Thunderbird:Help Documentation:Base
Important Stuff:
The outline provided us with a starting list of topics to cover. What follows below is a (still partial) list of the topics that will be presented in documentation. Consolidation and rearrangement will probably happen until we get a good, stable base for help docs.
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General Help Topics
- Welcome Page
- Menu Reference
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Managing Mail Accounts
- Creating an Account (separate from prev. for the account setup wizard)
- Migrating to Mozilla Thunderbird (should include info for transfers on all platforms, as platform-specific stuff will be hidden when this gets in builds)
- Dealing with Junk Mail
- Storing Contact Information
- Finding Information in Messages (for searching through email, both using the find box and via menu items, others if they exist)
- Writing Messages
- The Options Window
- Display Options (window layout options, changing displayed columns, working with the folder pane, turning off previews, etc.)
Platform-Specific Topics
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac
Other
Obsolete, Crufty (Yet Possibly Reusable) Docs
These documents were made before we started outlining what's needed in Thunderbird Help, so they don't quite fit the scheme. Additionally, they're very old and probably contain invalid information. We shouldn't just copy this stuff over, because it's going to be wrong in many places, but it might still have some useful contributions.