This table lists new features in IBM Notes 9.x Social Edition. Each row indicates the minimum server version, ODS, and template required for the feature to work, and also whether it requires Notes Standard Configuration or Notes Basic Configuration. The majority of new features listed below are also described in the product documentation topic "What's New in IBM Notes 9.0 Social Edition?". The requirements information was provided by members of IBM Notes and Domino Development teams.
Note: Generally, it is best to run Domino 9.0, Notes 9.0, and version 9.0 templates. The rule of thumb is to upgrade your server first, clients second, and templates last. Although it may be doable, it is not recommended and, in most cases, not supported to run templates higher than the server version. Feature areas
Mail features
| Standard Configuration or
Basic Configuration |
Minimum Notes
client version |
Minimum Domino
server version |
Minimum ODS level |
Minimum template version |
See messages in your Inbox grouped by date
From your Inbox, select Show -> Group By Date to see your Inbox grouped into messages from Today, Yesterday, Last week, etc.
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Standard
|
9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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Abbreviated dates
The Mail views now show abbreviated, simplified dates according to the following changes:
- If the date falls on the current day, then the date column will only show the time, for example: 4:50 PM
- Yesterday's date will have "Yesterday" plus the time
- If the date falls on a prior day within the past year, then the month and day will be shown with the time, for example: May 12 3:50 PM
- If the date falls on a day in a previous year, then the traditional date/time is show, for example: 5/12/2011 3:15 PM
- If, for some reason, there is a future date in the Mail view, due to OS settings, it will be displayed the same way as the "May 12 3:50 PM" example shown previously
Abbreviated dates can be over-ridden by the end user. For mail views, the "Use abbreviated dates" checkbox will be checked default; users can uncheck it to override this behavior. For other views, "Use abbreviated dates" will be unchecked by default.
Note For Administrators: For mail views, abbreviated dates is now the default. This is done through Domino Designer, to make it the default in the mail template, with a new choice for Abbreviated. Mail views here include all views in Mail including chat history, follow up, etc. Folders will inherit this change if the update is done on folders. This would be available as a choice for all core Notes views having a date column, but will not be turned on by default. |
Standard or Basic
|
9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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Message snippets available in Inbox view
Preview message text in your Inbox view. From the Inbox, select Show -> Beginning of Message to display message body text. Hover over messages in your Inbox to see the first 100 characters. |
Standard
|
9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
|
New action bar button for Read/Unread mail
A new action bar button in the Inbox allows you to mark messages Read or Unread, instead of using the Edit -> Unread marks menu.
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Standard or Basic
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9.0 confirmed;
8.5.3 minimal testing
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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Image preview for attachments
You will now see a thumbnail preview of attachment images when reading MIME email. You will also see this preview when creating image attachments in the rich text editor. |
Standard or Basic
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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| When you Reply/Reply All from the Sent view, it removes your name from the To field |
Standard or Basic
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9.0 confirmed;
8.5.3 minimal testing
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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| Administrators can disable Return Receipt |
Standard or Basic
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9.0
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9.0
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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Improved Protector integration
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Standard
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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New fields for "Add Sender to Contacts" dialog box
- Company name
- Business phone
- Home phone
- Mobile phone
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Standard or Basic
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9.0 confirmed;
8.5.3 minimal testing
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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Calendar features
|
Standard Configuration or
Basic Configuration |
Minimum Notes
client version |
Minimum Domino
server version |
Minimum ODS level |
Minimum template version |
Scroll through One Month view in Calendar
Instead of viewing only one entire month at a time, now you can scroll through the One Month view of the calendar 1 week at a time. For example, instead of being able to view only all of December or all of January, you can view the last few weeks of December and the first few weeks of January.
Use the vertical scroll bar to navigate forward or backward.
- Drag the scroll bar slider to navigate to a specific month (a tool tip will tell you which month you are scrolling to)
- Click the up or down arrow of the scroll bar to navigate forward or backward by one week
- Click within the scroll bar to navigate forward or backward by one month
Or use the following shortcuts:
- Scroll backward one month - PgUp
- Scroll forward one month - PgDn
- Scroll backward one week - Ctrl+PgUp
- Scroll forward one week - Ctrl+PgDn
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Standard
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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New Weekly Planner view
Notes 9.0 Social Edition includes a new Calendar view called Weekly Planner. The Weekly Planner shows the days of the week in a two-column format, which is similar to the Weekly view in the Notes Basic Client. You can scroll within a day to see more entries.
In the Weekly Planner, you can also click Show -> Show Available Times to see the times when no events are scheduled. If you select Show Available Times, it will show a day's available times like this: |
Standard
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
|
Color-code calendar entries by category
You can now color-code your calendar entries by category. Note that this feature will override any existing Calendar Entry Colors settings on the Calendar & To Do -> Colors preferences tab.
