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help: Update composer docs

See merge request GNOME/geary!496
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email, and make more changes to it.</p> email, and make more changes to it.</p>
</note> </note>
<p>When entering an email address in the <gui <p>To show the <gui style="input">Cc</gui>, <gui style="input">Bcc</gui>,
style="input">To</gui> and <gui style="input">Cc</gui> fields, and <gui style="input">Reply-to</gui> fields, click the
<gui style="input">More options</gui> button at the end of the
<gui style="input">To</gui> field. Cc allows you to send a
copy of the email to other, secondary recipients. Bcc is similar, but the
Bcc list is hidden from recipients. The Reply-To field specifies an email
address to reply to, if recipients should reply to a different email
address than the sender's.</p>
<p>When entering an email address into any of these fields,
Geary will provide suggestions from your desktop address book and Geary will provide suggestions from your desktop address book and
from previously sent and received email messages. To choose one of from previously sent and received email messages. To choose one of
these suggestions, simply click on it. In addition, <gui these suggestions, simply click on it.</p>
style="input">Bcc</gui> and <gui style="input">Reply-to</gui>
fields can be shown by selecting <gui style="menu">Show extended
fields</gui> from the formatting toolbar menu.</p>
<p>To reply to the currently selected conversation, click one of <p>To reply to the currently selected conversation, click one of
the <gui style="button">Reply</gui>, <gui style="button">Reply the <gui style="button">Reply</gui>, <gui style="button">Reply
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<title>Text formatting, images and attachments</title> <title>Text formatting, images and attachments</title>
<p>Geary's email composer lets you use text styles such as <p>Geary's email composer lets you use text styles such as
<em>bold</em> and <em>italic</em>, indent text to quote it and <em>bold</em> and <em>italic</em>, indent text to quote it, and
links to web pages. Simply select the text and click the links to web pages. Simply select the text and click the
appropriate button on the formatting toolbar.</p> appropriate button on the formatting toolbar at the bottom of the
composer area.</p>
<p>Bulleted and numbered lists can be inserted or removed by <p>Bulleted and numbered lists can be inserted or removed by
clicking the <gui style="button">Bulleted list</gui> and <gui clicking the <gui style="button">Bulleted list</gui> and <gui
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<p>Documents, music, videos, and other files can be attached to <p>Documents, music, videos, and other files can be attached to
the email by clicking the <gui style="button">Attach File</gui> the email by clicking the <gui style="button">Attach File</gui>
button at the top of the composer window and selecting the button at the bottom of the composer window and selecting the
document to attach, or by dragging a file from the document to attach, or by dragging a file from the
<gui>Files</gui> application to the composer window, and dropping <gui>Files</gui> application to the composer window, and dropping
it either on the text fields at the top of the window or on the it either on the text fields at the top of the window or on the
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<p>If you save or discard a composed email, you can re-open it <p>If you save or discard a composed email, you can re-open it
by clicking <gui style="button">Undo</gui> on the pop-up by clicking <gui style="button">Undo</gui> on the pop-up
notification that appears or by typing notification that appears or by typing
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>. The ability to <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>. Composers can be reopened
restore a saved or discarded composer will be remain for up to for up to 30 minutes after they are closed. After that, you will need to
30 minutes. After that you will need to re-open the message via re-open the message via the <gui>Drafts</gui> folder, if present.</p>
the <gui>Drafts</gui> folder, if present.</p>
</note> </note>
</section> </section>
<section id="plain-text"> <section id="plain-text">
<title>Plain text messages</title> <title>Plain text messages</title>
<p>Geary can also send plain text messages. In the drop-down menu, <p>Geary can also send plain text messages. Press the
check or uncheck <gui style="menu">Rich Text</gui> to toggle <gui style="button">More options</gui> button at the end of the bottom
between plain text and rich text mode. Plain text mode is useful toolbar, then choose "Rich Text" or "Plain Text". Plain text mode is useful
when sending email to mailing lists that prohibit rich text (HTML) when sending email to mailing lists that prohibit rich text (HTML)
messages, or when sending email to people that do no use modern messages, or when sending email to people that do no use modern
clients like Geary.</p> clients like Geary.</p>