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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Orage</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../xfce.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="#orage" title="Orage"><link rel="next" href="#orage-intro" title="Introduction"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="orage"></a>Orage</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Juha</span> <span class="surname">Kautto</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:juha@xfce.org">juha@xfce.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Mickael</span> <span class="surname">Graf</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:korbinus@xfce.org">korbinus@xfce.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Benedikt</span> <span class="surname">Meurer</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:benny@xfce.org">benny@xfce.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="releaseinfo">This manual describes <strong xmlns="" class="application"><code>orage</code></strong> version 4.5.13.
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Orage</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../xfce.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="#orage" title="Orage"><link rel="next" href="#orage-intro" title="Introduction"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="orage"></a>Orage</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Juha</span> <span class="surname">Kautto</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:juha@xfce.org">juha@xfce.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Mickael</span> <span class="surname">Graf</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:korbinus@xfce.org">korbinus@xfce.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Benedikt</span> <span class="surname">Meurer</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:benny@xfce.org">benny@xfce.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="releaseinfo">This manual describes <strong xmlns="" class="application"><code>orage</code></strong> version 4.5.91.
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<br></br></span></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright � 2006-2008 Juha Kautto</p></div></div><hr></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-intro">Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-getting-started">Getting started</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-calendar-window">The calendar window</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#calendar-menu-bar">The menu bar</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#calendar-window">The calendar</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#calendar-todo-window">The TODO list</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#calendar-events-window">The EVENT list</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-eventlist-window">The event list window</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#event%20list-action-bar">The button bar</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#eventlist-tabs">The tabs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#eventlist-appointments">The appointment list</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-daylist-window">The day list window</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#daylist-action-bar">The button bar</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#daylist-parameters">The parameters</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#daylist-list">The day list</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-appointment-window">The appointment window</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#appointment-action-bar">The button bar</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#appointment-general-tab">The general tab</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#appointment-alarm-tab">The alarm tab</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#appointment-recurrence-tab">The recurrence tab</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-exchangedata-window">The exchange data window</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#exchange-impexp-tab">The import export tab</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#exchange-oragefiles-tab">The orage files tab</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#exchange-foreign-tab">The foreign files tab</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-preferences-window">The preferences window</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences-main-tab">The main tab</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences-display-tab">The display tab</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences-extra-tab">The extra tab</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-undocumented">Undocumented Features</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#orage-faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>�</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="orage-intro"></a>Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p>
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Orage is a time-managing application of the
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</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="calendar-events-window"></a>The EVENT list</h3></div></div></div><p>
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Below the TODO list you see your events from the selected date.
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Check the tooltip for more details of the event. Also events can be
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edited by double clicking them.
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</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="orage-eventlist-window"></a>The event list window</h2></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="orage-eventlist-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure�7.�Orage event list window</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/orage_eventlist.png" alt="The event list window."></div></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>
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The event list (or appointment list as it is also called) window shows all
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activites that you have reserved for the day (date is shown in the window
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</li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="eventlist-tabs"></a>The tabs</h3></div></div></div><p>
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Each of the four tabs selects the type of appointments to show.
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There may also be extra selections possible depending on the tab.
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You can select tab by clicking it or by using the mouse wheel.
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Let's check each tab:
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
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Event: the event tab shows all EVENT type appointments happening on
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also use duration similarly than with events. Todos have no
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availability, but instead they have completed time. After you
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set the completed time, the todo is done and is removed from
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lists visible in main calendar and in todo appontment tab.
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lists visible in main calendar and in todo appointment tab.
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Journals are just notes. They do not have end times nor
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availability. It is not possible to add alarm or recurrency for
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Free format text, which you can use to categorize your appointment.
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It is also possible to create a list of categories and associate
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those to colours. You can then pick one of those and get your
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appointment to be show with that colour in the event list window.
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appointment to be shown with that colour in the event list window.
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</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Note</span></dt><dd><p>
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Free format text, where you can and should explain more
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the appointment. It is shown in the alarm window. Scrollbars
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wrong, you can try to set this. 0 = Monday, 1 = Tuesday...
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</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="orage-faq"></a>Frequently Asked Questions</h2></div></div></div><p>
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Some common questions and answers.
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Why does my week start on Saturday?
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wrong and after that you need to recompile your locale database.
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You can do this with so called foreig files. Add your file as
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and <strong class="application"><code>orage</code></strong> includes the appointmemts (After this you can not tell
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the difference anymore, so you can not easily move them back to
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where they came form.)
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feature, but unfortunately <strong class="application"><code>orage</code></strong> does not include that feature.
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