DefaultApps
Requirement
For chapter 4, we must cover the following applications:
- Rhythmbox (audio)
- F-Spot (photo)
- Open Office (docs, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing)
- Tomboy (notes)
- Empathy (im)
- Firefox (web)
- Evolution (email)
- Totem (video)
- Ubuntu One (backup)
- Simple Scan (scanning) - this is included in Lucid by default. Shouldn't be too much work.
Suggested order of the chapter
- Getting online
- Network Manager
- Establishing a connection
- Wired
- Wireless
- Dialup
- Other connection methods
- Browsing the web
- Whole section is on starting and using Firefox
- Reading and composing email
- Running Evolution for the first time
- Setting up an IMAP connection
- Setting up a POP connection
- Setting up your sending options
- Finalizing account options
- Around the Evolution workspace
- [intro describing various parts of Evolution]
- Understanding the folder list
- Listing messages
- Previewing messages
- Checking and reading messages
- Checking mail
- Viewing HTML mail
- Finding messages
- Subscribing to IMAP folders
- Composing and replying to messages
- Composing new messages
- Replying to messages
- Using signatures
- Running Evolution for the first time
- Staying organized
- [intro to using evolution with or without an account]
- Managing your contacts
- Adding or editing a contact
- Searching for contacts
- Managing your schedule
- Viewing your calendar
- Adding a new event
- Working with others
- Keeping a task list
- Adding a task
- Completing a task
- Using instant messaging
- Running Empathy for the first time
- Adding/removing/editing accounts
- Adding/removing contacts
- Changing status
- Starting conversation
- Text chat
- Multiple people
- Audio
- Video
- Sending/receiving files
- Changing picture
- Changing status
- Viewing and editing photos
- Section on F-Spot
- Importing
- From file
- From digital camera
- Vesioning system
- F-spot layout
- Where f-spot save photos
- Organising photos (tagging)
- Editing Images
- Crop
- Red-eye Reduction
- Straighten
- Auto Colour
- Exporting to web services
- Listening to audio and music
- Section on Rhythmbox
- Watching video and movies
- Section on Totem
- Playing video files
- Playing DVDs
- Office applications
- Working with documents
- Working with spreadsheets
- Working with presentations
Other OpenOffice applications
- Taking notes
- section on Tomboy
- Synchronizing files
- section on Ubuntu One
Comments
- Added Simple Scan to the list of applications that we need to cover. - humphreybc
ubuntu-manual/Blueprints/DefaultApps (last edited 2010-02-18 16:44:13 by rutherford-220-165)