Audience

   users who are new to Notes 6.

Summary Description

    Through lecture, discussion, tips, and practice, students discover how to use basic mail, calendar, To Do, and database features available in Notes 6. This offering can be delivered in a face-to-face classroom or as live sessions in an e-learning instructor-led environment using either Sametime or Live Virtual Classroom. A subsection of this course may be offered as a shorter course on using Notes 6 Mail and Calendar.

Duration    1 day

Prerequisites

    The prerequisites for this course include:

• Basic Windows experience, including using a mouse.
• Basic browsing experience, using either Netscape or Internet Explorer.

Topics Covered

Getting Started

•  Navigating the Notes desktop
•  Finding information with online Help

Using Mail

Preparing outgoing messages

• Customizing outgoing messages with letterheads and signatures
• Using your address book
• Performing basic Mail tasks to create, send, reply, and forward messages
• Working with attachments
• Formatting message content
• Using keyboard shortcuts

Managing your Inbox

• Setting mail preferences
• Using color coding to organize incoming messages
• Arranging the display of your mail Inbox
• Organizing messages with personal folders
• Removing and deleting messages
• Creating, moving, deleting, renaming, and finding folders
• Finding and printing message

Using the Calendar and Managing the To Do List

Personalizing your calendar

• Setting calendar preferences
• Assigning colors to calendar entries
• Printing the calendar

Scheduling your dates

• Navigating the calendar
• Adding and modifying Calendar entries
• Sending and accepting Meeting invitations

Prioritizing tasks

• Creating To Do tasks
• Tracking incomplete To Do tasks

Working with Databases

• Using a personal journal database
• Opening and navigating a library database
• Participating in a discussion database

Managing and Organizing Information

• Adding and using bookmarks
• Using bookmark folders to organize bookmarks
• Using different search techniques to find information

Creating Effective Documents

• Creating sections of information within a document
• Linking a document or message to other Notes documents and databases
• Adding header and footer content to prepare a document for printing

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