User`s guide

IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, Domino Designer 8 Release Notes
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New Search Center UI for queries and results (Domain Search, Find People and Find Application,
Web / Intranet Searches)
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Multiple level "undo" command
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On-the-fly spell checking
Mail
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Lotus Notes 8 Mail offers visual clues for linking messages with associated threads. Threaded
e-mails can be gathered together and presented at the view level. Users can easily expand mail
threads and see all messages related to a specific topic. A new brief preview message feature
allows users to quickly see information contained in individual mail messages.
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Users now have the option of previewing messages vertically or horizontally.
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By double-clicking on an item, users can launch the item in a separate window. A user can then
interact with open messages and other Notes elements more easily.
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Users have greater control to toggle Lotus Notes mail fields on or off. For example, users can
select or deselect the "bcc:" field in the Lotus Notes memo form.
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Message recall capability
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Improved rendering of HTML messages
Calendar
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Unprocessed invitations appear as "ghosted" or highlighted entries in the monthly calendar view.
Users can simply double-click on the highlighted date to accept, decline, or counter the invitation.
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When scheduling conflicts arise, the meeting chairperson can deselect non-critical attendees to
find dates and times that accommodate the remaining attendees.
Contacts
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Business card-like views for displaying individual contact information.
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Contact records can include a photograph of the person.
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Instant messaging chats can be initiated from the Contact view.
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Contact delegation to allow others access to your list of personal contacts.
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Drop-down addressing and the "Recent Contacts" view in Contacts presents a list of people you
have recently collaborated with to speed the addressing of outbound messages.
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"Collaboration History" provides an easy way to see documents that have been recently
collaborated on with specific people.
IBM Lotus Productivity Tools
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Support the OASIS Open Document Format (ODF), an international standard for sharing and
editing editable documents. These open standards-based applications give users and
organizations a choice of file formats and frees them from proprietary vendor formats.
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Can also open, edit, and save documents in certain Microsoft Office formats.
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SmartSuite formats can be imported to the Lotus Productivity Tools through an included filter.
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