Overview
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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