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The Zarafa Collaboration Platform (ZCP) combines the usability of Outlook with the stability and
flexibility of a Linux server. It features a rich web-interface, the Zarafa WebApp, and provides brilliant
integration options with all sorts of clients including all most popular mobile platforms.
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Most components of ZCP are open source, licensed under the AGPLv3 , can therefore be
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• the Zarafa Windows Client providing Outlook integration,
These components, together with several advanced features for large setups and hosters, are only
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This document, the WebApp User Manual, describes how to use Zarafa WebApp from a user's view
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1. Introduction 1
1.1. Scope of this document ................................................................................................ 1
2. Basics 3
2.1. What is Zarafa WebApp? ............................................................................................. 3
2.1.1. Differences with WebAccess .............................................................................. 3
2.2. WebApp Requirements ................................................................................................. 4
2.3. Logging in .................................................................................................................... 4
2.4. Logging out .................................................................................................................. 5
2.5. WebApp Overview ........................................................................................................ 5
2.5.1. Shortcut Bar (1) ................................................................................................ 7
2.5.2. Main Toolbar (2) ................................................................................................ 7
2.5.3. Folder Navigation Pane (3) .............................................................................. 10
2.5.4. Main Window (4) ............................................................................................. 12
2.5.5. Widget Pane (5) .............................................................................................. 14
2.6. Working with folders ................................................................................................... 14
2.6.1. Folders in general ............................................................................................ 14
2.6.2. Creating new folders ........................................................................................ 14
2.6.3. Deleting, Copying, Moving and Renaming folders .............................................. 15
2.6.4. Sharing folders with coworkers ......................................................................... 16
2.6.5. Opening shared folders .................................................................................... 18
2.7. Changing the column layout ........................................................................................ 20
2.8. Public Folders ............................................................................................................ 21
2.9. Using Search ............................................................................................................. 21
2.9.1. Expanded Search (Mail only) ........................................................................... 21
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9.2. Working with the Widget Pane .................................................................................... 92
9.2.1. Showing the Widget Pane ................................................................................ 92
9.2.2. Adding widgets to the Widget Pane .................................................................. 94
9.2.3. Minimizing widgets ........................................................................................... 95
9.2.4. Configuring widgets ......................................................................................... 95
9.2.5. Removing widgets ........................................................................................... 96
9.3. Working with the Zarafa "Today" application ................................................................. 96
9.3.1. Adding widgets to the Zarafa "Today" application ............................................... 96
9.3.2. Minimizing widgets in the Zarafa "Today" application .......................................... 96
9.3.3. Configuring widgets in the Zarafa "Today" application ......................................... 96
9.3.4. Removing widgets from the Zarafa "Today" application ....................................... 96
10. Settings 97
10.1. Settings Overview ..................................................................................................... 97
10.2. Changing Settings .................................................................................................... 97
10.2.1. Settings: General ........................................................................................... 98
10.2.2. Settings: Mail ................................................................................................. 98
10.2.3. Settings: Out of Office .................................................................................. 100
10.2.4. Settings: Mail filters ...................................................................................... 101
10.2.5. Settings: Calendar ........................................................................................ 102
10.2.6. Settings: Delegates ...................................................................................... 104
10.2.7. Settings: Advanced ...................................................................................... 104
11. Providing feedback to Zarafa about WebApp 105
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Chapter 1.
Introduction
The Zarafa Collaboration Platform (ZCP) combines the usability of Microsoft Outlook and Exchange
with the stability and flexibility of a Linux server. It features a rich web-interface, the Zarafa WebApp,
and provides brilliant integration options with all sorts of clients including all most popular mobile
platforms. Most components of ZCP are open source, licensed under the AGPLv3, and can therefore
be downloaded freely with Zarafa Community Edition.
These components, together with several advanced features for large setups and hosters, are only
available in combination with a support agreement as part of ZCP’s Commercial Editions.
This document, the WebApp User Manual, describes how to use the Zarafa WebApp from a user’s
view point.
• the Zarafa WebAccess, our legacy open source web-based groupware solution, and
• various mobile platforms like: BlackBerry, Google Android, Windows Mobile and Apple iPhone,
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Chapter 2.
Basics
In this manual we describe how to use Zarafa WebApp, the next generation web-based interface of
the Zarafa Collaboration Platform (ZCP).
Aimed at (but not limited to!) corporate users, Zarafa WebApp has all the major features that users of
i.e. Microsoft Outlook use on a daily basis, such as email, calendars, contacts, notes and tasks.
Next to these basic features, Zarafa WebApp also offers advanced collaboration features such as
instant messaging, presence and integration with telephony (VoIP) and web meeting solutions, social
media integration and many more.
Because Zarafa WebApp is an open platform, it is very easy for developers to create new features
and integrations for Zarafa WebApp. More and more of these features and integrations are being
developed every day.
Zarafa’s aim is to let WebApp not just match, but also grow more and more beyond Outlook with every
new release.
• Many items which were located at the bottom in WebAccess are now located at the top in WebApp
• Improved speed
• Enhanced calendars - you can have multiple calendars side-by-side or on top of each other
• Integrated Presence and Chat (has to be configured and enabled by your Zarafa system
administrator)
Of course there are many more changes and improvements and we encourage you to explore all of
them! We also welcome your feedback, both to WebApp as well as this manual itself. See Chapter 11,
Providing feedback to Zarafa about WebApp for more information.
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Note
While other browsers or other versions of the browsers mentioned above might be used as well,
Zarafa cannot guarantee they will work with WebApp nor provide support when you run into
issues.
2.3. Logging in
To log in to Zarafa WebApp, first point your browser to the URL supplied by your Zarafa system
administrator. By default this URL will look like:
https://YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/webapp/
So for example, if your organization has the domain name www.example.com, the WebApp URL
would be:
https://example.com/webapp/
Note
If https:// does not work, you might want to try using http:// instead. However, please
be aware that all communication with WebApp will not be secure in that case and could be
monitored by third parties, including your login name and password. Zarafa always recommends
using https://. Your Zarafa system administrator will have to configure this on the server.
When you have entered in the correct URL in your browser, the Zarafa WebApp login screen will
appear, as shown in Figure 2.1, “The Zarafa WebApp login screen”.
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Logging out
Your Zarafa system administrator will have provided you with login credentials, which by default
consist of:
1. A login name, which can be either your user name or your full email address
2. A password
Please fill in your login name in the upper field and your password in the lower field. As a security
measure, when you enter your password, the characters will be displayed as dots.
Note
Zarafa WebApp is available in several languages which can be set from the Settings screen after
logging in. Please refer to Chapter 10, Settings for more information.
