Notes 5.0 (R5): Database Features

Students will learn how to use the basic database features in Notes 5.0.

Prerequisites

Windows 95: Introduction, Windows 98: Making the Transition, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0: Orientation, or equivalent knowledge.

Target Student

Students enrolling in this course should understand the basic concepts involved in working with a personal computer (PC). Students should also be familiar with Windows and with using a mouse.

What's next

Notes 5.0: Database Features focuses on database functions. Notes 5.0: Mail Features focuses on mail. Students can enroll in either Notes 5.0: Mail Features or Notes 5.0: Database Features as their introductory Notes 5.0 course. One class does not build on the other. Students who want to learn advanced features can take Notes 5.0: Advanced.

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Describe the basic concepts of Notes and get started working with Notes.
Use different types of Notes databases and be able to create, save, and close both main-topic and response database documents that contain a variety of field types.
Create documents that take advantage of editing and formatting features, spell check their documents, create and apply named styles, add tables, and create links, hotspots, and sections.
Search for information in database documents by using the Search bar and the Search Builder.
Create and use additional database types, including subscriptions, Microsoft Office Library, and Web Navigator databases.
Use Notes efficiently from a remote location by replicating and protecting database information.

Delivery Method

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Course duration

1 Day(s)

Course outline

Lesson 1: The Notes environment

An overview of Notes databases
Working with databases
Working with the database window
Notes user preferences

Lesson 2: Creating database documents

Previewing and reading database documents
Creating main-topic documents
Creating response documents
Deleting documents

Lesson 3: Working with database documents

Working with document text
Text styles
Working with tables and tabbed tables
Links, sections, and hotspots

Lesson 4: Searching a database

Database indexes
Searching an indexed database
Using the Search Builder

Lesson 5: Additional database types

The Subscriptions Results page
Library databases
Web Navigator databases

Lesson 6: Working remotely with databases

Replicating databases
Setting local database properties
Securing local databases

Hardware/software Requirements

An IBM-compatible PC with an 486 processor or higher, and 150 megabytes (MB) of shared disk space; a local area network (LAN) adapter that works with any network operating system that supports Notes; a minimum of 16 MB of Random Access Memory (RAM); a VGA or SVGA video monitor; and a Windows-compatible mouse. Printers are not required, although you will need an installed printer driver.

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