Topic 1: Get Started
What is Lotus Notes?
What is a Notes database?
What is a Notes application?
Personal and shared applications
Start Lotus Notes
Quick tour of the Notes interface
Get Help
Topic 2: Security
Notes User ID
Server access
User ID responsibilities
ID file actions
Recover a forgotten password
Topic 3: Send Mail
Mail policy
Open your Mail database
Starting window
Create Memo
Address fields
Type-ahead addressing
Select addresses
Search for names
Mail outside your company
Content fields
Send memo
Exercise: Create and send memo
How mail delivery works
Topic 4: Delivery Options
Delivery options
Exercise: Mail delivery options
Advanced delivery options
Topic 5: Read Mail
"You have new mail"
Read memo
Mail preview
Exercise: Read mail
Reply to mail
Exercise: Reply to mail
Re-send a memo
Forward memo
Copy into new
Delete mail
Delete mail from the Sent folder
Print memo
Topic 6: Views
Navigate in views
Column sequence
View sorting
Customize View
Row colors
Select multiple documents
Print view summary
Print documents from the view
Exercise: Print a view and documents
View extras
Topic 7: Attachments
What is an attachment?
How to attach a file
View, Launch, Detach, Delete attachments
Exercise: Attach file
Topic 8: Organize with Folders
Create folder
Send and File
Folder options
Drag documents to folder
Exercise: Organize mail into a folder
Remove documents from folder
Exercise: Add and remove documents from folder
Topic 9: Advanced Mail Features
Notes Minder
Out of Office agent
Rules
Create Rule
Multiple Rules
Exercise: Rules
Mail and Calendar delegation
Calendar versus Mail delegation
Exercise: Calendar Delegation
Calendar Delegation and time zones
Archive your Mail
Routine message archive
Recover an archived message
Archive Logs database
Scheduling the archive
Topic 10: Calendar
Calendar overview
Calendar format
Create Calendar Entry
Create Appointment
Date and Time entry
Exercise: Create appointment
Edit entry
Delete entry
Other Calendar Entry types
Print your Calendar
View other Calendars
Shortcuts to other Calendars
Control who can open your Calendar
Create Group Calendar
View a Group Calendar
Exercise: Create Group Calendar
Topic 11: Meetings
The invitation process
Invitees
Send the Meeting invitation
Receiving an invitation
Scheduler
Scheduler Summary view
Scheduler Details view
Exercise: Use the Scheduler
Availability schedule
Define your availability schedule
Control who can query your schedule
Reserve a room and resource
Meetings view
Invitation delivery options
Autoprocessing invitations
Topic 12: Calendar Entry Options
Field 1: Repeats
Reschedule a repeated entry
Field 2: Notify Me
Alarm configuration
Missed alarms
Field 3: Mark Private
Field 4: Pencil In
Field 5: Categorize
Topic 13: Calendar Configuration
International settings
Location settings
Alternate time zone
Calendar display preferences
Default entry type
Define your workday
Conflict checking
Enable conflict checking
Exercise: Conflict checking
Colors
Holidays
Add Holidays
Topic 14: Contact Management
Open Address Book
Address Book views
Basics tab
Personal tab
Advanced tab
Create a contact from a directory lookup
View actions
Exercise: Create contacts
Create contact from memo
Printing mailing labels
Group documents
Create Groups from Contacts
Exercise: Create Group from Contacts
Create Group from sent memos
Topic 15: To Do List
To Do List overview
New Personal To Do
Quick To Do
Exercise: Create Personal To Do
By Category view
Incomplete and Complete views
To Do's on your Calendar
Complete a To Do
Copy into New To Do
Group To Do's
Exercise: Group To Do
Topic 16: Personal Journal
Create Journal database
Quick tour of the Journal interface
Create and edit document
Save document
Exercise: Create and edit documents
Delete documents
Topic 17: Discussion Databases
Open database on Server
Exercise: Open Class Discussion database
Discussion user interface
Exercise: Author Profile
Main Topic form
View categories
Expand view categories with twisties
Read documents
Edit documents
Exercise: Start a discussion
Response documents
Exercise: Create responses
Dual-purpose view twisties
Topic 18: Search for Information
Find text in view
Full Text Search
Search using Full Text Search
Search results
Exercise: Full Text Search
Valid search operators
Improve your results
More options
Exercise: Use the Search Builder
Topic 19: Rich Text Formatting
What is Rich Text?
How to add Rich Text
Format Rich Text using the Properties box
Minimized properties box
Bullets and numbers
Indented numbering
Tables
Format a table
Add/Delete rows or columns
Cell width
Reordering lists and table rows
Copy view into table
Permanent pen
Highlighter
Format helpers
Pictures
Document properties
Exercise: Format Rich Text
Spell Check
Find and replace text
Print header and footer
Topic 20: Database and Workstation Security
Database access
Determine your access level
ACL settings
Exercise: ACL
Special ACL rights
Workstation security
Set your ECL
Topic 21: Bookmarks
Default Bookmarks
Default Bookmark Folders
Add Bookmark to Bookmark Bar
Move, Remove, Change Bookmark
Create Bookmark Folder
Pin Bookmark window open
Display as Workspace
Modify Bookmark Folder contents
Exercise: Bookmarks
Bookmark details
Find Bookmarks in Bookmark Folders
Startup Bookmark Folder
Set any Bookmark as Home Page
Topic 22: Navigation Shortcuts
The universal Close key
The amazing quick menu
Toolbars
Changing toolbars
Status Bar
Show Window menu
Open document in its own window
Document Links
Create a Notes document link
Exercise: Create document link