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Lotus Notes 6.5 Basic Mail and Calendaring


Prerequisites: None. Basic understanding of e-mail is helpful.

Audience: This course is designed for indivduals new to Lotus Notes.

Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the Lotus Notes interface, how to use e-mail, and the variety of calendar features.


Course Content:

Introduction to Lotus Notes
  • Welcome to Lotus Notes
  • Launching Lotus Notes
  • Exiting Lotus Notes

The Lotus Notes Workspace
  • Lotus Notes application window
  • Application window elements
  • Working with the application

Notes Mail
  • What is Notes Mail?
  • Sending mail messages
  • Addressing, reading, replying and forwarding mail messages
  • Working with and sending attached files
  • Storing mail messages in folders
  • Deleting messages
  • Flagging messages for follow up
  • Delivery options
  • Soft deletions expire time setting
  • Notes Mail views
  • Setting mail preferences
  • Changing letterhead
  • Creating contacts and groups

Calendaring and Scheduling
  • About the Notes Calendar
  • Calendar Preferences
  • Importance of schedule access and delegation
  • Calendar view formats
  • Creating an appointment, event, anniversary, a task, reminder or meeting invitation
  • Searching for free time
  • Viewing meetings
  • To Do's
  • Converting messages to calendar entries and To Do tasks
  • Deleting calendar entries

Mobile & Replication
  • About Mobile & Replication
  • Creating Replicas
  • Stacking Replicas
  • The Replication page
  • Replicating a Database
  • Selective Replication
  • Setting up Locations
  • Switching Locations
  • Connection Documents

Security Features
  • Changing your password
  • Clearing user information

Duration:   One Half Day


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