User Guide

Table of Contents

1 About this Documentation
1.1 Target Groups, Contents
1.2 Design Elements
1.3 Terminology
2 Getting Started With the Groupware
2.1 Groupware Definition
2.2 Operating Instructions
2.3 Signing in, Signing out
3 First Steps
3.1 General Description of the User Interface
3.1.1 The menu bar
3.1.2 App Launcher
3.1.3 General description of the search bar
3.1.4 General description of the toolbar
3.1.5 General description of the folder view
3.1.6 General description of the display area
3.1.7 General description of the pop-up
3.1.8 The notification area
3.1.9 General description of the editing window
3.2 Keyboard Input
3.2.1 Keys and key combinations
3.2.2 Interacting with the user interface via keyboard
3.2.3 Use cases
3.3 Customizing the Basic Settings
3.4 Changing Personal Contact Data
3.5 Changing the Password
3.6 Receiving Notifications
3.7 Manually Installing Local Apps
3.8 Using a Wizard to Set Up Local Apps
4 Portal
4.1 The Portal Components
4.1.1 Signed in as
4.1.2 Customize this page button
4.1.3 Add widget button
4.1.4 Appointments widget
4.1.5 Inbox widget
4.1.6 Tasks widget
4.1.7 Recently changed files widget
4.1.8 User data widget
4.1.9 Quota widget
4.1.10 News widgets
4.1.11 Widgets with news from your social networks
4.1.12 Widgets with information about Drive apps
4.2 Customizing the Portal
4.2.1 Changing the widgets' order
4.2.2 Removing Portal widgets
4.2.3 Adding Portal widgets
4.2.4 Adding a Portal widget for social networks
4.2.5 Changing the Portal widgets' settings
5 E-Mail
5.1 The E-Mail Components
5.1.1 The E-Mail search bar
5.1.2 The E-Mail toolbar
5.1.3 The E-Mail folder view
5.1.4 The E-Mail categories bar
5.1.5 The E-Mail display area
5.1.6 The E-Mail list
5.1.7 The E-Mail detail view
5.1.8 The E-Mail pop-up
5.1.9 The E-Mail editing window
5.2 Displaying E-Mails
5.3 Viewing or Saving E-Mail Attachments
5.4 Sending E-Mails
5.4.1 Sending a new E-Mail
5.4.2 Selecting contacts from an address book
5.4.3 Selecting sender address
5.4.4 Adding attachments
5.4.5 Sending attachments as link
5.4.6 Using signatures
5.4.7 Replying to E-Mails
5.4.8 Forwarding E-Mails
5.4.9 Automatically forwarding E-Mails
5.4.10 Sending a vacation notice automatically
5.5 Adding E-Mail Folders
5.6 Organizing E-Mails
5.6.1 Working with tabs
5.6.2 Moving or copying E-Mails
5.6.3 Marking E-Mails as read or unread
5.6.4 Collecting addresses
5.6.5 Categorizing E-Mails
5.6.6 Showing the E-Mail source
5.6.7 Working with E-Mail drafts
5.6.8 Creating E-Mail reminders
5.6.9 Adding an E-Mail to the portal
5.6.10 Saving E-Mails
5.6.11 Importing E-Mails
5.6.12 Printing E-Mails
5.6.13 Archiving E-Mails
5.6.14 Deleting E-Mails
5.6.15 Cleaning up E-Mail folders
5.6.16 Using Unified Mail
5.7 Using E-Mail Filters
5.7.1 Creating new rules
5.7.2 Adding a condition
5.7.3 Adding an action
5.7.4 Creating a new rule when moving
5.7.5 Changing a rule
5.8 Searching for E-Mails
5.9 E-Mails within a team
5.9.1 Sharing E-Mails
5.9.2 Subscribing to E-Mail folders
5.9.3 Inviting all E-Mail recipients to an appointment
5.9.4 Saving all recipients of an E-Mail as a distribution list
5.10 Adding E-Mail Accounts
5.11 E-Mail Settings
5.11.1 Settings for receiving E-Mails.
5.11.2 Settings for composing E-Mails
6 Address Book
6.1 The Address Book Components
6.1.1 The Address Book search bar
6.1.2 The Address Book toolbar
6.1.3 The Address Book folder view
6.1.4 The Address Book navigation bar
6.1.5 The Address Book display area
6.1.6 The Address Book list
6.1.7 The Address Book detail view
6.1.8 The contact editing window
6.1.9 The distribution list editing window
6.2 Displaying contacts
6.3 Viewing or Saving Contact Attachments
6.4 The Halo View
6.5 Adding Contacts
6.5.1 Creating a new contact
6.5.2 Adding attachments
