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5.1 Getting Acquainted with the Main GroupWise Window
Your main work area in GroupWise is called the Main Window.
From the Main Window of GroupWise, you can read your messages,
schedule appointments, view your Calendar, manage contacts, change
the mode of GroupWise you’re running in, open folders,
open documents, and much more.
You can open more than one Main Window in GroupWise by
clicking Window, then clicking New Main Window. This is useful if
you proxy for another user. You can look at your own Main Window
and the Main Window belonging to the person you are proxying for.
You might also want to open a certain folder in one window and
look at your Calendar in another. You can open as many Main
Windows as your computer’s memory allows.
The basic components of the Main Window are explained below.
5.1.1 Toolbar
The toolbar lets you quickly accomplish common GroupWise
tasks, such as opening the Address Book, sending mail messages,
and finding an item. For information about the toolbar, see
Section 5.4,
Using the Toolbar.
5.1.2 Folder and Item List Header
The Folder and Item List header provides a drop-down list
where you can select the mode of GroupWise you want to run
(Online or Caching), select to open your archived or backup
mailbox, and select a proxy mailbox.
5.1.3 Folder List
The Folder List at the left of the Main Window lets you
organize your GroupWise items. You can create new folders to
store your items in. Next to any folder (except for shared
folders), the number of unread items is shown in square
brackets. Next to the Sent Items folder, the number in square
brackets shows how many items are pending to be sent from
Caching mode.
Here is what you’ll find in each of the default
folders:
User Folder
Your user folder
(indicated by your name) represents your
GroupWise database. All folders in you Main Window are
subfolders of your user folder.
Mailbox Folder
The Mailbox
displays all the items you have received,
with the exception of scheduled items (appointments, tasks,
and reminder notes) you have accepted or declined. Accepted
scheduled items are moved to the Calendar.
Sent Items Folder
The Sent Items folder
displays all sent items from the Mailbox
and Calendar. The Sent Items folder in versions prior to
GroupWise 6.5 was a query folder, which had some differences
from the current Sent Items folder.
The following is a comparison between the previous Sent
Items query folder and the current Sent Items folder.
Table 5-1 Comparison Between Sent Items Query Folder and Sent
Items Folder
All sent items reside in this folder unless they
are moved to a folder other than the Mailbox or
Calendar. If a sent item is moved to another folder,
it no longer displays in the Sent Items
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No items actually reside in this folder. This
folder is a Find Results folder, which means a Find
is performed when you click the folder and the
results of the Find (all sent items) are displayed
in the folder. If you delete an item from this
folder, the original item remains in its original
folder and redisplays the next time you open this
folder. |
You can resend, reschedule, and retract sent
items from this folder. |
You can resend, reschedule, and retract sent
items from this folder. |
Calendar Folder
The Calendar folder
shows several calendar view options.
Contacts Folder
The Contacts folder
, by default, represents the Frequent
Contacts address book in the Address Book. Any modification
you make in the Contacts Folder is also made in the Frequent
Contacts address book.
From this folder, you can view, create and modify
contacts, resources, organizations and groups.
Your proxies never see your Contacts folder.
Checklist Folder
Use the Checklist folder
to create a task list. You can move any
items (mail messages, phone messages, reminder notes, tasks,
or appointments) to this folder and arrange them in the order
you want. Each item is marked with a check box so that you can
check items off as you complete them.
The following is a comparison between the Checklist folder
and the Task List query folder (found in previous versions of
GroupWise).
Table 5-2 Comparison Between Checklist Folder and Task List
Folder
This folder contains the following items:
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Items you have moved to this folder
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Items you have posted to this folder
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Items that are part of a checklist that you
have created in another folder
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No items actually reside in this folder. This
folder is a Find Results folder, which means a Find
is performed when you click the folder and the
results of the Find (all scheduled tasks) are
displayed in the folder. If you delete an item from
this folder, the original item remains in its
original folder and redisplays the next time you
open this folder. |
Any item type can reside in this folder. |
Only tasks show in this folder. Tasks are
scheduled items that are associated with a due
date. |
To mark an item completed, click the check box
next to the item in the Item List. |
To mark an item completed, open the item, then
click Completed. |
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Due dates are set by the person who sent you the
task. If you post a task for yourself, you can set a
due date. |
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To set the priority of an item, open the item,
then type a priority in the Priority field. |
Checklist items do not display in the Task List
of the Calendar. |
Tasks display in the Task List of the Calendar
and can be marked Completed from the
Calendar. |
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Tasks that are past due show as red in the
Calendar. |
Documents Folder
Your document references are organized in the Documents
folder
so you can locate them easily.
The Documents folder can contain only documents. If any
other type of item is moved to this folder by a GroupWise
client older than version 5.5, the item is deleted.
Cabinet Folder
The Cabinet
contains all your personal folders. You
can rearrange and nest folders by clicking . You can change how the folders are sorted by
right-clicking the folder, clicking
, then selecting what you want
to sort by.
Junk Mail Folder
All e-mail items from addresses and Internet domains that
are junked through Junk Mail Handling are placed in the Junk
Mail folder
. This folder is not created in the folder
list unless a Junk Mail option is enabled.
While Junk Mail options are enabled, this folder cannot be
deleted. However, the folder can be renamed or moved to a
different location in the folder list. If all Junk Mail
options are disabled, the folder can be deleted. The folder
can also be deleted if the Junk Mail Handling feature is
disabled by the system administrator.
To delete items from the Junk Mail Folder, right-click the
folder, click , then
click Yes.
Trash Folder
All deleted mail and phone messages, appointments, tasks,
documents, and reminder notes are stored in the Trash folder
. Items in the Trash can be viewed,
opened, or returned to your Mailbox before the Trash is
emptied. (Emptying the Trash removes items in the Trash from
the system.)
You can empty your entire Trash, or empty only selected
items. Items in the Trash are automatically emptied according
to the number days entered in the Cleanup tab in Environment
Options, or you can empty the Trash manually. The system
administrator might specify that your Trash is emptied
automatically on a regular basis.
Shared Folders
A shared folder
is like any other folder in your Cabinet,
except other people have access to it. You can create shared
folders or share existing personal folders in your Cabinet.
You choose whom to share the folder with, and what rights to
grant each user. Then, users can post messages to the shared
folder, drag existing items into the folder, and create
discussion threads. You can’t share system folders,
which include the Cabinet, Trash, and Work In Progress
folders.
5.1.4 Item List
The Item List on the right side of the Main Window displays
your mail and phone messages, appointments, reminder notes,
tasks, and document references. You can sort the Item List by
clicking a column heading. To reverse the sort order, click the
column heading a second time. For information about the icons
used with different items, see
Icons Appearing Next to Items in Your Mailbox and Calendar.
5.1.5 QuickViewer
The QuickViewer opens below the Folder and Item List. You
can quickly scan items and their attachments in the QuickViewer
rather than open each item in another window.
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