This course is designed for new Notes users who can:
- start and stop software applications in Microsoft® Windows™
- use Microsoft Windows Explorer to find and organize files
- use another email package such as Microsoft Outlook
- create, format, and print documents using a graphical word processing software package
- use Microsoft Internet Explorer to browse Web pages and manage a list of "favorite" bookmarks.
This course contains a subset of topics from the Lotus Notes 6.5 User Essentials course. See that course for a more thorough instruction on Lotus Notes 6.5.
Lotus Training Course duration
1/2 Day
Lotus Training Course outline
Topic 1: Get Started
Start Lotus Notes
Quick tour of the Notes interface
Open your Mail database
Starting window
Get Help
Workplace Welcome Page
Topic 2: Send Mail
Create Memo
Address fields
Type-ahead addressing
Select addresses
Send mail outside your company
Content fields
Send message
Exercise: Create and send memo
How to attach a file
Exercise: Attach file
Topic 3: Read Mail
"You have new mail"
Navigate in views
Read message
Exercise: Read mail
View, Open, Edit, Save, Delete attachments
Exercise: Edit attached file
Reply to mail
Exercise: Reply to mail
Forward message
Copy Into New
Delete mail
Print message
Topic 4: Organize Mail
Column sequence
View sorting
Row colors
Select multiple messages
Print view
Create folder
Folder options
Drag messages to folder
Exercise: Organize mail into a folder
Remove message from folder
Exercise: Add and remove messages from folder
View extras
Topic 5: Message Options
Delivery options
Exercise: Mail delivery options
Add signature to every memo
Out of Office agent
Topic 6: Instant Messaging
Log on to server
Change online status
Chat with email sender
Create an Instant Contact List
Open Instant Contact List
Chat from the Instant Contact List
Topic 7: Contacts
Open Address Book
Address Book views
New contact
Exercise: Create contacts
Finished contact
View actions
Create contact from memo
Topic 8: Calendar
Calendar overview
Calendar format
Create Calendar Entry
Create Appointment
Date and Time entry
Exercise: Create appointment
Edit entry
Delete entry
Invitees
Scheduler
Scheduler Summary view
Scheduler Details view
Send the Meeting invitation
Receive an invitation
Exercise: Use the Scheduler
Other Calendar Entry types
Print your Calendar
Topic 9: To Do List
To Do List overview
New To Do
Exercise: Create 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