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Part I: Preparing for Personal Productivity
Quite frankly, Outlook becomes the keystone in achieving peak personal
productivity and true work/life balance only when you approach and use
the program as your Personal Information Manager — the primary software
program you rely on to keep yourself organized and on track. As you
discover in Chapters 5 and 6, this means essentially becoming fluent in the
use of all of Outlook’s modules so that you can make full use of the features
that you need to truly stay on top of all your professional and, in some
cases, personal obligations on a daily basis.
Figures 1-1 and 1-2 show you the Outlook program window for the two
program versions (2003 and 2007, respectively) currently in widespread use.
As you can see, the opening program windows for both versions are very
similar. The biggest difference is that version 2007 displays an additional
To-Do Bar along with the standard Navigation Pane, Information Viewer, and
Reading Pane.
Figure 1-1:
The Outlook
2003
program
window as
it normally
appears
when
you first
launch the
application.
Navigation Pane
Information Viewer Reading Pane