Notes 5.0 Mail Features

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