Here are a few things you can do to make the Notes client startup faster:
- Minimize the number of databases on your Welcome Page (if you’re using a Welcome Page)
- Disable “Check Subscriptions” and “Scan for Unread” startup options in User Preferences
- Disable “Replicate When Notes Starts” on Location document
Use Network Compression
If both your client and your server are running ND6 or higher, you can enable network compression to speed up communications. Note that this has to be enabled on both the client and the server.
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Recently I was working on an application and had a need to show information in multiple columns in Lotus Notes to save screen space. The source field was going to contain somewhere around 30 items, but the exact number was unknown. And the values to display we’re short, either. Although I’m not at liberty to say exactly what the values were, a good example would be capitals for each of the United States of America. The user would pick somewhere around 30 state capitals and the values would be shown.
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Yes, I know the title of this tip doesn’t mean much. But I couldn’t come up with a meaningful title in just a few words. So let me describe the situation. Let’s say you have a multi-value keyword fields that contains state names. And another multi-value keyword field that contains city names. The choices for the city names come from the selected state names. If you choose some cities, and then go back and remove a state, how do you eliminate those selected cities that are no longer choices?
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Tilde (~) – scan for unread mail Highlight the word to find, then CTRL+F – the word is in the “find” box ALT+number – same as clicking on the action button corresponding to the numbered position. In R5, if you press the ALT key, the numbers appear above the action buttons to assist you.
CTRL+Tab – cycle between open windows CTRL+F6 – cycle between open windows CTRL+P – print the current document/view CTRL+A – select all documents in a view CTRL+view-switch – keep the current document highlighted if it appears in the next view. SHIFT+ESC – save and close the current window without prompting for save.
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I always thought that “Deny Access” was the be-all, end-all. But apparently not. If someone is listed in both the “Full Access Administrators” list and the “Deny Access” list for the server, they will still be able to access the server. The “Full Access Administrators” trumps the “Deny Access” setting.
From the Administrator Help file, here’s information on the Full Access Administrators field:
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