Here's a handy tip that helps me out a lot, because I'm always forgetting to change my Sametime status when I'm in a meeting... It's always good to keep an accurate Sametime status, so people don't interrupt you if you're in a meeting and sharing your screen, or people know they can't get a quick answer from you if you're away from the computer.
You can set a preference to have Sametime automatically change your status to In a Meeting when you have a meeting scheduled in your calendar.
Follow these steps:
1. In Notes, click File > Preferences and then click the plus sign (+) next to Sametime.
2. Click the plus sign next to Auto-status Changes, and then click Calendar Service.
3. Select whether and how often to check your calendar. For the Lotus Notes calendar, enter your Lotus Notes password.
4. Click Apply.
5. Next, click Auto-Status Change, and then select "Meetings scheduled in my calendar."
6. Choose whether you would like Notes to prompt you before changing your Sametime status, or if you would like it to automatically change.
7. Click Apply.
8. Click OK.
From this same preferences screen, you can also change other Sametime settings, like how long your computer sits idle before Sametime changes to Away.
Julia Brown | 8 May 2009 04:37:25 PM ET | | Comments (8)
