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The What’s New? feature is located on the Company Headlines page, accessible by clicking on the Company Headlines link within the Content Browser.

Use the What’s New? feature on a regular basis to find out the latest documents that have been uploaded to the Intranet.  This feature is very helpful, as you may simply click on the document within the What’s New? listing to either view, download or modify it.

You may view the most recent files/documents that have been added to a particular Document Manager application by selecting the Last 24 hours link or click on the Last 7 days link, which lists the last week of documents that have been uploaded. The Title of the document, Author, and Section are listed for your convenience. Refer to Add Document Manager Applications to your Company Headlines Page (What’s New? Summary) to implement this feature.

Through the My Settings - What’s New Summary, System Members have the ability to customize their Company Headlines page by adding their own Calendar, E-mail and Bulletin Board applications.  Use the Company Headlines page to your advantage by adding these applications on this page so that you only have to go to one location within your Intranet to be completely updated.

Add as many of these Applications as you feel necessary to keep you up to date on the latest information added to your Intranet.   Added applications will be visible on the right side of your Company Headlines page.

What’s New? Summary (on Company Headlines page)

Through the What’s New Summary, System Members have the ability to customize their Company Headlines page by adding their own Calendar, E-mail and Bulletin Board applications to it.   Use the Company Headlines page to your advantage by adding these applications on this page so that you only have to go to one location within your Intranet to be completely updated.

This allows a User to view new e-mail, new bulletin board topics and their posts, as well as be reminded of calendar events and appointments without having to access that particular application through the Content Browser or Quickbar. 

Add as many of these Applications as you feel necessary to keep you up to date on the latest information added to your Intranet.   Added applications will be visible on the right side of your Company Headlines page.

Add Document Manager Applications to your Company Headlines Page (What’s New? Summary)

            1.  Within the Content Browser, click the My Section plus sign (+).

Note: Within the Content Browser, listed will be your My Documents, My Contacts, My E-mail, My Calendar, My Links, My Images and My Settings, as well as all the Sections and Applications that have been saved to your My Section area so far. 

 2.       Within the Content Browser, click on the My Settings application.

Note: The General Settings page appears as the default page with your User information.

3.       Click on the What’s New Summary tab.

4.       Click the Add New button.

Note: The Choose Folder dialog appears.

5.       From the Choose Folder dialog, select the Document Manager applications to view the latest documents posted to that application within the last 7 days or 24hours.                                                

Note: Within the Choose Folder dialog, all E-mail, Calendar, Document Manager and Bulletin Board applications that you have Access Rights to will be underlined, and you will notice that you will only be able to select those E-mail, Calendar, Document Manager and Bulletin Board applications.

Note: Once the application is selected, it will be listed within your What’s New Summary.

Note: You will now be able to view any new documents posted to the selected Document Manager applications on your Company Headlines page in the lower part of the document window.  Simply click on the Company Headlines section within your Content Browser to access the What's New? document area.

  

 Note: Once the application is selected, it will be listed within your What’s New Summary.

 

 

 

Add E-mail, Calendar, and Bulletin Board to your Company Headlines Page (What’s New? Summary)

            1.  Within the Content Browser, click the My Section plus sign (+).

Note: Within the Content Browser, listed will be your My Documents, My Contacts, My E-mail, My Calendar, My Links, My Images and My Settings, as well as all the Sections and Applications that have been saved to your My Section area so far. 

 2.       Within the Content Browser, click on the My Settings application.

Note: The General Settings page appears as the default page with your User information.

3.       Click on the What’s New Summary tab.

4.       Click the Add New button.

Note: The Choose Folder dialog appears.

                                           5.       From the Choose Folder dialog, select the E-mail, Calendar or Bulletin Board that is to be added to your                                           Company Headlines page.

Note: Within the Choose Folder dialog, all E-mail, Calendar and Bulletin Board applications that you have Access Rights to will be underlined, and you will notice that you will only be able to select those E-mail, Calendar, and Bulletin Board applications.

