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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 begins with that
                letter. For example, you could press the
                <keycap>r</keycap> key to go to the next message that
                Russell sent you.
              </para>
          <para>
                That means that unmodified letter shortcuts from
                Evolution 1.0 won't work any more. The changes are:
                <simplelist>
          <member>
                    <keycap>,</keycap> (comma) and <keycap>.</keycap>
                    (period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next
                    and Previous unread messages
                 </member>
         <member>
                   <keycap>'</keycap> (the single apostrophe) toggles
                   the message preview pane.
                 </member>
        </simplelist>
                Shortcuts that used the <keycap>Control</keycap> key
                are not affected.
             </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 Limits Removed</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                You can now have IMAP folders with names including the
                ampersand (&amp;) and dash (-) characters, and even
                UTF-8 (unicode) characters.
              </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>Additional Message Status Options</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                You can now mark messages by color (Right click on a
                menu and select "Labels), or flag them for a follow-up
                action. Filters can now be based on these criteria.
              </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>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 Filter Criteria and Actions</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                 You can now filter based on score, flag-for-followup
                 or message coloration status, or the existence of
                 attachments. New actions include beeping, playing
                 sounds, running shell commands, and piping messages
                 to external processes.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
        <term>Folder Preferences for Autocompletion and Offline Mode</term>
        <listitem>
              <para>
               You may now select which network folders which will be
               cached locally when you go into Offline mode. Offline
               mode now works better in general.
             </para>
          <para>
                You may also select which contact folders will be used
                to autocomplete addresses in the mail composer.
             </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 have been forwarded to you as
                attachments are now displayed in "Digest Mode" rather
                than inline.
             </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>