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2000-07-19 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com> * C/usage-mail.sgml: lots of minor fixes to language. added desc. of clahey's cool button-address thing. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: fixed itemizedlists, ch. to shortcut bar & folder descs, removed refs to trash. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4219
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<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
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<chapter id="usage-mainwindow">
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<title>The Main Window: Evolution Basics</title>
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<para>
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Start <application>Evolution</application> by selecting
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<guimenuitem>Evolution</guimenuitem> from the
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<guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu> of the <guimenu>Main Panel
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Menu</guimenu>, or by typing <command>evolution</command> at the
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command-line. After <application>Evolution</application> starts
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up, you will see the <interface>main window</interface>, with the
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<interface>Inbox</interface> open. It should look a lot like the
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picture in <xref linkend="usage-mainwindow-fig">. On the left of
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the <interface>main window</interface> is the <interface>shortcut
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bar</interface>, with several buttons in it. Just underneath the
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title bar is a series of menus in the <interface>menu
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bar</interface>, and below that, the <interface>tool
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bar</interface> with buttons for different functions. The largest
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part of the <interface>main window</interface> is taken up by the
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actual <interface>Inbox</interface>, where messages are listed
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and displayed for . If you're running the program for the first
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time, you'll have just one message: a welcome from Helix Code.
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Make sure that this figure meets its descriptions.
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Can these things be labelled with little arrows & stuff?
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<figure id="usage-mainwindow-fig">
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<title>Evolution Main Window and Inbox</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="fig/mainwindow-pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
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</graphic>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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</para>
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<para>
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<note>
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<title>The Way Evolution Looks</title>
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<para>
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The appearance of both
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<application>Evolution</application> and
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<application>GNOME</application> is very easy to
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customize, so your screen might not look like this
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picture. You might configure
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<application>Evolution</application> to start with a
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different view, or without the <interface>shortcut
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bar</interface> or <interface>folder view</interface>.
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</para>
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</note>
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</para>
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<sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-shortcutbar">
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<title>The Shortcut Bar</title>
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<para>
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<application>Evolution</application>'s most important job is
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to give you access to your information, and help you use it
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quickly. One way it does that is through the
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<interface>shortcut bar</interface>, the column on the left
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hand side of the main window. The shortcut bar has two types
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of buttons: big ones with names like
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<guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> and <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>,
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and small rectangular ones at the top and bottom, which are
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called category buttons.
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</para>
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<para>
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The category buttons are labelled <guilabel>Evolution
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Shortcuts</guilabel> and <guilabel>Internet
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Directories</guilabel>. When you click on them, they'll slide
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up and down to give you access to different sorts of shortcuts.
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When you first start <application>Evolution</application>, you
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are looking at the <guilabel>Evolution Shortcuts</guilabel>
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category. If you click <guilabel>Internet
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Directories</guilabel>, it will slide up and you'll see buttons
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for the <guilabel>Bigfoot</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Netcenter</guilabel> directories, as well as any
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others you or your system administrator might have added.
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Internet directories behave a lot like the local contact
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manager, which is covered in <xref linkend="usage-contact">.
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</para>
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<para>
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Take a look at the <guilabel>Evolution Shortcuts</guilabel>
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again. They are:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term> <guibutton>Today</guibutton></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This will bring up a summary of any new messages you've
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recieved, along with the tasks and appointments you have
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lined up for today.
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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> <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The Inbox will show you all of your email. Your Inbox
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is also where you can access Evolution's tools to
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filter, sort, organize, and search your mail.
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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><guibutton>Calendar</guibutton></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The Calendar can store your appointments and To do lists
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for you. Connected to a network, you can use it to keep
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a group of people on schedule and up to date.
