Great for regular users only (MS Outlook 2000)

Member Name: somersetsaint

Product:	MS Outlook 2000
Date:	04/09/00 (37 review reads)
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Advantages: Great for keep track of your life!

Disadvantages: Need to use it regularly

MS Outlook is one of the many 'organiser' programs on the market, but has the advantage of integration with other MS software. It has a number of features of varying usefulness as follows:

Calendar: surprisingly enough, this is for organising your appointments and other 'events' to any date in the future. You have a choice of one day, week or month to view.

Contacts: a database for names, addresses, numbers, in fact any personal or company information. These can be arranged in just about any order you might need.

Tasks: Make a list of tasks, complete with notes and contact details. You can set start and end dates, so that they appear as and when you need them.

You can also use email, but you're better off using dedicated software for this.

You can combine all of these features if you have a network set up with your colleagues also using this software, but the most useful feature is also the simplest: the ability to print all this information out! You can choose the paper size (to fit in your Filofax, for example), and by using Outlook you can keep yourself pretty well organised.

The only problem is the necessity to use Outlook regularly, otherwise things tend to get missed out and the effectiveness is much reduced. Thus much more useful for office than home use.

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