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Description
This course is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge of Lotus Notes and discusses the relationship between database, documents, forms and views.
Audience
(Currently no course audience information)
Prerequisites
(Currently no course prerequisite information)
Topics Include
Notes Basics
What is Notes?
- Explains what Notes is and introduces the Notes workspace;
Starting Notes
- How to start and exit Lotus Notes;
- Concepts are definitions introduced include the user password
and user ID file;
- Explains how to start Notes from the Windows desktop;
- Explain how to open a Notes database, enter a password, lock
the user ID, and exit Notes;
The Notes Workspace
- Introduces the Notes workspace;
- Concept and definitions include the workspace, workpages, menu
bar, status bar, and SmartIcons;
- Describes the basic features of the workspace and explains how
to switch between workpages, rename workpages and how to move databases between workpages.
Notes Databases
Databases
- Discusses the relationship between databases, documents,
forms, and views;
- Adding icon to a workpage;
Documents
- Explains what a document is and discusses the differences
between regular and response documents;
- Opening, closing, and creating a new document and creating a
new response document;
- Explains the use of the navigation buttons and introduces the
concept of categories.
Notes Mail
Reading Mail
- Introduces the mail database and explains how to open and read
mail messages;
- Similarities between mail database and other databases are
emphasized;
- How to open and close the mail database-the use of inbox is
explained;
- Creating & Sending Mail
- How to create and send a mail message using Notes Mail;
- How to select an alternate E-mail editor;
- Using the Address Book
- Introduces the Public Address Book and the Personal Address
Book;
- How to add new names to the Personal Address Book;
- How to copy a return address from an existing mail message.
- Process of creating a mailing list, including automatic group
creation;
Managing Mail
- Explains sorting, organizing, and deleting documents, as well
as dealing with unread marks;
- Changing the mail User Preferences is covered;
- Use of Mail agents is discussed, including archiving and
emptying trash;
Using Attachments
- How to work with attachments;
- Recognizes attachments, viewing, launching, and detaching
attached files;
- How to attach a file to your Notes document.
Calendar
Using the Calendar
- Introduces the Calendar view of Lotus Notes;
- Explains how to open the calendar, view different years, and
select specific dates;
- Demonstrates how to turn pages in the calendar and how to set
different calendar views;
- Discusses the different types of entries found in the
calendar;
- Demonstrates how to open and view a calendar entry;
- Explains how to how create a Calendar Profile and how to view
other people's calendars;
Creating Calendar Entries
- Explains how to create the following four types of calendar
entries: appointments,reminders, events and anniversaries;
- How to set alarms and use the pencil and Not for Public
Viewing options;
- Editing, moving and deleting calendar entries are also
covered;
- Setting up repeating appointments is discussed;
Working with Task
- Explains what is a Task is and how it differs from other
calendar entries;
- Process of creating task, as well as assigning a task to
someone else;
- Completing tasks and updating are covered;
- How to respond to tasks assigned to you by others.
Meeting
Setting up Meetings
- How to schedule meetings and send out invitations;
- Process of creating a meeting, selecting attendees, selecting
a meeting room, and sending out
- invitations;
- How to check Free Time;
- Scheduling repeating meetings is also discussed;
Responding to Meeting Invitations
- How to respond to meeting invitations that you receive;
- Demonstrates how to respond to a meeting request, including
how to accept, decline, pencil in, and delegate;Explains how to propose an alternative
time or location for a meeting;
Managing Meetings
- How to track meeting responses and check the status of
attendees;
- Discusses the consequences of rescheduling or canceling a
meeting;
- Printing your daily schedule is also demonstrated;
Duration
3 hrs
Minimum Requirements
(Currently no course requirements information)
Media
CDROM
Web Based Training
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