6.5.3 Adding a contact from a vCard attachment
6.6 Creating Distribution Lists
6.7 Adding Address Books
6.7.1 Adding address books
6.7.2 Subscribing to external address books
6.8 Organizing Contacts
6.8.1 Sending E-Mails from within an address book
6.8.2 Inviting contacts to an appointment
6.8.3 Editing contacts
6.8.4 Moving or copying contacts
6.8.5 Sending contacts as vCard
6.8.6 Adding contacts as Xing contacts
6.8.7 Inviting contacts to Xing
6.8.8 Importing contacts
6.8.9 Exporting contacts
6.8.10 Printing Contacts
6.8.11 Deleting contacts
6.9 Searching for contacts
6.10 Contacts in Teams
6.11 Address Book Settings
7 Calendar
7.1 The Calendar Components
7.1.1 The Calendar search bar
7.1.2 The Calendar toolbar
7.1.3 The mini calendar
7.1.4 The Calendar folder view
7.1.5 The Calendar display area
7.1.6 Day, Work week, Week, Month or Year calendar view.
7.1.7 The date picker
7.1.8 The Calendar pop-up
7.1.9 The Calendar list
7.1.10 The Calendar detail view
7.1.11 The scheduling view
7.1.12 The appointment editing window:
7.2 Viewing Appointments
7.2.1 Displaying appointments in a calendar view
7.2.2 Displaying multiple time zones
7.2.3 How are appointments displayed in a calendar view?
7.2.4 Displaying appointments in the list view
7.3 Viewing or Saving Appointment Attachments
7.4 Creating Appointments
7.4.1 Creating new appointments
7.4.2 Using the date picker
7.4.3 Setting recurring appointments
7.4.4 Setting an appointment's display
7.4.5 Using appointment reminders
7.4.6 Adding participants or resources to an appointment
7.4.7 Adding attachments
7.4.8 Using the scheduling view
7.4.9 Creating a follow-up appointment
7.4.10 Creating appointments from iCal attachments
7.4.11 Resolving appointment conflicts
7.5 Answering appointment invitations
7.6 Adding Calendars
7.6.1 Adding personal calendars
7.6.2 Subscribing to public calendars
7.6.3 Subscribing to Google calendars
7.6.4 Subscribing to iCal calendars
7.6.5 Importing calendars from files
7.7 Managing Appointments
7.7.1 Editing appointments
7.7.2 Changing the appointment confirmation or status
7.7.3 Managing favorite timezones
7.7.4 Using calendar colors
7.7.5 Moving appointments to another calendar
7.7.6 Importing appointments
7.7.7 Exporting appointments
7.7.8 Printing appointments
7.7.9 Deleting appointments
7.8 Searching for Appointments
7.9 Appointments in teams
7.9.1 Sharing appointments
7.9.2 Sending an E-Mail to participants
7.9.3 Inviting participants to a new appointment
7.9.4 Creating a distribution list from the list of participants
7.10 Managing Groups
7.11 Managing Resources
7.12 Calendar Settings
8 Tasks
8.1 The Tasks Components
8.1.1 The Tasks search bar
8.1.2 The Tasks toolbar
8.1.3 The Tasks folder view
8.1.4 The Tasks display area
8.1.5 The Tasks list
8.1.6 The Tasks detail view
8.1.7 The task editing window
8.2 Viewing tasks
8.3 Viewing or Saving Task Attachments
8.4 Creating Tasks
8.4.1 Creating new tasks
8.4.2 Creating recurring tasks
8.4.3 Adding participants to a task
8.4.4 Adding attachments
8.5 Answering Task Invitations
8.6 Adding Task Folders
8.7 Managing Tasks
8.7.1 Editing tasks
8.7.2 Marking tasks as done
8.7.3 Changing a task's due date
8.7.4 Moving tasks to another folder
8.7.5 Changing tasks confirmations
8.7.6 Importing tasks
8.7.7 Exporting tasks
8.7.8 Printing tasks
8.7.9 Deleting tasks
8.8 Searching for Tasks
8.9 Tasks in teams
8.9.1 Sharing tasks
8.9.2 Delegating tasks
8.10 Tasks Settings
9 Drive
9.1 The Drive Components
9.1.1 The Drive search bar
9.1.2 The Drive toolbar
9.1.3 The Drive folder view
9.1.4 The Drive navigation bar
9.1.5 The Drive display area
9.1.6 The file details
9.1.7 The viewer
9.2 Viewing files
9.2.1 Displaying files in the viewer
9.2.2 Displaying E-Mail attachments
