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	 <title>&applet; Manual</title>
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		<year>2009</year>
		<year>2010</year>
		<holder>Paul Cutler</holder>
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		<year>2002</year>
		<year>2003</year>
		<year>2004</year>
		<holder>Sun Microsystems</holder>
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		<year>2000</year>
		<holder>Dan Mueth</holder>
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		  <revnumber>&applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
		  <date>&date;</date>
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			 <para role="author">Paul Cutler</para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
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		  <revnumber>Clock Applet Manual V2.6</revnumber>
		  <date>&date;</date>
		  <revdescription>
			 <para role="author">Paul Cutler</para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
		  </revdescription>
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		<revision>
		  <revnumber>Clock Applet Manual V2.5</revnumber>
		  <date>February 2004</date>
		  <revdescription>
			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
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		<revision>
		  <revnumber>Clock Applet Manual V2.4</revnumber>
		  <date>September 2003</date>
		  <revdescription>
			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
		  </revdescription>
		</revision>
		<revision>
		  <revnumber>Clock Applet Manual V2.3</revnumber>
		  <date>January 2003</date>
		  <revdescription>
			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
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		<revision>
		  <revnumber>Clock Applet Manual V2.2</revnumber>
		  <date>August 2002</date>
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			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
		  </revdescription>
		</revision>
		<revision>
		  <revnumber>Clock Applet Manual V2.1</revnumber>
		  <date>June 2002</date>
		  <revdescription>
			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
		  </revdescription>
		</revision>
		<revision>
		  <revnumber>Clock Applet Manual V2.0</revnumber>
		  <date>March 2002</date>
		  <revdescription>
			 <para role="author">Sun Microsystems</para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
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		<revision>
		  <revnumber>&applet; Applet Manual</revnumber>
		  <date>April 2000</date>
		  <revdescription>
			 <para role="author">Dan Mueth
				<email>d-mueth@uchicago.edu</email></para>
			 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
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	 <releaseinfo> This manual describes version &appletversion; of the &applet; applet.
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	 </legalnotice>
	 <abstract role="description">
		<para>The <application>&applet;</application> applet displays the date and time, and when clicked, displays a calendar.  The <application>&applet;</application> can be customized to show seconds or a 12 or 24 hour clock.</para>
	 </abstract>
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<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->

  <sect1 id="clock-introduction">
	 <title>Introduction</title>

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		<title>&applet; Applet</title>
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				format="PNG"/>
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			 <textobject>
				<phrase>Shows &applet; applet.</phrase>
			 </textobject>
		  </mediaobject>
		</screenshot>
	 </figure>
    <!-- ==== End of Figure ======================================= -->
<para>
The <application>&applet;</application> applet displays the date and time, and when clicked, displays a calendar.  The <application>&applet;</application> can be customized to show seconds or a 12 or 24 hour clock.
</para>



<sect2 id="clock-introduction-add">
<title>To Add &applet; to a Panel</title>
  <para>Perform the following steps:</para>
         <orderedlist>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Right-click on the panel.
             </para>
           </listitem>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Choose <guimenuitem>Add to Panel</guimenuitem>.
             </para>
           </listitem>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Scroll down the list of items in the <guilabel>Add to Panel</guilabel> dialog, then select <guilabel>Clock</guilabel>.
             </para>
           </listitem>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </orderedlist>
    </sect2>
</sect1>
<!-- ================ Usage ================================ -->

  <sect1 id="clock-usage">
	 <title>Usage</title>

	<sect2 id="clock-usage-calendar">
	<title>To Show the Calendar</title>
	<para>Click on the applet to open a small calendar showing the current month. To close the calendar, click again on the part of the applet that is in the panel.</para>

	<para>You can change the month shown in the calendar by clicking the arrows to each side of the month and year text.</para>

	<para>Double-click a day in the calendar to launch the <application>Evolution</application> groupware application.</para>
	</sect2>

	<sect2 id="clock-usage-copy">
	<title>To Insert the Date or Time Into an Application</title>
<para>The <application>&applet;</application> applet takes the time from the system clock.
</para>
<para>
	To insert the date or time from the <application>&applet;</application> applet into an application, perform the following steps:</para>
	<orderedlist>
		<listitem>
			<para>Right-click on the <application>&applet;</application> applet.
			</para>
		</listitem>
		<listitem>
			<para>
				Choose one of the following menu items from the applet popup menu:
			</para>
			<itemizedlist>
				<listitem>
					<para>
					<guimenuitem>Copy Time</guimenuitem>
					</para>
				</listitem>
				<listitem>
					<para>
					<guimenuitem>Copy Date</guimenuitem>
					</para>
				</listitem>
			</itemizedlist>
		</listitem>
		<listitem>
			<para>
			Point to the location in your application where you want to insert the item.
			</para>
		</listitem>
		<listitem>
			<para>
			Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> or middle-click to insert the item.
			</para>
		</listitem>
		</orderedlist>
	</sect2>