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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><guibutton>Contacts</guibutton></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The Contact Manager holds your addresses, phone numbers,
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and contact information. Like calendar information,
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contact data can be synchronized with hand-held devices
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and shared over a network.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <guibutton>Tasks</guibutton> tool combines a "to
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do" list with reminders to help you keep track of
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daily events.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<varlistentry>
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<term> <guibutton>Notes</guibutton></term>
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<listitem>
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<para> The notepad is your catch-all tool: use it to take
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messages from phone conversations, keep small things
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organized, write <glossterm>haiku</glossterm>, or whatever
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you like. This feature is not yet implemented, but will be
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soon. See <xref linkend="usage-notes"> for more
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information.
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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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<para>
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If you prefer to use a keyboard shortcut, or <glossterm>hot
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key</glossterm>, you can use those instead. They're shown next
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to their equivalent menu items in the menu bar. You can also set
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your own hot keys for functions that don't have any; this is
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covered in <xref linkend="config">. If you're using the
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keyboard shortcuts you may also want to hide the
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<interface>shortcut bar</interface> by selecting
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the <guimenuitem>Show Shortcut Bar</guimenuitem> toggle in the
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<guimenu>View</guimenu> menu.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-folderview">
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<title>The Folder View</title>
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<para>
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The <interface>folder view</interface> is a more comprehensive
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way to view the information you've stored with
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<application>Evolution</application>. It displays all your
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appointments, address cards, and email in a tree that's a lot
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like a <glossterm>file tree</glossterm>— it starts small
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at the top, and branches downwards. On most computers, there
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will be three folders at the base. The first one is
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<guilabel>VFolders</guilabel>, for virtual folders (discussed in
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<xref linkend="usage-mail-vfolders">. The next one is
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<guilabel>External Directories</guilabel>, which (FIXME: What is
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this for?). The most important one is probably
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<guilabel>Local</guilabel>, which contains all the data that's
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actually stored on your computer. If you click on the plus sign
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plus sign next to the <guilabel>Local</guilabel> folder, you'll
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see the contents:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>, for appointments and
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event listings.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Contacts</guilabel>, for address cards.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Directories</guilabel>, for Internet contact directories.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>, for incoming mail.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, which is for drafts of
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messages and mail that's already been sent.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Right-clicking will bring up a menu for just about anything
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in GNOME, and <application>Evolution</application> is no
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exception. If you right-click on a folder, you'll have a
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menu with the following options:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Something</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Something</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Something</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>.
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</para>
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<tip>
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<title>Context-Sensitive Help</title>
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<para>
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GNOME 2.0 supports context-sensitive help, which means you can
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almost always get help on an item by right-clicking it. If
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you're not sure what something is, or don't know what you can
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do with it, choosing <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> from the
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right-click menu is a good way to find out.
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</para>
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</tip>
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<para>
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Any time new information arrives in a folder, that folder label
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is displayed as bold text.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can move folders and other items using
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<glossterm>drag-and-drop</glossterm>. You can drag the folders
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inside the folder view to change their order or put one folder
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inside another. To delete a folder, right-click it and select
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<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> from the menu that pops up.
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The same goes for individual messages, appointments, and address
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cards, whether they're in the <interface>folder view</interface>
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or not: drag them where you want them, and they will go there.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="usage-mainwindow-menubar">
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<title>The Menu Bar</title>
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<para>
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The <interface>menu bar</interface>'s contents will always
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provide all the possible actions for any view of your data.
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That means that, depending on the context, menu bar items will
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change. If you're looking at your Inbox, most of the menu items
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will relate to mail; some will relate to other components of
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<application>Evolution</application> and some, especially those
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in the <guimenu>File Menu</guimenu> will relate to the
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application as a whole. You can probably guess that the
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<guimenu>Help Menu</guimenu> is where to go for help, and that
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the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu controls the way that
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<application>Evolution</application> looks. Other menu items
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are a little less obvious, and change a little more, so we'll
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cover them later on as we discuss the things you can do with
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<application>Evolution</application>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Once you've familiarized yourself with the <interface>main
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window</interface> you can start doing things with it.
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We'll start with your email inbox: you've got a letter
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waiting for you already.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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