To create a new message | Procedure |
Using stationery |
- Open your mail database, and choose Actions - Tools - New Memo - Using Stationery.
- Select stationery and click OK.
For more information, see Creating and using stationery for mail. |
From your address book |
- Open your address book and switch to the Contacts view.
- Select the names of people (or groups) to whom you want to send the message.
- From the menu, choose Actions - Write Memo. Notes adds the names to the To field of the new message.
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From another message, calendar entry, or To Do item |
- Open your mail, calendar, or To Do list and open the message, entry, or To Do item.
- Choose Actions - Copy Into New - New Memo. Notes adds the subject, body, and all address fields from the original document to the new message.
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From the Welcome page (Quick Notes) |
- Click the left-facing blue triangle at the middle right of the Welcome page.
- Click the prompts, for example, "Enter names to send mail to," and enter recipients, a subject (optional) and your message.
- Click Send.
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From the toolbar | Click the New toolbar icon, if you have toolbars displayed, and choose "New Memo."

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That contains a document link |
- Open or select the document. Note that the document must be in a database the recipient has access to.
- From the menu, choose Create - Mail - Special - Link Message. Notes adds a document description to the Subject field and a document link to the body of the new message.
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About a phone call |
- Open your mail.
- Choose Create - Special - Phone Message. Notes opens a custom form for you to enter information about the call.
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For a database manager |
- Open the database.
- Choose Create - Mail - Memo - Special - Send Memo to Database Manager. Notes adds the manager's name to the To field of the new message.
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Using a word processor | See Creating mail with Lotus Word Pro or Microsoft Word. |
To an underlined name in an existing message | Move your cursor over names in the To, cc, or bcc fields of a message to see the underlines. Right-click an underlined name and choose "Create Memo to." |