	<sect2 id="clock-usage-adjust">
	<title>To Adjust the System Date or Time</title>
	<para>To adjust the system date or time that the <application>&applet;</application> applet displays, perform the following steps:	</para>
	<orderedlist>
	<listitem>
			<para>Right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Adjust Date &amp; Time</guimenuitem>.
			</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
			<para>Type the <literal>root</literal> password, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
			</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
			<para>The <application>&applet;</application> applet starts the system tool that sets the system date and time. Use the tool to adjust the date and time.
			</para>
	</listitem>
	</orderedlist>
	</sect2>

</sect1>

<!-- ============= Preferences ============================= -->

<sect1 id="clock-settings">
<title>Clock Preferences</title>
	<para>
	To configure the <application>&applet;</application>, right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. You will be presented with three tabs to change preferences for <guimenuitem>General</guimenuitem>,  <guimenuitem>Locations</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Weather</guimenuitem>.</para>


<sect2 id="generalprefs">
	<title>General Preferences</title>
	<variablelist>
		  <varlistentry>
			 <term><guilabel>Clock Format</guilabel></term>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>Select one of the following options:</para>
			 <itemizedlist>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>12 hour</guilabel></para>
			 <para>Display the time in the a.m./p.m. format.</para>
			 <note><para>This option is not shown if your session language does not use the 12 hour clock.
			</para></note>
			 </listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>24 hour</guilabel></para>
			 <para>Display the time in the 00.00 to 24.00 format.</para>
			 </listitem>
			 </itemizedlist>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		  <varlistentry>
			 <term><guilabel>Show the date</guilabel></term>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>Select this option to display the date in the applet.</para>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		  <varlistentry>
			 <term><guilabel>Show seconds</guilabel></term>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>Select this option to display seconds in the applet.</para>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		  <varlistentry>
			 <term><guilabel>Show the weather</guilabel></term>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>Select this option to display the the current weather forecast at your location.
			The weather will be displayed as an icon for sunny, cloudy, rain or more.</para>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		  <varlistentry>
			 <term><guilabel>Show temperature</guilabel></term>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>Select this option to display the temperature at your location.</para>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>

	</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="locationprefs">
	<title>Location Preferences</title>

	<variablelist>
		  <varlistentry>
			 <term><guilabel>Locations</guilabel></term>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>You can add one or more locations and their local time to be displayed in the Clock.
			To add a location:</para>
			 <itemizedlist>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>Press <guilabel>Add</guilabel></para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>Type the city, region or country name and as you type a list of options will appear
			in a drop down box.  Select a match from the pop-up and the <guilabel>Timezone</guilabel>,
			 <guilabel>Latitude</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Longitude</guilabel> entries will be
			automatically filled in.</para>
			 </listitem>
			 </itemizedlist>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
	</variablelist>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="weatherprefs">
	<title>Weather Preferences</title>

	<variablelist>
		  <varlistentry>
			 <term><guilabel>Weather</guilabel></term>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>You can display the Temperature unit in one of the following options from the drop down box:
			</para>
			 <itemizedlist>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>F</guilabel> (Fahrenheit)</para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>C</guilabel> (Celsius)</para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>K</guilabel> (Kelvin)</para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>Default</guilabel> The default display for your region.</para>
			 </listitem>
			 </itemizedlist>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		  <varlistentry>
			 <term><guilabel>Wind speed unit</guilabel></term>
			 <listitem>
			 <para>You can display the Speed unit in one of the following options from the drop down box:
			</para>
			 <itemizedlist>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>Beaufort scale</guilabel></para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>Knots</guilabel></para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>mph</guilabel> (miles per hour)</para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>km/h</guilabel> (kilometers per hour)</para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>Dm/a</guilabel> (meters per second)</para>
			</listitem>
			 <listitem>
			 <para><guilabel>Default</guilabel> The default display for your region.</para>
			 </listitem>
			 </itemizedlist>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
	</variablelist>


</sect2>
</sect1>

</article>