Using Forums
Access Forums
Log in to OfficeClip.
Click Desktop > Forums.
The screen opens with the list of all the Forums.
Create a Forum
- Click New Forum on the button bar or click
on the
icon on the right side of the forum list screen.
- Give a suitable name to the forum in the Forum
Name and add description in the Forum
Description.
- If you wish to let all the users in the organization know about this forum, select the Inform organization members about this Forum checkbox.
- Click Save to save the forum.
Add a Topic
You can create new topics for the existing forums, allowing users to share further their ideas on the topic.
- In the Forum List, select the forum in which you want to create a new topic.
- Click New Topic inside the Forum.
- Type a suitable topic name in the Topic Name and add description in the Description field.
- Use the Spell Check to identify and correct
any spelling errors.
- To add Attachments to the forum, click on the Select button. Choose the file from the file manager or simply drag and drop the file from desired location.
- Select the Notify checkboxes.
- 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.
- Click Save to save the topic in the Forums List.
Reply to a Topic
You can post replies to topics of the forums.
- In the main Forum List screen, click on the
desired Forum and then click the topic to which you want to post a
reply.
- Click the Post Reply button on the button
bar.
- Type your reply in the Message area.
- Click Send to send your reply.
- You can see the Reply posted inside the topic.
- To edit the reply click on the Edit button, to delete a reply from the topic, click on the Remove button and to post reply, click on the Post Reply button.
Editing Forum
You can edit or delete a Forum.
To edit a Forum:
- In the main Forum List screen, click the forum you want to edit.
- Click on the icon, make the necessary changes and click Update.
To delete a Forum:
- In the main Forum List screen, click the forum you want to delete.
- Click on the icon, to delete the forum. Click OK.
Searching Forums
You can search for the forums through the Search feature by specifying the date or matching words.
- Click Search in the button bar of the main
Forum List screen.
- 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.
- Click Search to begin searching for the forum.
- The screen displays the desired results.