<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!-- Define an entity for your application if it is not part of KDE CVS --> <!ENTITY i18n-pimsettingexporter "<application>pimsettingexporter</application>"> <!ENTITY knode "<application>Knode</application>"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> <!ENTITY imap "<acronym>IMAP</acronym>"> ]> <article id="pimsettingexporter" lang="&language;"> <articleinfo id="pimsettingexporterinfo"> <title>The &i18n-pimsettingexporter; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author> <personname> <firstname>Laurent</firstname> <surname>Montel</surname> </personname> &Laurent.Montel.mail; </author> <author> <firstname>Scarlett</firstname> <surname>Clark</surname> <affiliation><address> &Scarlett.Clark.mail; </address></affiliation> </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>2013</year> <holder>&Laurent.Montel;</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2013-12-02</date> <releaseinfo>&kde; 4.12</releaseinfo> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para>&i18n-pimsettingexporter; allows to export and import pim settings and local mail. You can backup and restore settings from the following programs: <simplelist> <member>&kmail;</member> <member>&knotes;</member> <member>&knode;</member> <member>&akregator;</member> <member>&kaddressbook;</member> <member>&kalarm;</member> <member>&kjots;</member> </simplelist> </para> <sect2 id="using-kapp"> <title>Using &i18n-pimsettingexporter;</title> <para>Backing up is an essential practice for all users. &i18n-pimsettingexporter; is a great tool for backing up or moving all of your settings and email to a new installation. You also use &i18n-pimsettingexporter; to import previous backups.</para> <para>You can use <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Export &kmail; Data...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> through the message view window or &i18n-pimsettingexporter; can be run as a standalone application by running &i18n-pimsettingexporter; in the application launcher.</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>&i18n-pimsettingexporter; Dialog</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pimsettingexporter.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>&i18n-pimsettingexporter; Dialog</phrase> </textobject> <caption> <para>&i18n-pimsettingexporter; Dialog</para> </caption> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>To perform a backup, <action>select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Back Up Data...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></action>, it will prompt you to close all kdepim applications. <warning><para>Make sure you close all windows, data loss is possible if you don't.</para></warning> Once you have closed them, click <guibutton>Yes</guibutton> to continue, or <guibutton>No</guibutton> to cancel.</para> <para>You will be prompted to create a backup name, enter the name into the <guilabel>File</guilabel> textbox, ⪚ <replaceable>mymailsettings</replaceable>. The default filetype it saves as is <filename role="extension">.zip</filename>, if you want a different type, uncheck <guilabel>Automatically select filename extension</guilabel> and append the extension to the end of your filename.</para> <para>The next screen will allow you to select what you wish to backup, by default everything is selected. <note> <para>&kmail; Mails selection will only backup mails in your <quote>Local Folders</quote>, it will backup &imap; settings and download messages upon restore. If you have emails on a &imap; server you wish to be backed up, you should use <ulink url="help:/akonadi_folderarchive_agent">Folder Archive Agent</ulink> to archive those emails to a local folder.</para> </note></para> <para>The final screen shows the log of the backup up process. You can close the window once you have reviewed the log and verified your backup was successful.</para> <para>To restore your backup, select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Restore Data...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> within &i18n-pimsettingexporter;.</para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para>&i18n-pimsettingexporter;</para> <para> Program copyright 2013 &Laurent.Montel; &Laurent.Montel.mail; </para> <para> Documentation Copyright © 2013 &Laurent.Montel; &Laurent.Montel.mail; &Scarlett.Clark; &Scarlett.Clark.mail; </para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove --> &underGPL; <!-- GPL License --> </sect1> <appendix id="installation"> <title>Installation</title> <sect1 id="compilation"> <title>Compilation and Installation</title> &install.compile.documentation; </sect1> </appendix> &documentation.index; </article> <!-- Local Variables: mode: xml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: vim:tabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; tab-width 2; indent-mode none; -->