Product Description

This text provides users with real-world advice on using the features of the 2000 version of the Outlook email package, along with guidance on integrating it with Office 2000 products. Text boxes highlight advanced features and tips for short cuts are also provided.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #989837 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 474 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
Microsoft Outlook has come a long way and its latest incarnation, as part of Office 2000, is the most powerful yet. How To Do Everything with Outlook 2000 makes a comprehensive attempt to guide both new and experienced users through the new version.

The book excels as a manual for those completely new to Outlook. It begins with a guide to "Finding Your Way Around Outlook" and ends with tips on configuring Outlook 2000 to work with Microsoft Exchange. Although books like this are seldom read from cover to cover, reading the first seven chapters of Julia Kelly's book would make you an accomplished user very quickly. There is a section on installing Outlook 2000 (at the end), but the book assumes that you have Outlook 2000 up and running. Any trouble with dial-up to your ISP or connection to your office LAN to get your e-mail and you will have to look elsewhere for assistance.

That aside, Julia Kelly writes in a friendly, non-geeky style, which chimes with her ambition to write for "normal computer users who have normal jobs". So-called power users may balk at the prospect of using Office Assistants, but the author is not afraid to enlist their support when she is describing ways of customising Outlook 2000. Elsewhere, handy tips appear throughout the book such as how to stop junk mail from senders who hide their name in the "From" field. In an age of unending spam this is just one valuable tip from the author. This highly readable guide to Outlook 2000 will get new users up-and-running quickly and teach old hands the benefits of using this new version. --Paul Fisher

From the Back Cover

Organize and manage al your day-to-day information in a single location with Outlook 2000 and this easy-to-follow guide. SEND and receive e-mail and faxes, take notes, create and organize contact lists, schedule appointments and tasks and program reminders, manage your files, and much more. How to Do Everything with Outlook 2000 offers step-by-step details on putting this powerful product to work for you to boost your productivity at home, at work, and on the road. Special "How To" boxes provide in-depth information on topics such as e-mail stationery, vCards, Digital IDs and Certificates, encryption for security, and transferring notes and contracts to your handheld computer. Whether you use Outlook on a stand-alone computer or a network, at home, at school, or at work, this book is the perfect companion for every Outlook user.

Inside learn to:

- Set up your Outlook mail service
- Customize your outlook environment and use shortcuts to work faster
- Organize information by grouping, sorting, filtering, and categorizing
- SEND and receive e-mail messages over the Internet your company network, and when you're on the road
- SEND files and Web links through e-mail
- Create and maintain contact lists, and use your contacts for mail merges
- Learn to filter out junk e-mail
- Stay organized using the calENDar and task list
- Archive important Outlook information for safekeeping

About the Author
Julia Kelly (Rathdrum, ID) is an instructor and consultant for many Microsoft desktop applications such as Outlook, Excel, Access, Word, and Publisher. Her recent books are Discover Outlook 97, How to Use Office 97, Small Business Edition, and Using Excel 2000: One Step at a Time.