# Getting Oriented with the Ximian Evolution Summary

## Using the Summary

The Ximian Evolution Summary can show you what you need to know quickly. It will show you your tasks for that day, how many emails are waiting for you, and much more.

To begin using your Summary, click on the Shortcut Bar or Summary at the top of the Folder Bar. By default, you will see:

- Weather Reports

- News feeds from the Internet

- Mail summary

- Appointments

- Tasks

## Customizing the Summary's Modules

Evolution's modules can be customized to suit your needs. For example, you can choose which mail boxes are summarized, and which news services appear.

### Using the Summary through an HTTP Proxy

If you use an HTTP proxy, Ximian Evolution must be able to find it through the `gnome-vfs` subsystem before it can access news and weather from the Internet. This is also the case if you wish to load remote images into HTML mail message. You can tell the GNOME Virtual File System about your HTTP proxy in one of two ways:

Configure it with Nautilus

- 1. Open a Nautilus window

  2. Select Preferences Edit Preferences .

  3. Go to the Navigation tab.

  4. Click the Use HTTP Proxy checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP proxy in the Location field.

Configure it with the gconftool command

- 1. Open a terminal.

  2. Enter the command `gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE"`

  3. Enter the command `gconftool --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url"`

  4. Enter the command `gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080"`

  For more information about the gconftool command, read the gconftool man page.

### Customizing the Weather Summary

To add a city to be displayed in the weather:

1. Click Summary in the Shortcut Bar.

2. Click Tools Summary Settings .

3. Click the Weather tab.

4. Select the city on the left hand column.

5. Click the Add button.

#### Metric or Imperial?

Evolution supports both Imperial and Metric measurement for weather reports. Imperial units are sometimes called British units, but are used almost exclusively in the United States. Britain, and most of the rest of the world, use metric units.

### Customizing Your News Feeds

To customize your news feeds:

1. Click Summary in the Shortcut Bar.

2. Click Tools Summary Settings .

3. Click the News Feeds tab.

4. Select the news news feed on the left column.

5. Click the Add button.

6. Click OK.

### Customizing Your Mail Summary

To customize your mail summary:

1. Click Summary in the Shortcut Bar.

2. Click Tools Summary Settings .

3. Click the Mail tab.

4. Select the mail folder you want to see in the preview on the left.

5. Click Add.

### Customizing Your Schedule Summary

To customize your calendar summary:

1. Click Summary in the Shortcut Bar.

2. Click Tools Summary Settings .

3. Click the Schedule tab.

4. Choose whether you'd like appointments displayed for one day, five days, a week, or a month.

5. Choose whether you'd like to display all tasks, or just the tasks due today.