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An aspect of running the Notes plug-in under IBM Workplace Managed Client

that users might find confusing is the availability indicator at the top right of the

window (see Figure 2-22). Though this is displayed in the Notes plug-in view,

keep in mind that this indicates the availability of the user on the IBM Workplace

Instant Messaging service. It does not pertain to the embedded Lotus

Sametime® services with which full Lotus Notes client users might be familiar.

Currently, there is no Sametime services for the Notes plug-in for Linux.

Figure 2-22 Instant Messaging availability indicator in the Notes view

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The Workplace Managed Client Notes plug-in gives full access to the Lotus

calender, and it is possible to communicate with other Notes users by proposing

new appointment times, viewing schedules, and accepting meeting dates.

Figure 2-23 shows the calendar.

Figure 2-23 Access your Lotus Notes calender using the plug-in inside Workplace Managed Client

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Other Notes applications and databases are accessible using the plug-in, such

as Notes discussion forums or document libraries, as shown in Figure 2-24.

Figure 2-24 Notes Discussion forum inside the plug-in

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Documents stored in the Notes document library can be opened and edited using

the editors of the productivity tools in the same framework. This is extended

functionality over the pure Notes client, where you have to install a separate

office suite to do this. Figure 2-25 shows the Notes document library.

Figure 2-25 Notes Document Library

Another very good integration point between the IBM Workplace Managed Client

interface and the Notes plug-in is access to the IBM Workplace Managed Client

document libraries when attaching files to new documents in the Notes plug-in.

Selecting File → Attach when in a rich text field of an open document in the

Notes plug-in opens a dialog box enabling the user to browse the file system.

The dialog box also contains a button enabling the user to select files accessible

from the client’s Documents perspective. Therefore, users can attach files from

either their private document library or one of the server-based document

libraries to which they have access directly to a Notes document. See

Figure 2-26 on page 44 and Figure 2-27 on page 44. Additionally, when

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detaching or saving an attachment stored in a Notes document, the user has the

choice of saving it to a document library.

Figure 2-26 File → Attach dialog box

Figure 2-27 Select an item from a document library