From 31d715e29313abac65d50f4ccf6ab82a4f1a707b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:36:29 +0000 Subject: Contact lists. 2001-09-10 Aaron Weber * C/usage-contact.sgml: Contact lists. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Contact Lists. * C/menuref.sgml: Verified and Corrected. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12762 --- help/C/config-sync.sgml | 6 +-- help/C/menuref.sgml | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- help/C/usage-contact.sgml | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 25 ++++++++--- help/ChangeLog | 8 ++++ 5 files changed, 176 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-) (limited to 'help') diff --git a/help/C/config-sync.sgml b/help/C/config-sync.sgml index 8f3b30d1f0..b2b2fe6cd5 100644 --- a/help/C/config-sync.sgml +++ b/help/C/config-sync.sgml @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ want. - @@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ Pilot Conduits section of the Control Center. - - + Once your computer and your Palm-OS device are talking happily to each other, you'll have to decide what exactly you want them to do with the data they exchange. To enable a conduit, click the @@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ - Disabled + Disabled Do nothing. diff --git a/help/C/menuref.sgml b/help/C/menuref.sgml index e053f3250d..fca576d52c 100644 --- a/help/C/menuref.sgml +++ b/help/C/menuref.sgml @@ -11,20 +11,31 @@ Ximian Evolution. - + + +Custom Keyboard Shortcuts + + If you have set custom keyboard shortcuts for your desktop, (you can + do this the control center: select + SystemSettings + from your menu panel), they may interfere with Evolution keyboard + shortcuts. + + + For example, if you have chosen Emacs-style key bindings for your + desktop-wide text editor, the shortcut + + Ctrl + W + + will act as "Cut region" rather than as "Close Window" in the + message composer. + + + + + + Opening or Creating Anything @@ -39,7 +50,7 @@ Ctrl Shift - F + E @@ -98,7 +109,10 @@ Enter a new Contact - File + Double-click in any blank space in the contact + manager to create a new address card. You can also + use + File New Contact or @@ -110,7 +124,6 @@ - Create a new Task @@ -126,7 +139,6 @@ - @@ -218,18 +230,34 @@ Create Filters and Virtual Folders - Right-click on a message and select "Create Rule..." - menu items. You can also create filters and virtual - folders in the Tools menu. + Right-click on a message and select + Create Rule From + Message. You can also create filters and + virtual folders in the Tools menu. + + + + + + + Add Sender to Address Book + + + Right-click on a message and select Add + Sender to Address Book. You can also + right-click on any email address to add it to your + address book. + + - Address Book + Calendar @@ -239,7 +267,8 @@ New Appointments Fast - Double-click in a blank space to create a new contact. + Click on any blank spot in the calendar and start + typing to create a new appointment entry. @@ -308,9 +337,19 @@ - + Creating a New Contact + Double-click in any blank space in the contact + manager to create a new address card. You can also + use File + New + Contact or + + Ctrl + Shift + C + diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index 80c438283d..6fcf6afd46 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ - Working with Your Contacts @@ -17,29 +15,19 @@ The toolbar for the address book is quite simple. - Click New to create a new card, or double-click + Click New Contact to create a new card, or double-click in a blank space in the contact list. - Find brings up an in-depth search window. - - - - Print sends one or more of your cards to the printer. + Click New List to create a new card, or double-click + in a blank space in the contact list. - - Delete deletes a selected card. - - - View All displays all - the address information in the folder. Use this button to - refresh the display for a network folder, or to switch from - viewing the results of a search and see all your contacts. - - - - Stop stops loading + + The printer icon sends one + or more of your cards to the printer. + + The stop sign icon stops loading contact data from the network. This button is only relevant if you are looking at contact information on a network. @@ -189,13 +177,14 @@ Multiple Values for Fields - If you click on the small arrow buttons next to the - Primary Email field, you can also - choose Email 2 and + If you click on the downward pointing triangle buttons + next to the Primary Email field, + you can also choose Email 2 and Email 3. Although the contact editor will only display one of those at any given - time, Evolution will - store them all. The arrow buttons next to the + time, Evolution will store + them all. Entries that have information in them have + a check mark next to them. The buttons next to the telephone and postal address fields work in the same way. @@ -370,7 +359,9 @@ to organize your cards. The first way is to use folders; this works the same way mail folders do. For more flexibility, you can also mark contacts as elements of - different categories. + different categories. To better integrate with email tools, + you can also create lists of contacts that you can send mail + to as a single person. @@ -432,6 +423,72 @@ --> + + + Creating a List of Contacts + + To create a list of contacts: + + + + + Open the list creation dialog box by clicking the + New List button or selecting + + + File + + + New + + + Contact List + + . + + + + + + Enter a name for the list. + + + + + Enter names or email addresses of contacts, or just + drag contacts from the main window into the list. + + + + + + Choose whether you would like to hide the email + addresses when you send a message to the list. + Unless it is a very small list, it is recommended + that you leave the addresses hidden. This is the + same thing as using the "Bcc:" feature discussed in + . + + + + + + When you are done, click OK. The + list will appear as a contact card, which you can use as + you would any other. That includes emailing the list to + another person, and, of course, sending email to the list. + + + To mail the list, open a new email and type the name you + chose for the list. Ximian Evolution will address the + message to the entire list when you send it. You can also + right-click on the list's address card in the Contact + Manager and select Send Message to + List, + + + + diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 434198da93..36fe9b39ad 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ If you use IMAP Mail - If you chose IMAP mail during the setup process, you must subscribe to - your mail folders before you can read mail in them. Read to find out how. + If you chose IMAP mail during the setup process, you must + subscribe to your mail folders before you can read mail in + them. Read to find out + how. @@ -496,7 +497,9 @@ "Send Later" feature is particularly useful if you use a modem to connect to the Internet and pay per-minute charges: you can remain offline until you need to send - mail, then connect and send all your mail at once. Mail in the outbox is sent when you click Send/Recieve in the main window. + mail, then connect and send all your mail at once. Mail in + the outbox is sent when you click + Send/Recieve in the main window. To learn more about how you can specify message queue and @@ -629,6 +632,15 @@ . + + + If you frequently write email to the same groups of people, + you can create address lists in the Contact Manager, and + then send them mail as though they had a single address. + To learn how to do that, read . + + @@ -1435,7 +1447,10 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed--> - Check your spelling and use complete sentences. + Check your spelling and use complete sentences. By + default, Evolution will put + a red line beneath words it doesn't recognize, as you + type them. diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog index 5694435c8e..3c2a0a8eba 100644 --- a/help/ChangeLog +++ b/help/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2001-09-10 Aaron Weber + + * C/usage-contact.sgml: Contact lists. + + * C/usage-mail.sgml: Contact Lists. + + * C/menuref.sgml: Verified and Corrected. + 2001-09-10 Kevin Breit * C/usage-mail.sgml: Verified that all functionality is in here, should be! -- cgit