Lotus Notes Basics - Fields on a Form

It is easy enough to understand what a form is when thinking about paper.   It could be a shopping list, a check (cheque) you are writing, a job application, a magazine subscription, or your taxes.  Essentially, a form has fields where you enter information.



So now think of a Lotus Notes email message as a form.   You enter information into fields, such as the recipient names and the subject.



A contact in your address book is a form.   You enter the person's name, email, phone numbers, etc.


Entries on your calendar are forms.  They have a date, time, subject, location, etc.   So are To-dos, a blog posting, a question in a discussion database, a ticket in a Helpdesk application, or any one of a million other types of uses your company might have for Lotus Notes.