Lotus Notes 7 Help - Opening and creating a Welcome Page

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Opening and creating a Welcome Page
The Welcome Page is the first item that appears if you do not have a database view set to open when you first launch Notes. Notes has a default Welcome Page that gives you a central location from which to access your Mail, Calendar, Personal Address Book, To Do list, Personal Journal, and Search.

You can replace the default Welcome page by opening other existing Welcome pages, including a portal-like page called the "My Work." My Work has multiple panes that display your Mail, Calendar, To Do list, and so on. In other panes, you can easily display frequently used Notes databases and Web sites -- helping you to organize and manage all your daily tasks and communications with others in your company.

To open an existing Welcome Page

1. Click the Welcome window tab. If the Welcome window tab is not visible, open the Favorite Bookmarks folder on the Bookmark bar, and then click Welcome.

2. (Optional) Click the top border of the Welcome Page that says "Click here for more Welcome Page options." Choose the Welcome Page you want to display from the "Current Welcome Page selection" list.

For more information on the "My Work" option, see

Using the "My Work" Welcome page.

Tip To return to the first-time Notes setup page from an existing Welcome Page, click the top border of the Welcome Page that says "Click here for more Welcome Page options," then click "Return to first-time setup" in the upper left corner.

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To create a new Welcome Page

You can also create your own Welcome Page that brings together information that is important to you from Notes and the Web. You can create three types of Welcome Pages:

A framed Welcome Page is a structured page that lets you choose the number and format of frames to display. The frames can contain database views, action buttons, a preview pane, folders stored on your operating system, Web pages, and a launch pad that lets you open various Notes and Web links right from the Welcome Page.
A personal Welcome Page is a more free-form page that lets you add pictures, rich-text, Java(TM) applets, and embedded elements, such as an embedded date picker. It always contains a single frame.
A "My Work" Welcome Page has portal-like tabs, each of which is divided into multiple panes that display your Mail, Calendar, To Do list, most frequently used Notes databases and Web sites, and so on -- helping you to organize and manage your daily tasks and communications with others in your company. For more information, see Using the "My Work" Welcome Page.

Note If you choose to display your file system on your Welcome Page, you must use Notes with Internet Explorer as your default Web browser so your file system displays correctly on the Welcome Page. See Changing Web browsers for information on setting your Web browser in Notes.

1. To create a new Welcome page, do one of the following:

From the "Lotus Notes 7 setup" page, click "Click here to create a new Welcome Page."
From the current Welcome Page, click the top border of the Welcome Page that says "Click here for more Welcome Page options," then click the "Create a new Welcome Page" button.

2. Use the Welcome Page wizard to set up your Welcome Page.

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To delete a Welcome Page you have created

1. Open the Welcome Page you want to delete.

2. Click the top border of the Welcome Page that says "Click here for more Welcome Page options."

3. Click Delete.

4. Click Yes on the "Continue Delete" dialog box.

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See Also

Customizing a Welcome Page

Subscribing to databases to receive the latest updates

Setting a bookmark as your home page

Keyboard shortcuts to navigate through Notes

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