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11 <articleinfo id="importwizardinfo">
13 <title>The &i18n-importwizard; Handbook</title>
15 <authorgroup>
16 <author>
17 <personname>
18 <firstname>Laurent</firstname>
19 <surname>Montel</surname>
20 </personname>
21 <email>montel@kde.org</email>
22 </author>
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24 </authorgroup>
26 <copyright>
27 <year>2013</year>
28 <holder>Laurent Montel</holder>
29 </copyright>
31 <date>2013-11-14</date>
32 <releaseinfo>4.12 (&kde; 4.12)</releaseinfo>
34 </articleinfo>
36 <sect1 id="introduction">
37 <title>Introduction</title>
39 <para>&i18n-importwizard; allows to import emails, settings, addressbook and calendar data in
40 your user account from the following mailers:</para>
41 <simplelist>
42 <member>Trojitá</member>
43 <member>Evolution 1.x - 3.x</member>
44 <member>OS X Mail</member>
45 <member>Opera</member>
46 <member>Sylpheed</member>
47 <member>Thunderbird/Mozilla</member>
48 <member>The Bat!</member>
49 <member>Outlook Express</member>
50 <member>Balsa</member>
51 <member>Pegasus-Mail</member>
52 <member>Claws Mail</member>
53 </simplelist>
55 <para>You can start &i18n-importwizard; can either from the application launcher or from &kmail; with <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import Wizard...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
56 </para>
58 <note>
59 <para>Close &kmail; before importing data. Some plugins will modify &kmail;'s configuration file.</para>
60 </note>
62 <para>For information about other utilities to import mails please read the
63 <ulink url="help:kmailcvt">KMailCVT Handbook</ulink> and the chapter
64 <ulink url="help:/pimsettingexporter">PIM Setting Exporter</ulink> in &kmail;'s handbook.</para>
66 <sect2 id="using-kapp">
67 <title>Using &i18n-importwizard;</title>
69 <para>At startup the import wizard will detect all supported email applications,
70 and list them for you in the window. Select the email application you want to import from,
71 and click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button. The wizard will then ask if you want to import everything,
72 or give you options to select which types of materials you want to import.</para>
74 <screenshot>
75 <screeninfo>Import Selection</screeninfo>
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78 <imagedata fileref="import-selection.png" format="PNG"/>
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80 <textobject>
81 <phrase>Import Selection</phrase>
82 </textobject>
83 <caption>
84 <para>Import Selection</para>
85 </caption>
86 </mediaobject>
87 </screenshot>
89 <para>Depending on your selections in the materials to import screen,
90 you will see one or more of the following screens:</para>
92 <itemizedlist>
94 <listitem><para>To <guilabel>Import mail messages</guilabel>, you need to
95 select the folder you want your email messages to import into.
96 Once selected, click the <guibutton>Import Mails</guibutton> button.
97 Once the progress bar reaches 100%, click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button,
98 or the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button, if this was your last material
99 selection.</para></listitem>
101 <listitem><para>To <guilabel>Import mail filters</guilabel>, click the <guibutton>Import
102 Filters</guibutton> button and it will import any filters it found, once finished click
103 the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button, or the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button,
104 if this was your last material selection.</para></listitem>
106 <listitem><para>To <guilabel>Import settings</guilabel>, click the <guibutton>Import
107 Settings</guibutton> button. The wizard will ask you some questions &eg; which folder
108 to use for account folders that do not exist. The wizard will also create your identity.
109 Once complete, click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button, or the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton>
110 button, if this was your last material selection.</para></listitem>
112 <listitem><para>To <guilabel>Import address books</guilabel>, click the <guibutton>Import
113 address book</guibutton> button, and it will import all address books it finds.
114 Once complete, click the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
116 </itemizedlist>
118 <para>Click the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button to complete and exit the wizard.
119 If at any time you wish to end the wizard, you can click the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>
120 button.</para>
122 </sect2>
124 <sect2 id="credits">
126 <title>Credits and License</title>
128 <para>&i18n-importwizard;</para>
129 <para>
130 Program copyright 2013 Laurent Montel montel@kde.org
131 </para>
132 <para>
133 Documentation Copyright &copy; 2013 Laurent Montel montel@kde.org
134 </para>
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139 &underGPL; <!-- GPL License -->
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