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BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections
Version: 2.3.0
User Guide

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Contents
Getting started........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
About the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections...................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Log in to the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections.................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Shortcuts..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Move around a list...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Display tags for items in a list.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Expand an activity entry with a plus sign icon....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Profiles......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
About profiles............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
View your profile........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Update a profile photo.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Search for a person by name or using tags............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Search for a person using tags and keywords or other criteria............................................................................................................................................................ 6
View more information about a person................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Contact a person........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Add or update a person in your address book........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Recommend the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections to a person....................................................................................................................................... 7
Listen to the pronunciation of a person's name..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
View a person's tags.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
View a person's communities, blogs, bookmarks, and activities.......................................................................................................................................................... 8
View a person's report-to chain............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Communities............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
About communities.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
View your communities............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
View a person's communities................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Search for communities using tags that are associated with a community....................................................................................................................................... 9
Search for communities using tags that are associated with all communities.................................................................................................................................. 9
Search for communities using keywords................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Sort a list of communities.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
View a list of community bookmarks....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
View a list of community members.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
View the profile of a community member............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Send an email message to a community................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Send an email message to a community member................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Recommend the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections to a community............................................................................................................................... 11
Recommend the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections to a community member................................................................................................................ 11
View details about a community.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

View the profile of a community author or community contributor..................................................................................................................................................... 12
Send an email message to a community author or community contributor....................................................................................................................................... 12
Blogs............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13
About blogs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
View your blog entries............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Add an entry to your blog.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
View all blog entries................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
View a person's blog entries..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Search for blog entries using tags that are associated with a blog entry........................................................................................................................................... 14
Search for blog entries using tags that are associated with all blog entries...................................................................................................................................... 14
Search for blog entries using keywords................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
View the profile of a blog author.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Send an email message to a blog author................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
View a list of tags that are associated with a blog entry....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
View details about a blog entry................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Bookmarks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
About bookmarks....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
View your bookmarks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
View your bookmarks from the BlackBerry Browser.............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
View a person's bookmarks....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Search for bookmarks using keywords.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Sort a list of bookmarks............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
View the profile of a bookmark author.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Send a bookmark to a person................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Add a bookmark......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Add a bookmark from the BlackBerry Browser....................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Delete a bookmark..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Activities...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
About activities........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
View your activities.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
View a person's activities.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Search for activities using tags that are associated with an activity................................................................................................................................................... 19
Search for activities using tags that are associated with all activities................................................................................................................................................ 19
Search for an activity using keywords..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Sort a list of activities................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
Send an email message to an activity owner.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
View details about an activity................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
View activity members............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
View the profile of an activity member.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21

View the activities of an activity member............................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
View the activity entries of an activity member..................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
View activity entries................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
View a file that is attached to an activity entry...................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Search for activity entries using tags that are associated with an activity entry............................................................................................................................... 22
Search for activity entries using tags that are associated with all activity entries............................................................................................................................ 22
Sort a list of activity entries...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
View details about an activity entry......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
View the profile of an activity entry author............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Create an activity entry from an email message.................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
View a list of to-do items........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
View your to-do items from the tasks application................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Sort a list of to-do items............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
View details about a to-do item............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Search for a to-do item using tags that are associated with a to-do item......................................................................................................................................... 24
Mark a to-do item as completed.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
View the profile of a to-do item author................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Create a to-do item from an email message.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Provide feedback........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
Legal notice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26

Getting started
About the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections
You can use the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections to access the social networking features and functionality of IBM Lotus
Connections on your BlackBerry® device. Using the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections, you can build a network of contacts and share
your expertise with people in your organization by performing any of the following actions:
• Search for people, communities, blogs, bookmarks, and activities using keywords, tags, or other criteria
• View the profile of a person, community member, blog author, or the person who created a bookmark or activity
•Send an email message to a person, community member, entire community, blog author, or the person who created a bookmark or activity
• View a person's communities, blogs, bookmarks, and activities
Note: Depending on your organization, some features might not be available.
Log in to the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections
1. Open the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections.
2. Type your login information.
3. If you want the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections to remember your user name, click Remember Username.
4. Click Login.
To log out, press the Menu key. Click Logout.
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Shortcuts
Move around a list
Perform any of the following actions:
• To move to the top of a list, press the Tkey.
• To move to the bottom of a list, press the Bkey.
• To move to the next page, press the Nkey.
• To move to the previous page, press the Pkey.
Display tags for items in a list
1. Highlight an item in a list.
2. Press the Lkey.
The tags associated with the item are displayed.
