Chapter 11. Menu Reference

Table of Contents
Menus that are the same everywhere
Executive Summary Menus
Mail Menus
The Message Composer Menus
The Calendar Menus
The Appointment Editor Menus
Contact Manager Menus
The Contact Editor Menus

Evolution's menus may not hold the secret to happiness, they do hold every ability that Evolution has. This section will serve as a reference for all those menus, and the capabilites that they offer you.

In addition, the editor tools for messages, appointments, and contacts all have menu bars of their own. From left to right, the menus available to you when you are reading mail are: File, Edit, View, Settings, Message, Folderand Help.

Menus in Evolution are context-sensitive, which means that they vary depending on what you're doing. If you're reading your mail, you'll have mail-related menus; for your calendar, you'll have calendar-related menu items. Some menus, of course, like Help and File don't much, if at all, because they have more universal functions. But you'd never mark an address card as "read," or set the recurrence for an email message you've recieved. depending on whether you're looking at mail, contacts, or calendar information.

Menus that are the same everywhere

The File and Help menus in the main Evolution window do not change, because they refer to universal items. Other menus have contents that change depending on context.

File Menu

New... Submenu

Go to Folder

View the items in a particular folder.

Create New Folder

This item doesn't belong here any more.

Print Message

Print the current message.

Exit

Quit using Evolution.

The Help Menu

Help Index

Displays the table of contents for this document.

Getting Started

A quick look around, and a summary of the things Evolution can do for you.

Using the Mailer

An in-depth tour of Evolution Mail.

Using the Calendar

A step-by-step guide to using the Calendar.

Using the Contact Manager

Find your way around the Contact Manager.

Submit Bug Report

If you don't report them, they can't fix them. Select this item to let the developers know what's wrong.

About Evolution

Displays a window with information about the application and its authors. This has the same information as Appendix B.