<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">You can create an open forum for group members to post comments into <strong>topics</strong> that are grouped together by categories, known as <strong>conferences</strong>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Create a new Conference</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A conference is a heading to house a group of related topics together. You can create a new conference in a forum. The conference can be accessed by all of the group members once it is created.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For instance, a sales team may create conferences for each month, and topics within each month to discuss which promotions worked and which didn't.</span></p>
<br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Usage Guidelines</strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>To create a new conference, follow these steps:</strong></span><br /><ol type="1" class="whs1">
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the Groups tab on the left navigation bar.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the Group Memberships <span class="dropspot">icon. </span><span class="dropspot">The Active Memberships page appears.</span></span></p>
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<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="551" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/active-memberships.gif" height="184" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs3" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Select the group in which you would like to create a new conference. The Group Homepage appears.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the Forum button. The Forum page appears.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the create new conference button at the top of the screen.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The create conference page appears.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Name</strong></span> field, type the name of the conference.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Description</strong></span> field, type the description of the conference.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Create Conference</strong></span> button.</span></p>
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</ol><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>To create a new topic, follow these steps:</strong></span><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the Groups tab on the left navigation bar.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the Group memberships i<span class="dropspot">con. </span><span class="dropspot">The Active Memberships page appears.</span></span></p>
<p><img border="0" width="87" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/image333.gif" height="80" class="img_whs4" /></p>
<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="554" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/active-memberships.gif" height="185" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs3" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Select the group in which you would like to create a new topic. The Group Homepage appears.</span></p>
<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="552" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/netresults_grouphomepage.gif" height="318" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs5" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">To scroll down, click the Arrow button. Click the Forum button. The Forum page appears.</span></p>
<p><img border="0" width="19" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/image358.gif" height="22" class="img_whs8" /></p>
<p><img border="0" width="57" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/image267.gif" height="62" class="img_whs7" /></p>
<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="557" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/forum_groups.gif" height="161" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs6" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">On the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Forum</strong></span> page in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Interaction</strong></span> column, select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>new topic</strong></span> link.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Create Topic page appears.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Type the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Subject</strong></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Description</strong></span> and click the Create Topic button.</span></p>
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<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">To post a new message, follow these steps:</span></strong><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the Groups  tab on the left navigation bar.</span></p>
<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="93" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/image57.jpg" height="411" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs2" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the Group Memberships <span class="dropspot">icon. </span><span class="dropspot">The Active Memberships page appears.</span></span></p>
<p><img border="0" width="87" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/image333.gif" height="80" class="img_whs4" /></p>
<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="554" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/active-memberships.gif" height="198" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs3" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Select the group in which you would like to post a new message. The Group Homepage appears.</span></p>
<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="555" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/netresults_grouphomepage.gif" height="317" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs5" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">To scroll down, click the arrow button. Click the Forum button. The Forum page appears.</span></p>
<p><img border="0" width="19" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/image358.gif" height="22" class="img_whs8" /></p>
<p><img border="0" width="57" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/image267.gif" height="62" class="img_whs7" /></p>
<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="559" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/forum_groups.gif" height="161" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs6" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Select the topic you want to post a message on. The topic appears.</span></p>
<p><img x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" border="1" width="556" src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/topic.gif" height="222" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" class="img_whs9" /><noscript></noscript></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In the top-right of the screen, click the post new message link.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Post Message area appears.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Subject</strong></span> field, enter the title of the message.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Type your message in the area under the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Subject</strong></span> field.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">When you are done, click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Post Message</strong></span> button to post your message. You can also opt to clear the message body by clicking the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Clear message body</strong></span> button.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />For more information on forums, go to your <strong>Support</strong> pages an look the help section under <strong>Help</strong> -> <strong>Groups</strong> -> <strong>Forum</strong></span>