Novell Documentation: GroupWise 6 - Getting Acquainted with the Main GroupWise Window

Getting Acquainted with the Main GroupWise Window

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

You can open more than one Main Window in GroupWise by clicking Window > New Main Window.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. You might also want to open a certain folder in one window and look at your Calendar in another. You can open as many Main Windows as your computer's memory will allow.

The basic components of the Main Window are explained below.

Toolbar

The toolbar lets you quickly accomplish common GroupWise tasks, such as opening the Address Book, sending mail messages, and finding an item. The Display drop-down list on the toolbar lets you change the display of your Item List. The Mode drop-down list lets you change the way you run GroupWise.

Folder List

The Folder List at the left of the Main Window lets you organize your GroupWise items. You can create new folders to store your items in. Next to any folder (except for shared folders), the number of unread items is shown in square brackets.

If you want, you can close your folder list to leave more room for other views, such as the Calendar, in the Main Window. Click View > Folders List to open or close the Folder List display.

Here is what you'll find in each of the default folders:

Folder Icon or Name	Explanation
	Your user folder (indicated by your name) represents your GroupWise database. All folders in you Main Window are subfolders of your user folder.
	Your Mailbox includes all items you've sent and received. Use the Display drop-down list to view only sent items or received items.
	The Sent Items folder displays everything you have sent to other users. It is a Find Results folder, which means that when you open the Sent Items folder, GroupWise searches your user database for all items you have sent, regardless of which folders they are in, and displays them in the Item List. (For more information about Find Results folders, see Understanding Find Results Folders.) If you inadvertently delete the Sent Items folder, you can restore it by creating a new Find Results folder with the same properties as the original Sent Items folder. If you delete an item from the Sent Items folder, it is also deleted from its original folder.
	The calendar view in the folder list shows several tabbed calendar view options.
	Your Documents folder contains references to documents that you have created or opened. If you specify, any documents you view or import will also be added to this folder. See Organizing Your Documents for more information.
	The Task List folder is a Find Results folder that shows you all your tasks regardless of which folders they are in. (For more information about Find Results folders, see Understanding Find Results Folders.) When you open the Task List folder, GroupWise searches your user database for all your tasks and displays them in the Item List. If you inadvertently delete the Task List folder, you can restore it by creating a new Find Results folder with the same properties as the original Task List folder. If you delete a task from the task list, it is also deleted from the Calendar.
	The Work In Progress folder is a folder where you can save messages you have started but want to finish later.
	Your Cabinet is a container for all your personal folders and shared folders. A shared folder is like any other folder in your Cabinet, except other people have access to it.
	The Trash contains all the items and documents you've deleted.
	If you add a folder for an IMAP4 account, this icon displays in your Folder List.
	If you add a folder for an NNTP newsgroup account, this icon displays in your Folder List.

Item List

The Item List at the right of the Main Window displays your mail and phone messages, appointments, reminder notes, tasks, and document references. Use the Display drop-down list on the toolbar to display incoming items, outgoing items, and posted items.

You can sort the Item List by clicking a column heading. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading a second time.

QuickViewer

The QuickViewer opens below the Item List box. You can quickly scan items and their attachments in the QuickViewer instead of opening each item in another window.