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Edit
Holds useful tools that help you edit text and move it around. Lets you access the
settings and configuration options in the Edit menu.
View
Lets you decide how Evolution should look. Some of the features control the ap-
pearance of Evolution as a whole, and others the way a particular kind of information
appears.
Folder
Holds actions that can be performed on folders. You can find things like copy, re-
name, delete, and so on.
Message
Holds actions that can be applied to a message. If there is only one target for the
action, such as replying to a message, you can normally find it in the Message
menu.
Search
Lets you search for messages, or for phrases within a message. You can also see
previous searches you have made. In addition to the Search menu, there is a text
entry box in the toolbar that you can use to search for messages. You can also create
a search folder from a search.
Help
Opens the Evolution Help files.
4.2.2 The Shortcut Bar
Evolution's most important job is to give you access to your mails, calendar, tasks and
contact information and help you use it quickly. One way it does that is through the
shortcut bar, which is the column on the left side of the main window. The buttons,
such as Mail and Contacts, are the shortcuts. Above them is a list of folders for the
current Evolution tool.
The folder list organizes your e-mail, calendars, contact lists, and task lists in a tree,
similar to a file tree. Most people find one to four folders at the base of the tree, depend-
ing on the tool and their system configuration. Each Evolution tool has at least one,
called On This Computer, for local information. For example, the folder list for the e-
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