Other actions of the simplified user interface

Displaying and changing object attributes

To have a look at the attributes of an object

•      select    More Information  in the action menu of an object.

You may also position the cursor over the object type icon at the beginning of an object entry to have a tooltip displayed with name, description and other user-defined attributes.

To change the attributes of an object,

•      select    Change Attributes  in the action menu of an object.

•      With folders you can change name, description and tags, documents have some more attributes.

Sending links to documents

You can grant other persons access to a document by sending them a link to this document via e-mail. Such a link allows access to the document for a limited span of time.

•      Select    Send as Link  in the action menu of a document that you want make accessible to other persons.

•      In the action form, enter the e-mail addresses or BSCW user names of these persons, add a subject and a personal message and hit [OK].

•      The automatically generated part of the e-mail message contains the link to the docu­ment along with the date until which the link is valid.