Warning
If you are using WebApp from a public or shared computer (i.e. an internet café, public library
etc.), do not forget to log out, otherwise somebody else might be able to access your account!
• Calendar
• Contacts
• Tasks
• Notes
• Zarafa "Today"
All applications use the same interface style and elements, so you will quickly find your way around in
each of them. Each application will be covered by this manual in it’s own chapter.
After logging in, you will be presented with the Mail application by default. In the next section we will
illustrate the basics of WebApp, using the Mail application as an example. More specific information on
the Mail application can be found in Chapter 3, The Mail application.
Each application in WebApp can be divided into several main areas, as illustrated in Figure 2.2, “The
main areas of WebApp”.
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Shortcut Bar (1)
As it’s name implies, the Shortcut Bar contains shortcuts; shortcuts to the various applications are
located on the left while the Settings screen, Feedback and Logout are on the right side of the
Shortcut Bar.
The Shortcut Bar also shows as which user you are currently logged in to WebApp.
The currently active application is highlighted in the Shortcut Bar for your convenience.
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The Main Toolbar contains buttons with the most important functions for each application.
Some of the buttons have a drop-down option on the left side of the button, which allows you to quickly
access additional items.
The buttons which are available in every application (and which work identical in each of them) are
described in the next sections.
What will be created when you click the button, depends on the active application. For example in the
Mail application, the New button will create a new email, while in the Calendar application, it will create
a new appointment. In the Contacts application, it will create a new contact, etc.
The drop-down option on the right side of the New button (see Figure 2.6, “The drop-down menu of
the New button”) allows you to quickly create other items without having to switch applications.
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Main Toolbar (2)
This allows you to quickly look up the details of a coworker or one of your contacts.
For more information on address lists and contacts, please refer to Chapter 5, The Contacts
application.
WebApp will automatically check for changes when you interact with it (i.e. each time you click on a
folder or switch between applications). When you are not interacting with WebApp, it will automatically
check for new email every 5 minutes and every minute for new reminders.
• if you want to make absolutely sure you are looking at the latest data.
• when you are working with shared resources (a shared email box, shared calendars etc.)
• if you are impatiently waiting for that important email you know has been sent to you
This means that the Print button will behave differently in each application.
As such, if you want to print for example an overview of your calendar, you will have to navigate to
the appropriate application (in this case Calendar) first. You cannot print, for example, emails from the
Calendar application or a task list from the Mail application.
At the time of writing, printing functionality has been implemented for the following applications:
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The Switch View button enables you change how information is displayed in the Main Window.
When you click the button, a drop-down menu will appear which allows you to choose between several
different views, depending on the application.
This means that the Switch View button will behave differently in each application.
The Calendar application also allows you to switch between views, but here the different views have
been spread out over several buttons. See Section 4.1.1.5, “Calendar: Switch View buttons” for more
information.
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Folder Navigation Pane (3)
As its name implies, the Folder Navigation Pane is where you can navigate through (but also edit) all
folders to which you have access. This can be:
• Public folders
A folder can contain either emails, calendar items, contacts, tasks or notes and subfolders.
Each application will by default only show those folders which are relevant to that application. For
example, the Mail application will by default only show folders which contain email(s), while the
Calendar application will only show calendars.
The only exception is the Zarafa "Today" application, which always shows all folders.
Note
To show other folders as well, enable Show all folders near the top of the Folder Navigation Pane.
Next to navigating through folders, if you have enough privileges you can also:
• Delete folders
Please refer to Section 2.6, “Working with folders” for more general information on how you can
manage folders in Zarafa WebApp.
For application-specific info on the Folder Navigation Pane, please refer to the following sections:
To make more room for the Main Window, you can hide the Folder Navigation Pane by clicking the
double arrow button at the top of the Folder Navigation Pane.
Once it’s hidden, you can restore the Folder Navigation Pane by clicking the double arrow button
again.
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Note
The Main Window is where each application shows it’s main purpose. A few elements exist in the Main
Window of every application:
For application-specific info on the Main Window, please refer to the following sections:
2.5.4.1. Tabs
On top of the Main Window you can use tabs. The first tab is always the currently selected application.
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Main Window (4)
A plus button resides on the right side of the tab. Clicking it will create a new item in it’s own tab.
Which item is created depends on the currently selected application; clicking the plus button in the
Mail application creates a new email, in the Calendar application it creates a new appointment, in
Contacts a new contact, etc.
You can also use the New button to create a new item. This works generally the same way, but
also allows you to create different items without having to switch applications. Please refer to
Section 2.5.2.1, “New button” for more information.
Note that while the first tab changes when you switch between applications, the other tabs remain; this
allows you to quickly switch between i.e. typing an email and creating a new meeting, without the need
to hussle with several seperate windows.
• Input the page number you wish to jump to (press the Enter key on your keyboard after typing the
number)
Figure 2.14. The copy and delete buttons on top of the Message Pane
You can use these buttons to quickly copy/move or delete the selected item(s). For more information
on managing items of each application, please refer to their respective chapters:
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The Widget Pane is where you can add widgets to Zarafa WebApp. Please refer to Chapter 9, Using
Widgets and Plugins in WebApp for more information on widgets and the Widget Pane.
While an email folder is a concept that most people will understand immediately, the concept of having
calendar items in a folder can be a bit harder to grasp. Actually, each calendar folder in WebApp (and
in Zarafa in general) is in fact a calendar by itself. So when you create a new calendar folder, you are
really creating a new calendar. Calendar items in a calendar folder as such are appointments and
meetings on this calendar.
• Click on the drop-down option on the right side of the New button and select Folder from the drop-
down menu, or
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• Use the right mouse button on the position where you want to create the new folder and select New
Folder from the menu that appears.
A popup window will appear as shown in Figure 2.16, “Creating a new folder”.
• You can specify the folder type below Folder contains:. WebApp will by default select the type of the
application you are creating the folder from.
• Next you can specify where the folder should be created below Select where to place the folder:. If
you used the right mouse button to create the folder, the location will be set at the point where you
clicked.
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From there, you can choose to Copy/Move, Rename or Delete the folder.
Note
It is not possible to delete, move, or rename default folders (like Inbox, Drafts and Deleted Items).
The right mouse button menu will therefor not show these options when used on these folders.
The right mouse button menu will now appear as shown in Figure 2.17, “Right mouse button menu
of a folder”.
2. Choose Properties.
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Sharing folders with coworkers
The Address Book will pop up, allowing you to select the person (or group) you want to share the
folder with.
