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Lots of changes on recommendation from Damon Chaplin. We love you Damon!

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2001-10-26  Kevin Breit  <mrproper@ximian.com>

	* C/usage-calendar.sgml: Lots of changes on recommendation from Damon Chaplin.  We love you Damon!

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Press the calendar-shaped buttons on the right side of the toolbar to
switch between views.
<!--QUESTION What does the following mean? I can't find this functionality -->
You can also select a range of
days&mdash; three days, ten days, or a fortnight if you want
&mdash; in the small calendar at the upper right.
&mdash; in the small calendar at the upper right. To do this, simply click and drag on the days that you wish to view in your calendar.
</para>
<para>
The <guibutton>Prev</guibutton> and <guibutton>Next</guibutton>
buttons will move you forward and back in your calendar pages.
If you're looking at only one day, you'll see tomorrow's page,
or yesterday's. If you're looking at your calendar by week,
month, fortnight, or anything else, you'll move around by just
that much. To come back to today's listing, click
<guibutton>Today</guibutton>.
or yesterday's. If you're looking at your calendar by week or
month, you'll move around by just that much.
To come back to today's listing, click the
<guibutton>Today</guibutton> button in the toolbar.
</para>
<para>
To visit a specific date's calendar entries, click
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<guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Appointment</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
or click the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button on the left end
or click the <guibutton>New Appointment</guibutton> button on the left end
of the toolbar. The <interface>New Appointment</interface>
dialog will pop up with the menu bar, tool bar, and
window full of choices for you.
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times can also overlap. When they do they're displayed as
multiple columns in the day view of the calendar.
</para>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> supports the use of timezones. If you share calendar files with friends or co-workers, it is quite possible you will need to configure your timezone. To configure your timezone:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
Click
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Calendar Settings</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click the <guibutton>Globe</guibutton> button in the <guilabel>Time</guibutton> section, located in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Each red dot represents a major city. Click a dot and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to select your time zone.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
<para>
You can also configure timezone information specific to Start and End time in each appointment. To do that, simply create a new appointment and click on a globe to customize the timezone that the time exists in.
</para>
<note>
<title>Multiple Simultanious Appointments</title>
<para>
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<application>Evolution</application> cannot help you do
multiple things at once.
</para>
<para>
</note>
<para>
You can have as many as four different
You can have as many
<guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>, any time prior to the appointment
you've scheduled. You can have one alarm of each of the following types:
<variablelist>
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Mail</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> will send an
email reminder to the address you enter into the text
field.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
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level of security, and <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> an even
higher level.
</para>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> can handle not only time that you're busy, but free time. This can be useful if you're on a network sharing calendar files. You can easily compare schedules with other people, allowing easy setup of a RSVP.
</para>
<para>
To set your appointment to be free or busy, simply click the box in the <guilabel>Show Time As</guilabel> section in the <guilabel>Appointment Editor</guilabel>.
</para>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> lets you categorize your
appointments, which can help if you lead a busy life. The bottom
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the direction and type of sorting, or right-click to add or
remove columns from the display.
</para>
<sect2 id="task-folders">
<title>Folders for Your Tasks</title>
<para>
Like any other component in <application>Evolution</application>, you can create a folder to help organize your tasks. To do this:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
Open the <guilabel>Folders Bar</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click <guibutton>Tasks</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Right click on <guibutton>Tasks</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Create New Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Enter the folder name.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="usage-calendar-multiple">

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2001-10-26 Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com>
* C/usage-calendar.sgml: Lots of changes on recommendation from Damon Chaplin. We love you Damon!
* C/usage-contact.sgml: One more FIXME...done
* C/config-prefs.sgml: Fixed a definition, one less FIXME to deal with.