Chapter 15. Forums

Table of Contents

15.1. Using Forums
15.1.1. Access Forums
15.1.2. Create a Forum
15.1.3. Add a Topic
15.1.4. Reply to a Topic
15.1.5. Searching Forums

The Forums module can be used to collaborate and share ideas with your team. You can create any number of forums and post replies through Email notification. The most recent replies are displayed first in the Forum List and all the forums can be viewed by clicking the All My Groups tab in the Show Forums menu.

New topics can be added to the forums and the user can even be notified by Email when replies to the topic are posted.

15.1. Using Forums

15.1.1. Access Forums

  1. Log in to OfficeClip.

  2. Click Forums on the left menu of the Home panel.

    The screen opens with Forums List displayed.

See Also:

Create a Forum

Add a Topic

Reply to a Topic

Searching Forums

15.1.2. Create a Forum

  1. Click New Forum on the button bar.

  2. Give a suitable name to the forum in the Forum Name field.

  3. Type the description in the Forum Description field.

  4. If you wish to let all the users in the organization know about this forum, select the Inform group members about this Forum checkbox.

  5. Click Save to save the forum in the Forum List or click Cancel to exit.

See Also:

Access Forums

Add a Topic

Reply to a Topic

Searching Forums

15.1.3. Add a Topic

You can create new topics for the existing forums, allowing users to further share their ideas on a topic.

  1. In the Forum List, select the forum in which you want to create a new topic.

  2. Click New Topic on the button bar.

  3. Type a suitable topic name in the Topic Name field.

  4. Type the description to your topic in the Description field. Use the Spell Checkto identify and correct any spelling errors.

  5. Select the Notify check boxes.

    • You can choose to be notified by Email if anybody replies to the Topic.

    • You can choose to notify the organization members about this Topic.

  6. Click Save to save the topic in the Forums List or click Cancel to exit.

See Also:

Access Forums

Create a Forum

Reply to a Topic

Searching Forums

15.1.4. Reply to a Topic

You can post replies to topics of the forums.

  1. In the main Forum List screen, click the topic you want to post a reply for.

  2. Click the Post Reply button on the button bar.

  3. Type your reply in the Message area.

  4. Click Update to send your reply or Cancel to exit.

See Also:

Access Forums

Create a Forum

Add a Topic

Searching Forums

15.1.5. Searching Forums

You can search for the forums through the Search feature by specifying the date or matching words.

  1. Click Search in the button bar of the main Forum List screen.

  2. In the Search screen, enter the words you want to search for, select a forum from the Search Forum drop-down list, and select a date from the Search by Date drop down list.

  3. Click Search to begin searching for the forum or Cancel to exit.

  4. The results will be displayed

See Also:

Access Forums

Create a Forum

Add a Topic

Reply to a Topic