Zimbra Zmail Assistant
Zmail Assistant provides keyboard shortcuts to do the following tasks:
- Create new appointments
- Go to a specific date in your calendar
- Create new contacts
- Send a new Email message without changing the application you are currently using.
You can open Zmail Assistant from any view except the Preferences tab.
The keyboard shortcut to open Zmail Assistant is `(back quote) or Shift + ~ (tilde, the key normally found to the left of the number 1 key.)
Quick Tip: Shift ~ (tilde) does not work when using Safari or Firefox from a Mac OS X. The back quote (`), however, does work.
Follow the instructions below to use Zmail Assistant.
- Use a shortcut key (SHIFT + ~) to open the Zmail Assistant Dialog.
- Click Help for additional usage information.
- Enter one of the following commands into the dialog:
- To create an appointment, type appointment. You can then enter a subject in quotes, the time, a date and day of week, and any notes for the appointment. Click OK.
Note: If you want more advanced appointment features, click More details to go to the Calendar Appointment page.
- To go to a specific date in your calendar, type calendar and the date, or the day of the week. Click OK.
Note: After the date you can enter the Calendar view you prefer: day, workweek, week, or month. The Calendar opens in that view.
- To create a new contact, type contact and enter the contact information. Click OK.
Note: If you want to open the Contacts detail form, click More Details. Use this form to specify which address book you want to add the contact name to.
- To send an email without opening a compose window, type mail. Enter the subject in quotes; type to: name@address; and then type the body of the message. Click OK.
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