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9780789719812

Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2000

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    9780789719812

  • ISBN10:

    0789719819

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-04-01
  • Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.
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Summary

Because this next one is the century you get it all together. You'll stop writing messages on envelopes that get thrown away, untie the string from your finger, and never again remind yourself to make a mental note. Is it idiotic to want to get organized? Please! And you need not be a brainiac to see that The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2000 is your first step in the right direction. With this lighthearted guide, you'll learn how to send and receive email, manage contacts, juggle appointments, and keep track of tasks with Outlook 2000. From the beginner basics of getting a better handle on your daily routine to working with newsgroups and the Internet, this book clearly provides a better outlook on your life.

Author Biography

Bob Temple is general manager/director of Web Services for a group of weekly newspapers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs. He is the author of Sams Teach Yourself America Online 4 in 24 Hours and Que's Sports on the Net. Bob has also been a contributing author on four other Internet-related titles.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(2)
Part 1: In the Beginning: Getting Started with Outlook 2000 3(64)
Where to Begin?
5(8)
Background information on the many ways that Outlook 2000 can simplify your life and make you more organized.
How Do I Get This Thing Configured?
13(10)
Covers the different modes in which Outlook can run and the implications of your decision.
Please, No Flash Photography on This Tour
23(10)
A quick tour around the Outlook window to familiarize you with its basic features.
Stopping to Ask Directions
33(10)
Even with a great book like this one, everybody needs little help once in a while. This chapter covers how to get help from Outlook.
Fun with Files and Folders
43(14)
Learn how to create new folders, move folders, and otherwise mess around with your files and folders.
Tool Time
57(10)
Discusses Outlook's tools, such as its toolbars, views, and preferences
Part 2: Get a Life: Talking to the Outside World 67(76)
What's the Big Deal About Email?
69(6)
An introduction to email and its many uses. You'll learn why email is becoming such an important part of the everyday world.
Basic Training for Emailers
75(10)
Learn how Outlook handles email, with particular attention to the Inbox and different ways to display and manipulate it.
Drop Me a Line
85(14)
Discover how to compose a basic email in Outlook, and look at some of the cool formatting and other things you can add to make your emails sing.
Here's Looking Up Your Old Address
99(10)
Address books and distribution lists make emailing easier. This chapter helps you learn how to use them.
Managing Much Mail
109(14)
Once you start getting mail, you'll have to organize it somehow. This chapter covers how to save, print, sort, and file your mail (and how to delete it, too).
Add-Ons: Attachments to Email
123(10)
You can send any file you want as an attachment to email, and you'll learn how to do it here.
Just the Fax
133(10)
Outlook's little-known faxing capabilities are explored in this chapter.
Part 3: Let's Get Down to Business: Managing Contacts 143(38)
Keeping in Contact
145(10)
Take a quick spin around Outlook's Contacts folder, learning how to create new ones and delete old ones, and even how to import your old lists from other programs.
Working with Contacts
155(14)
Learn how to create a new database of contacts and how to use contact categories to organize them.
Getting It Customized
169(12)
Want to create your own contact form? Here's where you'll learn how to do it.
Part 4: Where's the Time Gone? Getting Organized 181(52)
More Than Numbered Boxes on a Page
183(12)
A test drive of Outlook's Calendar module reveals that it handles nicely and helps you keep your life on the road.
Putting Calendar to Work
195(14)
The Cadillac of Calendar chapters, this one tells you how to use Calendar to its fullest.
The Long and Short of It: The Journal and Notes
209(12)
Get all those sticky pieces of paper off your desk and put them into your computer! And keep track of all your interactions with your contacts by using the Journal module.
Multitasking with Task Lists
221(12)
Got stuff to do? Let Outlook keep track of it for you and remind you when the really important stuff is coming up.
Part 5: Leftovers Again? Outlook's Other Features 233(38)
Hard Copy
235(12)
Everybody needs a good printout now and then, and this chapter covers how Outlook does it. And, because you don't want to lose any important data, it covers how to back up Outlook as well.
News You Can Use
247(14)
Outlook's Newsreader lets you read newsgroups on Usenet, and this chapter covers how to do it.
Making Outlook Part of the Family
261(10)
Outlook interacts with other Microsoft Office programs in a variety of ways, and this chapter covers the best of them.
Glossary 271(12)
A complete glossary of terms used in the book, so you can make a big impression on the boss.
A: What's New in Outlook 2000? 283(4)
B: Subscribing to an Internet Account 287(6)
Index 293

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