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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.
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.

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.

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.

The status bar is context-sensitive. The messages and features that appear in the status bar depend on the task you are performing and where you are in Notes®.

The status bar in Notes® shows:

Whether Notes® is accessing the network (a lightning bolt appears).
A history of all messages for the session.
Your level of access to the current application and your membership in groups and roles (click the key icon).
Whether an open mail message has been encrypted and/or digitally signed by the sender.
Your current location and switch to another location.
The progress of tasks that Notes® performs in the background (for example, saving attachments or replicating applications).