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| Description |
This course uses what you know about Notes Release 4+ and teaches you how to be instantly productive in Lotus Notes R5. You will learn the most commonly used new R5 features as you participate in a shared discussion on a Domino Server.
During this course you will also use the updated design of your Mail database to send and reply to electronic mail and schedule appointments and meetings.
This course is NOT merely a listing of new features. You will actually work in Notes and perform real tasks as you learn about what is new with R5. |
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| Course Goals |
In this course, you will learn how to:
- navigate in the Notes R5 user interface
- create and manage Bookmarks and Bookmark Folders
- create a custom Welcome Page
- subscribe to databases to keep apprised of any new information
- use the new text formatting tools to create documents
- send, receive, and reply to electronic mail using the new R5 Mail design
- use the new Calendar design to schedule personal appointments as well as team meetings
- create a Group Calendar and query individual schedules.
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| Intended Audience |
This course is designed for individuals who already know how to use Notes Release 4.5+ and who work daily with the Notes
Mail
application to send e-mail and use its Calendaring and Scheduling features.
This course is part of a series of courses. Follow these paths to master all aspects of using Lotus Notes Release 5:
Courses later in the series assume that you have mastered the content of earlier courses. At the end of this course, you can learn more about Notes from other courses listed in the diagram. Each of the four courses (
Basics
,
Mail
,
Calendaring
and Scheduling
, and
Knowledge
Management
) go into more detail on subjects covered in this course.
If you are confident in your R 4.5+ skills, you can go straight from this course to the
Mobile Client
course to learn about Enhancements specific to using Notes as a remote client.
Note:
This course assumes that you already have Notes R5 installed and configured on your computer. |
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| Course Overview |
This course guides you as you experience the most widely used Notes features. It does not, however, delve into the details of how Notes works, how to develop applications, or administer Notes servers.
The procedures in this course are clearly outlined in step-by-step tables. You may find, however, that some procedures leave you hanging in a dialog box for you to figure out yourself. Take this time to investigate all the options, and when you are done, be sure to close the dialog box before continuing.
Feel free to experiment as you learn to navigate through Notes. You may just find a faster way to transform the way you work!
Outline
Topic 1: The New Look of R5
Key points
Why upgrade to R5?
Start Lotus Notes
Quick tour of the Notes interface
Get Help
Open an existing database
Exercise: Open Discussion database
Reopen a database
User Preferences
SmartIcons
Topic 2: Bookmarks
Key points
Default Bookmarks
Add Bookmark to Bookmark Bar
Move, Remove, Change Bookmark
Create Bookmark Folder
Modify Bookmark Folders
Exercise: Bookmarks
The Notes Workspace
Create Workspace Bookmark
Workspace migration to Bookmarks
Set Home Page
Return the Welcome Page to be the Home Page
Topic 3: Welcome Page
Key points
Information portal
Default Welcome Pages
Create new page style…
Exercise: Create custom Welcome Page
Database Subscriptions
Subscribe to a database
Work with Subscription Results
Select documents that match the selected criteria
Exercise: Subscribe to Class Discussion database
Topic 4: Rich Text Formatting
Key points
Format Rich Text using the Properties box
Minimized properties box
Use the default fonts
Bullets and numbers
Pictures
Highlighter
Exercise: Formatted discussion
Table types
Nested tables
Create table
Format table
Exercise: Add standard table
Exercise: Animated table
Find and Replace text
Print Preview
Topic 5: Mail Enhancements
Key points
Open your Mail database
Starting window
Create memo
Mail preferences
Signature
Exercise: Send memo
View/folder sorting
Delete mail
Track Messages
Topic 6: Mail Automation
Key points
Notes Minder application
Rules
Multiple Rules
Exercise: Rules
Out of Office agent
Topic 7: Calendar
Key points
Calendar overview
Create Calendar Entry
Create Appointment
Exercise: Create Appointment
Holidays
Print your calendar
Topic 8: Meetings and To Do's
Key points
Schedule a meeting
Invitation delivery options
Meetings view
Add Resources to a meeting
Exercise: Schedule a meeting and reserve a room
Group Calendar
To Do List overview
To Do's on your calendar
Group To Do's
Exercise: Group To Do
Topic 9: Search for Information
Key points
Full Text Search
Search for information
Search results
Exercise: Full Text Search
More options
Domain Search
Exercise: Domain Search |