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<!-- The actual preface tag is in the evolution.xml file -->
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<sect1 id="organization">
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<title>Organization</title>
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<para>
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This book is divided into two parts, with several
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appendices. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
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tour</link>, which will explain how to use
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<application>Evolution</application>. If you are new to
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<application>Evolution</application> or to groupware in
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general, this section is for you. The second section, covering
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<link linkend="config">configuration</link>, is targeted at
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more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way
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<application>Evolution</application> looks or acts can benefit
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from reading it.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="typography">
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<title>Typographical conventions</title>
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<para>
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In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
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<simplelist>
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<member><application>Applications</application></member>
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<member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command line</member>
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<member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface</member>
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<member> Menu selections look like this:
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</member>
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<member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
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click</member> <member><userinput>Anything you type
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in</userinput></member> <member><computeroutput>Text
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output from a computer</computeroutput></member>
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<member><glossterm linkend="apx-gloss">Words</glossterm>
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that are defined in the <xref linkend="apx-gloss"/>.</member>
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</simplelist>
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</para>
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<para>
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We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well.
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<tip id="example-tip">
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<title>Tip</title>
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<para>
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Tips and bits of extra information will look like
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this.
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</para>
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</tip>
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</para>
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<para>
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Examples are also set off from the rest of the text. They look like this:
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<example>
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<title>Example Example</title>
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<para>
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This is what an example looks like. We'll provide
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examples for some of the more complicated tasks you
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might be performing.
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</para>
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</example>
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</para>
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<para>
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Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
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<warning id="example-warning">
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<title>Example Warning</title>
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<para>
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This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
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you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
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</para>
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</warning>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="other-help">
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<title>Additional Help Sources</title>
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<para>
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You can find additional help in three places. For information
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about command-line options, open a terminal window and type
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<command> man evolution</command> or <command>evolution
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--help</command>. For support, late-breaking news, and errata,
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visit the Ximian support center at <ulink
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url="http://support.ximian.com">support.ximian.com</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="whats-new-in-one-two">
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<title>What's New in Evolution 1.2</title>
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<para>
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If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new
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version has a lot to add. Here are some of the new and
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changed features. Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange also
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has new features, which are covered in "new-in-connector-one-two">.
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Evolution Settings Interface</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The preferences dialogs have been completely
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overhauled. There is now a single configuration dialog
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window for all components of the program, and you can
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access it from anywhere. To change your preferences,
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select
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>
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Tools
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</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>
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Preferences
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</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>. Detailed help for the preferences
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dialogs has been added to <xref
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linkend="config-prefs"/>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Mail Composer Autocomplete</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Email addresses in the message composer can now work
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with LDAP address books. Add your LDAP address book to
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the list of folders searched for address completion in
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the <guilabel>Folder Settings</guilabel> section of
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the Settings dialog.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Performance Improvements</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Startup time has decreased, POP server interactions
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are more efficient, and indexing of locally cached
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mail is now faster.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Mail Composer HTML Improvements</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Pasting into the mail composer from another message
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or from a web page preserves the HTML formatting of
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the source document. Multiple levels of reply
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quotation in messages are clearer and use a vertical
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blue line on the left side to indicate quotation. Text
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"smileys" are now automatically converted to small
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images displaying the appropriate emotion. You can
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turn this option off in the
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<guilabel>Composer</guilabel> section of the Settings
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dialog.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Signature Editor</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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There is now a signature editor, which can be used to
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create plain text or HTML signatures.
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click the the <guilabel>Signatures</guilabel> tab in
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the Composer Settings section of the Evolution
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Settings window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Keyboard Navigation Overhaul</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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All unmodified letter keys have changed function-- the
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<keycap>N</keycap> and <keycap>P</keycap> keys, for
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example, no longer take you to the next you to the
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next or previous message. Pressing a letter will now
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take you to the nearest message whose data in the sort
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column begins with that letter. That is, if you press
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N and you are sorting your list by sender, you will
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move to a message from Nadine. If you are sorting by
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subject, you'll move to the message about
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nectarines. This should also work in the folder list
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for folder navigation.
