The Home page has links to open Mail, Calendar, Contacts, To Do, and the Notebook application. We may also see options to create new documents, presentations, and spreadsheets; these are available if we have Symphony installed (we will discuss Symphony in Chapter 11).
The following is a screenshot of the Home page:
The Home page can be customized in a variety of ways. Select the option Click here for Home Page options, which is at the top of the Home page.
Note
A cool feature of the Home page is the Notebook application. The name describes exactly what it is—a place where one can enter notes. No one else has access to our Notebook, so the information we enter is private. On the Home page, click on New to create the Notebook. Once the Notebook is created, the New button will create a document where we can enter notes in the Notebook.
On the Home page, you will see a shortcut to open a list of shortcuts!!!
The next screenshot shows the shortcut list:
My favorite shortcut is Ctrl+M which, when selected, creates a message from anywhere within Lotus Notes. This comes very handy and quick as we don't always have to open our mail to create a message.
For a more extensive list of shortcuts, select Help| Help Contents | Lotus Notes | Keyboard shortcuts.