Notes 5.0 (R5): Mail Features

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

Prerequisites

Windows 95: Introduction, Windows 95: Making the Transition, 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: Mail Features focuses on mail. Notes 5.0: Database Features focuses on database functions. Students can enroll in either Notes 5.0: Mail Features or Database Features as their introductory Notes 5.0 course. One class does not build on the other. Notes 5.0: Advanced Features is the next book in the series.

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:

Identify the components of the Notes workstation environment and explore the mail database.
Create messages by using Address Books, explore mail delivery options, reply to and forward messages, and attach a file to a message.
Organize documents by creating folders, copying and moving documents to folders, and deleting folders, and create and use rules.
Use the Calendar to schedule time by setting Calendar preferences and by creating and editing Calendar entries.
Schedule meetings by creating and replying to meeting invitations.
Use Notes from a remote location by examining locations and copying and replicating the mail database.

Delivery Method

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

Course duration

1 Day(s)

Course outline

Lesson 1: Getting started with Notes

An overview of Notes
Working with the mail database window
Creating and sending messages

Lesson 2: Notes mail essentials

Using the Public Address Book
Using mail delivery options
Replying to mail
Working with attachments

Lesson 3: Managing mail

Marking documents
Working with mail folders
Using the Personal Address Book
Working with the out-of-office assistant and rules
Examining additional mail features

Lesson 4: Using the Calendar

Setting Calendar options
Creating Calendar entries
Modifying Calendar entries
Examining printing options

Lesson 5: Group scheduling

Requesting a meeting
Responding to meeting invitations
Examining Meetings view
Using the To Do list
Managing other users’ Calendars

Lesson 6: Using Notes remotely

Working with location documents
Replicating the mail database

Appendix A: Mobile Notes users

Setting up Notes for mobile use
Additional replication information
Managing the Notes environment

Hardware/software Requirements

An IBM-compatible PC with an 80486 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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