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</para>
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<para>
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This means that the old single letter shortcuts have
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changed as well. The new shortcuts:
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<simplelist>
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<member>
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<keycap>,</keycap> (comma) and <keycap>.</keycap>
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(period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next
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and Previous unread messages. You can also use the
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square brackets <keycap>]</keycap> and
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<keycap>[</keycap>.
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</member>
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<member>
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<keycap>`</keycap> (backtick) toggles
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the message preview pane.
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</member>
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</simplelist>
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Shortcuts that use the <keycap>Control</keycap> key
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have not changed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Added Functionality for the "New" Button</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <guibutton>New</guibutton> now has a menu next to
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it. As in Evolution 1.0, you can click the button once
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to get a new item for the Evolution tool you're
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using. However, if you click the small arrow menu to
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the right of the button, you will find a menu that
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allows you to create new items for the rest of
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Evolution: All day appointments, regular appointments,
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tasks and meetings for the calendar; mail messages for
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the mail tool; and contacts and contact lists for the
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address book.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Import Tool Now Imports Netscape Filters</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You can now import your filters, as well as your email
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messages, from the Netscape mail client.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Folder Naming Internationalization</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You can now use Unicode (UTF-8) characters in the
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names for IMAP folders.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Executive Summary now Reads IMAP</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The Executive Summary tool in Evolution now displays
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email messages in IMAP as well as local mail folders.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Filters and vFolders Notice Moved or Missing Folders</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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vFolders and filters now notice if you move or delete
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a folder that they use.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>vFolder "Original Location" Feature</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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vFolders can now display the actual folder location
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for each message they contain. To do so, right click
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on the column headers in the message list of any
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vFolder, select <guimenuitem>Add a
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Column</guimenuitem>, and drag the <guibutton>Original
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Location</guibutton> item into position.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>New Criteria and Actions</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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There are many new filter criteria and actions,
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including additional message flags such as Flag for
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Followup.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Folder Selection for Offline Mode</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You may now select which network folders which will be
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cached locally when you go into Offline mode. This
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setting may be changed from the Folders section of the
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Evolution Settings window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This feature is often called "Bounce" or "Resend." To
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resend a message with all its headers instead of merely
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forwarding it, select the message and choose
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>
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Actions
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</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>
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Forward
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</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>
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Redirect
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</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Messages that contain multiple forwarded messages are
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now displayed as a digest rather than inline or as a
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series of attachments.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>New Mail Notification</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution
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beep or play a sound file that you specify.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="preface-for-experts">
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<title>Introductory Tips for Experienced Users</title>
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<para>
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This section has a few tips for experienced users of Linux or
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UNIX systems:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Backups and File Locations</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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To create a backup of your Evolution data, copy the
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<guilabel>~/evolution/local/</guilabel> directory to
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your backup disk. To access data you
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have backed up, use the <guilabel>Import</guilabel> tool to
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restore individual files as needed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Default Browsers</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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To set the browser that opens when you click a link in
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an email, open the GNOME preferences tool
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(<menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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or <command>gnome-control-center</command>) and start the
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<guilabel>File Associations</guilabel> tool. There, look under
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<guilabel>Internet Services</guilabel>, select
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<guilabel>World wide web (http)</guilabel>, and select
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the browser of your choice. If you wish to use a
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browser other than the ones suggested, you will need to
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enter the full shell command. For example you might use
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<userinput>mybrowser "%s"</userinput> to start the
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mybrowser program at the right page.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Making Evolution Your Default Mail Client</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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For GNOME desktops, you can set
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<application>Evolution</application> to be the default
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mail client, so that it opens when you click a mailto:
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link in web pages and help tools. To do that, open the
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GNOME preferences tool and start the <guilabel>File
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Associations</guilabel> tool. There, look under
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<guilabel>Internet Services</guilabel>, select
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<guilabel>Electronic mail transmission
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(mailto)</guilabel>, and select
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<application>Evolution</application> from the drop-down
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list.
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</para>
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<para>
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For applications such as Mozilla and Netscape, which do
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not use the GNOME preference tools, you will need to
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find the protocol handler preference tool for that
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application and enter <userinput>evolution
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"%s"</userinput> as your choice for handling mailto links.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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