Elements of Notes®
The HCL Notes® user interface is comprised of views menus, toolbars, navigation panes, and a sidebar that you can use for easy access to some frequently used applications.
- Using the Open list
  Use the Open list to open HCL Notes® applications, documents, bookmarks and bookmark folders. The Open list displays icons and a brief description for each item.
- Toolbars
  Toolbars work with all the applications in your workspace. Some toolbars are context sensitive, which means that they change depending on the task you are performing.
- Using the sidebar
  The sidebar provides constant access to your HCL Sametime® Contacts, Calendar, Feed Reader, and Activities. You can change which of these applications displays in your sidebar. However, depending on your organization, you may not have all of these applications in your sidebar.
- Status bar: current state information
  The status bar appears at the end of the HCL Notes® main window. As you work in Notes, system messages and features appear in the status bar.
- Working with window tabs
  Window tabs make it convenient for you to switch from one open document or application to another in HCL Notes®.
- Preferences
  You can customize HCL Notes® so that it runs and displays just the way you want it to using Notes preferences.

Using the Open list

Use the Open list to open HCL Notes® applications, documents, bookmarks and bookmark folders. The Open list displays icons and a brief description for each item.

About this task

You can perform the following tasks when working or opening applications or bookmarks from the Open list

Table 1. Open list tasks
Task	Steps
Display the list	Click the Open button.
Display the list as icons in a thin list along the edge of your window	Right-click Open and then click Dock the Open List.
Undock the list so that it displays as a full list once again	Right-click an open area of the thin list and uncheck the docking option. This option is available on the View menu as well.
Search for a bookmark or application by name	Begin typing the first few letters of the application you want to open in the Type to find text box at the beginning of the list.

Open list in open mode and docked