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How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

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ISBN-10: 0072230703

ISBN-13: 9780072230703

Edition: 2003

Authors: Bill Mann

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This text provides users with advice on using the features of the Outlook 2003 email package, along with guidance on integrating it with Office 2003 products. Text boxes highlight advanced features and tips for short cuts are also provided.
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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 10/3/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Acknowledgmentsp. xxi
Introductionp. xxiii
Get Acquainted with Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Welcome to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003p. 3
Navigate the Redesigned Outlook Interfacep. 4
Getting Around and Switching Sectionsp. 4
An Improved E-Mail Reading Experiencep. 5
Use Other New Features and Capabilitiesp. 6
Search Folders (New)p. 7
Quick Flags (New)p. 10
The Research Library (New)p. 10
Junk Mail Filtering (Improved)p. 10
Enhanced Network Performance (Improved)p. 12
Take Advantage of Some Common Keyboard Shortcutsp. 13
Use the Help Systemsp. 15
Use the Outlook Help System or Microsoft Office Onlinep. 17
Use the Office Assistantp. 19
Welcome to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003p. 20
Get Ready to Dig Inp. 23
Understand Your Outlook Environmentp. 24
Outlook as a Stand-Alone Programp. 24
Outlook with Microsoft Exchangep. 25
Outlook with Windows SharePoint Servicesp. 25
Outlook with Business Contact Managerp. 26
Avoid Upgrade Problemsp. 27
Additional Steps Required to Upgrade from Internet-Only Versions of Outlook 2000 or Earlierp. 28
Outlook 2003 Does Not Coexist with Earlier Versionsp. 30
Incompatibility with Old Versions of Wordp. 30
Set Up and Configure Outlook 2003p. 31
Install Outlook 2003p. 32
Start Outlookp. 33
Set Up E-Mail Accountsp. 35
Set Up Exchange E-Mail Accountsp. 37
Set Up Internet E-Mail Accountsp. 37
Specify E-Mail Connectionsp. 43
Decide Where Outlook Stores Your Informationp. 45
Work with Your Personal Folders Filesp. 46
Move Personal Folders Filesp. 46
Communicate Using Outlook 2003
Send and Receive E-Mailp. 51
Navigate the New E-Mail Viewp. 52
A Three Pane View for Better Usabilityp. 53
Introducing the New Mail Viewp. 54
Compose and Send E-Mail Messagesp. 54
Compose a New Messagep. 55
Add a File Attachment to Your Messagep. 56
Send Your Messagep. 57
Choose the Editor to Use with E-Mail Messagesp. 58
Enhance Your E-Mail with Signaturesp. 60
Receive and Reply to E-Mail Messagesp. 63
Things to Note When Reading Messagesp. 63
Reply to a Messagep. 64
Choose a Format for Your Messagesp. 65
Setting Outlook's Default Message Formatp. 66
Set the Format of a Single Messagep. 67
Take Advantage of Desktop Alertsp. 67
Work with Desktop Alertsp. 68
Customize Your Desktop Alertsp. 68
Work with Multiple E-Mail Accountsp. 69
Send Messages with Multiple Accountsp. 69
Receive Messages from Multiple Accountsp. 71
Manage Send/Receive Groupsp. 72
Define a New Send/Receive Groupp. 74
Tell Outlook Whether It is Online or Offlinep. 76
Send and Receive Internet Faxesp. 77
Sign Up with a Fax Service Providerp. 77
Sending an Internet Faxp. 79
Receive an Internet Faxp. 80
Manage Your E-Mailp. 83
Apply Intelligent Grouping to Your Messagesp. 84
Select a Grouping Methodp. 85
Group Messages by Conversationp. 85
Take Advantage of Quick Flags, AutoComplete, and Info Tagsp. 87
Keep Track of Your Messages with Quick Flagsp. 87
Work Faster with Outlook's Improved AutoCompletep. 90
Scan Your Inbox with Message Info Tagsp. 92
Automate E-Mail Handling with Rulesp. 93
Ways to Create a Rulep. 94
Some Rules Tipsp. 97
Work with Contactsp. 101
Navigate the New Contacts Viewp. 102
A Two Pane View for Better Usabilityp. 103
How to Use the New Contacts Viewp. 104
Add New Contactsp. 105
Create a New Contact from Scratchp. 105
Create a New Contact from an E-Mail Messagep. 108
Include Pictures in Contactsp. 108
Use Your Contactsp. 109
Address Outlook Items to a Contactp. 110
Link Outlook Items and Office Documents to a Contactp. 110
Dial Contact Phone Numbersp. 112
Use vCards with Contactsp. 112
Manage Your Contactsp. 115
Find a Contactp. 115
Deal with Duplicate Contactsp. 116
Use the Address Book and Distribution Listsp. 119
Understand and Use the Address Bookp. 120
Use the Address Bookp. 121
Create and Use Distribution Listsp. 128
Create and Update Distribution Listsp. 129
Use a Distribution Listp. 132
