Users need information to do their jobs effectively. And that information comes from a variety of places - people, news feeds, applications, documents, and the Web. IBM® Lotus Notes® 8 software allows users to access all of these sources from a single interface, in the context of the work they're doing.
Always-available tools
Create "plug-ins" of the tools and applications users use most frequently for quick and easy access via the always-available sidebar panels.
Day-at-a-glance calendar, instant messaging and presence awareness, news feeds, widgets, and activities (supported through an optional activities server) sidebar panels are delivered out of the box.
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Find available colleagues and collaborate instantly
By collaborating in real time, users can be more responsive to urgent issues and make informed business decisions quickly. Lotus Notes 8 software blends IBM Lotus Sametime® presence awareness and instant messaging capabilities into the always-available sidebar.
Determine the availability of colleagues at a glance with dynamic visual cues. Check presence indicators next to contact names in the inbox, calendar and address book, as well as in applications such as team rooms and discussions.
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Find contact information on a colleague in the Lotus Sametime contact list instantly with a simple click — from wherever the contact is linked.
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Quickly chat with a colleague with a single click. Share important information — including links, rich text, and emoticons — directly within instant messages. Save the contents of an online chat within the mail file or to a local file.
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Live text and widgets
Connect users with relevant, real time information from a variety of sources without having to store it in a document or email.
The My Widgets sidebar panel in Lotus Notes allows users to quickly and easily perform business actions via widgets created from Lotus Notes views, Web pages, feeds and Google Gadgets™. These widgets can be standalone or launched from Live Text in Lotus Notes documents.
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Lotus Notes 8 software can recognize and highlight specific patterns of text within an email or a Lotus Notes application — like an address, part number, or a currency value. Right clicking on highlighted Live Text allows users to perform an action on that text, for example, mapping an address, viewing inventory for a product, or converting between currencies.
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Widgets can be developed and deployed by role or individual — helping users customize their work environment with what works best for them.
Open standard office documents
Lotus Notes 8 software integrates IBM Lotus Symphony software, office productivity tools that support the Open Document Format (ODF) standard. Open standards means you don't need to worry about end of life uncertainties or expensive, ongoing software licensing and royalty fees. Lotus Symphony software includes word-processing, spreadsheet, and presentation capabilities. Users can create, manage, and edit documents in ODF, as well as import and export Microsoft® Office documents.
Create, edit, share, and save word processing documents. Start with a blank document, import an existing document, or choose from a set of document templates.
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Create graphic presentations that can be shared with audiences via a slide show mode. Start from scratch or use the included presentation templates for a variety of looks.
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Create, edit, share, and save a variety of spreadsheets. Create blank documents, import existing documents, or choose from a set of document templates.
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Organize tasks and projects
When people work together, they create, share, and manage information across a variety of virtual resources — email, databases, instant messaging, Web pages, and documents. Lotus Notes 8 software includes a plug-in within the always-available sidebar that provides connection to Activities featured in the optionally purchased IBM Lotus Connections software.
Track current work projects, share files and bookmarks, post messages, track to-do items, and manage deadlines.
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Instant news and views
Content syndication is a way of publishing Web content. Users can subscribe to this content in the form of feeds, which are published using really simple syndication (RSS) or the Atom publishing protocol (APP). Subscriptions notify users of new Web content with requiring them to actively check for it. Feed readers enable users to subscribe to and manage their feeds.
Users to receive up-to-the-minute information on customers, suppliers and partners, or general news and views-without requiring them to actively check for it. Feeds are always available within the Lotus Notes sidebar.
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Note: Selected features described above are available in Lotus Notes 8.0.1 software.
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