1. Microsoft ® Outlook 2000 Managing and Integrating Outlook Components

2. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 2 Outlook Today Page The Outlook Today page provides a glimpse of your day’s appointments, tasks, and inbox.

3. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 3 Customize Outlook Today Page

4. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 4 Integrating Contacts with Calendar and Tasks Appointments, meetings, tasks, and e-mail can be entered directly from the Contacts folder.

5. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 5 vCards vCard is an Internet specification for transfer of contact information. Developed by an association of Internet vendors. vCard received by e-mail can be imported to Contacts.

6. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 6 Displaying Web Pages Right-click toolbar and select Web. Key URL in Address text box or click Search button.

7. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 7 Customizing Outlook Bar Right-click Outlook bar. Change icon display to small icons or hide Outlook bar. Click View, Outlook bar to redisplay a hidden Outlook bar.

8. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 8 Mail Templates Revisited A mail template is useful in situations where an e-mail message to the same recipients containing some standard text will be sent repetitively. Create standard text and then select Outlook Template (*.oft) in Save as type text box.

9. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 9 Using a Mail Template

10. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 10 Form Design Window Field Chooser Palette used to add new fields to the form Every Outlook item is based on a form. A new form is created by opening an existing form and modifying it.

11. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 11 Moving Fields in Form Design Select form objects by clicking over them (Shift + click multiple objects). Drag the selected object’s border to new location.

12. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 12 Adding Fields to Form Design Drag field name from Field Chooser Palette to form and then move it to the desired location.

13. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 13 Publishing Form Save a form by clicking Tools, pointing to Forms, and then clicking Publish Form.

14. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 14 Using a Custom Form To use a custom form: Click Tools, point to Forms, and then click Choose Form Change Look in setting to Personal Forms Library. Double-click form name.

15. ©2001 Paradigm Publishing Inc.Outlook Section 5 - 15 PST Files All of the information in Outlook folders is stored in one file with a file extension.pst. Copy this file on a regular basis as a backup.