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9 Jan 30, 2015
Tip #6 Create an Autofill button in Lotus Notes
How many times do you cut and paste your conference call dial-in information?
Automate that with a button in Lotus Notes
Steps to Add to Lotus Notes:
Right click on your toolbar Toolbar preferences
Customize
Click “New” and select “Button”
Fill in a Caption and in the “Formula” window use the
following commands:
To add a blank line insert:
@Command([EditInsertText];@NewLine);
To add a text line insert:
@Command([EditInsertText];“Your Text Here");
For example, you could cut and paste the following:
@Command([EditInsertText]:"Call-in: XXXXXXXX");
@Command([EditInsertText];@NewLine);
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