Top 10 Things Outlook Can Do For You

By Alisa Hagner

1. Drop email into calendar/journal/contacts.

2. Synchronize with your smartphone/pda/Blackberry.

• Calendar
• Tasks
• Contacts
• e-mail

3. Create folders in your Inbox.

• Click on your Inbox
• Right click
• Select "New Folder"

4. Create your new folder.

• Sellers
• Buyers
• Referrals
• Prospects
• WCR
• Company

5. Use Outlook to see if sender is on MSN Messenger to "chat."

6. Backup/Archive

• Go to Microsoft.com and Search for Outlook Backup
• Be Prepared
• Backup often
• If you have never had a hard drive failure, you will!

7. Use Activities button in Contacts to look up all e-mails, notes, and appointments made for that contact.

8. Use Categories to send bulk e-mails.

9. Use Word to send letters or make labels for contacts or groups.

10. Use Add-In software  for Outlook.

• Marketing & Systems Respond
• Sonoma Enterprises Active Agent
• 4TeamBiz SendLater
• RealeSeller

11. Showing a Map for a Contact View a map for an address in Contacts.

View a map for an address in Contacts.

On the Contact's menu bar, on the Actions menu, click the Display Map of Addresss.















 

Map it. And get directions.

Your turn. Send a tip to the author and she will post them to her Tips About Outlook web resource.

(Alisa Hagner, ABR, CRS, e-PRO, GRI, MRE, Real Estate Broker, Relocation Specialist, The Berkshire Group, Denver, and 2006 president of Women's Council of REALTORS Mile High Chapter. Alisa is a Certified e-PRO Trainer.)