Lotus Notes is quite a number of "things", including e-mail, calendar, To Dos (tasks), chat, RSS Feeder, an applications platform, and more. Being able to master all these aspects is made simple with this exciting user guide. Many of us will use Lotus Notes for most of our working day; and being able to use it more efficiently is a gain in our hectic work life. Many of us want to use tools and features to save time, but often we are unsure of how to master those tools and features. This book offers a guide with explanations and clear instructions with explicit screenshots.
Chapter 1, First Impressions (The Client Interface), explores and explains what we first see and how we work with what we see when we open Lotus Notes.
Chapter 2, To Chat or Not to Chat: Lotus Sametime, covers the benefits and features of Lotus Sametime, which is a built-in chat and presence-awareness tool.
Chapter 3, Feeds, delves into what feeds are and how to set them up in Lotus Notes.
Chapter 4, Working with Widgets, discusses Widgets and Live Text and explains their use in Lotus Notes.
Chapter 5, Mastering Lotus Notes Mail, helps us understand mail in more detail.
Chapter 6, Lotus Notes Mail Tools, focuses on the advanced features available in Mail and how we can best utilize them to assist us in being efficient with mail management.
Chapter 7, Managing Contacts, explores how to organize, add, import, export, and manage contacts and groups (mailing or distribution lists).
Chapter 8, Calendar and To Dos, explores the calendar and To Dos in depth.
Chapter 9, Working with Lotus Notes Applications, explores the Lotus Notes application with real-world examples.
Chapter 10, Working Remotely (Replication/Synchronization), explores the benefits of working remotely in Lotus Notes and how to do so.
Chapter 11, Symphony, discusses IBM's award-winning office productivity software, Lotus Symphony, which allows us to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and even has a PDF creator.