5. Once selected, click Ok. The person (or group) will then be added to the permissions list.
Note
As Zarafa does not grant any permissions by default, simply adding a person or group to the
permissions list is not enough. You will need to specify what permissions each person or group
will have. This is described in the next section.
• Now the permissions can be manually set in the bottom part of the permissions window, or one of
the preset profiles can be selected from the Profile drop-down menu.
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• Click on the person or group who needs to be removed from the list.
• Repeat this for any other persons or groups you want to stop sharing the folder with
1. Click the Open shared [name]… link (see note below) at the bottom of the Folder Navigation Pane.
A popup window will appear as shown in Figure 2.19, “Open Shared Folder”.
Note
If you have many folders, you might need to scroll down to the bottom of the Folder
Navigation Pane to see the link. The exact name of the link is different for each application.
4. Click OK
5. From the drop-down menu next to Folder type:, select which folder you want to open.
By default, WebApp will select the folder that matches the application. So if you open shared
folders from the Mail application, the default folder will be Inbox, from the Calendar application it
will be Calendar, etc.
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Opening shared folders
6. If you also want to see any subfolders of the shared folder(s) you are about to open, select Show
subfolders.
7. Click OK.
The shared folder will now be added to the Folder Navigation Pane.
Note
The opened folders are stored in your WebApp profile, so the next time you log in to the WebApp
the opened folders will be still be available.
If you get a popup saying "You have insufficient privileges to open this folder.", please contact the
owner of the folder and ask him / her to grant you access as described in Section 2.6.4, “Sharing
folders with coworkers”.
Note
If you do not see the Close store option in the right-click menu, you probably opened the entire
shared store (Entire Inbox). In that case, it can only be closed from the Mail application.
Note
Removing a shared folder from the view will not delete it.
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In Zarafa WebApp, each application has a default layout. For example, in the Mail application this
is: a list of messages with a From and a Received column. However, like in Outlook, it is possible to
change the layout by adding or removing columns. To do so, hover your mouse over any of the column
headers (for example the From header) and click on the drop-down arrow that appears on the right
side of the column header. Now select the Columns option from the drop-down menu. A sub menu that
looks like Figure 2.21, “Field Chooser” will appear.
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Public Folders
You can now select additional columns or deselect columns that you want to hide.
Additionally, it is possible to sort the email list by selecting a specific column. By default email is sorted
by the Received date column.
Zarafa WebApp has full support for Public Folders. You can access them from the Folder Navigation
Pane, where you can manage them just as any other folder.
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The expanded Search Bar allows you to enter a search query and choose where to search. For
example if you remember just a part of a message’s subject you can select Subject from the pull down
menu next to Search in:. Once you have filled in one or more word to search for, you can also specify
if you want WebApp to search in subfolders as well, by enabling subfolders.
To start the search, click the Search button (magnifying glass), or press Enter on the keyboard. As
shown in Figure 2.23, “The Search button and Search Result”, the email list is updated with the results
of the search query.
When you have finished searching, click the Clear button (X icon) to return to the normal list view.
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Expanded Search (Mail only)
Note
Archiving functionality is provided by Zarafa Archiver, a product that is offered separately from
ZCP.
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Chapter 3.
The Mail application contains the following elements, of which some are used in all other applications
as well:
3. The Folder Navigation Pane. (Section 3.1.2, “Mail: Folder Navigation Pane (3)”)
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The Main Toolbar contains buttons with the most important functions.
Some of the buttons have a drop-down option on the left side of the button, which allows you to quickly
access additional items.
The buttons which are available in the Mail application are described in the next sections.
The drop-down option on the right side of the New button (see Figure 3.4, “The drop-down menu
of the New button”) allows you to quickly create other items without having to switch to switch
applications.
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Mail: Main Toolbar (2)
This allows you to quickly look up the details of a coworker or one of your contacts.
You can also quickly send an email to a coworker or contact by clicking on the contact with the right
mouse button and selecting Send E-mail from the menu that appears.
For more information on address lists and contacts, please refer to Chapter 5, The Contacts
application.
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The Refresh button allows you to force WebApp to check for any changes on the server, which in the
Mail application means that WebApp will check for new email(s).
The Print button allows you to print the currently selected message in the Message Pane.
For more information on printing emails, please refer to Section 3.2.5, “Printing emails”.
The Switch View button allows you to specify if, and if so, where, the Preview Pane (see
Section 3.1.3.2, “Mail: Preview Pane (2)”) is displayed in the Main Window.
When you click the button, a drop-down menu will appear which allows you to choose between these
different views:
• No preview
• Bottom preview
Note
If you have a small screen, selecting No preview might give you a better overview of your
incoming email. You can then double click on an email to read it in a new tab.
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Mail: Folder Navigation Pane (3)
As its name implies, the Folder Navigation Pane is where you can navigate through all folders to which
you have access. This can be:
• Public folders
By default, the Mail application will show only folders which contain email.
Note
To show other folders as well, enable Show all folders near the top of the Folder Navigation Pane.
Next to navigating through folders, you can also manage folders through the Folder Navigation Pane.
Please refer to Section 3.2.4, “Managing email folders” for more information.
Note
Some functionality is only available in the context menu that appears when right clicking on the
folder items.
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As indicated in Figure 3.11, “The Message Pane and the Preview Pane”, the Mail application’s Main
Window consists of a Message Pane (1) and a Preview Pane (2).
Just above the Message Pane, the tab controls reside. Please refer to Section 2.5.4.1, “Tabs” for more
information on tabs in WebApp.
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Mail: Main Window (4)
The rest of the Message Pane is reserved for the list of emails. The list is divided into several columns.
You can click any column to sort the list on that column ascending (the column will display a small up
arrow) or descending (the column will display a small down arrow), which is the default.
If you wish to add or remove columns, this is also possible. Please refer to Section 2.7, “Changing the
column layout” for more information.
The top side of the Preview Pane is a toolbar which contains a collection of frequently used buttons.
• Reply (will create a reply in a new tab in response to the sender of the selected email)
• Reply All (will create a reply in a new tab in response to both the sender and all of the recipients of
the selected email)
• Forward (will create a mail in a new tab with the quoted contents of the selected email)
• Setup Spreed Meeting (will create a new Spreed Web Meeting with the sender, recipients and
attachment(s) of the selected email)
Note
The Setup Spreed Meeting button is only available when your Zarafa system administrator has
enabled the Spreed Web Meeting plugin. Explaining the Spreed functionality is beyond the scope
of this manual.
Below the toolbar, the Preview Pane shows the subject, sender, receive date/time and the recipients of
the selected email. Finally, the content of the email itself is displayed.
