Leopard and Mail

I would like to download a pdf which outlines ALL aspects of using Mail, Address Book, etc. I am new to these and find it ackward looking at help pages at the same time I'm setting thing up.
I previously used Entourage for Mac but it does not play well with the latest Leopard update. I like Entourage's color coded contacts, etc and some other things and would love to replicate these in Mail.
Anyone know where I can find a downloadable user manual pdf for Mail and Address Book???

AFAIK there is no such animal. Yes, it is awkward to try and use Help as a substitute for a manual.
My best recommendation is the Missing Manual series on Mac OS X by David Pogue.

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HI,
Try launching Safari and Mail from the Applications folder. If it works, drag the Safari and Mail icons off the Dock. Just drag straight up. They'll go poof.
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In our company, everyone has his/her own IMAP account: [email protected].
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Tomovich wrote:
But the archive and junk files are not shown like that online.
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I am running Snow Leopard and have run the Keychain repair a few times to no avail.
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This is frequent, not just occasionally. All cancel does is stop the email from coming through until I provide the password.
I thought about it being on the provider's end but it never happened when I was using Entourage, I just don't particularly like that program.
I don't understand why this problem has gone on so long without Apple doing something to fix it but I will continue to look for alternatives to the Apple Mail program. If I find a good one I will let all know through avenue.
Thanks again to all who tried to help.

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I'm wondering if the problems at Google, considering the coincidence of time line, might have something to do with this upgrade and the number of Apple users attempting to upgrade and sync.
Not according to this:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-on-todays-gmail-issue.html
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I suggest you ask in the snow leopard server forum
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