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Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook

By : Staci Warne
Book Image

Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook

By: Staci Warne

Overview of this book

Millions of users across the globe spend their working hours using Microsoft Outlook to manage tasks, schedules, emails, and more. Post-pandemic, many organizations have started adopting remote working, and the need to stay productive in workspace collaboration has been increasing. Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook takes you through smart techniques, tips, and productivity hacks that will help you become an expert Outlook user. This book brings together everything you need to know about automating your daily repetitive tasks. You’ll gain the skills necessary for working with calendars, contacts, notes, and tasks, and using them to collaborate with Microsoft SharePoint, OneNote, and many other services. You’ll learn how to use powerful tools such as Quick Steps, customized Rules, and Mail Merge with Power Automate for added functionality. Later, the book covers how to use Outlook for sharing information between Microsoft Exchange and cloud services. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll get an introduction to Outlook programming by creating macros and seeing how you can integrate it within Outlook. By the end of this Microsoft Outlook book, you’ll be able to use Outlook and its features and capabilities efficiently to enhance your workspace collaboration and time management.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Outlook
3
Part 2: Email Essentials
8
Part 3: Beyond Email – Calendars, Contacts, Notes, and More
13
Part 4: How to: Share, Search, and Archive in Outlook
17
Part 5: Outlook Collaboration and Integration
19
Part 6: Powerful Ways to Automate Outlook

Summary

VBA is a very powerful programming solution for many problems, but keep in mind that it is not the only way. You may find other solutions. Quick Steps, for example, for many can replace the need for macros and there would be no coding necessary for these to run. Ask yourself as you choose a feature, is there an easier way? Take the time to evaluate all your options. Programming requires focus and can be very time-consuming and unpredictable. If you are a beginner, using the VBA editor is a great way to learn. Be sure you have the time to work it all through. If a deadline is approaching, it can make for a stressful situation, and you may want to do a repetitive action first and create the code after things settle down.

In the next chapter, we will discuss the Manage Your Day system. This is a system that I use with some of my favorite tools, tips, and tricks that can help you gain control of Outlook. If you would like to streamline your daily activities, which will have...