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network. <guilabel>Public</guilabel> is the default category,
and a public appointment can be viewed by anyone on the calendar
sharing network. <guilabel>Private</guilabel> denotes one
level of security, and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> a
higher level. <!-- FIXME --> Exact determinations and
implementations of this feature have yet to be
determined. <!-- FIXME -->
level of security, and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> an even
higher level.
</para>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> lets you categorize your

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right. From the dialog box that appears, you can check as
many or as few categories as you like.
</para>
<para>
Then, you can refer to all the cards in that category by:
<!-- FIXME --> Waiting for Evolution to support the
operation.
</para>
<!-- FIXME: Feature Not Implemented
<para>
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-->
</sect1>
<!--- FIXME this feature not yet implemented
<sect1 id="usage-contact-automation-extra">
<title>Map It!</title>

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<chapter id="usage-exec-summary">
<title>Using the Ximian Evolution Summary</title>
<sect1 id="exec-intro">
<title>Introducing Summary</title>
<para>
The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to
know at a glance. To make it work for you, you can customize
it so it displays the information you want, when you want it.
</para>
<para>
To begin customizing your Summary, select <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Summary
Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>, then select one of the
available services. Services may vary depending upon your
system, but most installations will have at least the
following options:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Mail</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Display amount of unread email in your selected folders.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>RDF Summary</term>
<listitem>
<para>
News headlines from sites that allow this
feature. The default
is news about the GNOME project from <ulink
url="www.gnome.org/gnome-news/">gnotices</ulink>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Weather</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Shows you the current weather for the cities of your choice.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Schedule</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Lets you see the events for the day.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<chapter id="usage-summary">
<title>Using the Ximian Evolution Summary</title>
<sect1 id="summary-intro">
<title>Introducing 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>
<application>Evolution</application> comes with ... enabled by
default.
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 Summaries
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
News feeds from websites
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Your mail summary showing you how many new emails are waiting
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Appointments
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Tasks
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<sect2 id="new-components">
<title>Adding New Components</title>
</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, if you wanted the Summary to show CNN's news feed, you could add their feed.
</para>
<sect2 id="customizing-summary-weather">
<title>Customizing the Weather Summary</title>
<para>
To add a new service:
To add a city to be displayed in the weather:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
Choose
Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
from the menubar.
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select the service you wish to add by clicking on the respective
tab.
Click the <guilabel>Weather</guilabel> tab.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Choose <guibutton>OK</guibutton> when finished configuring the
item.
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 forms of measurement. If you're used to using fahrenheit, use imperial. If you use celius, then select metric from the <guilabel>Weather settings</guilabel> section of the <guilabel>Weather</guilabel> tab.
</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>
Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click the <guilabel>News Feeds</guilabel> tab.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select your desired news feed on the left column.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="delete-components">
<title>Deleting Components</title>
<sect2 id="customizing-mail">
<title>Customizing Your Mail Summary</title>
<para>
To remove a service from Summary, do the following:
To customize your mail summary:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
Choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
from the menubar.
Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click the <guilabel>Enable</guilabel> button in the component you
would like to disable.
<!-- This is incorrect. I am going to ask Iain if he could throw
in an Enable button -->
Click
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</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="modifying-components">
<title>Modifying Components</title>
<para>
Chances are, the components that you setup aren't going to be setup for
your needs. For instance, you may choose that you want to use different
city choices than the default settings.
<application>Evolution</application> lets you configure all the
components in Summary.
</para>
<sect3 id="modifying-components-mail">
<title>Customizing Summary Mail Summary</title>
<para>
To modify mail:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
Choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
from the menubar.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click the <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> tab at the top of the
window.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
<para>
The <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> service window is broken up into two
sections. The left section is where your mail folders are listed.
The right section shows which folders are displayed.
</para>
<para>
To add a folder to the summary, click on a folder in the
<guilabel>All folders</guilabel> section and click the
<guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
</para>
<para>
To remove a folder from the service, click on the folder in the
<guilabel>Display folders</guilabel> section and click the
<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>
</chapter>

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2001-08-29 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
* C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Rewrote this file to be...more up to date.
2001-08-28 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
* C/usage-mail.sgml: Renamed a xref to make it work.