Note: Once the application is selected, it will be listed within your What’s New Summary.

Note: You will now be able to view the application on your Company Headlines page, titled whatever it is named in your Content Browser.  Simply click on the Company Headlines section within your Content Browser to access the What's New Summary.

Remove Applications from your Company Headlines page (What’s New? Summary)

            1.  Within the Content Browser, click the My Section plus sign (+).

Note: Within the Content Browser, listed will be your My Documents, My Contacts, My E-mail, My Calendar, My Links, My Images and My Settings, as well as all the Sections and Applications that have been saved to your My Section area so far. 

2.        Within the Content Browser, click on the My Settings application.

Note: The General Settings page appears as the default page with your User information.

3.       Click on the What’s New Summary tab.

4.       Highlight the application from the list that is to be removed from your Company Headlines page.

5.       Click the Remove button.

Note: The application is removed from the What’s New Summary list, as well as your Company Headlines page

Using the Calendar application on your Company Headlines page (What’s New? Summary)

Use the Company Headlines page to your advantage by adding your Calendar applications here.  From this location, you are able to add calendar events, as well as view events and appointments scheduled for the day, without even having to access that particular Calendar application.  If you need further assistance, refer to the Calendar area of the Help Guide for specifics on how to use this application.

Add Calendar Events from the Company Headlines Page (What’s New? Summary)

           1.       Within the Content Browser, click on the Company Headlines section.

Note: The Company Headline page is visible.  All What’s New applications are listed to the far right.

2.       If more than one Calendar application is listed to the far right, decide which calendar is to have an event added and click the Add Event button.

      Note: The Event Manager dialog appears.

3. Enter the Event information including: Event Title, Date, Time, Type and Time Zone.

                 Event Title: Title for the event being posted.

                 Event Date/Time: Month, day, year and time.
                 

                 Event Type: Indicates the nature of the event, such as General Event, Company Meeting,     

                 conference call, etc.
                 

                 Event Time Zone: Defaults to the time zone that was selected in the My                 

                 Settings area. If the event’s time zone is to be different, select the appropriate time zone from 

                 the Event time zone drop-down menu.

            3.       If you do not want the event to repeat, check Do Not Repeat This Event.  To     

                  repeat the event, select Repeat and select from the drop-down menu how often,                 

                  the duration, and until what date the event should occur.

4.       If there is information that should be attached to the event, enter it in the Note area.

5.       If you would like to add file attachments, click Upload New Attachment.

 Note: The Attach File dialog appears.

6.       Click the Browse button.

 Note: The Choose File dialog appears.

 7.       Locate the file on your local system to be attached to the calendar event.

8.       Click Open.

9.       Enter a Title for the file.

Title: The title given a file is the filename that will appear in your Intranet, therefore, make sure the title given is descriptive enough for you, as well as others if the file is to be viewed by other users.

10.   Click Upload and then click Done.

11.   To view the attached file, click on it.

12.   Click Save on the Event Manager dialog to save the event or click the Save & Notify button to save the Event and notify System Members of the added calendar event.

Note: For details on creating a calendar event, refer to Create a Calendar Event within the Calendar Application.

Using the Email application on your Company Headlines page (What’s New? Summary)

Use the Company Headlines page to your advantage by adding your E-mail applications here.  From this location, you are able to view if your Intra.Net™ E-mail client has received any new mail as it will list the number of unread messages within each folder, as well as access your E-mail application to send e-mail.    Simply click on the folder listed to access that area and application. You are able to add as many existing E-mail applications as you like, as long as you have been given access to them.  If you need further assistance, refer to the E-mail area of the Help Guide for specifics on how to use this application.

Using the Bulletin Board application on your Company Headlines page (What’s New? Summary)

Use the Company Headlines page to your advantage by adding your Bulletin Board applications here.  From this location, you are able to view if Bulletin Boards have any new threads posted.  Simply click on the Bulletin Board Topic listed to access that area of the application.  If you need further assistance, refer to the Bulletin Board area of the Help Guide for specifics on how to use this application.