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The red circle with the white "x" indicates a configuration error, such as an
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incorrect login or server URL.
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-Using the Right-Click Menu
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+Systray Icon
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+------------
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-A right-click on the icon opens a menu for quick access to multiple operations.
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+A right-click on the systray icon opens a menu for quick access to multiple
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+operations.
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.. image:: images/menu.png
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:alt: the right-click sync client menu
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-The Desktop Client menu provides the following options:
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+This menu provides the following options:
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* Quick access to your accounts
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* Recent Changes, showing latest activities
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* Status of your client version (whether it is up to date)
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* Help menu
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-* An option to log out of all of your accounts at once
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+* An option to log in or log out of all of your accounts at once
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* Quit ownCloud
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-Using the Account Settings Window
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-.. index:: account settings, user, password, Server URL
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-Click **Settings** in the right-click menu to see a summary of your ownCloud
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-account settings, or left-click your systray icon. This shows which ownCloud
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-account you are connected to, (or accounts, if you have more than one) your
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-quota status, and a window for managing your synchronization settings.
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+A left-click on your systray icon opens the desktop client to the account
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+settings window.
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.. image:: images/client6.png
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:alt: Account settings window
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+Configuring ownCloud Account Settings
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+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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+
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+.. index:: account settings, user, password, Server URL
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+
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At the top of the window are tabs for each configured sync account, and three
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others for Activity, General and Network settings. On your account tabs you
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have the following features:
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@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ have the following features:
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* Connection status, showing which ownCloud server you are connected to, and
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your ownCloud username.
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* An **Account** button, which contains a dropdown menu with **Add New**,
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- **Sign Out**, and **Remove**.
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+ **Sign In/Sign Out**, and **Remove**.
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* Used and available space on the server.
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* Current synchronization status.
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* **Add Folder Sync Connection** button, which is active only when you have
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**Open Folder** opens a file explorer window displaying the client-side folder
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that is being synced.
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-**Choose What to Sync** opens the folder sync tree view. From there you can
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-choose to sync all or only some of the folders in the folder tree.
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+**Choose What to Sync** opens the folder sync tree view. Use this to sync all
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+or only some of the folders in the folder tree.
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-**Pause Sync** pauses sync operations for just this folder sync connection
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-without making any changes to your account.
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-**Resume Sync** resumes sync operations for this folder sync connection.
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+**Pause Sync** pauses sync operations without making any changes to your
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+account. It will continue to update file and folder lists, without
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+downloading or updating files. To stop all sync activity use **Remove Sync**.
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-**Remove Sync** removes this folder sync connection without removing the
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-account. If you want to synchronize the folder tree again then click the
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-**Add Folder Sync Connection** button, and re-select the folder tree that
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-you want to sync.
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+**Resume Sync** resumes sync operations.
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+
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+**Remove Sync** removes the sync connection without removing the account. This
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+stops all sync activity, including file and folder list updates. If you want to
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+synchronize the folder tree again then click the **Add Folder Sync Connection**
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+button, and re-select the folder tree that you want to sync.
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.. image:: images/client-7.png
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:alt: Extra options for sync operations
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+Activity Window
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+---------------
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The Activity window contains the log of your recent activities, including files
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-downloaded and deleted, and which local folders your files went into.
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+downloaded and deleted, which local folders your files went into, and files not
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+synced.
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+
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+.. image:: images/client-8.png
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+ :alt: Activity windows logs all server and client activities.
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+
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+General Window
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The General window has configuration options such as **Launch on System
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Startup**, **Use Monochrome Icons**, and **Show Desktop Notifications**. This
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files editor, and **Ask confirmation before downloading
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folders larger than [folder size]**.
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-Multi-Account Support
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-You may now configure multiple ownCloud accounts in your desktop sync client.
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-Simply click the **Account** > **Add New** button, and then follow the account
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-creation wizard. The new account will appear as a new tab in the settings
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-dialog, where you can adjust its settings at any time.
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-Editing Ignored Files
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+.. image:: images/client-9.png
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+ :alt: General window contains configuration options.
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-The Ignored Files Editor can be opened by clicking on the button in the General
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-tab of the settings dialog. The settings apply to all configured accounts. The
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-:guilabel:`Ignored Files Editor` provides a list of files that are ignored
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-(that is, not synchronized) by the client and server during synchronizations.
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-You may add additional files or directories that you want to exclude from the
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-synchronization process. In addition to using standard characters, the Ignored
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-Files Editor enables you to use wild cards (for example, using an asterisk ‘*’
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-to indicate multiple characters or a question mark ‘?’ to indicate a single
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-character).
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+Adding New Accounts
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+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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-For additional information see `Using the Ignored Files
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-Editor`_
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+You may configure multiple ownCloud accounts in your desktop sync client. Simply
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+click the **Account** > **Add New** button to add new account, and then follow
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+the account creation wizard. The new account will appear as a new tab in the
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+settings dialog, where you can adjust its settings at any time. Use **Account**
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+> **Remove** to delete accounts.
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Using the Network Window
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You might have some local files or directories that you do not want to backup
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and store on the server. To identify and exclude these files or directories, you
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-can use the *Ignored Files Editor*.
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+can use the *Ignored Files Editor* (General tab.)
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.. image:: images/ignored_files_editor.png
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Carla Schroder
