Lotus Notes 7 Help - To use an alternate name

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To use an alternate name
An alternate name is helpful when you want to use your native language and character set to type, display, and look up names. For example, you can type a name in a native language and character set when sending mail. Your primary name is recognizable to an international audience; an alternate name is recognizable in your native language.

An alternate name is a fully authenticated name, unlike an alias which is not fully authenticated.

Choosing an alternate name language will let you display alternate names throughout Notes. For example, if you select Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese (Simplified) as alternate name languages, you will then be able to display alternate names in those languages in Notes on your computer.

To use alternate names, you must first install a font capable of displaying the text. Unicode fonts provide support for many types of script within a single font. For information about installing Unicode fonts, see Using Unicode to add special characters to documents.

Note Before you can use an alternate for your name, your administrator must register and certify one for you. Your primary name and alternate name must be added to your user ID. You can have only one alternate name.

To specify an alternate name language

1. From the menu, choose File - Preferences - User Preferences.

Macintosh OS X users

: Notes - Preferences - User Preferences.

2. Click the Default Fonts button on the Basics panel.

3. Specify your multilingual or Unicode font as the Default Sans Serif and the Default Multilingual font and then click OK.

For more information, see

To change Notes fonts

4. Under Additional Options, select "Enable Unicode display."

5. On the International panel, click the "Change" button for "Alternate name language."

6. Select the alternate name language from the left column, then click the Add button to move the language to the right column. Click OK.

7. Click OK to close the User Preferences dialog box.