9.2.3 Holding a presentation
9.3 Downloading Files or Folder Contents
9.4 Creating Files or Drive Folders
9.5 Creating or Editing Text Files
9.6 Organizing Files and Drive Folders
9.6.1 Sending files as E-Mail attachments
9.6.2 Editing file names
9.6.3 Creating or editing descriptions
9.6.4 Moving files or Drive folders
9.6.5 Copying files
9.6.6 Saving files as PDF
9.6.7 Adding files to the portal
9.6.8 Adding files or Drive folders to favorites
9.6.9 Deleting files or Drive folders
9.6.10 Locking or unlocking files
9.6.11 Working with versions
9.7 Searching for Files
9.8 Accessing Files with WebDAV
9.8.1 Setting up WebDAV under Linux
9.8.2 Setting up WebDAV under Windows 7
9.9 Adding storage accounts
9.10 Files and Teams
9.11 Drive Settings
10 Data Organization, Shared Objects, Security
10.1 Folders
10.1.1 Folder types
10.1.2 What is the purpose of permissions?
10.1.3 Navigating within the folder structure
10.1.4 Hiding folders
10.1.5 Adding folders to favorites
10.1.6 Renaming folders
10.1.7 Moving folders
10.1.8 Deleting folders
10.2 Sharing
10.2.1 Sharing with public links
10.2.2 Inviting to a shared item
10.2.3 Editing shares
10.2.4 Resending an invitation
10.2.5 Removing shares
10.2.6 Viewing or editing shares in the Drive app
10.2.7 Accessing other users' shares
10.2.8 Which permissions can be used?
10.2.9 Use cases for permissions
10.3 Accounts
10.3.1 Editing the primary E-Mail account
10.3.2 Editing accounts
10.3.3 Removing accounts
10.4 Managing Subscriptions
10.4.1 refresh subscribed data
10.4.2 Managing subscribed folders
10.5 Security
10.5.1 Automatic sign out
10.5.2 Externally linked images in E-Mails
10.5.3 Show email authenticity
10.5.4 Using a whitelist
10.5.5 Displaying or terminating sessions
11 Encrypting Data with Guard
11.1 Setting up Guard
11.2 Encrypting E-Mail Conversations
11.2.1 Reading encrypted E-Mails
11.2.2 Sending encrypted E-Mails
11.2.3 How can external recipients read an encrypted E-Mail?
11.3 encrypt files
11.3.1 encrypt files
11.3.2 Creating new encrypted files
11.3.3 Opening encrypted files
11.3.4 Downloading encrypted files
11.3.5 Decrypting files
11.4 Encrypting Office Documents
11.4.1 Creating new encrypted documents
11.4.2 Saving selected documents in an encrypted format
11.4.3 Opening an encrypted document
11.5 Sign out Guard
11.6 GuardSettings
11.6.1 Password management
11.6.2 Managing own keys
11.6.3 Managing public keys
12 Questions and Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
12.1 General questions
Q: Where can I find my personal data and settings?
Q: How can I change my password?
Q: How am I notified about new E-Mails or appointment invitations?
Q: How can I read current messages from social networks or news pages?
12.2 Questions about E-Mails and contacts
Q: How can I send an E-Mail to multiple addresses at once?
Q: What is the purpose of the input fields Cc and Bcc?
Q: I regularly send E-Mails with identical or similar content. How can I speed up this process?
Q: Can I e.g. access E-Mails sent to my Google Mail account?
Q: How can I automatically forward E-Mails to my replacement?
Q: How to keep the overview over my E-Mail accounts inboxes?
12.3 Questions about tasks, calendars, and appointments
Q: When should I use a task and when should I use an appointment?
Q: How can I hide my appointments' or tasks' subject in shared folders?
Q: How can I create a task from an E-Mail?
Q: How can I organize another person's appointments as a representative?
Q: How do I use the calendar or tasks recurrence settings?
Q: How to find free times when creating appointments?
12.4 Questions about data organization and team work
Q: How can I make certain contacts available to my external partners?
Q: How can I share specific documents with my external partners?
Index