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A Notes Technote (All 18 steps !)
Title: How to Add Your Company Logo as a Letterhead Choice the Notes R4 Mail File Product Release: Notes 4.0 Windows 3.x, Windows 95 Topic: Workstation/Desktop \\ Application Development \\ Macro/Agent/LotusScript Document #: 137371 Last Update: 05 09 9719970509
Problem: In Notes R4, how can you add your company logo or any customized "picture" as a letterhead option (available via Action, Mail Tools, Choose Letterhead)? Solution: The exact steps to create a letterhead with a custom logo are as follows:
1. In Notes, make a copy of the memo form. (In general, it is recommended that you do not alter the default memo form.)
2. Make a copy of an existing Subform (such as Bouncy Earth).
3. Edit this copy and give the Subform a new name (such as Company Logo).
4. In the layout region on the Subform, select the existing graphic image and delete it. The following fields should remain on the Subform: tmpName and tmpDate.
5. Save the modified Subform.
6. In a graphics program (such as Paint in Windows 95 or Paintbrush in Windows 3.1), open the graphic file for your company logo.
7. Copy the image to the clipboard.
8. In Notes, return to the design of the Subform and select the layout region.
9. Select Create, Layout Region, Graphic. These steps will paste your graphic (company logo) into the layout region.
10. Drag the graphic image and the fields tmpName and tmpDate to the desired positions.
11. Save and close the Subform.
12. Still in Notes, edit the design of the hidden form called "(LetterHeadChooser)".
13. Double-click the LetterHeadChoices listbox (to display the Properties box).
14. On the Basics tab, the keyword choices for this field display.
15. Add the name of your Subform to this list. (The name must be spelled exactly the way you spelled it in the design of the Subform in step 2 above. In this example, the name is Company Logo.)
16. Save and close the form.
17. In your mail file, select the following from the menu: Actions, Mail Tools, Choose Letterhead.
18. Scroll through the listbox until you see the name of your Subform. Select it and then click Done in the Action bar.
When you create a new memo (using the new memo form), your customized subform with your Company Logo will display.
Additional Considerations:
- If the intent is to make this customized subform available to many mail users, it is recommended that the Designer make the above changes in the Mail template (MAIL4.NTF) and then have users update the Design of their mail files.
- If this customized subform for your use only, but you would like others to see the subform when they open your customized memo, you must edit the design of your custom memo form and select "Store Form in Document" on the Defaults tab of the Form properties box.
- The letterhead option you have selected is stored in the NOTES.INI file, in a variable called $DefaultLogo.
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