If bidirectional text is enabled in Notes, you can set the reading order for paragraphs in a document. Put the document in Edit mode. Select the text that you want to specify a reading order for. Click Text Text Properties. Click the Paragraph Alignment tab. Click LefttoRight or RighttoLeft ...

You can check the spelling of the entire document or of selected words in a document. The spell checker uses a default dictionary and a user dictionary that you can customize by adding words The spell checker does not check singlecharacter words (such as "a"), text that does not contain letters ...

You can use additional language dictionaries to check the spelling in documents that use more than one language. To indicate which language dictionary to use, you tag the text in the document to check spelling against a language specific dictionary (the correct language dictionary must be ...

You can use the ruler to view and set margins. You use the triangles to set right and left margins for paragraphs and for the document itself. If you can't see the ruler, click View Ruler and it will appear. The ruler behaves the way most rulers do. Here are some functions you may not know ...

Use paragraph styles to save combinations of paragraph and text properties that you use regularly. Once you create a paragraph style, you can then use the style whenever you create a document. Put a document in Edit mode and click in the document. Click Text Text Properties. Click the Paragraph ...

To lock documents in applications (like Teamrooms), an administration server must be defined in the access control list (ACL). Users will receive errors when trying to lock documents if an administration server is not defined in the ACL. To enable document locking in an application, you must have ...

In a Notes document such as a mail message, Notes can transliterate text written in one Hindi script (plus Roman) into another Hindi script (plus Roman). In other words, it can change text from one Hindi script to another. To allow Lotus Notes to transliterate Indic languages, follow these steps: ...

A text popup is a link that displays a description when a user clicks or hovers over it. You must be in a richtext field (a field that allows text, objects, file attachments, and pictures) to create a text popup. Put the document in edit mode. Select the text to act as a text popup. Click ...

If you are creating or editing a document, you can add or edit HTML, which is useful if your document is going to be read in a Web browser. To add or edit HTML Open a document and put the document in edit mode. From the menu, click Actions Edit HTML Attributes. In the Programmer's Pane, ...

You can change a button's label, size, color, or action, or you can move or delete a button. Change a button's label or size Put the document in edit mode. Click the button. Click Button Button Properties. Click the Button Info tab. Change the label in the Label field, and then click the ...

In a document in Notes, you can indicate which paragraphs and objects need to stay together on one page. Put the document in Edit mode. Click the paragraph. Click Text Text Properties, and then click the Paragraph Margins tab. Note: To keep a paragraph containing a hotspot, button, attachment, ...

You can edit an attachment and Notes will replaces the old attachment with the updated attachment when you save the email, calendar entry, or Notes document. You do not have to delete the old attachment from the document and attach the newly edited attachment. Edit the document that contains the ...

If you receive an attachment, and you do not have any appropriate software program installed to open it, you can still view the contents (but not edit them). Also note that printing files from a viewer may give you unexpected results. To view the attachment, doubleclick it and select View. Or ...

You can add or change borders for a table, paragraph, or graphic. You can also change the border color, style, and thickness, as well as the margin between the border and text inside or outside the table. Add a border While editing a document, and do one of the following: For a table, place your ...

If you set the autosave preference or if you saved with File AutoSave AutoSave Now , you can recover documents in a case where your computer lost power, or Notes or your computer otherwise closed before you could save. Click File AutoSave Recover AutoSaved Documents . Select the document ...

In a tabbed table, you can indent the tabs, so they don't display starting at the edge of the table. Click in the table, and then click Table Table Properties. Click the Table Rows tab. In the For tabs section, click the arrow to specify the number of indents you want in the Indent first tab ...

By default, tabs in a tabbed table display on top of the table, but you can change them to display on the left, right, or bottom of the table. Click in the table, and then click Table Table Properties. Click the Table Rows tab. In the For tabs section, select where the tabs should display on the ...

You can add titles for tabs in tabbed tables, or captions for rows in collapsible tables. Follow these steps: Click the tab or caption to label, and then click Table Table Properties. Click the Table Rows tab. Under For selected row, enter the text for the table tab or row caption in the Tab ...

To change a basic table into a tabbed table, follow these steps: Click in the table, and then click Table Table Properties. Click the Table Rows tab. Click Show only one row at a time.

Use the following tips if you can't lock or unlock documents, if you're working offline, or if you have other questions about locking documents in Notes. Why can't I lock documents To lock documents, in an application an administration server must be defined in the access control list (ACL) of ...

You can set text to continue from one cell to another inside a table. When all cells are full, remaining text collects in the last cell. Note: With this option enabled, you cannot create or paste a section into any of the table's cells. Place your cursor in the cell (or cells) you are adjusting, ...

You can wrap text around the outside of a table. Note: This is for fixed width tables only, and the table must be left justified. Place your cursor in the table, and click Table Table Properties. Click the Table Margins tab. In the Table wrap section, select Outside table.

You can split one or more cells that you previously merged together. However, the data from the merged cells is not redistributed to the split cells, it is arranged vertically in the leftmost cell. You can only split a cell that was previously merged. Put the document in edit mode. Place your ...

You can mark text with a colored highlighter to call attention to the text. You must be in a richtext field to add highlights. Turning the highlighter on or off Click the highlight toolbar icon... ...or click Text Highlighter Use color Highlighter. Highlighting text After turning ...

In some teamrooms and applications, you can't use Shift+click or Ctrl+click to select multiple documents. (This is because those applications are based on a Notes 7 or earlier template.) In those applications, use the following methods to select multiple documents: For consecutive documents (same ...