To set category colors for calendar entries, choose File -> Preferences -> Calendar & To Do -> Colors -> Category Colors, and set color codes for your calendar event categories.
You can also assign colors for color-coded categories directly from the calendar entry form. From a new calendar entry, select the Assign Colors button. |
Standard or Basic
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9.0 confirmed;
8.5.3 minimal testing
|
n/a
|
n/a
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mail9.ntf
|
Check Calendar dialog box remains in view
The Check Calendar dialog can be moved and sized while you're interacting with Notes. |
Standard or Basic
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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Calendar and Scheduling APIs for C SDK
The Notes and Domino calendar and scheduling API enables application developers to create, modify, read, delete, or take calendar actions on calendar entries and meeting notices in a Domino mail file. The API encapsulates the complexities of Notes/Domino calendar data, including repeating meetings and notice creation, by utilizing the standardized iCalendar data format.
A preliminary version of the API for the C SDK is included in the current release. Future Java™ & Script APIs, as well as a REST calendar service may be built on top of this C functionality, but are not included in the current release. Specifics of the calendar functionality contained in the C SDK are documented in the calendarapi.h header file.
Please provide any feedback regarding the API such that we can determine if further modification is needed. At this point the new API is not yet officially supported and is subject to potential modification or omission in future releases. |
n/a
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n/a
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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Federated Notes Calendar Enhancements
- Forward a Federated Teamroom calendar to others (Right click on Federated Teamroom calendar, select Email To...)
- New "Cleanup Federated Calendars" action
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Standard
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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| Today is easier to find Changes background color for today. |
Standard
|
9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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Embedded products
|
Standard Configuration or
Basic Configuration |
Minimum Notes
client version |
Minimum Domino
server version |
Minimum ODS level |
Minimum template version |
| The embedded version of Sametime installed with Notes has been upgraded to Sametime 8.5.2 IFR1. To better understand the differences in functionality, please see the complete list of Sametime 8.5.2 system requirements at: Using Sametime Standard 8.5.2 documentation |
Standard
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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OpenSocial component
|
Standard Configuration or
Basic Configuration |
Minimum Notes
client version |
Minimum Domino
server version |
Minimum ODS level |
Minimum template version |
Embedded experiences in Notes & iNotes
Embedded experiences allow you to access and work with embedded content from applications inside OpenSocial containers, like a gadget or a simple web page, directly in your Notes email. For example, if a colleague uses the IBM Connections Files application to notify you that they have posted an image file, you can preview the image, download the image directly, comment on it, or click Like to recommend it, all directly from the email notification. |
- Embedded experiences in Notes
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Standard
|
9.0
|
9.0
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n/a
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9.0 toolbox.ntf
&
9.0 websecuritystore.ntf
|
- Embedded experiences in iNotes
|
n/a
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n/a
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9.0
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n/a
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9.0 toolbox.ntf
&
9.0 websecuritystore.ntf
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Widgets & Live Text features
|
Standard Configuration or
Basic Configuration |
Minimum Notes
client version |
Minimum Domino
server version |
Minimum ODS level |
Minimum template version |
Call phone numbers and start chats through Live Text
In Notes 9.0, the Sametime Live Text actions (call, chat, chat history) are not turned on by default. If you want to use these actions, you need to have the following parameter:
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime/enableSametimeLiveText=true
pushed to your system via policy, or included in your \\framework\rcp\plugin_customizations.ini file.
You also have to be logged into the embedded Sametime client to see these actions. |
Standard
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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Search features
|
Standard Configuration or
Basic Configuration |
Minimum Notes
client version |
Minimum Domino
server version |
Minimum ODS level |
Minimum template version |
Improved search experience with Quick Find
Find information more easily in Mail, Calendar, teamrooms, or any other view in Notes. You can now select which column to search (which also sorts automatically by that column), and if you're searching for a name, type-ahead will help you quickly find that name.
To use this feature, start typing in any view (or click Ctrl + F) and a dialog will appear, where you can choose which column to search and continue typing the information you'd like to find.
You can choose to search in any column in that view, or choose Any column to search in all columns.
In views with no columns, such as the One Week or One month view in Calendar, you can choose to search just that view, or search in the entire application. For example, if you're looking at the monthly view of April, select This view to just search the month of April, or select All to search the entire Calendar. |
Standard
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
|
Search results more easily sorted by selected view sort order
The Show Results drop-down menu, which defines the view sort order for search results, has been placed more prominently in the View Search box. This allows you to change the sort order for search results without having to execute the search again each time.
Note: An application must have a full-text index in order for the user to see the Show Results drop-down menu; otherwise you will see a Not Indexed notification link. |
Standard or Basic
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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Search Mail and Archives at the same time
Notes 9.0 Social Edition allows you to simultaneously search your mail file and any mail archive applications you may have created. This option is available in the Search toolbar.
