IBM Lotus Sametime software allows you to collaborate and communicate with others in real time. By using Sametime, you can communicate with your peers and teammates with the Sametime Connect client, embedded Sametime integration with Lotus Notes, or Microsoft Outlook e-mail, or on mobile devices like a Blackberry. You can connect with your colleagues through text, voice, video, or by setting up an online meeting with colleagues in several sites or countries. You get the information you need to do your job and make better and faster decisions.

This user guide enables you, no matter what your skill level, to develop and increase your knowledge of Sametime and helps you learn how to use each feature from start to finish. It shows how you can effectively collaborate with your colleagues and teammates both in your organization and outside your organization by using the features of Sametime. It's practical, direct, and most of all, fun!

This book takes you from the basics of Sametime through to the most advanced features with a focus on real work-related situations along with plenty of screen prints to guide you. You'll learn everything from how to conduct a quick chat to conducting an online meeting. Perhaps you want to learn how to take advantage of Sametime's telephony features or set up an online poll. The book starts by teaching you how to install Sametime and set up a contact list of people with whom you interact. Next, you learn how the chat feature of Sametime works, from using basic text to sharing screen-capture images. You learn how to use Sametime both within an organization and with other external instant messaging services like AOL, Yahoo, and Google. However, Sametime isn't restricted to just the Sametime client. You learn how to use Sametime from a web browser as well as from a mobile device. Find out how to use meeting rooms with screen sharing, whiteboarding, audio and video features, as well as how Sametime integrates into an organization's phone system so that you have a single place to go for all your communication and collaboration needs. Learn how Sametime Advanced features like persistent chats and broadcast communities can help your project teams stay organized. Finally, you learn about the new features included with Sametime 8.5 and 8.5.1.

Dive into Sametime and learn to use all the features of this rich collaboration software tool.