# 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 find the proxy settings tool in the Control Center.

### Customizing the Weather Summary

To add a city to be displayed in the weather:

1. Choose Tools Settings and select the Summary Preferences tool.

2. Click the Weather tab.

3. Select the city on the left hand column.

4. Click the Add button.

Below the list of cities, you can select the time, in seconds, between updates, and whether you wish to see temperatures in Celsius or Farenheit.

### Customizing Your News Feeds

To customize your news feeds:

1. Choose Tools Settings and select the Summary Preferences tool. Then, choose the News Feeds tab.

2. In the left hand column, select the news feed to add to your display.

3. Click the Add button.

4. Click OK.

You can also add your own news feeds. Evolution will display RDF formatted XML news feeds from the website of your choice. For most sites, it's a file called "index.rdf."

### Customizing Your Mail Summary

To customize your mail summary:

1. Choose Tools Settings and select the Summary Preferences tool.

2. Click the Mail tab.

3. Expand the folder tree to the folders you wish to display in the Summary.

4. Click the checkbox to the left of that folder.

### Customizing Your Schedule Summary

To customize your calendar summary:

1. Choose Tools Settings and select the Summary Preferences tool.

2. Click the Schedule tab.

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

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