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  <preface id="introduction">
    <title>About this Book</title> 
      <sect1 id="organization">
        <title>Organization</title>
      <para>
        This book is divided into two parts, with several
        appendices. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
        tour</link>, which will explain how to use
        <application>Evolution</application>.  If you are new to
        <application>Evolution</application> or to groupware in
        general, this section is for you. The second section, covering
        <link linkend="config">configuration</link>, is targeted at
        more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way
        <application>Evolution</application> looks or acts can benefit
        from reading it.  
      </para>
      </sect1>

      <sect1 id="typography">
        <title>Typographical conventions</title>
    <para>
          In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
          <simplelist>
        <member><application>Applications</application></member>
        <member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command line</member>
        <member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface</member>

            <member> Menu selections look like this:
                       <menuchoice>
                          <guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
                          <guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu> 
                          <guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
                     </menuchoice>
            </member>
        <member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
            click</member> <member><userinput>Anything you type
            in</userinput></member> <member><computeroutput>Text
            output from a computer</computeroutput></member>
      <member><glossterm linkend="apx-gloss">Words</glossterm>
            that are defined in the <xref linkend="apx-gloss">.</member>
      </simplelist>
</para>
<para>
We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well. 

      <tip id="example-tip">
          <title>Tip</title>
          <para>
        Tips and bits of extra information will look like
        this.
          </para>
        </tip>
</para>

<para>
Examples are also set off from the rest of the text.  They look like this:

      <example>
        <title>Example Example</title>
        <para>
          This is what an example looks like.  We'll provide
          examples for some of the more complicated tasks you
          might be performing.
        </para>
      </example>
</para>
<para>
Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:

        <warning id="example-warning">
          <title>Example Warning</title>
          <para>
        This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
        you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
          </para>
      </warning>
        </para>
    </sect1>


    <sect1 id="whats-new-in-one-two">
      <title>What's New in Evolution 1.2</title>
      <para>
        If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new
        version has a lot to add.  Here are some of the new and
        changed features:
        <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>Configuration Interface</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                The preferences dialogs have been completely
                overhauled. There is now a single configuration dialog
                window for all components of the program, and you can
                access it from anywhere. To change your preferences,
                select 
                 <menuchoice>
          <guimenu>
                      Tools
                  </guimenu>
          <guimenuitem>
                     Configure
                  </guimenuitem>
        </menuchoice>.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Performance Improvements</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                Startup time has decreased, POP server interactions
                are more efficient, and indexing of locally cached
                mail is now faster.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
        <term>Keyboard Navigation Overhaul</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                Pressing an unmodified letter key in the Folder Bar
                now takes you to the next folder that starts with that
                letter; if there are several, you can press the key
                again and it will go to the next folder that starts
                with that letter.  Similarly, you can press a letter
                key in the message list and the message selection will
                move to the next message whose sender or subject
                begins with that letter, depending on which column you
                sort by.
              </para>
          <para>
                That means that unmodified letter shortcuts from
                Evolution 1.0 won't work any more. The displaced
                shortcuts are:
                <simplelist>
          <member>
                    <keycap>,</keycap> (comma) and <keycap>.</keycap>
                    (period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next
                    and Previous unread messages. You can also use the
                    square brackets <keycap>]</keycap> and
                    <keycap>[</keycap>.
                 </member>
         <member>
                   <keycap>`</keycap> (backtick) toggles
                   the message preview pane.
                 </member>
        </simplelist>
                Shortcuts that used the <keycap>Control</keycap> key
                are not affected.
             </para>
             <para>
               The shortcuts
               <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>l</keycap></keycombo>
               <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>c</keycap></keycombo>
               <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>u</keycap></keycombo> will
               change the selection or current word to lowercase,
               title case, or uppercase, respectively.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Added Functionality for the "New" Button</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                The <guibutton>New</guibutton> now has a menu next to
                it. As in Evolution 1.0, you can click the button once
                to get a new item for the Evolution tool you're
                using. However, if you click the small arrow menu to
                the right of the button, you will find a menu that
                allows you to create new items for the rest of
                Evolution: All day appointments, regular appointments,
                tasks and meetings for the calendar; mail messages for
                the mail tool; and contacts and contact lists for the
                address book.
               </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Import Tool Now Imports Netscape Filters</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                You can now import your filters, as well as your email
                messages, from the Netscape mail client.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Folder Naming Internationalization</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                You can now use Unicode (UTF-8) characters in the
                names for IMAP folders.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Executive Summary now Reads IMAP</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                The Executive Summary tool in Evolution now displays
                email messages in IMAP as well as local mail folders. 
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Filters and vFolders Notice Moved or Missing Folders</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                vFolders and filters now notice if you move or delete
                a folder that they use, and update themselves
                accordingly.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>vFolder "Original Location" Feature</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                vFolders can now display the actual folder location
                for each message they contain.  To do so, right click
                on the column headers in the message list of any
                vFolder, select <guimenuitem>Add a
                Column</guimenuitem>, and drag the <guibutton>Original
                Location</guibutton> item into position.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
        <term>Signature Editor</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                 There is now a signature editor, and it supports the
                 full range of Gtkhtml functionality.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>New Criteria and Actions</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                 There are many new filter criteria and actions,
                 including additional message flags such as Flag for
                 Followup.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
        <term>Folder Selection for Offline Mode</term>
        <listitem>
              <para>
               You may now select which network folders which will be
               cached locally when you go into Offline mode.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
               To redirect a message with all its headers instead of
               merely forwarding it, select the message and choose     
                 <menuchoice>
          <guimenu>
                      Actions
                  </guimenu>
          <guisubmenu>
                     Forward
                  </guisubmenu>
          <guimenuitem>
                      Redirect
                  </guimenuitem>
        </menuchoice>.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                Messages that contain multiple forwarded messages are
                now displayed as a digest rather than inline or as a
                series of attachments.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>New Mail Notification</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution
                beep or play a sound file that you specify.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
      </para>
    </sect1>
</preface>