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Do you have any simple tricks you use all the time? We're collecting short tips (2 sentences or less) for Notes, so if you've got tips to share, leave them in the comments!

Julia Brown | 4 April 2012 01:25:56 PM ET | | Comments (13)


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1) Share your favorite quick tip!
Craig Lordan | 4/4/2012 4:02:09 PM

To create a connection document automatically, enter the host name of the server in the Open Application dialog box.

2) Share your favorite quick tip!
Bill P. | 4/5/2012 2:54:08 PM

Control-M Starts a new Memo. Helpful since unnecessary switching between keyboard and mouse is seen as a delay.

3) Share your favorite quick tip!
Sachin Kulkarni | 4/5/2012 10:49:36 PM

Use CurrentDocument.getDocument() in xpages to hold the current document. Its not documented yet.

4) Share your favorite quick tip!
Pravin Pillai | 4/13/2012 7:43:49 AM

Widgets and feeds are goood options for user community

5) Share your favorite quick tip!
Scott S. | 5/8/2012 4:24:38 PM

Force your preferred font/color on all Sametime windows: File -> Preferences -> Sametime -> Chat Window -> Always use my font. No more hard to read colors or fonts!

6) Share your favorite quick tip!
Re-ordering items in lists (numbered and bulletted) | 5/10/2012 5:18:28 AM

With you cursor "on" at bulletted/numbered line in a list; hold down <Ctrl> and use the <Up> or <Down> cursor key to move the line up or down within the list.

7) Color coding your e-mails
Pjay101 | 5/11/2012 2:58:20 PM

You can customize the background and font colours to make important messages stand out.

8) Share anything from Lotus Notes
Mat Newman | 5/22/2012 6:58:50 AM

From any Lotus Notes view, select documents, then "Edit->Copy As->Table" Paste into a new Note or Spreadsheet

9) Creating Field in Notes Client
Sashi | 6/26/2012 2:33:00 AM

Using Key "ALT"+"C"+"I", will create a new field in designer

10) Share your favorite quick tip!
Igor Nikiforov | 7/11/2012 6:08:51 AM

To bring server console from any Notes client add action to your mail file @Command([adminremoteconsole])

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