If the size of the Preview Pane is too small for you to read the email properly, WebApp offers a number
of workarounds. For example, you can:
• Use the horizontal and vertical sliders on the bottom and right side of the Preview Pane to scroll
through the email
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• Resize the Preview Pane by dragging the border between the Message Pane and the Preview Pane
• Double-click the email in the the Message Pane so it opens in a separate tab
• Hide either the Widget Pane or the Folder Navigation Pane, or both.
1. Click the New button in the upper left corner. This will open a new email tab as shown in
Figure 3.13, “Composing a new email”.
2. Attachments can be added to the email by selecting the Attachment button or the Paperclip icon.
3. You can save the email by clicking the Save button (Floppy disk icon). When you save an email, it
is stored in the Drafts folder.
4. To set a flag that marks the email as important or high priority, click on the exclamation mark (!)
icon or the cog symbol.
5. To add a recipient, either add their email address in the TO, CC, or BCC field manually, or select a
person from the Address Book. To access the Address Book, click on the TO, CC or BCC button.
6. To show the BCC field clock on the recipients field top button.
7. The internal users are shown by default (unless otherwise selected in Settings) in the Address
Book (see: Figure 3.14, “Address Book”). By using the Show names from the: drop-down menu,
it is possible to view contacts from either a personal contacts folders or a Public contact folder.
Alternatively, it is possible to search a folder using the search field positioned in the top left of the
window.
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• With the Delete option in the right mouse button menu (as shown in Figure 3.16, “Context menu
from a mail message”)
• With the garbage bin buttons located in the upper right corners of the Message Pane and the
Preview Pane and in the top bar when you have opened an email in a separate tab.
Notice that the folder names under the mouse cursor are highlighted while moving. This highlighting
marks the folder where the message will be placed when releasing the button.
To move multiple items, first select all the items (only items that are currently visible can be moved). To
select a range of items click on the first item and then press and hold the shift button on the keyboard.
Before releasing the shift button, use the mouse to click on the last item in the range that needs to be
moved. All items between the two items clicked on will become highlighted.
With items that are not consecutive, hold down the control (Ctrl) button on the keyboard while clicking
on each item. To drag and drop these items, release the control button, place the mouse cursor on one
of the selected messages, drag them into the designated folder.
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Items can also be moved by clicking on the copy/move button as displayed in Figure 3.18, “Copy/
Move Button”.
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It is not possible to delete, move, or rename default folders (like Inbox, Drafts and Deleted Items).
1. In the Message Pane of the Mail application, select the email you want to print (in most cases you
will probably have done this already). Alternatively, double-click the email to open it in it’s own tab.
As a quick alternative, you can also right-click on any email and choose Print from the menu that pops
up.
A new browser tab will appear with a preview of the print. At the same time, the printing dialog will
show up, allowing you to select the right printer (if you have more than one) and specify printing
options.
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Note
Since these options are unique to your environment, describing them is beyond the scope of this
manual. Please refer to the documentation of your printer for more information on specific printing
options.
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Chapter 4.
The Calendar application contains the following elements, of which some are used in all other
applications as well:
3. The Folder Navigation Pane. (Section 4.1.2, “Calendar: Folder Navigation Pane (3)”)
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The Main Toolbar contains buttons with the most important functions.
Some of the buttons have a drop-down option on the left side of the button, which allows you to quickly
access additional items.
The buttons which are available in the Calendar application are described in the next sections.
See Section 2.5.2.1, “New button”. The default action of the New button in the Calendar application is
to create a new appointment.
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Calendar: Folder Navigation Pane (3)
For more information on printing with the Calendar application, please refer to Section 4.2.7, “Printing
Calendar items”.
• Day view
• Workweek view
• Week view
• Month view
• List view
Views can be switched via the different view buttons in the Main Toolbar.
The date picker is used to move the view to another day/week/month, which is at the top left of the
screen when the calendar is opened.
You can quickly return to the current date by using the Today button on the right side of the Main
Toolbar, as shown below.
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Since the Folder Navigation Pane works virtually identical in all applications, it has been described
in detail in Chapter 2, Basics. Please refer to Section 2.5.3, “Folder Navigation Pane (3)” for more
information.
Figure 4.10. The Main Window in the Calendar application, single calendar, Workweek view
The Main Window of the Calendar application contains the following items:
• Page navigation controls (see Section 4.1.3.1, “Calendar: Page navigation controls”)
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The rest of the Main Window is reserved for the calendar itself. By default, it shows your own calendar
in the Workweek view.
Four additional views are available via the Switch View buttons in the Main Toolbar (see
Section 4.1.1.5, “Calendar: Switch View buttons”).
The main feature that sets WebApp apart from many other products (including it’s predecessor
WebAccess) is the ability to have multiple calendars in a single view, either by putting them side-
by-side or stacked transparently on top of each other. See Section 4.2.6, “Working with multiple
calendars” for more information.
You can navigate to the previous or next day, workweek, week, month or page of items by using the
Page navigation controls:
An appointment is an item in your calendar which is only applicable to you. No other participants are
invited.
A meeting is an item in your calendar which has more than one participant. As soon as you invite
a coworker and/or schedule a resource with any appointment, it automatically becomes a meeting.
When you create or edit a meeting in WebApp, there will be extra controls and buttons to handle i.e.
invitations.
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• Using the New button - Section 4.2.2.1, “Using the New button”
• Using the "+" button - Section 4.2.2.2, “Using the "+" button”
Either way, a new tab will be created as shown in Figure 4.12, “New Appointment”.
4. Optional: Enable the reminder option. This will trigger a reminder pop-up (see: Figure 4.13, “A
reminder pop-up”) before the appointment starts. The time interval between the reminder and the
appointment is adjustable in the field next to the reminder option. When it is time for the reminder
to pop-up, WebApp shows a list of these reminders with buttons to Open the item, Dismiss the
item, Dismiss All items or to Snooze the reminders by a given time.
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5. Click the Save icon (floppy disk symbol) to save the appointment to the calendar.
Note
This method works in all views except for the List view.
1. In the Main Window of the Calendar application, click on the date / time where you want to create
the new appointment
A single time slot (or a single day in the Month view) will be highlighted.
2. Type the subject of the appointment (you will see it appearing inside the highlighted time slot)
The meeting will now be created with all the default values. You can now edit it if you wish to change
anything. See Section 4.2.5, “Editing a meeting”.
1. Click where you want the appointment to start and hold the mouse button
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2. Holding the mouse button, drag down to the time where you want the appointment to end
4. Type the subject of the appointment (you will see it appearing inside the highlighted time slot)
The appointment will now be created with all the default values. You can now edit it if you wish to
change anything. See Section 4.2.4, “Editing an appointment”.
