IBM.Workplace.Services. ExpressMar.2006

How This Book Is Organized

The arrangement of the chapters in this book reflects the order in which most people become familiar with the various aspects of IBM Workplace Services Express.

Part I: Getting Rolling with Workplace Services Express

In the first part of the book, I get a few of the inevitable definitions out of the way so that you can jump right into getting WSE up and running. Reading Part I is like finding out what all those dials on the dashboard are for before you drive your brand-new car.

Part II: Making Use of the Main Features

The second part of this book deals with the things you’ll most likely use WSE for the most. I focus on a couple of key features — the WSE Welcome page (your home base for everything WSE related) and the People Palette, which shows you how to find and (most important) communicate with teammates.

Part III: Getting Involved with Team Spaces

Team spaces are wicked, wicked important (as we say in Boston). So Part the Third is all about how you can use team spaces and the contents you’ll find therein. There are a lot of good chapters in this book, but those in Part III are my favorites. You can find out exactly what team spaces are, use WSE tools to get them working for you, and communicate with teammates in ways you never dreamed. (How about setting up a discussion forum to handle FAQs on your newest product or having a chat room discussion in lieu of a five-minute status meeting?)

Part IV: Sharing and Safeguarding Documents

Almost every team produces documents (most by the ton), so Part IV explains how you work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and the like. I also use this part to explain the hierarchy WSE uses for organizing documents in its document libraries so that when you need to find (or publish) a docu­ment on the fly, you know what to do.

Part V: Making IBM Workplace Services Express Your Own

Part V tells you how to make WSE work just the way you want. Have it your way, as the burger joints say. The tools described in this part show you how to use forms to set up a team space. You also discover how to change the way you view content, how to modify team space templates, and, if you have administrator-level access, how to set up the access rights of the users on your team.

Part VI: The Part of Tens

Every For Dummies book has a Part of Tens — so why should this book be any different? Get easy access to a simple list that reminds you what you need to do to make WSE perform for you, find out how to avoid pitfalls, and get specialized information if you’re a Windows user or a Linux user.

Part VII: Appendixes

Part VII contains some supplemental information that I couldn’t jam in the first six parts — but these appendixes are worth a read, nonetheless. You can find out how to set up your current mail program to interact with WSE, how to set up the desktop components, and more.
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