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 Appointment scheduling 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