GETTING STARTED

Editing the "My Work" Welcome page
Use "Edit this page" at the upper right of the "My Work" Welcome page to change the look of the page, the views or databases that display in the panes, and more. Clicking "Edit this page" opens the Page Options dialog box. There, you use tabs that correspond to the tabs in My Work to make changes to the components of the page.

Note You see some components or the"My Work" page (for example, a logo and a Search utility) regardless of what tab of My Work you are on. To edit these components, once in the Page Options dialog box, you must click the Basics tab. For other components, the dialog box opens by default to the tab that corresponds to the tab you are on.

The first time you edit a "My Work" page that you created in Notes 6.x, a message informs you that the page was created in a previous version of Notes. Click the Finish button to fully upgrade the Notes 6 page into the Notes 7 structure.

The following sections describe the changes you can make to My Work from each tab of the Page Options dialog box:


Tip Changes you make in the Page Options dialog box do not appear until you click Finish in the dialog box. You can change your selections again before you click Finish by reclicking Select, or after you've clicked Finish by reclicking "Edit this page" and repeating the process.

Basics tab

Use the Basics tab of the Page Options dialog box to change the defaults for these components of the "My Work" page:
Welcome page titleChange the title of the "My Work" Welcome page option to one of your choosing.
Instant ContactsHide or show the Instant Contacts tool. (Click the "?" to learn about Instant Contacts.) You can show Instant Contacts only if you are set up to connect to your company's IBM Lotus Sametime server. If you can see the Instant Contacts tool, but it displays <Unavailable>, you need to log on to Notes instant messaging or Lotus Sametime Connect. For more information, see Working with instant messaging.

IBM Workplace Managed Client users: If you use IBM Workplace Collaboration Services for instant messaging, Notes features for "My Work" do not include Instant Contacts.

Search
  • Hide or show the Search tool. (Click the "?" to learn about Search.)
  • For Web searches, select Lycos, HotBot, or AltaVista as your search engine instead of the Google engine.
LauncherNote Hide or show the Launcher tool. (Click the "?" to learn about Launcher.)
BannerSelect a different color or pattern for the area spanning the top of the "My Work" page.
LogoReplace the Lotus Notes logo with your company's logo.

Note The logo image should be no more than 45 pixels high (approximately 0.5 in. or 1 cm), as only the topmost 45 pixels of an image will display on the "My Work" page. The image can be as wide as your monitor allows.


Today tab

Use the Today tab of the Page Options dialog box to change the defaults for these components:
Show Recent MessagesDisplay messages (default) that have appeared in your Inbox since the last message you read. From this pane you can send messages, change views or open a folder, and view mail threads.
Show Today's CalendarDisplay your calendar entries (default) for today. You can schedule meetings and open your calendar to full view from this pane.
Show To Do's/New Notices/Follow UpDisplay one of the following views (which options you see depends on your Mail template -- the design that underlies your Mail database):
  • All To Do's (requires Mail template version 6.x or higher)
  • Follow Up view (requires Mail template version 6.5.x)
  • Incomplete To Do's (requires Mail template version 6.0.x)
  • New Notices/To Do's (requires Mail template version 6.0.x)
  • To Do By Status (not started, in progress, completed) (requires Mail template version 5.x)
  • To Do's by Date (requires Mail template version 4.x)
Note Use Database Properties to see which master template your Mail database is inheriting its design from.

Collaboration tab

Use the Collaboration tab of the Page Options dialog box to make changes to these components of the Collaboration tab.
InboxDisplay your All Documents view instead of your Inbox.
Bottom paneChange which Web site, Domino Directory, Personal Journal, TeamRoom, and Notes database displays in the Collaboration tab's bottom pane when you click the text links below it.

Team tab or tabs

Use the Team tab of the Page Options dialog box to make changes to these components of the Team tab, or to add Team tabs.
Team tab nameReplace the tab name "Team" with your team's name
Top paneChange which team Web site (or Lotus QuickPlace) or Notes database displays in the Team tab's top pane when you click the text link at the top right of the pane. For information on Lotus QuickPlaces, see IBM Lotus QuickPlace Help on the Lotus Documentation site at www.lotus.com/doc.
Bottom paneChange which of your team's Notes databases or group calendars displays in the Team tab's bottom pane when you click the text link at the top right of the pane.
Additional Team tabs
  • Create up to three additional Team tabs by clicking "Add Team Tab" at the bottom of the dialog box. After you create the tab, click on it in the dialog box to rename it and select items to display as you did for the first Team tab.
  • Remove a Team tab by clicking "Remove Team Tab" at the bottom of the dialog box. Removing a tab also removes any items you added to it.

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