Product Description

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

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #205309 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 214 pages

About the Author

Tony Campbell is a veteran Microsoft consultant (MCP) specializing in the architecture and design of secure Microsoft-centric business solutions. He also has vast experience in many other industry niches such as networking, collaboration, security, business logic, and disaster recovery and resilience. Tony has been involved with all sizes of business, from the very small to the very large, and has successfully delivered secure, reliable, robust solutions to over 150,000 clients in his 18 years in the business. Tony started his career back in the 1980s as a "green screen" mainframe programmer for the British Meteorological Office, finally arriving after a long journey in his current role as a self-employed IT consultant for over a dozen full-time customers.

Tony is a regular contributor to a number of IT journals distributed across the globe, and has been involved in the production of software manuals, user guides, white papers, hardware manuals, and training courses. His love of writing has led to publication of some fiction by a number of small presses as well as by a few more obscure magazines.

Jonathan Hassell is an author, consultant, and speaker on a variety of IT topics. His published works include RADIUS, Hardening Windows, Using Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, and Learning Windows Server 2003. His work appears regularly in such periodicals as Windows IT Pro, PC Pro, and TechNet Magazine. Jonathan also speaks worldwide on topics ranging from networking and security to Windows administration. He is currently an editor for Apress, which specializes in books for programmers and IT professionals.

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Customer Reviews

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 up a few tips, but this book is not worth the money for experienced Outlook users.

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. Then, the authors cover some of the ancillary capabilities Outlook provides for enhancing this messaging capability. Next, they focus on organizing email features such as search folders to create query-based folders that are virtual representations of email in your inbox. The authors also explain how you can best use Outlook's inherent ability to act as your personal address book. They continue by delving into some of the extra features Outlook provides. Then, the authors look at how to manage tasks. Next, they cover how to manage Outlook storage, focusing on the underlying data files that are used to contain Outlook items associated with each of your accounts. They continue by diving into color categories, by introducing you to this much improved method for visually assessing email messages, tasks, and appointments that are related to each other. Then, the authors show you how to customize standard Outlook functionality using profiles, command-line switches, views, and the Outlook Today web interface to shape it into a bespoke tool that services your every whim. Next, they also cover all you need to know about securing Outlook. They continue by showing you the best way to configure Outlook when you have no real fixed abode or you are on the move. Finally, the authors go further by showing you how to customize Outlook when using forms and macros.

By using this most excellent book, you will immediately see the benefits of what Outlook 2007 can bring to both your home life and your work life. Perhaps more importantly, these benefits, with just a little practice, will offer not only personal and organizational benefits, but will also increase productivity and lead to considerable savings in both money and time.

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. Writing is very clear and precise. The authors are intuitive about the features they discuss. No wasted discussion on features you'll never want to use.

I for one will be looking at the entire series of MS book.