The client automatically switches program interfaces depending on which area you are in. After starting Outlook and successfully logging in, you will see the following interface in ELO:

Outlook quick launch toolbar (1): Click the triangle button on the right to configure the quick start toolbar. The quick launch toolbar is intended to make functions available quickly.

Ribbon with tabs (2): Five tabs provide various Outlook functions. The two tabs on the far right provide ELO functions which are disabled in Outlook mode.

Outlook list of messages (3): You can categorize, tag, and delete Outlook messages in this list.

Viewer pane (4): Depending on the tab, this pane shows e-mails or ELO folders and the entries contained within them (e-mails, data, attachments).

Outlook status bar (5): You can view the synchronization progress and the number of elements in the currently selected folder here as well as customize the Outlook interface.

Outlook navigation bar (6): Here, you can display buttons for different areas depending on the configuration, such as e-mail, ELO, calendar, or tasks.

Work area toolbar (7): Five buttons for the client work areas: Logon, My ELO, Repository, In use, Search.

Repository tree (8): Displays the tree view of the selected ELO repository.

Mail and account management (9): Displays the various e-mail folders of the Outlook account as well as a folder for the ELO area.

ELO interface functions

A new interface appears if you click the ELO tab in the Outlook navigation bar.

Ribbon with tabs (1): Five tabs provide various Outlook functions. The two tabs on the far right provide ELO functions. In this example, the ELO Document tab is open.

My ELO (2): After logon, the My ELO start page appears. Here, feed posts from different entries are displayed. This applies to feeds such as those that a particular user has subscribed to or in which the particular user is mentioned by another user. Escalated or recently started workflows that are relevant for the user are also shown in this work area. Above the viewer pane, you will find a selection list for the content shown below. ELO Client for Microsoft Outlook is selected here by default. To show the Outlook folder content, switch to Folder View.

Please note: The top area contains a search bar. The search field indicates that you can Search ELO here. However, only Microsoft Outlook contents are searched. This search bar cannot be hidden or otherwise influenced by ELO. Instead, perform an ELO search in the work area toolbar.

Outlook navigation bar (3): Use the buttons to navigate between the different areas in Outlook. You can change the viewing order and the number of visible items under Options.

Work area toolbar (4): The buttons lead to five additional ELO work areas: Logon, My ELO, Repository, In use, and Search.

Repository tree (5): Displays the tree view of the selected ELO repository.

Viewer pane with repository

Clicking the Repository button changes the viewer pane.

List view (1): Contents of the folder currently selected via the repository tree. The list view offers a large amount of metadata on every document in the repository. You can reorder the columns in the table by dragging and dropping them. The next time you start Microsoft Outlook, the most recently selected column sorting is applied again. The iSearch search bar (default field) is located above the list view. At the bottom of the list view, the status line displays the number of elements contained within the folder.

Split bar (2): Here you can choose between the four different view filters for the viewer pane: Document, Keywording, Annotations, and Form.

Preview bar (3): Here you can view the metadata for the document that is currently open in the viewer pane: File type, file size, short name, attachments, margin notes. There is also a button that enables you to add margin notes.

Feed (4): You can use the feed to add comments to documents. It is possible to make the comments visible to specific users only.

Viewer pane (5): The selected document is shown as a preview. You can open four different view filters via the split bar: Document, Keywording, Annotations, and Form. To edit the displayed document, you have to check it out, edit it with an appropriate program, then check it in again.