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2001-08-17 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: s/My Evolution/Summary/ * C/preface.sgml: Moved "Quickref" stuff to Menuref file. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: removed reference to faq. * C/menuref.sgml: Gutted. Filled with "quickref" stuff. * C/evolution.sgml: Removed FAQ. Re-added menuref. Menuref is now the "quick reference" section. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12182
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<!DOCTYPE preface PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
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<preface id="introduction">
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<!-- =============Introduction ============================= -->
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<sect1 id="what">
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<title>What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me?</title>
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<para>
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Information is useless unless it's organized and accessible;
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it's hardly even worth the name if you can't look at it and be
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<emphasis>informed</emphasis>.
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<application>Evolution</application>'s goal is to make the
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tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal
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information easier, so you can work and communicate with
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others. That is, it's a highly evolved <glossterm
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linkend="groupware">groupware</glossterm> program, an integral
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part of the Internet-connected desktop.
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</para>
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<para>
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Without all the hot air, that means it's a tool to help you
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get your work done.
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</para>
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<para>
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Because it's part of the GNOME project,
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<application>Evolution</application> is Free Software. The
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program and its source code are released under the terms of
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the GNU <ulink type="help" url="gnome-help:gpl"><citetitle>General
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Public License (GPL)</citetitle></ulink>, and the
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documentation falls under the <ulink type="help"
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url="gnome-help:fdl"><citetitle>Free Documentation
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License</citetitle></ulink> (FDL). For more information about
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the GPL and the FDL, visit the Free Software Foundation's
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website at <ulink
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url="http://www.fsf.org">http://www.fsf.org</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<application>Evolution</application> can help you work in a
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group by handling email, address and other contact
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information, and one or more calendars. It can do that on one
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or several computers, connected directly or over a network,
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for one person or for large groups.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <application>Evolution</application> project has four
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central goals:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The application must be <emphasis>both powerful and easy
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to use</emphasis>. In other words, it needs a familiar
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and intuitive interface that users can customize to their
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liking, and users should have access to shortcuts for
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complex tasks.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<application>Evolution</application> must meet and
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exceed the standards set by other groupware products.
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It must include support for major network <glossterm
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linkend="protocol">protocols</glossterm> so that it can
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integrate seamlessly with existing hardware and network
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environments.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The project must support open standards and be open to
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expansion, so that it can become a development platform
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as well as an application. From the simplest scripting
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to the most complex network and component programming,
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<application>Evolution</application> must offer
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developers an environment for cutting-edge application
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development.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Data must be safe: <application>Evolution</application>
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must not lose mail, corrupt mailbox files or other data,
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execute arbitrary <glossterm
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linkend="script">scripts</glossterm>, or delete files from
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your hard disk.
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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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<application>Evolution</application> is designed to make most
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daily tasks faster. For example, it takes only one or two
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clicks to enter an appointment or an address card sent to you
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by email, or to send email to a contact or appointment.
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<application>Evolution</application> makes displays faster and
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more efficient, so searches are faster and memory usage is
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lower. People who get lots of mail will appreciate advanced
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features like <link linkend="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">
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Virtual Folders</link>, which let you save searches as though
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they were ordinary mail folders.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="aboutbook">
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<title>About This Book</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>— it 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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<formalpara>
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<title>Typographical conventions</title>
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<para>
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Some kinds of words are marked off 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> typed at the command line</member>
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<member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for interface items</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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<tip id="example-tip">
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<title>Example 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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<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.
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</para>
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</example>
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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.
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</para>
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</warning>
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</sect1>
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</preface>
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