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@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@
reconnect, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Work
Online</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ </para>
</note>
<para>
@@ -636,11 +637,12 @@
with more than one card, Evolution will open a dialog box to
ask you which person you meant.
- <!-- Also, <application>Evolution</application> will add a
+<!-- Also, <application>Evolution</application> will add a
domain to any unqualified addresses. By default, this is
your domain, but you can choose which one mail preferences
- dialog. NOTE: Bug filed on this-- it's not available now,
- but may be in the future.-->
+ dialog. NOTE: Bug filed on this: it's not available now,
+ but may be in the future.
+-->
</para>
@@ -847,7 +849,6 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
<xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-other"> for more
information.
</para>
- </note>
<para>
HTML formatting tools are located in the toolbar just above
the space where you'll actually compose the message, and
@@ -933,8 +934,6 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
-
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
@@ -1137,10 +1136,11 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
<sect3 id="html-templates">
<title>HTML Templates</title>
<para>
- <application>Evolution</application> not only allows you to
- decorate your email with HTML text and graphics, but
- provides you with prebuilt templates for you to use when making
- these improvements.
+ <application>Evolution</application> not only allows you to
+ decorate your email with HTML text and graphics, but
+ provides you with prebuilt templates for you to use when
+ making these improvements. You can use these to emphasize a
+ point or frame an image in an attractive manner.
</para>
<para>
To include a template into your HTML based email:
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Enable HTML in your email by clicking
+ Make sure that the
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>
Format
@@ -1161,30 +1161,53 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
HTML
</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
+ selector is checked.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click the <guibutton>HTML Template</guibutton> button in the
- <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel>.
+ <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel> or select
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>
+ Insert
+ </guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>
+ HTML Template
+ </guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select the template in the <guilabel>Template</guilabel>
- selection box.
+ Select the template type in the
+ <guilabel>Template</guilabel> selection box. Your
+ options are <guilabel>Note</guilabel> and
+ <guilabel>Image Frame</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ Set the size and alignment of the HTML template.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Click <guibutton>Insert</guibutton> to insert it where the
cursor is.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Click in the template to edit the specific object you clicked
- on.
+ Once you have inserted the template, click on the text
+ in the template, and enter the text you want to use.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you have selected an image frame template,
+ right-click on the image and select
+ <guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem> to select the image
+ you want to place in the frame.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
@@ -1261,6 +1284,30 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
+ <para>
+ You can also edit a table after creation. Just right-click
+ on it and select <guimenuitem>Table</guimenuitem> to open
+ the table editing window again. Or, you can select items
+ from the <guimenu>Table Delete</guimenu> and <guimenu>Table
+ Insert</guimenu> menus.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <tip id="table-tip">
+ <title>Deleting an Entire Table</title>
+ <para>
+ You can delete an entire table by right-clicking on
+ a table or other HTML object in a message, and selecting
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Table Delete</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Table</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. In an
+ HMTL message, your signature, templates, and image
+ inclusions all have tables around them, and you can remove
+ them completely and quickly with this shortcut.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </para>
+
</sect3>
</sect2>