Communicate with Instant Messagingp. 135
Learn about Instant Messagingp. 137
Use Windows Messenger with Outlookp. 138
Set Up Windows Messengerp. 138
Get a .NET Passportp. 140
Enable Instant Messaging in Outlookp. 141
Add Instant Messaging Contactsp. 142
Send and Receive Instant Messagesp. 143
Set Your Windows Messenger Statusp. 148
Enter the World of Newsgroupsp. 151
Learn about Newsgroupsp. 152
Use Outlook Express as Outlook's Newsreaderp. 154
Configure Outlook to Use Outlook Expressp. 154
Meet Outlook Expressp. 155
Set Up a Newsgroup Accountp. 156
View a List of the Available Newsgroupsp. 157
Subscribe to a Newsgroupp. 159
Read Newsgroup Messagesp. 160
Reply to Newsgroup Messagesp. 164
Compose and Post New Newsgroup Messagesp. 165
Organize Your Newsgroup Messagesp. 166
Manage your Personal Information
Stay on Schedule with Calendarp. 171
Navigate the New Calendar Viewp. 172
Use the Calendarp. 175
Add Activities to the Calendarp. 177
Change Your Schedulep. 185
View and Color-Code Your Activitiesp. 187
Send Internet Meeting Requestsp. 190
Take Advantage of the TaskPadp. 190
Set Calendar Optionsp. 192
Make Your Free/Busy Information Available Onlinep. 192
Use the Microsoft Office Internet Free/Busy Servicep. 193
Use an Internet or Intranet Sitep. 196
Get Everything Done with Tasksp. 201
Navigate the New Tasks Viewp. 202
A Two-Pane View for Better Usabilityp. 202
Create Tasks, Assign Tasks, and Receive Task Assignmentsp. 203
Create a Taskp. 204
Assign a Taskp. 205
Receive Task Assignmentsp. 207
Work with Recurring Tasksp. 208
Track Tasksp. 211
Gather Stray Information with Notes and Shortcutsp. 215
Navigate the New Notes Viewp. 216
Work with Notesp. 218
Create a Notep. 218
View or Edit a Notep. 219
Change the Look of a Notep. 219
Change Notes' Default Settingsp. 219
Change the Color of the Current Notep. 220
Show the Time and Date in New and Existing Notesp. 221
Navigate the Shortcuts Panep. 221
Work with Shortcuts and Shortcut Groupsp. 223
Create a Shortcutp. 223
Remove a Shortcutp. 224
Move a Shortcut to Another Shortcut Groupp. 224
Create a Shortcut Groupp. 225
Rename or Remove a Shortcut Groupp. 225
Change the Order of Shortcut Groupsp. 225
Track What You've Done with Journalp. 227
Navigate the New Journal Viewp. 228
Work with Journalp. 229
Set Journal Tracking Optionsp. 230
Add the Journal Button to the Navigation Panep. 231
Manually Record Items and Filesp. 231
Open and Modify Journal Entriesp. 233
See the Journal Entries Related to a Particular Contactp. 233
Customize and Manage Outlook 2003
Take Advantage of Search Foldersp. 237
Understand Search Foldersp. 238
Use the Default Search Foldersp. 240
Use the Unread Mail Folderp. 240
Use the For Follow Up Folderp. 241
Use the Large Mail Folderp. 242
Create Your Own Search Foldersp. 243
Start from a Predefined Search Folderp. 244
Create a Custom Search Folderp. 245
Save Searches as Search Foldersp. 247
Create a Custom Search Folder from Find Resultsp. 247
Create a Custom Search Folder from Advanced Find Resultsp. 248
Customize a Search Folderp. 249
Customize the Outlook 2003 User Interfacep. 251
Use and Customize Outlook Todayp. 252
Switch to Outlook Todayp. 252
Customize Outlook Todayp. 254
Customize Menus and Toolbarsp. 256
Change the Way Outlook Reconfigures Its Menus and Toolbarsp. 257
Choose Which Toolbars Appearp. 258
Add Items to Menus and Toolbarsp. 258
Animate Outlook Menusp. 261
Customize the Navigation Panep. 262
Add or Remove Buttonsp. 263
Change the Order of Buttonsp. 263
Show or Hide Current Viewp. 264
Show or Hide the Entire Navigation Panep. 264
Create Custom Views and Print Stylesp. 267
Customize Viewsp. 268
Change the Information That Appears in an Existing Viewp. 268
Create Custom Viewsp. 274
Customize Print Stylesp. 278
Modify an Existing Print Stylep. 279
Create a New Print Stylep. 281
Delete or Reset a Print Stylep. 281
Search for, Manage, and Archive Itemsp. 283
Search for Itemsp. 284
Use Find for Simple Searchesp. 284
Use Advanced Find for Serious Searchingp. 287
Learn Ways to Manage Itemsp. 290
Create Folders to Manage Itemsp. 291
Learn Ways to Archive Itemsp. 292
Archive Items Automaticallyp. 293
Come Up with an Item Management and Archiving Strategyp. 297
Decide on an Archiving Strategyp. 297
Attend to Your Securityp. 301
Deal with Junk E-Mailp. 302
Use the Enhanced Junk E-Mail Filterp. 303
Block and Unblock External HTML Contentp. 306
Apply Parental Controls to the Research Libraryp. 310
Improve Security with Digital Certificatesp. 311
Get a Digital Certificate When Microsoft Exchange Is Not Involvedp. 312
Configure Outlook to Use Your Digital Certificatep. 312
