Chapter 3 Using Summary

The information in this chapter describes how to use Ximian Evolution Summary.

• Introduction to Summary

• To Print Your Summary

• Using Summary to Update Appointments and Tasks

Introduction to Summary

Summary gives you an overview of your day. Figure 3–1 shows a typical Summary window.

Figure 3–1 Typical Summary Window

The Summary window shows the following information:

My Weather

Displays weather information from the Internet. To view the website that provides the weather information, click on the My Weather link. You can customize your summary to show weather information for different locations.

News feeds

Displays news headlines from websites that provide news feeds. To view a story, click on the headline for the story. To view the website that provides the news headlines, click on the link at the top of the news headlines.

Mail summary

Shows the number of new messages in your folders, and the total number of messages in your folders. To display your email, click on the Mail summary link. If your Mail summary displays other folders, click on the link to the folder to display the folder.

Appointments

Shows your appointments and meetings. To display your calendar, click on the Appointments link.

Tasks

Shows your tasks that are not completed. Tasks that are overdue are displayed in different color than tasks that are in progress. To display your tasks, click on the Tasks link.

To reload your summary display, click on the Reload button.

You can perform some common actions from Summary, such as updating your appointments and tasks.

You can customize what information is displayed in your summary. For example, you can specify which folders to show in your mail summary. You can also specify the number of days for which you want to display appointments and tasks. For more information on customizing your summary, see Setting Summary Preferences.

By default, Summary displays only the appointments, meetings, and tasks, that are in your local folders. You can customize Ximian Evolution to display appointments, meetings, and tasks from your Sun Java System Calendar Server account. For more information on how to customize Evolution to display information from your Sun Java System Calendar Server account, see Sun Java System Calendar Server Accounts.

To Print Your Summary

To print your summary, click on the Print button. A Print Summary dialog is displayed. Select the options that you require from the Print Message dialog, then click on the Print button.

If you want to preview how the message looks when printed, click on the Print Preview button in the Print Summary dialog.

Using Summary to Update Appointments and Tasks

To update an appointment from Summary, click on the appointment. An Appointment window is displayed. Modify the details of the appointment in the Appointment window, choose File -> Save. For more information on working with appointments, see Chapter 5, Using Calendar.

To update a task from Summary, click on the task. A Task window is displayed. Modify the details of the task in the Task window, choose File -> Save. For more information on working with tasks, see Chapter 6, Using Tasks.