The Shortcut Bar - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - APPLICATION GUIDE 17-03-2009 Application Manual

Some content relates to other components of Evolution and some, especially those in
the File menu, relates to the application as a whole.
Anything related to a file or to the operations of the application usually falls
File:
under this menu, such as creating things, saving them to disk, printing them, and quitting
the program itself.
Edit: Contains 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
appearance of Evolution as a whole, and others the way a particular kind of information
appears.
Folder: Contains actions that can be performed on folders. You can find things like
copy, rename, delete, and so on.
Contains actions that can be applied to a message. If there is only one
Message:
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.

6.2.2 The Shortcut Bar

Evolution's most important job is to give you access to your 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 selected 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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