BSCW 5.0 Help
Overview
Benefits of using BSCW
Prerequisites for using BSCW
Additional information about BSCW
BSCW at a glance
The folder page
Shared objects in a workspace
The personal objects
Actions on the current folder or workspace
Actions on selected objects
Actions on a particular object
Operating your own BSCW server
What's new in version 5.0?
Getting Started
Registering as a BSCW user
Registering as a new user
Changing your password
Forgot your password?
Registering an additional email address
Destroying one's own user account
Logging into your BSCW workspaces
Starting a BSCW session
First time login
Closing a BSCW session
Parallel BSCW sessions
Alternative methods of authentication
Choosing the user interface language
Your personal profile
Configuring your Web browser
Basic Concepts and Functions
The Web-based user interface
Header
List of entries
Shareable objects
Document
Document under version control
Note
URL
Folder
Contact list
Discussion forum
Blog
Search folder
RSS feed
Template folder
Website folder
Document set
Calendar
Appointment scheduling
Poll and voting
Community
Project and phase
Task
Flow folder
Email message
Actions
Creating objects
Uploading documents
Inviting members
Actions on objects in a folder
Multi-selection toolbar: Actions on selected objects
Action menu: Actions on a single object
Personal objects
Personal portal
Creating the personal portal
Changing the personal portal
Contents view of the personal portal
Using the personal portal
Workspace portals
Bookmarks
Clipboard
Trash
Public space
Allowing anonymous access
Accessing folders anonymously
Public entry page for anonymous access
Events
Displaying event information
Event types
Catching up on recent events
Subscribing to event services
Setting the default event options
Changing the event options on the object level
Document events
Requirements for event maps
Using document events
Search
Special actions in search folders
Finding BSCW objects
Finding BSCW documents based on content
Finding BSCW objects using tags
Searching for a user name or email address
Searching the Web
Customizing the user interface
JavaScript, style sheets and user language
Levels of proficiency
User preferences
Views on folders
Banners
Metadata and info page
Metadata attributes
Tags
The info page
Workspaces, Access Rights and Roles
Creating and managing shared workspaces
Creating shared workspaces: Inviting other users
Becoming a member: Being invited to a workspace
Members' page
Membership administration
Member groups
Moving shared workspaces
Positioning a workspace in your folder hierarchy
Embedding a workspace into another workspace
Access rights and roles
The BSCW role concept
Information about current access rights
Assignment of roles
Defining and re-defining roles
Ownership and ownership transfer
Workspace Maps
Address Book and Contacts
Contact lists
Creating contacts
User contacts and original contacts
Changing contacts
Sorting and filtering contacts
Importing and exporting contacts
Contacting contacts
Address book
Creating entries in your address book
Changing address book entries
Structuring the address book
Using the address book
Sending messages and BSCW objects
Sending messages
Sending BSCW objects
Discussion Forums, Blogs and Feeds
Discussion forums and notes
Creating a discussion forum
Adding a note
Replying to notes
Adding attachments to a note
Browsing a discussion forum
Moving and deleting notes
Annotating objects
Blogs
Creating and changing blogs
Using blogs
RSS feeds
Alternative User Interfaces
Desktop Widgets
Installation of the desktop widgets
Using desktop widgets
Starting a desktop widget
User interface of desktop widgets
Functionality of desktop widgets
Mobile Device Interface
Mobile access
Mobile login to BSCW
Mobile portal
User interface of the mobile portal
Domains and functions of the mobile portal
Mobile portal: Home folder and workspaces
Mobile portal: Address book
Mobile portal: Calendar
Mobile portal: Task list
Mobile portal: Clipboard and trash
Mobile portal: Events
Mobile portal: Bookmarks
Mobile portal: My communities
Mobile portal: Case
Mobile portal: Search
Mobile portal: Preferences
Document and Content Management
Direct editing of documents
Creating and editing text documents
Creating and editing HTML documents
Editing MS Office files
Editing documents using external editors
Document functions
Resubmitting documents
Locking documents
Freezing documents
Documents under version control
Imposing version control
Creating a new version
Editing version information
Version numbers
Version state
Change description
Branching versions
Managing versions
Automatic versioning
Templates and template folders
Creating template folders
Copying from templates
URLs for objects in workspaces
BSCW's internal address format
Folder path URLs
Website folders
Creating website folders
Creating, editing and setting home page, layout page and style definition
Changing website folders
Editing pages in website folders
Using BSCW elements
Using text elements
Exporting and publishing website folders
Integration of an external wiki engine
Document Generator
Basic concepts
Document sets
Entities
Templates
Functions
Using the Document Generator
Awareness
Online status display
Activity monitoring with the event monitor
Requirements
Starting the event monitor
Using the event monitor
Event monitoring using RSS feeds
BSCW RSS event feeds
Using BSCW RSS event feeds
Calendars, Appointment Scheduling and Polls
Calendars
Creating an appointment
Changing an appointment
Deleting an appointment
Using different views
Calendar actions
Calendar options
Creating and changing appointment schedulings
Voting on the suggested dates
Suggesting other persons for participation
Fixing a final date
Resetting appointment schedulings
Polls and votings
Creating polls
Creating votings
Changing polls and votings
Viewing polls and votings as a timeline
Responding to polls and votings
Resetting polls and votings
Viewing and exporting results of a poll or voting
Communities
Becoming a community member
Creating a community
Managing a community
Communities as shared mailing lists
Hierarchical organization of communities
Inviting communities to member groups and vice versa
Workflow Management
Tasks and projects
Creating and changing projects and phases
Creating projects
Progress of a project
Creating phases
Changing projects and phases
Creating and changing tasks
Basic facts about tasks
Creating a sample task
Creating tasks: the general case
Changing tasks
Copying tasks
Task view
Starting tasks
Personal task list
Progress of a task and progress aggregation
Processing tasks
Handling exceptional task situations
Structuring tasks into workflows
Creating multiple subtasks
Dividing a task into subtasks: an example
Linking subtasks to form workflows
Creating subtasks
Dividing a task into two sequential subtasks: an example
Changing subtasks and main tasks
Processing workflows: what is different from single tasks?
Viewing tasks and projects as a timeline
Flow folders
Creating and changing flow folders
Starting and forwarding flow folders
Status and history of flow folders
Import/Export
Archiving and transferring objects
Converting documents
Exporting in PDF
Exporting folders and documents via FTP
BSCW upload helpers
Drag & drop uploader
Document uploader
BSCW Desktop client
Installation of BSCW Desktop
Starting BSCW Desktop
Uninstallation of BSCW Desktop
Upload per email
Briefcase
Briefcase requirements
Working with the briefcase
Outlook synchronization
System requirements for Outlook synchronization
Using Outlook synchronization
WebDAV