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Defining Global Settings

In the Options - Global Settings page, you can define global settings that determine the appearance of Communications Express software. These settings include the language for the calendar, mail and address book, date and time format, time zone settings, password settings, and the default view after you log in.

The Global Settings option allows you:

To Customize Default Global Settings

  1. Click the Settings link.
  2. Specify your preferences in the Options - Global Settings page:
    • Default View after Login. From the drop-down menu, select the default page to display after you log in. The options available are Email, Calendar, and Address Book.

    • Note

      The email option is available only if you can access the Sun Java™ System Messaging Server.


      Default Email Client. Select the default email client from the drop-down menu. The options available are Communications Express and Browser Default.

      The default email client sends email messages from the Address Book.


      Note

      The Mail option is available in Communications Express only if you can access the Sun Java™ Systems Messaging Server.


    • Language. From the drop-down menu, select the language you want for your interface elements.
    • The administrator for your domain determines which languages are available.

    • Date and Time Format
    • Date Format. Select theto display date, month, and year. Options available are Month, Date, Year; Date, Month, Year; and Year, Month, Date.

      Date Delimiter. Select a character to separate the date, month, and year in the date. Options available are slash (/), hyphen (-), and period (.).

      Time Format. Select a radio button to choose how to display time. Options available are 12 hour clock and 24 hour clock.

    • Time Zone. Specify the default time zone for all of your calendars.
      1. Select the general time zone area from the drop-down menu. The time zone areas available are North & South America, Europe & Africa, and Asia & Pacific Rim.
      2. Select the time zone from the drop-down menu of time zone areas.
  3. Click Save to save the global settings.

To Change Your Password

If you use LDAP Schema 2, you must use the administration console for Sun™ Java System Access Manager to change passwords.

  1. Click Change Password link.
  2. In the Options - Change Password page, enter your Current Password and New Password.
  3. Click Save to save your new password.

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