1.9 Personalizing the GroupWise Interface

Your main work area in GroupWise is called the Main Window. From the Main Window you can read your messages, schedule appointments, view your Calendar, manage contacts, change the mode of GroupWise you’re running in, open folders, open documents, and much more.

For an interactive tutorial about the Home View, click Help > Training and Tutorials.

Figure 1-1 The Main Window

You can open more than one Main Window by clicking Window, then clicking New Main Window. You can open as many Main Windows as your computer’s memory allows.

This is useful if you proxy for another user. You can look at your own Main Window and the Main Window belonging to the person you are proxying for. For more information, see Section 10.0, Mailbox/Calendar Access for Proxy Users.

The Main Menu provides access to all GroupWise client features that can be used in the Main Window.

The most frequently used GroupWise features are conveniently available on drop-down menus, toolbars, and so on.

The Nav Bar is located at the top of the GroupWise window. It is designed for quick access to the folders you use the most.

By default the Nav Bar contains the Home, Mailbox, Calendar, Sent Items, and Contacts folders. However, the Nav Bar is customizable, so you can add the folders you use the most.

The Main toolbar provides single-click access to the most common GroupWise features, such as sending a message or appointment, performing a search, and so on.

The most common way to display information is in an Item List. For example, the Item List for your Mailbox is the list of messages you have received. The Item List header displays the name of the folder whose contents are being listed. It also provides the Find field for quickly finding items in the folder.

Item lists are organized into columns, which help you display the items in the order most useful for you. You can drag a column to a new position in the column header. You can resize a column by dragging the edge of the column heading. You can sort by columns and add new columns. For complete instructions on customizing Item Lists, see Section 2.3.4, Managing Item Lists in Folders and Section 2.3.5, Customizing Folder Display Settings.

The right-click menus provide different options, depending on which column you click in. In the item type icon column, you can select a category for the item. In the first text column (for example, Name), you can select an item action (Reply, Forward, and so on). In the other text columns (for example, Subject, Date, and so on), you can select a display setting (for example, Show Group Labels, View Discussion Threads, and so on).