You can disable this option by selecting File -> Preferences -> Search -> Search List and unchecking "All Mail and Archives" from the search list. |
Standard
|
9.0
|
n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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Contacts features
|
Standard Configuration or
Basic Configuration |
Minimum Notes
client version |
Minimum Domino
server version |
Minimum ODS level |
Minimum template version |
Remove duplicate contacts
Remove duplicate names and groups from your Contact list (names.nsf). Duplicate contacts are removed only if all fields are identical. |
Standard or Basic
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
mail9.ntf and 9.0 pernames.ntf
|
| New Policy setting to enable Notes Preference "Mark Private" checkbox by default in the New Contact form |
Standard or Basic
|
9.0 confirmed;
8.5.3 minimal testing
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
9.0 pernames.ntf
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Other features
|
Standard Configuration or
Basic Configuration |
Minimum Notes
client version |
Minimum Domino
server version |
Minimum ODS level |
Minimum template version |
Discover page
The Notes 9.0 Social Edition client introduces a new home page called the Discover page. With the Discover page, users can find targeted Notes client information more quickly and easily, including new features in the release, introductory material for new users, and helpful hints and tips. There is also a Quick Links tab that allows users to launch their workspace, Mail, Calendar, and other Notes applications they have recently used, in addition to providing links to other resources, such as the Notes and Domino wiki.
Note: A user who has customized their home page prior to the Notes 9.0 Social Edition release will still show their same homepage in the Notes client. |
Standard
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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Support for IBM Social theme
Support has been added for the IBM Social theme. This theme provides a new, cleaner, more modern look to the Notes client interface, and is being adopted across the IBM product line for UI consistency. The new look is implemented as an additional theme available to the end user; choose File -> Preferences -> Windows and Themes, and select IBM Social Theme. You still have the ability to select any of the other themes in the Notes client, in addition to this new theme. |
Standard
|
9.0
|
n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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Open Mail, Calendar, and other views with one click
There are new icons next to the Open button, which you can click to open Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Workspace, Discover page, or Updates views. These buttons are available no matter where you are in Notes. |
Standard
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Use the mini-view to see work at a glance
The mini-view allows you to see notices, follow-up messages, or to-do items in the navigator of your Mail or Calendar view. The mini-view is collapsed by default; simply click the mini-view to open it. |
Standard
|
9.0
|
n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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New toolbar option
A new toolbar menu now includes the option Show Toolbar Only When Editing. |
Standard
|
9.0
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n/a
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n/a
|
n/a
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New keyboard shortcuts
Several new keyboard shortcuts and commands are available, that allow you to navigate Notes in a more familiar fashion:
- Ctrl+1, 2, 3 - Open Mail, Calendar, or Contacts, respectively, from anywhere in Notes
- Ctrl+R - Reply to mail or calendar entry
- Ctrl+Shift+R - Reply to All on mail or calendar entry
- Ctrl+V - Paste Special
- Ctrl+Shift+V - Past as Plain Text
Note: For Macintosh users, Ctrl should be replaced by Cmd. |
Standard
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| The following default preferences have changed |
- The new IBM Social theme is turned on by default.
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Standard
|
9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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- If you use pop-ups for new mail notification, you’ll now see an unobtrusive slide-in alert on the screen. To change this default behavior, select File > Preferences > Mail > Sending and Receiving to choose a different option.
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Standard
|
9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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- Email message tabs are automatically closed after you have replied to, or forwarded, an email. To change this default behavior, select File > Preferences > Mail, and uncheck the "Automatically close original e-mail when replying/forwarding" option.
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Standard or Basic
|
9.0
|
n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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- Your most recent email messages will now appear first in your Inbox. To change this new preference, select File > Preferences > Mail, and check the desired option.
Note: This preference is available for the "All Documents" and "Inbox" views. |
Standard or Basic
|
9.0
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
mail9.ntf
|
- The default setting when deleting a calendar document from a Mail view is now "Remove without asking". To change this setting, select File > Preferences > Mail > Basics, and change the option When I delete a calendar document from an Mail view or folder: to "Ask me if I want to remove or delete".
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Standard or Basic
|
9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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- Notes now processes all meeting updates automatically, and keeps your meetings up-to-date. To change this setting, select File > Preferences > Calendar and To Do > Display > Notices, and uncheck the "Automatically process meeting updates and apply changes to meetings".
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Standard or Basic
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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- New meeting notices automatically appear in gray on your calendar, before you accept them. To change this setting, choose File > Preferences > Calendar and To Do > Display > Views, then uncheck the "Display new (unprocessed) notices" option.
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Standard or Basic
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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- Notes contacts are set up to synchronize with iNotes® and/or mobile devices during replication.
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Standard or Basic
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9.0
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n/a
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n/a
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mail9.ntf
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