Note
If you drag to the right in step 2 (instead of down), you can quickly create appointments over
several days. If the duration of the appointment is longer than 24 hours, an All Day Event will be
created automatically. This means that no specific start- and ending times will be set, only dates.
1. First follow the steps described in Section 4.2.2.1, “Using the New button”.
2. Then, using the button Invite attendees, you can send a meeting request as shown in Figure 4.14,
“Meeting request”.
3. To add attendees, add their email addresses in the To: field. By clicking the To: button contacts
can be selected from the Address Book. The attendee(s) will receive a meeting request which
the attendee(s) can Accept, accept as Tentative or Decline, alternatively the attendee can also
Propose New Time for that request.
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4. When you click on the tab Scheduling, the free/busy times for multiple people are shown (see:
Figure 4.15, “Scheduling/FreeBusy”). On this tab you can invite coworkers (You can type them in
the white box below Select attendees); the overview shows exactly when an attendee is busy, out
of the office, or available. If an attendee has proposed a new date or time for a meeting, you can
see the proposals on the Scheduling tab as well.
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Note
7. In the Tracking tab a list with all attendees for this appointment, with their responses, can be
found.
Note
Since it is not possible yet to synchronize free/busy information with other systems outside your
organization, only the free/busy status of coworkers and resources inside your organization can
be seen.
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Calendar button in the meeting invitation, the proposed day will be opened so the user can check
whether there already appointment on the suggested time.
By clicking Propose New Time a user can propose a new date or time to the owner. The owner, upon
receiving the proposal, can either accept it or decline it.
Click the Save icon (floppy disk symbol) to save your changes to the appointment.
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It is also possible to drag an appointment to the calendar of another user (provided you have the
appropriate permissions to do so).
• Click the Send button to save your changes and send and update to the other participant(s).
• Click the Save icon (floppy disk symbol) to save your changes to the meeting without sending an
update to the other participant(s).
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Even though you are able to edit all values, you will not be able to save them. When the meeting is
recurrent, you can only click Accept, Tentative or Decline to let the organizer know your status. Any
other changes you made to the meeting will be ignored.
When the meeting is not recurrent, there will be an additional Propose New Time button. You can
use this to propose a new time for the meeting which can then in turn be accepted or declined by the
meeting organizer.
Moving a meeting can be achieved by opening/editing the meeting and changing the start time. In
practice you will probably prefer moving meetings by using "drag-and-drop". To drag a meeting you
need to click and hold down the left mouse button on an appointment and move (drag) the mouse
over the time line to the desired location. Once there, release the mouse button. See Figure 4.19,
“Dragging appointments”.
When you open the meeting, even though you are able to edit all values, you will not be able to save
them.
When the meeting is recurrent, you can only click Accept, Tentative or Decline to let the organizer
know your status. Any other changes you made to the meeting will be ignored.
When the meeting is not recurrent, there will be an additional Propose New Time button. You can
use this to propose a new time for the meeting which can then in turn be accepted or declined by the
meeting organizer.
Warning
Using drag-and-drop to move a meeting of which you are NOT the organizer will result in a
mismatch between you and the organizer. Use with caution!
When you are the organizer of the meeting, you can click the Cancel invitation button.
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If you are not the organizer, you can click the Decline button instead.
2. send comments with your response, allowing you to tell the attendees or organizer why you are
canceling the meeting
3. cancel / decline the meeting without sending a response (not available to meeting organizer).
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Note
If you have to cancel a meeting now but know the meeting will have to be held in the future
anyway, you might want to consider scheduling / proposing a new time/date instead. As an
organizer, you can alter the existing meeting and send an update the attendees. As an attendee,
you can use the Propose New Time button.
Select the other calendars you wish to open in the calendar list on the left or open one from another
user using the "Open shared calendar" button. By using the arrow buttons on top of the calendars, the
calendars can be placed in the stacked overlay.
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Note
To have the calendars opened in Overlay mode by default, change the appropriate setting
in the Settings screen. See Section 4.2.10, “Customizing the Calendar application” for more
information.
1. In the Main Window of the Calendar application, select the item you want to print (in most cases
you will probably have done this already). Alternatively, double-click the item to open it in it’s own
tab.
A new browser tab will appear with a preview of the print. At the same time, the printing dialog will
show up, allowing you to select the right printer (if you have more than one) and specify printing
options.
Note
Since these options are unique to your environment, describing them is beyond the scope of this
manual. Please refer to the documentation of your printer for more information on specific printing
options.
2. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Print button in the Main Toolbar
Note
WebApp 1.2 allows you to print overviews from your workweek (5 days) and the entire week (7
days). Overviews for other time periods will be implemented in future versions of WebApp.
A new browser tab will appear with a preview of the print. At the same time, the printing dialog will
show up, allowing you to select the right printer (if you have more than one) and specify printing
options.
Note
Since these options are unique to your environment, describing them is beyond the scope of this
manual. Please refer to the documentation of your printer for more information on specific printing
options.
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Chapter 5.
The Contacts application contains the following elements, of which some are used in all other
applications as well:
3. The Folder Navigation Pane. (Section 5.1.2, “Contacts: Folder Navigation Pane (3)”)
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The Main Toolbar contains buttons with the most important functions.
Some of the buttons have a drop-down option on the left side of the button, which allows you to quickly
access additional items.
The buttons which are available in the Contacts application are described in the next sections.
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The Print button allows you to print single contacts from your personal Address Book.
For more information on printing contacts, please refer to Section 5.2.5, “Printing contacts”.
The Contacts application has multiple views: Business Cards view and Phone List view, which is the
default. You can switch between views by using the Switch View button.
Figure 5.8. The Business Cards view in the Contacts application, set to show all contacts
Note
When switching to Business Cards view, the view will by default show all contacts whose "File
as:" name starts with the letter "A". If you do not have any of these contacts, the list will be empty.
Click on any of the letters shown on the right side of the Main Window to show contacts which
start with that letter, or click on "…" at the top to show all contacts.
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Since the Folder Navigation Pane works virtually identical in all applications, it has been described
in detail in Chapter 2, Basics. Please refer to Section 2.5.3, “Folder Navigation Pane (3)” for more
information.
The Main Window of the Contacts application contains the following items:
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The rest of the Main Window is reserved for displaying your contacts. By default, it shows your
contacts in the Phone List view.
An additional Business Cards view is available via the Switch View button in the Main Toolbar (see
Section 5.1.1.5, “Contacts: Switch View button”).
The letters at right side of the contact view allow users to quicky move through the contact list.
