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<chapter id="usage-summary">
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<title>Using the Ximian Evolution Summary</title>
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<sect1 id="summary-intro">
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<title>Introducing the Summary</title>
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<para>
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The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to know
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quickly. It will show you your tasks for that day, how many
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emails are waiting for you, and much more.
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</para>
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<para>
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To begin using your Summary, click on the <guilabel>Shortcut
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Bar</guilabel> or <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> at the top of the
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<guilabel>Folder Bar</guilabel>. By default, you will see:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Weather Reports
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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News feeds from the Internet
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Your mail summary, showing you how many new emails are
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waiting in selected mail boxes.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Appointments
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Tasks
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="customizing-summary">
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<title>Customizing the Summary's Modules</title>
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<para>
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<application>Evolution's</application> modules can be customized
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to suit your needs. For example, you can choose which mail
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boxes are summarized, and which news services appear.
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</para>
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<note id="summary-http-proxy">
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<title>Using the Summary through an HTTP Proxy</title>
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<para>
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If you use an HTTP proxy, <application>Ximian
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Evolution</application> must be able to find it through the
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<systemitem>gnome-vfs</systemitem> subsystem before it can
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access news and weather from the Internet. This is also
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the case if you wish to load remote images into HTML mail
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message. You can tell the GNOME Virtual File System about
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your HTTP proxy in one of two ways:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Configure it with Nautilus</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Open a Nautilus window
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Preferences</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Edit Preferences</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Go to the <guilabel>Navigation</guilabel> tab.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click the <guilabel>Use HTTP Proxy</guilabel>
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checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP
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proxy in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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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>Configure it with the gconftool command</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Open a terminal.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Enter the command
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<command>
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gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE"
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</command>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Enter the command
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<command>
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gconftool --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url"
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</command>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Enter the command
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<command>
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gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080"
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</command>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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For more information about the gconftool command,
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read the gconftool man page.
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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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</note>
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<sect2 id="customizing-summary-weather">
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<title>Customizing the Weather Summary</title>
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<para>
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To add a city to be displayed in the weather:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click the <guilabel>Weather</guilabel> tab.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Select the city on the left hand column.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<tip id="measurments">
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<title>Metric or Imperial?</title>
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<para>
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<application>Evolution</application> supports both
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Imperial and Metric measurement for weather reports.
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</para>
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</tip>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="customizing-feeds">
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<title>Customizing Your News Feeds</title>
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<para>
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To customize your news feeds:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click the <guilabel>News Feeds</guilabel> tab.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Select the news news feed on the left column.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="customizing-mail">
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<title>Customizing Your Mail Summary</title>
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<para>
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To customize your mail summary:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click the <guibutton>Mail</guibutton> tab.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Select the mail folder you want to see in the preview on the left.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="customizing-cal">
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<title>Customizing Your Schedule Summary</title>
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<para>
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To customize your calendar summary:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Summary Settings</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click the <guibutton>Schedule</guibutton> tab.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Choose whether you'd like appointments displayed for one
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day, five days, a week, or a month.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Choose whether you'd like to display all tasks, or just
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the tasks due today.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter> |