GETTING CONNECTED

Using different locations
Because you can connect to Notes several different ways, such as over a LAN, over a telephone line, or over a cable or DSL connection, Notes needs a way to manage information for each type of connection you use. You usually change the way you connect when you start Notes in a different physical location, so Notes offers a list of built-in locations you can switch between, and stores information about each one in Location documents in your Personal Address Book. The documents specify settings for each location such as the type of connection used in that location, the server where your mail resides, whether you work offline or online, and whether you use a passthru server.

Whatever location you switch to becomes the current location until you switch again.

To switch to a different location

If your User ID has a password, you can switch locations by selecting a different one in the password dialog when you start Notes. You can also switch locations from the menu at any time.

1. From the menu, choose File - Mobile - Choose Current Location.

2. Select a location and click OK.

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To switch to a different User ID for a specific location

You can specify a different User ID file that Notes should use for a location. For example, if you sometimes travel to a different office with Notes on a laptop that you connect to the LAN there, create a Location document that switches to an ID authorized for servers at that office.

Tip When you routinely use a different computer either in the same office or a different office, you can streamline your work process by asking your Domino administrator to make you a roaming user.

1. On any computer with single-user Notes installed, insert a floppy disk with your ID file, or move your ID to the hard drive.

2. Choose File - Mobile - Locations.

3. Select the location and click the "Edit Location" button.

4. Click the Advanced tab.

5. In the "User ID to switch to" field, specify a User ID file (you can click the search icon to browse the operating system).

6. Click "Save & Close."

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To change phone and time information for the current location

You can update settings such as the area code and time zone for the current location. The area code setting is useful if you use a single Notes location (such as Travel) in different physical locations, but you don't want to create extra Location documents manually because everything except the phone is the same.

Note The time zone and daylight savings settings in this dialog box are active only if the "Use operating system's time zone settings" field on the Basics tab of your current Location document is set to No. The default Yes setting is more efficient in Release 5 and later; the No setting may require additional specifications. For more information, see Advanced settings for a location.

1. Choose File - Mobile - Edit Current Time/Phone.

2. Do any of the following:

3. Click OK.

Tip To have Notes show some of this information in a dialog box automatically when you use the location, choose File - Mobile - Edit Current Location and select Yes in the "Prompt for time/date/phone" field.

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