Ibm Officevision For As/400 V4R2, 5769-Wp1 - IBM AS/400e User Handbook Manual

IBM Licensed Programs: Office and Printing Products

IBM OfficeVision for AS/400 V4R2, 5769-WP1

Note: OS/400 V4R5 is the last release where OfficeVision/400 is supported. This is one
release later than stated in the 20 July 1999, announcement. IBM does not plan to enhance
OV/400 to support any future version or release. Customers are encouraged to migrate to
Lotus Notes clients and the native AS/400 Domino server. The OfficeVision to Lotus Notes
Migration Tools for AS/400 licensed program (5697-F08) can assist in automating this
process. Software defect support will be discontinued effective 31 May 2001. This date is
unchanged by the extension of OS/400 release compatibility.
OfficeVision for AS/400 provides extensive office system functions for both
non-programmable terminals and Personal Computers attached to the AS/400 system as part
of AS/400 business communications support. These include electronic mail, document
processing, calendar services, information storage, and document retrieval. AS/400
communications support allows users to participate in IBM office networks to exchange
documents and notes. Customer business applications can be integrated with these office
functions to provide a single "desktop" for the user.
OfficeVision for OS/400 has ad hoc Internet Addressing. This is an alternative mail
addressing panel added to OfficeVision/400 into which an Internet address or a regular
OV/400 address can be entered. The POSTNET barcode support allows businesses to save
money on postage by taking advantage of the Post Office discounts given when ZIP codes
are printed in the POSTNET barcode on mailing envelopes.
These are the main features of OfficeVision for AS/400:
• Installation flexibility
– Modular product
– Document library services is the base
– Three optional installable features calendar, electronic mail, and editor
– Direct access to other editors from OfficeVision for AS/400. It can process objects
created by other applications such as editors and forms packages.
• Easy-to-use operating characteristics:
– Simple point-and-click graphical user interface for PC users running OS/2, Windows
3.1, or Windows 95 clients
– Nine additional main menu options that allow more applications to be directly
accessed from OfficeVision for OS/400
– Menu-driven, prompted interface to all functions
– System-guided operation for the novice user
– Novice Mail mode giving a simplified way of dealing with mail
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