Expand an activity entry with a plus sign icon
1. In a list of activity entries, highlight an entry with a plus sign icon.
2. Press the Okey.
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Profiles
About profiles
You can use the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections to access the profiles feature of IBM® Lotus® Connections. You can search
for people in your organization by using personal contact information or tags and keywords. After you find people, you can view background
information about them, view their communities, blogs, bookmarks, and activities, and you can contact them by calling them or sending them
an email message.
View your profile
Click the Profiles icon at the top of the screen.
Update a profile photo
1. In your profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click Update Photo.
3. Perform any of the following actions:
• To upload a photo from the media application, click the photo that you want to upload. Click OK.
• To upload a photo using the camera, click Camera. Take a picture. Click the photo in the media application. Click OK.
Search for a person by name or using tags
Depending on your organization, you might be able to search using a person's last name only.
1. Click the Home icon at the top of the screen.
2. In the Search Profiles field, type the person's name or the tags associated with the person's profile.
3. Click Search.
Search for a person using tags and keywords or other criteria
1. In a person's profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click Search.
3. Perform any of the following actions:
• To search using a person's name, click Name. Type the person's name. Click Search.
• To search using other criteria, click Advanced. In the available fields, type the search criteria. Click Search.
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• To search using tags or keywords, click Tags & Keywords. In the Keywords field, type the profile tags or keywords. Click Search.
View more information about a person
Depending on your organization, About me and Background might be labeled differently.
1. In a person's profile, click More.
2. Perform any of the following actions:
• To view information about current activities, click About Me.
• To view background information, click Background.
Contact a person
In a person's profile, perform any of the following actions:
• To call the person, click the phone number. Click Call <number>.
• To send an email message, click an email address. Click Email <contact>.
• To send an MMS message, click an email address or phone number. Click MMS <contact>.
• To send an SMS text message, click a phone number. Click SMS <number>.
Add or update a person in your address book
1. In a person's profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click Update Contact.
3. Perform any of the following actions:
• To add a contact, click Add as New.
•To update an existing contact, click the name of a person. Any information about the person that is not in your address book, such as
an email address, is added.
Recommend the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections to a person
Depending on your organization, this option might not be available.
1. Search for the person to whom you want to recommend the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections.
2. In the Search Results list, highlight the person's name.
3. Press the Menu key.
4. Click Tell A Friend.
5. If necessary, type additional information in the email message.
6. Press the Menu key.
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7. Click Send.
Listen to the pronunciation of a person's name
You can hear the pronunciation of a person's name if the person uploaded an audio file.
In a person's profile, click the pronunciation icon at the right of the profile photo.
View a person's tags
1. In a person's profile, click Tags.
2. Click a tag to view a list of profiles that are associated with the tag.
View a person's communities, blogs, bookmarks, and activities
1. In a person's profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click any of the following items:
•Communities
•Blog Entries
•Bookmarks
•Activities
View a person's report-to chain
Depending on your organization, this function might not be available.
1. In a person's profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Perform any of the following actions:
• To view the people who report to a person, click Direct Reports. Click a person's name in the direct reports list to view the profile.
• To view who the person reports to, click Reports To. Click a person's name in the report-to chain to view the profile.
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Communities
About communities
You can use the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections to access the communities feature of IBM® Lotus® Connections. You can
search for communities in your organization by using tags and keywords. After you find communities, you can view the profiles of community
members,addcommunitymemberstoyouraddressbook,viewalistofcommunitybookmarks,andsendemailmessagestoindividualcommunity
members or the entire community.
View your communities
Click the Communities icon at the top of the screen.
View a person's communities
To perform this task, you must have searched for a person by name or using tags and keywords or other criteria.
1. In the person's profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Communities.
Search for communities using tags that are associated with a community
1. In a list of communities, highlight a community.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Search Tags.
4. In the list of tags that are associated with the community, click a tag.
5. Click Search On Tag.
Search for communities using tags that are associated with all communities
1. In a list of communities, press the Menu key.
2. Click Search Tags.
3. In the list of tags that are associated with all the communities, click a tag.
4. Click Search On Tag.
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Search for communities using keywords
1. In a list of communities, press the Menu key.
2. Click Search Keywords.
3. Type the community keywords.
4. Click Search.
Sort a list of communities
1. In a list of communities, press the Menu key.
2. Click Sort.
3. Click a sort option.
View a list of community bookmarks
1. In a list of communities, highlight a community.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click View.
4. Click Community Bookmarks.
View a list of community members
1. In a list of communities, highlight a community.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click View.
4. Click Members.
View the profile of a community member
1. In a list of community members, highlight a member.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click View.
4. Click Profile.
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Send an email message to a community
1. In a list of community members, press the Menu key.
2. Click Email.
3. Click Email Community.
4. Type the email message.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Send.
Send an email message to a community member
1. In a list of community members, highlight a member.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Email.
4. Click Email Member.
5. Type the email message.
6. Press the Menu key.
7. Click Send.
Recommend the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections to a
community
Depending on your organization, this option might not be available.
