Using Microsoft Outlook 98 [Paperback]

Gordon Padwick (Author), William Ray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 20, 1998

Find the shortcuts and advice to working more efficiently in Microsoft Outlook 98. Use Microsoft Outlook 98 as a Personal Information Manager (PIM) or with a corporate workgroup. Learn how to use Outlook with your personal Internet account or with your corporate server-including Exchange Server 5.5. Manage your email, contacts, meetings, task lists, journal, and files-all from one easy-to-use interface.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Typical of the Using series, this book attempts to document its subject completely and does an admirable job. In these pages, you'll find information on every menu, button, and dialog box you might encounter while using Microsoft Outlook 98--and for that reason, this book is valuable. On the other hand, documentation-oriented computer books tend to take something of a machine-centric view of the world, and aren't always as attentive to human situations.

Padwick begins by helping you dive into Outlook, explaining how to use the program to send and receive electronic mail and access Usenet newsgroups. Almost simultaneously, the author explains how to work with information you acquire to perform such tasks as searching message archives. He then steps back, detailing the processes involved in connecting to information resources such as the Internet or a local area network (LAN). His documentation of these potentially confusing topics is intelligent and thorough. Subsequent chapters cover the mechanics of advanced messaging procedures, such as sorting incoming mail with filters and synchronizing folders.

Later in the book, the author explores the personal-information-management aspects of Outlook. You'll get the goods on the program's calendar features and information storage and retrieval capabilities. Throughout, the focus is on local networks, as it should be. --David Wall

From the Publisher

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Covers new functionality of Outlook 9x, including the integration of Internet Explorer 4.0, added features when used w/ Exchange Server, new Internet connectivity and integration with the rest of the Office 97 suite

Special Edition Using Outlook 9x is the only Outlook reference that gives complete coverage of Outlook as a personal information management tool (PIM) and group collaboration tool

Outlook 9x will solve various bugs and limitations of the original release, thus finally providing to a large audience (10 million registered Office 97 users) a powerful, useful, integrated communications tool

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Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Que; First Edition edition (April 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789715163
• ISBN-13: 978-0789715166
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,148,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful to Beginners., December 16, 1999

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Missy (South) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Using Microsoft Outlook 98 (Paperback)

Full of good "how to's". I had bought it for more advanced features, and was disappointed that it didn't get into more detail, but overall, I'm still satisfied with the book.

3.0 out of 5 stars Using Outlook 98 - Padwick, November 9, 2005

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Lance Patterson (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Using Microsoft Outlook 98 (Paperback)

This book was ordered solely on the basis that it contained a CD with the Outlook 98 program. Several internet sites internationally indicated this to be the case, so an order was placed. When the book was received, ther was no CD and a late chapter in the book indicated that none was enclosed (details were given on obtaining the program from Microsoft). While the book appears to be up to the usual high standards of this Que series, it is entirely useless without the program. I will probably not order from Amazon again.

Lance Patterson
Melbourne, Australia

2.0 out of 5 stars Too elementary, August 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Using Microsoft Outlook 98 (Paperback)

I bought this book hoping for the usual quality and thoroughness of the "Using" series. I expected an encyclopedic book and didn't check the page count. This is a comparatively thin "Using" volume and covers the basics reasonably well with lots of screen shots. I was looking for advanced information on how to set up custom outlook forms and maybe some pointers on how to do it well. This is not covered. I am surprised you could stretch the basic stuff in Outlook to 200+ pages. I don't understand why anyone would write a guide on using Outlook except to cover advanced applications.