> + <sect1 id="usage-contact-menubar"> + <title>Contact Manager Menubar Reference</title> + <para> + </para> </sect1> </chapter> |