ELEMENTS OF LOTUS NOTES

Setting your notebook from a home page
Once you create a notebook application, you can access your notebook by clicking the Notebook button from a home page. You set your notebook from either a Basics or a Basics with Calendar home page.

1. If your current home page is a Basics or a Basics with Calendar home page, go to step 3; if it is not, continue to step 2.

2. Click the text Click here for home page options, and then select Basics or Basics with Calendar from the Current Home page selection list.

3. From the home page, click the text Click here for home page options.

4. Click Set Notebook.

5. Do one of the following:


Notebook options
TaskSteps
Select a notebookFor What notebook do you want to use, select An existing notebook, and then do one of the following:
    • If the name of your notebook displays, click OK.
    • Click Browse, and then select your notebook file from the list and click Open.
Create a notebook1. For What notebook do you want to use, select A new notebook.

2. Provide a name for your notebook.

3. Check Restrict access to my notebook to ensure that only you can access your notebook.

Note: Restricting access does not encrypt your notebook, it simply enforces who can access it.

    Update the design of an older notebook (previously called personal journal)
    Replace the design using these steps:

    a. Open an existing personal journal application (for example myjournal.nsf).

    b. Click File > Application > Replace Design. (If you do not see this menu option, click View > Advanced Menus and then try this step.)

    c. Select Notebook (8), and then click Replace.

Related topics
Customizing a home page
Synchronize with Lotus iNotes
Creating a new home page
Creating a notebook