Many people use Outlook either by choice or by force, but few of them do more than scratch the surface of the personal information managers many features. And after years of spending hours each day within Outlook, most users become at least proficient with its base features.
Outlook 2007: Beyond the Manual takes you to the next level, showing you how to better manage your time, tasks, mail, and activities using Outlooks sometimes hidden and sometimes undiscovered features. Freshly written for and based on Outlook 2007, this book doesnt waste your time showing you how to send an e-mail, but tells you how to make yourself more efficient, less cluttered, and more clear about whats happening in your life.
This book goes farther faster into Outlooks advanced capabilities than other books. It shows you how to take control of the flow of information and time in your life and use Outlook to keep better tabs on it. It helps you take the thinking out of e-mail management, the tedium out of appointments and meeting scheduling, and the 'rottenness' out of manual tasks.
Doesnt waste time with introductory features
Highlights new Outlook 2007 capabilities and improvements
Discusses quick troubleshooting options so you dont wait on hold with your tech support group
Shows integration with other Office products (SharePoint, Word, etc.)
Includes a treatment of popular Outlook add-ins and add-ons
Shows programmatic/development capabilities of Outlook
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - NOT Beyond the Manual
80% of this book can be found in any basic Outlook book. I am the IS Educator at my place of business and have two other manuals that teach Outlook basics, plus I have years of experience with Outlook. I purchased this book to learn beyond the basics, hoping for more detail on setting options, configuring Outlook and solving difficult conflicts that arise during daily use. I think the book is poorly written, lacks depth and is difficult to use as a reference book for problem solving. I have picked ... Read More
Rating: - Outlook 2007 MUST HAVE
A wonderful resource for the beginner and seasoned IT user.
This book is written for the person who wants to take complete advantage of all those "neat" features" you never knew existed within Outlook. In fact, the book gave me several great ideas to streamline my e-mail communications using Outlook in conjunction with other MS products.
The book was obviously written by folks who have an intimate knowledge of Outlook and Windows and is not your typical regurgitation of MS documentation. ... Read More
Rating: - VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Do you want to get more from the software installed on your desktop? If you do, then this book is definitely for you. Authors Tony Campbell and Jonathan Hassell, have done an outstanding job of writing a book for those that are currently Outlook users and want to learn more about this sophisticated product's extended set of capabilities.
Campbell and Hassell, begin by looking at the new features available in Outlook 2007; as well as, taking a short walk through the basics of setting up and using email. ... Read More