The New Contact dialog is then shown allowing a user to fill in all the information about a contact
before it is saved with the Save button.
With the option Private, in lower right corner of the New Contact dialog, the contact can be hidden
from colleagues that have access to that Contacts folder.
In the Contact window, buttons are available instead of labels; click a button to show the details for
that particular field. Screenshots of the detailed dialog boxes for Full Name (Figure 5.12, “Name
details dialog”), Phone Number (Figure 5.13, “Phone details dialog”) and Address (Figure 5.14,
“Address details dialog”) are shown below.
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There are three types of address fields (Home, Business and Other). The drop down menu shown in
Figure 5.15, “Cascade menu to choose the address type” is used to change between these addresses.
In this menu, ticks are shown besides the address types indicating which addresses have been
entered already.
Different types of Phone Number fields are available in WebApp. To change the Phone Number type
use menu shown in Figure 5.16, “Cascade menu to choose the phone type”. In this menu, ticks are
shown besides the address types indicating which phone number types have been entered already.
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• You can enter extra information on your contact on the Details tab.
• If you have entered the address of your contact on the General tab, a map of the address is shown
on the tab Map. Since Google Maps is used to display this map, you can use all the basic controls
that come with Google Maps, like zooming in/out, display satellite imagery of the area etc.
Figure 5.17. The (zoomed in) map of a contact, with satellite imagery turned on
When you have modified any of the contact fields, the tab title will become Italic to remind you that you
have unsaved changes.
To save the contact, click the Save button (floppy disk symbol).
• Select the contact in the Main Window and click on the delete button (trash bin symbol)
• Right-click the contact an choose Delete from the menu that appears
• Double-click the contact and click on the delete button (trash bin symbol)
• Select the contact in the Main Window and press the Del/delete key on your keyboard
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Note
When you wish to undelete a contact which was deleted by mistake, search for it in and drag
it from the Deleted items folder back to your Contacts folder. You will need to enable Show all
folders in the Folder Navigation Pane to see the Deleted items folder.
In the pop-up window that appears, select the destination folder and click Move.
In the pop-up window that appears, select the destination folder and click Copy.
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With the button Select Members contacts can be selected from the Address Book to add to the
distribution list. Alternatively, the Add new button can be used to create a new contact that is added to
the distribution list immediately.
With the button Remove selected contacts are removed from the distribution list. Contacts are
selected by single clicks in the lower part of the dialog.
Notes can also be added to the distribution list from the Notes tab.
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1. In the Main Window of the Contacts application, select the contact you want to print (in most cases
you will probably have done this already). Alternatively, double-click the contact to open it in it’s
own tab.
As a quick alternative, you can also right-click on any contact and choose Print from the menu that
pops up.
A new browser tab will appear with a preview of the print. At the same time, the printing dialog will
show up, allowing you to select the right printer (if you have more than one) and specify printing
options.
Note
Since these options are unique to your environment, describing them is beyond the scope of this
manual. Please refer to the documentation of your printer for more information on specific printing
options.
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Chapter 6.
The Tasks application contains the following elements, of which some are used in all other applications
as well:
3. The Folder Navigation Pane. (Section 6.1.2, “Tasks: Folder Navigation Pane (3)”)
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The Main Toolbar contains buttons with the most important functions.
Some of the buttons have a drop-down option on the left side of the button, which allows you to quickly
access additional items.
The buttons which are available in the Tasks application are described in the next sections.
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• Single tasks
• Task lists
For more information on printing with the Tasks application, please refer to Section 6.2.3, “Printing
tasks”.
With the Switch View button in the Main Toolbar the tasks can be displayed with certain filterings.
WebApp offers the ability to:
Please refer to Section 6.1.3, “Tasks: Main Window (4)” for more information.
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Since the Folder Navigation Pane works virtually identical in all applications, it has been described
in detail in Chapter 2, Basics. Please refer to Section 2.5.3, “Folder Navigation Pane (3)” for more
information.
The Main Window of the Tasks application contains the following items:
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The rest of the Main Window is reserved for displaying your tasks. By default, it shows your tasks in
the Simple Tasks view. In this view, all your tasks are shown, regardless of their status.
Four additional views are available via the Switch View button in the Main Toolbar (see
Section 6.1.1.5, “Tasks: Switch View button”):
• Next Seven Days - shows only those tasks of which the End date has been set between now and
seven days
• OverDue Tasks - shows all tasks of which the End date has expired or has not been set
2. Use the New button to create a new task. A New Task dialog will be opened as shown in
Figure 6.10, “New task window”.
3. Fill in the preferred fields. The fields in this window are comparable with those in the New
Appointment dialog.
4. Use the Save button to confirm. The task can now be found in the task overview.
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You can enter extra information about the task on the Details tab.
When you have modified any of the task fields, the tab title will become Italic to remind you that you
have unsaved changes.
To save the task, click the Save button (floppy disk symbol).
• Select the task in the Main Window and click on the delete button (trash bin symbol)
• Right-click the task an choose Delete from the menu that appears
• Double-click the task and click on the delete button (trash bin symbol)
• Select the task in the Main Window and press the Del/delete key on your keyboard
Note
When you wish to undelete a task which was deleted by mistake, search for it in and drag it from
the Deleted items folder back to your Tasks folder. You will need to enable Show all folders in the
Folder Navigation Pane to see the Deleted items folder.
In the pop-up window that appears, select the destination folder and click Move.
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In the pop-up window that appears, select the destination folder and click Copy.
• Single tasks
1. In the Main Window of the Tasks application, select the task you want to print (in most cases you
will probably have done this already). Alternatively, double-click the item to open it in it’s own tab.
A new browser tab will appear with a preview of the print. At the same time, the printing dialog will
show up, allowing you to select the right printer (if you have more than one) and specify printing
options.
Note
Since these options are unique to your environment, describing them is beyond the scope of this
manual. Please refer to the documentation of your printer for more information on specific printing
options.
1. In the Folder Navigation Pane, click on the task folder you want to print. All tasks in the folder will
be displayed in the Main Window
2. Click on the dropdown arrow in the Print button in the Main Toolbar
A new browser tab will appear with a preview of the print. At the same time, the printing dialog will
show up, allowing you to select the right printer (if you have more than one) and specify printing
options.
Note
Since these options are unique to your environment, describing them is beyond the scope of this
manual. Please refer to the documentation of your printer for more information on specific printing
options.
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Chapter 7.
The Notes application contains the following elements, of which some are used in all other
applications as well:
3. The Folder Navigation Pane. (Section 7.1.2, “Notes: Folder Navigation Pane (3)”)
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The Main Toolbar contains buttons with the most important functions.