1. In a list of community members, press the Menu key.
2. Click Email.
3. Click Send Community App Link.
4. If necessary, type additional information in the email message.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Send.
Recommend the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections to a
community member
Depending on your organization, this option might not be available.
1. In a list of community members, highlight a member.
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2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Email.
4. Click Send Member App Link.
5. If necessary, type additional information in the email message.
6. Press the Menu key.
7. Click Send.
View details about a community
1. In a list of communities, highlight a community.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click View.
4. Click Community Details.
View the profile of a community author or community contributor
1. In a community's details, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Author's Profile or Contributor's Profile.
Send an email message to a community author or community contributor
1. In a community's details, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Email Author or Email Contributor
4. Type the email message.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Send.
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Blogs
About blogs
You can use the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections to access the blogs feature of IBM® Lotus® Connections. You can search for
blogs using keywords, view the profiles of blog authors, send email messages to blog authors, view the tags that are associated with blogs, and
add entries to your blogs.
View your blog entries
1. In your profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Blog entries.
Add an entry to your blog
1. In the list of your blog entries, highlight an entry.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Add Blog Entry.
4. Type the blog entry information.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Add Blog Entry.
View all blog entries
Click the Blogs icon at the top of the screen.
View a person's blog entries
To perform this task, you must have searched for a person by name or using tags and keywords or other criteria.
1. In a person's profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Blog Entries.
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Search for blog entries using tags that are associated with a blog entry
1. In a list of blog entries, highlight an entry.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Search Tag.
4. In the list of tags that are associated with the entry, click a tag.
5. Click Add Tag.
6. Click Search.
Search for blog entries using tags that are associated with all blog entries
1. In a list of blog entries, press the Menu key.
2. Click Search Tag.
3. In the list of tags that are associated with all the entries, click a tag.
4. Click Search On Tag.
Search for blog entries using keywords
1. In a list of blog entries, press the Menu key.
2. Click Search Keywords.
3. Type the blog keywords.
4. Click Search.
View the profile of a blog author
1. In a list of blog entries, highlight an entry.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click View.
4. Click Author's Profile.
Send an email message to a blog author
1. In a list of blog entries, highlight an entry.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Email Author.
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4. Type your message.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Send.
View a list of tags that are associated with a blog entry
1. In a list of blog entries, click an entry.
2. Click Tags.
View details about a blog entry
1. In a list of blog entries, highlight an entry.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click View.
4. Click Blog Details.
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Bookmarks
About bookmarks
You can use the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections to access the bookmarks feature of IBM® Lotus® Connections. You can create
bookmarks using your BlackBerry® Browser, search for bookmarks using keywords, sort a list of bookmarks, view the profiles of the people who
created bookmarks, and send bookmarks to people in your organization.
View your bookmarks
Click the Bookmarks icon at the top of the screen.
View your bookmarks from the BlackBerry Browser
1. In the BlackBerry® Browser, on a web page, press the Menu key.
2. Click My Bookmarks.
View a person's bookmarks
To perform this task, you must have searched for a person by name or using tags and keywords or other criteria.
1. In a person's profile, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Bookmarks.
Search for bookmarks using keywords
1. In a list of bookmarks, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Search.
4. Click All Bookmarks or My Bookmarks.
5. Type the bookmark keywords.
6. Click Search.
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Sort a list of bookmarks
1. In a list of bookmarks, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Sort.
4. Click a sort option.
View the profile of a bookmark author
1. In a list of bookmarks, highlight a bookmark.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click View.
4. Click Author's Profile.
Send a bookmark to a person
1. In a list of bookmarks, click the bookmark that you want to send.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Email Link.
4. Type the recipient information.
5. If necessary, type a message.
6. Press the Menu key.
7. Click Send.
Add a bookmark
1. In a list of bookmarks, press the Menu key.
2. Click View.
3. Click Add Bookmark.
4. Type or paste the link.
5. Click Next.
6. Type the bookmark information.
7. Press the Menu key.
8. Click Save Bookmark.
The bookmark is added to your bookmarks in the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections.
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Add a bookmark from the BlackBerry Browser
1. In the BlackBerry® Browser, on a web page, press the Menu key.
2. Click Bookmark This!
3. Type the bookmark information.
4. To prevent another person from viewing the bookmark, click Private.
5. Click Add.
6. Click OK.
The bookmark is added to your bookmarks in the BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections.
Delete a bookmark
1. In a list of bookmarks, highlight a bookmark.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Delete Bookmark.
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