Deal with Attachmentsp. 317
How Outlook Protects You Against Bad Attachmentsp. 317
Working Around Attachment Blockingp. 319
Avoid Macro Virusesp. 319
To Change Outlook's Macro Security Levelp. 320
Go Further with Outlook 2003
Take Advantage of the Research Panep. 325
Understand the Research Panep. 326
What's So Great about the Research Library?p. 326
What Services Are Available?p. 327
Use the Research Panep. 329
Research a Single Wordp. 329
Research Phrasesp. 331
Use the Thesaurusp. 332
Use the Encarta Encyclopedia or Other Sitesp. 332
Reuse Search Resultsp. 332
Configure the Research Panep. 332
Examine Research Service Propertiesp. 333
Add, Update, or Remove Research Servicesp. 333
Apply Parental Controlsp. 334
Use Handwriting with Outlook 2003p. 337
Understand How Handwriting Works with Outlookp. 338
Understand Handwriting Recognition with Outlookp. 339
Understand Using Ink with Outlookp. 342
Use Handwriting Recognition with Outlookp. 342
To Set Up the Language Bar, Writing Pad, and Write Anywherep. 344
To Make the Language Bar Appearp. 346
Apply Handwriting Recognition with the Writing Padp. 347
Apply Handwriting Recognition with Write Anywherep. 348
Use Ink with Outlookp. 348
Speak to Outlookp. 351
Understand How Speech Recognition Works with Outlookp. 352
Use Speech Recognition with Outlookp. 352
Install Speech Recognitionp. 355
Work in Dictation Modep. 361
Correct Speech Recognition Errorsp. 362
Add Words to the Speech Recognition Dictionaryp. 363
Work in Voice Command Modep. 363
Create and Use Additional Speech Recognition User Profilesp. 364
Work Smarter with Business Contact Managerp. 367
Understand the Reasons for Business Contact Managerp. 368
Install Business Contact Managerp. 369
Use Outlook with Business Contact Managerp. 370
Create a Business Contact Manager Accountp. 372
Create a Business Contactp. 372
Create an Opportunityp. 374
Import Business Datap. 376
Link History Items to Accounts, Business Contacts, or Opportunitiesp. 376
Generate Reportsp. 378
Work with Exchange Server and Windows SharePoint Team Servicesp. 381
Use Outlook with Exchange Serverp. 382
Set up an E-Mail Account on Exchange Serverp. 383
Use Cached Exchange Modep. 385
Use Outlook with Windows SharePoint Team Servicesp. 386
Join the Team Web Sitep. 389
Link Events from a Team Web Site to the Outlook Calendar Panep. 389
View a Team Web Site's Events List and an Outlook Calendar Simultaneouslyp. 391
Link Contacts from a Team Web Site to the Outlook Contacts Panep. 391
Import Contacts from Your Address Book to a Team Web Sitep. 393
Maintain Outlook for Best Performancep. 395
Maintain Your Data Filesp. 396
Repair Your Personal Folders Filep. 397
Compact Your Personal Folders Filep. 399
Back Up Your Personal Folders Filep. 402
Do Some General Housekeepingp. 402
Retrieve Deleted Itemsp. 404
Empty the Deleted Items Folderp. 404
Empty the Sent Items Folderp. 406
Consider Removing Attachmentsp. 407
Use Outlook with Other Applicationsp. 409
Share Information Between Outlook and Other Office System Applicationsp. 410
Cut and Paste Informationp. 410
Drag and Drop Informationp. 411
Collect Information to Paste into Office System Applicationsp. 411
Link or Embed Office System Documents in Outlook Itemsp. 413
Smart Tags Mean Smart Interactions Between Applicationsp. 413
Activate Smart Tags in an Office System Applicationp. 415
Learn More Ways to Send Office System Documentsp. 416
Use the Mail Recipient Optionp. 417
Use the Mail Recipient For Review Optionp. 418
Use the Routing Recipient Optionp. 419
Outlook 2003 Keyboard Shortcutsp. 421
Help System Keyboard Shortcutsp. 422
Help Pane Keyboard Shortcutsp. 422
Help Window Keyboard Shortcutsp. 422
General Menu and Toolbar Keyboard Shortcutsp. 423
Basic Outlook Navigation Keyboard Shortcutsp. 423
Item and File Keyboard Shortcutsp. 424
Item and File Creation Keyboard Shortcutsp. 425
Other Item and File Keyboard Shortcutsp. 425
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with E-Mailp. 426
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Appointments and Tasksp. 427
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Contactsp. 427
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Tasksp. 427
Keyboard Shortcuts for Formatting Textp. 427
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Viewsp. 428
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working in a Table Viewp. 428
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working in the Day/Week/ Month Viewsp. 429
Keyboard Shortcuts for Address Card Viewsp. 430
Indexp. 431
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