<p>The <strong>Add Group</strong> function is available to all administrators. Groups are an easy way to segment information by department or project.  Only users who are members of the group will see the group when they login into the portal.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ADD GROUPS</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Click <strong>Settings </strong>in the lower left tool bar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Click <strong>Manage Users and Groups</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Click <strong>Add Groups</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fill-in the: </span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Group Name - </strong><em>required field</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Password </strong>- <em>optional</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Password</strong> (verify)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Description </strong>-  <em>optional</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Check <strong>Group has a message of the day</strong> - <em>optional</em></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Check Sections</span> 
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<li>Allow group members to see all members</li>
<li>Group has a contacts section</li>
<li>Group has a calendar section</li>
<li>Group has a documents section</li>
<li>Group has a task section</li>
<li>Group has a voting section</li>
<li>Group has a forums section</li>
<li>Group has a links section</li>
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<li>Click <strong>Browse </strong>to upload a logo to display on the homepage - <em>optional; recommended image size is 400 x 150 pixels</em></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Click <strong>Create Group</strong></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0000;"><strong>Notes: </strong><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">It is good practice to use descriptive names for a group like Administration, Finance, Sales, etc.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">The password will make it mandatory to get authorization or information regarding the group, to be able to join the group and authenticates new users. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">When using a public calendar URL and passwords can be required to share calendars for non-HyperOffice users, users are required to enter the password to view the public calendar.</span></span></span></li>
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