Customer Reviews

Outlook 2003 For Dummies

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I found this book disappointing. I am a solo law practitioner and until now have found Dummies books quite helpful. I particularly wanted to learn how to organize my folders and how to work off-line, and the book has virtually nothing on these subjects. Unlike many other Dummies books, this book has no bibliography of sources for additional help. The book is geared to those who use Outlook on networks at large companies. At times it over explains simple procedures, and at other places it fails to fully explain something or is inaccurate. It does explain well how to use the Contacts and Calendar features. If someone knows of a book that explains well the use of folders in Outlook, I would like to know. This one does not.

Several years ago, before I retired, I used Outlook at my office and was quite comfortable with it. When I became a Comcast customer, they do not "support" Outlook so I used Outlook Express. When I was able to download Outlook, I needed a refresher course in operation and info on the upgraded version that I now had. This book helped in several ways, and I continue to use it as a reference book. It is easy to read and understand.

This book tells how to do a lot with Outlook, but doesn't give the reader a clue how to set it up in the first place. Given the technical terms used by ISPs, it would have been useful to have some definitions and examples of setup. I can't use the book until I somehow figure that out.

For those of us not saddled with an office environment, corporate networks, and the need to broadcast trivia to a hundred people, OUTLOOK is a boon. Realizing the capabilities of the tool come at the price of being able to USE it! And, unhappily, as with all sequential pursuits, one needs guidance if the "How To" is to be mastered. AS with all the "Dummies" offerings, countless hours are saved by being able to walk through a guided "How To" on the way to mastering the tool.

Long live the authors of the Outlook 2003 for Dummies presentation! May their tribe increase.

I go back to Dan Gookin's excellent DOS books. This piece on Outlook 2003 answers almost no questions a home user of it might want.

I was extremely happy to find a copy of the Outlook 2003 for Dummies, as I needed help in ALL areas. This was an excellent find/buy and I credit it with helping me with a lot of questions and problems I ran into on my own.

This book is a great comprehensive resource for someone brand new to Outlook. I had previously tried to learn through trial and error and online tutorials, but nothing helped me as quickly as Outlook for Dummies.

As usual the Dummie's books make learning easy and fun. This book tells you everything you need to know in an simple to follow format and covers all the important information.

Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook, 2nd Ed. This is a much better options. After reading "Dummies", my knowledge had not improved... but Total Workday Control made a huge difference.

The organization fo the book and the content did not seem to fit our needs. We were new users to Outlook, as we had used a competitive product prior to it. Perhaps, we were expecting more detail solutions to learning the product.