Course description
Overview: 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.
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.
Course content
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