Microsoft Outlook

About Microsoft Outlook 2002

Microsoft outlook 2002 is the upgrade to Microsoft Outlook 2000 and includes the below new features.
Outlook Hotmail support
Autocomplete addressing
Intuitive management of e-mail, contacts, and appointments
Smart tags in Wordmail
Overall, users who are utilizing Microsoft Outlook 2000 would most likely not find it necessary to upgrade to Microsoft Outlook 2002 unless they believe the above features will be useful.

About Outlook 2000

Microsoft Outlook 2000 is an advanced e-mail software program that allows users to send and receive e-mail. In addition to e-mail, Outlook has a personal calendar and group scheduling, personal contacts, personal tasks and the ability to collaborate and schedule with other users.

About Outlook Express
Outlook express is a slimmed down version of the Microsoft Outlook software family. Outlook express is included with Microsoft Internet Explorer and also with Microsoft Windows 98 and above.

Customize your work week

Does your work week start on Tuesday and end on Thursday? Lucky you! You'll be pleased to know that Outlook can display the work week for you that way. You would do this by modifying the settings in the Calendar Options dialog box, as we've shown in the picture. (To open this dialog box, you would click Options on the Tools menu, and then click Calendar Options).
After you modify the settings for the work week, you'll see the Work Week view when you click the Work Week button on the Standard toolbar (note that even if you change the work week to contain some number of days other than 5, the button will continue to display the number 5). In this view, Outlook shows only the days of your work week, and it displays the working hours in a slightly lighter color than the rest of the calendar background. You'll get a chance to try this on your own in the practice session that is coming up next.
If you're using Microsoft Exchange Server, one benefit of setting up your work week to reflect the schedule that you actually work is that when people try to schedule time with you, your Free/Busy time will reflect the appropriate hours and times of your work week. (For more information about Microsoft Exchange, see the article What is an Exchange Server e-mail account?)

Track activity on a workbook by using Microsoft Outlook

Add a task for a workbook to your Outlook task list
To do this procedure, make sure that

1.Open the workbook you want to add a task for in the Outlook task list.
2.On the Reviewing toolbar, click Create Microsoft Outlook Task .
3.Select the options you want, and then click Save and Close .

Create a new task request

1. Start Outlook.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Task Request.
3. In the To box, enter the name of the person you want to assign the task to.
To select the name from a list, click the To button.
4. In the Subject box, type a task name.
5. Select the due date, status, and priority options you want.
6. Select or clear the Keep an updated copy of this task on my task list check box and the Send me a status report when this task is complete check box.
7. If you want the task to repeat, click the Actions menu, click Recurrence, select the options you want, and then click OK.
For Help on an option, click the question mark , and then click the option.
8. In the text box, type instructions or information about the task.
9. Click Send .