Some of the buttons have a drop-down option on the left side of the button, which allows you to quickly
access additional items.
The buttons which are available in the Notes application are described in the next sections.
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With the Switch View button in the Main Toolbar the notes can be displayed with certain filterings. The
following views are available:
• List Last 7 Days - displays all notes which have been created or edited in the last seven days.
Since the Folder Navigation Pane works virtually identical in all applications, it has been described
in detail in Chapter 2, Basics. Please refer to Section 2.5.3, “Folder Navigation Pane (3)” for more
information.
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The Main Window of the Notes application contains the following items:
The rest of the Main Window is reserved for displaying your notes. By default, it shows your notes in
the Icons view.
Two additional views are available via the Switch View button in the Main Toolbar (see Section 6.1.1.5,
“Tasks: Switch View button”):
• List view - shows all your notes in a list instead of as separate icons
• List Last Seven Days - shows only those notes which have been created or modified in the last
seven days.
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Type your note in the yellow area. When done, you can optionally change the color and / or add one or
more categories to the note.
Click the Save button (floppy disk symbol) to save the note.
When you have modified any of the note’s fields, the tab title will become Italic to remind you that you
have unsaved changes.
To save the task, click the Save button (floppy disk symbol).
• Select the note in the Main Window and click on the delete button (trash bin symbol)
• Right-click the note an choose Delete from the menu that appears
• Double-click the note and click on the delete button (trash bin symbol)
• Select the note in the Main Window and press the Del/delete key on your keyboard
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Note
When you wish to undelete a note which was deleted by mistake, search for it in and drag it from
the Deleted items folder back to your Notes folder. You will need to enable Show all folders in the
Folder Navigation Pane to see the Deleted items folder.
In the pop-up window that appears, select the destination folder and click Move.
In the pop-up window that appears, select the destination folder and click Copy.
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1. Send on Behalf: if a coworker, for example Michael, grants the appropriate permissions to
you, you can send emails and schedule meetings on behalf of Michael. In this case an email or
meeting request will be sent with the following From field: “<you> on behalf of <Michael>”. See the
example below.
2. Send As: if the system administrator gives you the rights to send as Michael, you can send out
emails or schedule meetings which appear to be sent or scheduled by Michael himself. The
receiver of such an email or meeting request will not be able to see that it was you who sent it.
The receiver will only see Michael in the From: field.
Since Send As implies impersonating somebody else, this kind of delegation can only be set by a
Zarafa system administrator. Only Send on Behalf permissions can be set from within WebApp.
Important
Once a coworker has been granted Send As permissions by the administrator for you, you
can still set Send on Behalf permissions for that coworker. Any Send on Behalf access policy
set by you will override the Send As permissions, so you can always prevent a coworker from
impersonating you.
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2. Click Add….
Note
If you notice that the group you want to add as a delegate is not in the list, this is because the
group probably is a Distribution Group. Only groups of the type Security Group can be added
as a delegate. Please contact your Zarafa system administrator for more information.
4. Click OK.
5. Set the desired permissions as described in the next session and click OK.
6. Click Apply. The delegate can now start working on your behalf.
Note
When a Zarafa system administrator has granted you Send As permissions on an account, this
only means you are allowed to impersonate the owner of that account when sending email. To
be able to do more than this (i.e. accessing the Inbox or Calendar of the account), you will also
need to be granted access rights to these items by the owner of the account. Do not use the
procedure as described above for this as this will override your Send As permissions. Please
refer to Section 3.2.6, “Sharing mail folders with coworkers” for more information.
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Specifying Delegate Permissions
• Calendar
• Tasks
• Inbox
• Contacts
• Notes
• Journal
Note
The Journal is currently used by Outlook only and has been added to this list for your
convenience. You will not be able to access the Journal from within WebApp.
For each part, you can set the following permission profiles:
• Owner
• Secretary
• Only read
• None
By default, WebApp sets the permissions for each part to None, which means the delegate will have
no permissions at all. You can change permissions by clicking on the drop down button and selecting
the desired permission from the drop down menu.
• Create items
• Read items
• Create subfolders
• Create items
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• Read items
• Read items
Warning
This only influences the ability to view the contents of private items. Regardless of the above
setting, anyone with Secretary or Owner permissions on your account can move and delete your
private items!
To do this, enable the checkbox Delegate receives copies of meeting-related messages sent to me in
the Delegate Permissions screen.
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Note
When you have not been granted delegation permissions, you will receive the following (bounce)
message in your Inbox soon after you have sent the email: You are not allowed to send as user
or group <name>. If this happens, please be aware that the email has not been delivered. You
will need to be granted the proper delegation permissions for the account you are trying use,
before attempting to resend the message.
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fill out all the details and click Save (when scheduling an appointment) or Send (when scheduling a
meeting request).
The meeting request will now be sent by you on behalf of the owner of the account.
Note
You can also use the New button to schedule a new meeting. However, WebApp does not allow
you to specify the calendar when you have multiple calendars open. Instead, it will always add
the new meeting to the left-most calendar.
1. On the left side of the Settings screen, click Delegates. The list of Delegates is now displayed as
shown in Figure 8.2, “Delegate settings”.
3. Click Remove…
4. Click Apply
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Chapter 9.
Widgets are best described as miniature applications running inside WebApp. There are two
designated areas in WebApp where widgets can be used:
• The Zarafa "Today" application (Figure 9.2, “The Zarafa "Today" application”)
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When installed on the Zarafa system, a widget can be added to, moved around on or be removed from
these two areas. Depending on the functionality offered by the widget, you can also interact with the
widget itself and change it’s settings. While from a technical standpoint a widget is also a plugin to
WebApp, we will differentiate between the two in this manual. The main reason is that a plugin is not
necessarily a widget (but a widget can be part of a plugin) and as a user you will clearly notice it when
this is the case.
A few examples of widgets that are shipped with every Zarafa system are:
• Appointments
• Bug reporter
• Clock
• Features submitter
• Quick Appointment
• Quick Contact
• Quick Mail
• Quick Note
• Quick Task
• Shell Game
• Tasks
When we refer to plugins in this manual, we are talking about extra functionality, added to WebApp,
which is integrated more deeply into the user interface. While a plugin in most case will allow you to
use it and interact with it, you will not be able to add, move around or remove it as you see fit.
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• Spreed plugin
• SugarCRM plugin
• Alfresco plugin
• Twitter plugin
Note
Widgets and plugins can only be installed and removed by an administrator of the Zarafa system.
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Clicking on the clear area of the Widget Pane will quickly reveal it on top of the rest of the application.
