Lotus Notes R4.5 Fundamentals

Audience

This course is intended for end users who are interested in using Lotus Notes 4.5. Participants should have taken Microsoft Windows 95 - Fundamentals (Course 70011).

Objective

Upon completion of this course the student will understand:

• Identify the basic components and operations of Lotus Notes 4.5.
• Add and close a database.
• Work with documents in a database.
• Work with messaging tools.
• Work with agents and the Web Navigator database.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Lotus Notes R4.5: Getting Started 1 - 2 hours

• Identify the features of Lotus Notes.
• Configure Lotus Notes by using the Notes Workstation Setup dialog box.
• Label the components of the Lotus Notes workspace with their purpose.
• Customize a workspace page by using the pop-up menu.
• Match the database components with their descriptions.
• Create a mail message.
• Set the delivery options of a mail message.
• Reply to a mail message.
• Sort mail messages by name.
• Delete a mail message.
• Change the letterhead in a mail message.
• Attach a file to a message.
• Detach a message from a mail message.

Unit 2: Database and Documents 1 - 2 hours

• Add a database icon to the workspace page.
• Delete a database icon.
• Create a document in a database.
• Change the location of the Preview pane to display a document.
• Respond to a document by using the action bar.
• Edit a document.
• Format the text in a document.
• Format the paragraphs of a document.
• Create a list in a document.
• Create and customize a table in a document.
• Create a folder.
• Move documents from a view into folders.
• Search for a word in a document.
• Display documents that contain a specific word.
• Search a Full Text indexed database for documents by using the By Author option.
• Search a Full Text indexed database for documents by using the By Date option.
• Search a Full Text indexed database for documents by using the Words and Phrases option.
• Capture a printer port to print documents.
• Add a header to a document to be printed.
• Print the document titles from a view.

Unit 3: Messaging Tools 2 hours

• Set the Calendar Profile.
• Create an appointment in a calendar.
• Complete the calendar entry to create an invitation by using the Invitations Section.
• Create an event in a calendar.
• Modify a calendar entry.
• Create a task in a to do list.
• Track a task in a to do list.
• Modify a task in a to do list.
• Set the properties in a Delegation Profile.
• Create an Out of Office message.
• Create a Phone Message memo.

TUnit 4: Advanced Features 2 hours

• Change the password.
• Switch the User ID.
• Customize the Basics option in the User Preferences dialog box to automate the various routine tasks.
• Add a graphic in a document.
• Create a collapsible section in a document.
• Create a hotspot in a document.
• Link a document to another document.
• Create a database.
• Compact a database.
• Archive a database.
• Create a group in a database.
• Identify the features of agents.
• Create an agent.
• Identify the features of Web Navigator.
• Open a Web page by using the Home Navigator view.
• Search for a Web page containing specific information.
• Forward a Web page to a user.
• Use a bookmark to return to Web page.
• Revisit a Web page.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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