A.1.4 Customizable Date And Time Formats; Notify; Customizable Date And Time Formats; Categories - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - LINUX-MAC CLIENT Manual

A.1.4 Customizable Date and Time Formats

The time and date formats in GroupWise are highly customizable. You can specify the order of
elements, the type of separators between elements, whether dates are spelled out or represented by
numbers, and several other options. See
page 57.

A.1.5 Categories

Categories provide you with a way to organize your items. You can assign a category to any item,
including contacts. You create and add categories and can give each category an identifying color.
The colors display in the Item List and in the Calendar. See
Organize Items," on page

A.1.6 The Linux Client Can Use the GTK Look and Feel (v8.0.1)

You can now configure the Linux client to use the look and feel of the Linux desktop. See
Section 2.1.2, "Customizing GroupWise Appearance Settings," on page

A.1.7 New Folder Types

New folder types give you access to more kinds of information and the ability to better organize
your GroupWise items.
Home Folder: Your Home folder (indicated by your name) represents your GroupWise
database. All folders in your Main Window are subfolders of your Home folder. The Home
folder can be organized into panels to display your most important folders. See
"Using Panels to Organize Your Home Folder," on page
RSS Feeds Folder: In this release, the GroupWise 8 client for Windows allows you to
subscribe to RSS feeds. If you use the Windows client to subscribe to feeds, you can read the
feeds in the GroupWise Linux/Mac client, after the Windows client has downloaded the feeds.
When you subscribe to RSS feeds, the feeds are displayed in the RSS folder. See
Folder" on page 24
Tasklist Folder: The new Tasklist folder replaces and expands upon the old Checklist folder.
You can move any items (mail messages, phone messages, reminder notes, tasks, or
appointments) to this folder and arrange them in the order you want. Each item is marked with
a check box so that you can check off items as you complete them. See
Folder" on page

A.1.8 Vacation Rule (v8.0.1)

Creating a rule to handle vacations, holidays, and auto replies is fast and easy with the vacation rule
feature. See
A.2 Notify
The GroupWise 8 Linux/Mac client now includes Notify. If it is enabled, Notify informs you when
you receive a GroupWise item or when it's time for an appointment. See
page 169.
220 GroupWise 8 Linux/Mac Client User Guide
36.
and Chapter 14, "RSS Feeds," on page
125.
Section 9.4.2, "Creating a Vacation Rule or Auto Reply," on page
Section 2.5.6, "Customizing Date and Time Formats," on
Section 2.2, "Using Categories to
52.
205.
32.
Section 2.4,
"RSS Feeds
"Using the Tasklist
178.
Chapter 8, "Notify," on