Outlook to the Future (MS Outlook 2000)

Member Name: thepanther

Product:	MS Outlook 2000
Date:	25/07/00 (151 review reads)
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Advantages: Feature packed lots of organisation

Disadvantages: Shouldnt be aimed at the normal e-mail user

Having only ever used Microsoft Outlook Express before, Outlook 2000 was a nice addition to my office software. Outlook does have a more proffesional feel than Outlook Express.

I no longer read the news groups so I have no need for the express version anymore. When I first got Microsoft Outlook I thought it was an e-mail package just like the express version, I was of course wrong about this and found out that Outlook 2000 has much more to offer. It is an organiser more than qanything else. It comes equiped with e-mail capabilities aswell as a calendar/diary a notes section for little idea or reminders. It also logs the use and editing of other office documents on a time line.

Outlook provides a place to keep all your contacts, it lets you enter every piece of information about them, from there name and e-mail address to there nickname and there birthday. Outlook will also remind you a set time before there birthday so you dont forget.

The Calander/Diary serves the same purpose as an appointment book as you can have enteries for every 5 minutes of every day. If thats a little too detailed you have to choice of setting this to 5,15,30 or every hour. Each event that you enter into the diary can have an alarm set to it so you can be reminded that you have something to do. If you have a memory like mine then maybe this is quite a good idea.

There is also a tasks section where you can write down your current tasks, who they are assigned to and the current completion percentage. Again this is usefull if you are running a business.

The e-mail section is where I spend most of my time when using Outlook, I am, one of those people who sign up to get loads of different e-mail from loads of places, I often receive over 20 mails a day so the feature that comes with Outlook is very usefull to me. That feature is the ability to put all the e-mails in expandable groups in order of who sent them, this allows me to keep track of all my
mail rather than having to locate it in a list of 100 e-mails when I am looking for a specific one.

Great program for running a business, if your just into e-mail then maybe the express version is better for you

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