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-<!--
-<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
--->
-<chapter id="usage-summary">
- <title>Getting Oriented with the Ximian Evolution Summary</title>
-
- <sect1 id="summary-intro">
- <title>Using the Summary</title>
- <para>
- The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to know
- quickly. It will show you your tasks for that day, how many
- emails are waiting for you, and much more.
- </para>
- <para>
- To begin using your Summary, click on the <guilabel>Shortcut
- Bar</guilabel> or <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> at the top of the
- <guilabel>Folder Bar</guilabel>. By default, you will see:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Weather Reports
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- News feeds from the Internet
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Mail summary
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Appointments
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Tasks
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="customizing-summary">
- <title>Customizing the Summary's Modules</title>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution's</application> modules can be customized
- to suit your needs. For example, you can choose which mail
- boxes are summarized, and which news services appear.
- </para>
-
-
- <note id="summary-http-proxy">
- <title>Using the Summary through an HTTP Proxy</title>
- <para>
- If you use an HTTP proxy, <application>Ximian
- Evolution</application> must be able to find it through the
- <systemitem>gnome-vfs</systemitem> subsystem before it can
- access news and weather from the Internet. This is also
- the case if you wish to load remote images into HTML mail
- message. You can tell the GNOME Virtual File System about
- your HTTP proxy in one of three ways, from easiest to most
- complicated:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Use the VFS Proxy Tool</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Run the command "gnome-vfs-proxy-capplet" or
- select the GNOME VFS Proxy Configuration tool
- from your Desktop Preferences menu in the menu
- panel.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Enter the address or hostname of your proxy
- server and click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
- button.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Configure it with Nautilus</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Open a Nautilus window
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Select <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Preferences</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Edit Preferences</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Go to the <guilabel>Navigation</guilabel> tab.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guilabel>Use HTTP Proxy</guilabel>
- checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP
- proxy in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Configure it with the gconftool command</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Open a terminal.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Enter the command
- <command>
- gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE"
- </command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Enter the command
- <command>
- gconftool --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url"
- </command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Enter the command
- <command>
- gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080"
- </command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- For more information about the gconftool command,
- read the gconftool man page.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </note>
-
-
- <sect2 id="customizing-summary-weather">
- <title>Customizing the Weather Summary</title>
- <para>
- To add a city to be displayed in the weather:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> and
- select the Summary Preferences tool.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guilabel>Weather</guilabel> tab.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Select the city on the left hand column.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- <tip id="measurments">
- <title>Metric or Imperial?</title>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> supports both
- Imperial and Metric measurement for weather
- reports. Imperial units are sometimes called British
- units, but are used almost exclusively in the United
- States. Britain, and most of the rest of the world, use
- metric units.
- </para>
- </tip>
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="customizing-feeds">
- <title>Customizing Your News Feeds</title>
- <para>
- To customize your news feeds:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> and
- select the Summary Preferences tool. Then, choose the
- <guilabel>News</guilabel> tab.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- In the left hand column, select the news feed to add to
- your display.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- You can also add your own news feeds. Evolution will display
- RDF format news feeds from the website of your choice.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="customizing-mail">
- <title>Customizing Your Mail Summary</title>
- <para>
- To customize your mail summary:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> and
- select the Summary Preferences tool.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guibutton>Mail</guibutton> tab.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Select the mail folder you want to see in the preview on the left.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="customizing-cal">
- <title>Customizing Your Schedule Summary</title>
- <para>
- To customize your calendar summary:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> and
- select the Summary Preferences tool.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click the <guibutton>Schedule</guibutton> tab.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose whether you'd like appointments displayed for one
- day, five days, a week, or a month.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose whether you'd like to display all tasks, or just
- the tasks due today.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-</chapter> \ No newline at end of file