Manage Your Life with Outlook For Dummies

Managing your life takes more than meditation — it takes a better Outlook!

Technology was supposed to help us manage our lives. Instead, most of us feel we spend our lives managing technology. So this book is not about software; it's about making the software serve YOU. Restore harmony to your life by controlling your e-mail, tracking your appointments, using custom shortcuts, and managing tasks, all with Outlook.

• Take stock — analyze your current work/personal life balance and identify areas where you can be more productive

• One size does not fit all — choose and customize the Outlook task-management processes that work for your personal situation

• Tame the e-mail monster — use folders, categories, flags, and message rules to keep e-mail manageable

• To do or not to do — empower your calendar, taskpad, and contacts to automate your schedule

• Journal and take Notes — learn how these under-utilized Outlook functions help document your time and capture important thoughts

Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/manageyourlifewithoutlookfd, where you'll find bonus content as well as screencasts and videos that explain and illustrate concepts from the book.

Open the book and find:

• How to create your own definition of productivity

• How to adapt Outlook to work your way

• Shortcut keys to modules, panes, and toolbars

• Processing tips for managing your mailboxes

• Scheduling techniques using the Calendar and Contacts

• How to go mobile with Outlook

• Secrets for saving and searching data

• Tools to assess your current productivity level