A Brief Introduction to Microsoft Outlook By Clevin Wong

Mail
Outlook can function as an email client connecting to the Microsoft Exchange server using a proprietary protocol, as well as to standard mail servers using POP3 or IMAP protocol. It provides a multipane view for easy browsing of your mailboxes. You can use Word to compose email. Moreover, it is bundled with an effective client-side junk mail filtering tool.

Calendar
The calendar function is highly sophisticated and feature rich. After marking your appointments and events on the calendar, you can add sound or message as a reminder. Calendar items can be coloured for easy identification. You can display the calendar in different views: a day, a week, a work-week, and a month.

Contacts
Outlook comes with a powerful personal contacts database. Besides email addresses, you can use it to store various pieces of information such as job titles, phone numbers, addresses, and notes for each of your correspondents.

Tasks
The "Tasks" tool assists you to maintain a "To-do list" easily. It helps you to record the tasks of your various duties and projects. You can set priority and due date to each task.

Journal
You can keep track of your activities using the "Journal" tool. Journal can automatically record all the email your sent and received, and keep track of how long you spent in other Office programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint .

Notes
The "Notes" tool provides an electronic version of the Post-it sticky notes. You can create notes with different colours and set reminders for each individual note.