Notes Social 9 – Client – What’s New?
1. Theme – New look and feel. This theme provides a new, cleaner, more modern
look to the client interface. If you want to change it back to look like Notes 8,
follow the steps below.
 Click on File – Preferences – Windows and
Themes.
 Use the pull down next to the Theme field and
change from Notes 9 to Notes 8.
 Click OK
2. Discover Page - The Notes 9.0 Social Edition client introduces a new home
page called the Discover page. With the Discover page, users can find targeted
Notes client information more quickly and easily, including new features in the
release, introductory material for new users, and helpful hints and tips. There is
also a Quick Links tab that allows users to launch their workspace, Mail,
Calendar, and other Notes applications they have recently used, in addition to
providing links to other resources, such as the Notes and Domino wiki.
3. New button for Read/Unread mail – In the tool bar, a
new button allows you to mark messages Read or
Unread, instead of using Edit – Unread marks menu.
4. Abbreviated Dates – The Mail views now show abbreviated, simplified dates
according to the following changes.
 If the date falls on the current day, then the date
column will only show the time, for example: 4:50 PM
 Yesterday's date will have "Yesterday" plus the time
 If the date falls on a prior day within the past year, then
the month and day will be shown with the time, for
example: May 12 3:50 PM
 If the date falls on a day in a previous year, then the
traditional date/time is show, for example: 5/12/2011
3:15 PM
 If, for some reason, there is a future date in the Mail view, due to OS
settings, it will be displayed the same way as the "May 12 3:50 PM"
example shown previously
Choose View -> Customize this view, and select or de-select the Use
abbreviated dates checkbox to turn this feature on or off.
5. When you Reply/Reply All from the Sent view, it removes your name from the
To field
6. New fields for "Add Sender to Contacts"
dialog box




Company name
Business phone
Home phone
Mobile phone
7. See messages in your Inbox grouped by
date - From your Inbox, select Show Group By Date to see your Inbox grouped
into messages from Today, Yesterday, Last
week, etc.
8. Message snippets available in Inbox view - Preview message text in your
Inbox view. From the Inbox, select Show -> Beginning of Message to display
message body text. Hover over messages in your Inbox to see the first 100
characters.
9. Image preview for attachments - You will now
see a thumbnail preview of attachment images.
10. Additional save option - Users have two options for saving emails they create:


Save (Default) - saves the email as draft but leaves the message open
with focus returning to the message.
Save as Draft - saves email as draft and closes the message
Calendar
1. Today is easier to find - Changes background color for today.
2. Scroll through One Month view in Calendar - Instead of viewing only one
entire month at a time, now you can scroll through the One Month view of the
calendar 1 week at a time. For example, instead of being able to view only all of
December or all of January, you can view the last few weeks of December and
the first few weeks of January. Use the vertical scroll bar to navigate forward or
backward.
 Drag the scroll bar slider to navigate to a specific month (a tool tip will tell
you which month you are scrolling to)
 Click the up or down arrow of the scroll bar to navigate forward or
backward by one week
 Click within the scroll bar to navigate forward or backward by one month
3. New Weekly Planner view - Notes
9.0 Social Edition includes a new
Calendar view called Weekly Planner.
The Weekly Planner shows the days
of the week in a two-column format,
which is similar to the Weekly view in
the Notes Basic Client. You can scroll
within a day to see more entries.
In the Weekly Planner, you can also
click Show -> Show Available Times
to see the times when no events are
scheduled.
4. Color Code Entries by Category - You can now color-code your calendar
entries by category. Note that this feature will override any existing Calendar
Entry Colors settings on the Calendar & To Do -> Colors preferences tab.
To set category colors for calendar entries, choose File -> Preferences ->
Calendar & To Do -> Colors -> Category Colors, and set color codes for your
calendar event categories.
You can also assign colors for color-coded categories directly from the calendar
entry form. From a new calendar entry, select the Assign Colors button located
next to the category field.
5. Check Calendar dialog box remains in view - The Check Calendar dialog can
be moved and sized while you're interacting with Notes.
Search Features
1. Improved search experience with Quick Find – Just start
typing and a search bar appears. Find information more
easily in Mail, Calendar, team rooms, or any other view in
Notes. You can now select which column to search (which
also sorts automatically by that column), and if you're
searching for a name, type-ahead will help you quickly find
that name.
2. Search results more easily sorted by selected view sort order - The Show
Results drop-down menu, which defines the view sort order for search results,
has been placed more prominently in the View Search box. This allows you to
change the sort order for search results without having to execute the search
again each time.
Note: An application must have a full-text index in order for the user to see the
Show Results drop-down menu; otherwise you will see a Not Indexed
notification link.
Contacts Features
1. Remove duplicate contacts - Remove duplicate names and groups from your
Contact list. Duplicate contacts are removed only if all fields are identical.
Other Features
1. Open Mail, Calendar, and other views with one
click - There are new icons next to the Open button,
which you can click to open Mail, Calendar, Contacts,
Workspace, Discover page, or Updates views in
Notes.
2. New toolbar option - A new toolbar menu now includes the option Show
Toolbar Only When Editing (View -> Toolbar -> Show Toolbar Only When
Editing)
3. New keyboard shortcuts - Several new keyboard shortcuts and commands are
available, that allow you to navigate Notes in a more familiar fashion:





Ctrl+1, 2, 3 - Open Mail, Calendar, or Contacts, respectively, from
anywhere in Notes
Ctrl+R - Reply to mail or calendar entry
Ctrl+Shift+R - Reply to All on mail or calendar entry
Ctrl+V - Paste Special
Ctrl+Shift+V - Paste as Plain Text
Note: For Macintosh users, Ctrl should be replaced by Cmd.
The following default preferences have changed:
1. The new IBM Social theme is turned on by default.
2. If you use pop-ups for new mail notification, you’ll now see an unobtrusive slidein alert on the screen. To change this default behavior, select File > Preferences
> Mail > Sending and Receiving to choose a different option.
3. Email message tabs are automatically closed after you have replied to, or
forwarded, an email. To change this default behavior, select File > Preferences >
Mail, and uncheck the "Automatically close original e-mail when
replying/forwarding" option.
4. Your most recent email messages will now appear first in your Inbox. To change
this new preference, select File > Preferences > Mail, and check the desired
option. Note: This preference is available for the "All Documents" and "Inbox"
views.
5. The default setting when deleting a calendar document from a Mail view is now
"Remove without asking". To change this setting, select File > Preferences >
Mail > Basics, and change the option When I delete a calendar document
from an Mail view or folder: to "Ask me if I want to remove or delete".
6. Notes now processes all meeting updates automatically, and keeps your
meetings up-to-date. To change this setting, select File > Preferences >
Calendar and To Do > Display > Notices, and uncheck the "Automatically
process meeting updates and apply changes to meetings".
7. New meeting notices automatically appear in gray on your calendar, before you
accept them. To change this setting, choose File > Preferences > Calendar and
To Do > Display > Views, then uncheck the "Display new (unprocessed) notices"
option.
8. Notes contacts are set up to synchronize with iNotes® and/or mobile devices
during replication.