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Using Connections 7.0
Welcome to the HCL Connections™ documentation site, where you can find information about Connections. Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
Profiles
Use profiles to connect with others, showcase your skills, and find the people you need.
Sharing your expertise
Got something to say? Use your profile as a platform for sharing ideas, knowledge, and expertise.
Posting messages and comments
Want to offer congratulations, provide feedback, or check in with someone? Use a message or comment to let your colleagues know what you think.

Using Connections 7.0
Welcome to the HCL Connections™ documentation site, where you can find information about Connections. Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
- Accessibility features for Connections
  Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
- What's new in Connections?
  HCL Connections 7.0 gives collaboration a boost with these new features and enhancements.
- Overview
  HCL Connections™ is a collaborative tool that makes it easy to connect with others and exchange ideas. Start sharing important information, building a network of useful contacts, and following people that interest you.
- Home page
  Use the home page as a command center to scan and manage items that need your attention. You can view your most recent project updates, check in on the people you follow, and review your action items all from one place.
- Profiles
  Use profiles to connect with others, showcase your skills, and find the people you need.
  - Getting started
    Ready to start connecting? Get your profile ready with these basic setup tasks.
  - Sharing your expertise
    Got something to say? Use your profile as a platform for sharing ideas, knowledge, and expertise.
    - Sharing a status or file
      Update your status to start a discussion, promote projects, or share a file.
    - Posting messages and comments
      Want to offer congratulations, provide feedback, or check in with someone? Use a message or comment to let your colleagues know what you think.
    - Adding links to your profile
      Share links to social media pages, helpful industry websites, and other external resources directly from your profile.
  - Growing your network
    Ready to expand your network? Invite people to join your network, or accept invitations to become part of another person's network.
  - Discovering people
    Looking to make new connections? Use the social analytics apps to learn about new people you can connect with.
- Activities
  Use activities to keep a team informed, collect and share project resources, or to assign and track tasks.
- Files
  Using the Files app, you can upload, organize, share and collaborate on files easily. Files can be shared, tagged, organized in folders, and accessed from other applications, such as Activities and Communities.
- Communities
  Get together with people who share your interests.
- Blogs
  Use blogs to share your announcements, updates, and opinions with others.
- Forums
  Share information, brainstorm ideas, ask and answer questions, and discuss topics of mutual interest in a forum.
- Wikis
  Tap the wisdom of the crowd by building a body of knowledge in a wiki. Everyone on your team can make a contribution.
- Bookmarks
  Use Bookmarks to collect and organize shortcuts to websites.

Posting messages and comments

Want to offer congratulations, provide feedback, or check in with someone? Use a message or comment to let your colleagues know what you think.

Posting a message

On the person's profile page, click Recent Updates and click in the What do you want to share? message area.
Enter your message, and then click Post.

Commenting on a message

Find the message or comment you want to respond to.
If you are responding to a message, click Comment under the message. If you are responding to a comment, click Add a comment under the comment.
Enter your reply and click Post.

Removing messages and comments

Find the entry you want to delete.
Click the remove icon. If you do not see the icon, then you do not have permission to delete the entry.