As soon as you move the mouse away it will automatically hide again. This allows you to have your
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widgets available when you need them, but keep a clear view when you do not. This makes it ideal for
smaller screens.
When you click on the double arrow button at the top of the Widget Pane, it will be shown permanently
until you click it again. This allows you to have a permanent view on all your widgets at all times.
2. Click the + button next to the double arrow. A popup will appear as shown in Figure 9.5, “The
widget chooser popup window.”.
3. Double-click on the widget you want to add in the Widget Pane. The widget will now be added.
4. If there are already widgets on the Widget Pane, the new widget will be added at the bottom. You
can then drag the widget to the position you want.
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The Zarafa "Today" application will appear, as shown in Figure 9.2, “The Zarafa "Today" application”
From there, you can add widgets by using the steps described in Section 9.3.1, “Adding widgets to the
Zarafa "Today" application”.
You can use the same procedure as with the Widget Pane to minimize, configure and remove widgets.
By default, the Zarafa "Today" application is populated with the Appointments and Tasks widgets.
Note
When you remove all widgets, these two widgets are not added again automatically, but you can
always add them again yourself.
1. Click the + button in the upper right part of the Main Window. A popup will appear as shown in
Figure 9.5, “The widget chooser popup window.”.
2. Double-click on the widget you want to add in the Main Window. The widget will now be added.
3. If there are already widgets in the Main Window, the new widget will be added at the bottom of the
first column (you might need to scroll down to see it). You can then drag the widget to the position
you want.
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Chapter 10.
Settings
10.1. Settings Overview
WebApp allows you to change many parts of it’s behavior by changing options and settings. Most of
these options and settings have been gathered in the Settings screen.
When you click Settings in the Shortcut Bar, the Settings screen will appear as shown in Figure 10.1,
“The Settings screen”.
The Settings screen contains sections for various parts of WebApp. At the time of writing, these
sections are:
On the right side of the Settings screen, a number of shortcuts can be found below Favorite settings.
When you have changed a setting, click Apply in the lower right part of the screen to make it
permanent.
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If you do not click Apply after changing one or more settings and you navigate to another section or
application, WebApp will ask you if you wish to apply the changes.
10.2.1.1. Language
WebApp is available in several languages. To change the language:
Once you log out of WebApp and back in again, WebApp will be in the new language.
Note
When you change the language setting to English (US), the time and date formatting will be
changed as well.
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Note
If you you use the Switch View button in the Mail application, this setting will also be updated.
• Close mail when responding - If you have opened an email in a new tab by double-clicking it and
this setting is set to off, a new tab will be opened next to the existing one when you reply to the
email.
• Always request a read receipt - turn this on to automatically request read receipts.
• Automatically mark mail as read after … second(s): This setting allows you to specify if and when
WebApp should mark an unread email as read. By default, WebApp will mark the email as read after
1 second.
10.2.2.4. Signatures
This is where you can manage your email signatures. You can create several signatures for different
purposes, i.e. one for business and one for private use, or a long one for new emails and a short one
for replies and forwards.
Using the layout controls, you can create signatures with specific fonts, sizes, colors, use tables and
images as you see fit.
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Once you have created one or more signatures, you can (optionally) specify which one to use for new
messages and which one to use for replies and forwards.
WebApp enables you to mark yourself “in” or “out” of the office. The "AutoReply" message that is sent
automatically in reply to all incoming messages while you are away can be specified on this tab as
well.
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Settings: Mail filters
To prevent someone who is sending you several emails per day from getting a reply on each message
(which can become quite annoying), Auto Replies are only sent once per day to any specific email
address. This also prevents a mail flood in case the person who sends you the email also has
AutoReply turned on.
WebApp allows you to specify mail filters (also called rules) which can, for example, help you focus on
important emails and keep a tidy Inbox.
Because WebApp is a server side application, these mail filters are also set on the server. This means
that the Zarafa server takes care of the filtering for you at all times - you do not even have to be logged
on to WebApp.
You can create as many filters as you want and with each filter you can set various conditions to
trigger the filter. Furthermore, you can set various follow up actions once the filter has been triggered.
This allows you to construct fairly complex filters to accommodate for situations with large email
volumes and/or complex work flows.
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• Start and End of workday: Here you can specify the part of the day that is marked as “workday”.
The calendar will show this time period in a slightly different color so you can easily see when an
appointment or meeting is scheduled outside office hours. The default values are 8:30 - 17:30 (8:30
AM - 5:30 PM).
• Calendar resolution: If your appointments frequently start at other times than each half or entire
hour, or have a duration other than (multiples of) 30 minutes, then you can change this value to
better fit your needs.
Note
Setting the value to less than 30 minutes will make WebApp ‘zoom in’ on the calendar, so you will
likely have to do more scrolling when you are using a smaller screen.
• Show busy dates as bold in the date picker: When enabled, this setting will make dates on which
you have one or more meetings and/or appointments show up as bold in the date picker (see
Figure 10.7, “‘Busy’ dates are displayed as bold in the date picker”). This allows you to easily find a
‘free’ date when scheduling a new meeting.
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Figure 10.7. ‘Busy’ dates are displayed as bold in the date picker
Overlay mode will display all calendars transparently on top of each other, where each calendar will
have its own color.
Note
This setting has no effect when you are only displaying one calendar.
• Default Reminder time: How long before the appointment start the default reminder should occur.
This setting can be overruled for any appointment by editing it manually in the Calendar. The default
is 15 minutes.
• Default all-day appointment reminder time: Sets the reminder time which is automatically set when
you create a new all-day appointment. The default is 18 hours. This setting can be overruled for any
appointment by editing it manually in the Calendar.
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You can specify delegates here who can work on your behalf. - Add: Allows you to add a delegate to
the list - Remove: Removes the selected delegate from the list - Permission: Allows you to set specific
permissions for the selected delegate
Warning
Please be very careful when working with the advanced settings. Do not change any values
unless you are asked to do so by your Zarafa system administrator or you know exactly what you
are doing. If you change the wrong values you can break your account and damage your data as
an ultimate consequence!
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Chapter 11.
To allow you to easily provide feedback to Zarafa about Zarafa WebApp (or this manual), the
Feedback? item in the Shortcut Bar was created.
When you click on Feedback?, a pop-up window will appear where you can fill in all details:
While only the Summary field is required, we kindly request to be as specific as possible and fill out all
the other optional fields as well. You can even attach files (i.e. screenshots) with your feedback.
Note
To be able to respond to your feedback, please also fill in your name and email address.
Important
If you are not happy with Zarafa WebApp - Let us know! If you are happy with Zarafa WebApp, let
others know!
Thank you.
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