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Book Description
This is the ONLY book you need to achieve maximum productivity when using this messaging and groupware application! Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 is a business-focused guide to Microsoft Outlook. It focuses on maximizing user productivity with real-world techniques in real-world environments. Topics covered include using Outlook as a personal information manager; collaborating with calendars; staying organized with the Outlook Journal; using Outlook securely; working remotely with Exchange server; programming in Outlook; and using VBA in Outlook.
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Programming and Feature Description Review
2005-08-18
I am a retired software designer, now using Outlook for home use. I needed to move my cardfile from an obsolete MSDOS program to Outlook. After exporting my cardfile to a report in a text file, I wrote a VBA program to move it to an Access database. I then needed an Outlook VBA program to merge it with my existing Outlook cardfile and re-import the combined cardfile into Outlook. Ms. Cardoza's book told me what I needed to know - how to write VBA code in Outlook to read and write contacts and how to reference my Access database.
It also helped teaching me the Categories feature and reporting features so I could duplicate the categories and reports that I was used to using in my old MSDOS program.
While not a basic book on programming, Ms. Cardoza describes enough information for someone with some knowledge in Visual Basic for Applications programming to program Outlook. A good book that provided just what I was looking for.
The only Outlook 2003 book you need -- if you don't care to find out the answers to any of your questions
2005-07-15
I've been using this book for about two months now, and there is a constant theme: I have a question, and this book can't answer it. Sometimes I'm able to figure it out. More often, it turns out that Outlook 2003 simply doesn't support that feature. But even in the latter case, it would be useful for the book to SAY that you can't do it.
I'm not talking about esoteric stuff, either. It's all config stuff like "how can I setup Outlook to check both my local contact list **and** the global list on the server?" (You can't.)
So, this is a good book to tell you how it works, but for 1088 pages, it does a surprisingly poor job of answering day-to-day configuration questions.
Very Useful Reference
2005-01-17
I bought this book as a companion reference with Outlook 2003 that came with a Dell unit, Microsoft's own documentation being sparse.
The idea was to get a clear understanding of the new features in Outlook 2003, the business contacts thing, etc. The book does that very well in a clear and friendly manner. I skimmed though it, got a decent enough overview and then forgot about.
What really endeared the book to me was that I had to help out a friend with a missing address book and after doing a futile search on the web I turned to this book as an afterthought. The answer was right there in a troubleshooting section.
That one time saving help was well worth the price.
I am going to go through the book again, with a new appreciation.
The Outlook 2003 reference!
2004-07-13
We're deploying Office 2003 right now across our network and knew ahead of time that Outlook 2003 was one of the most changed applications in the suite...especially when paired with Exchange Server 2003 (next year's upgrade). We've been using this book to build upon the introductory material in "Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2003" to help train our users on the new features and get them to leverage all that Outlook 2003 has to offer.
Ample pictures throughout the text help to reinforce what the author is presenting. As well, like all of the Special Edition Using books this one too has a full index that is actually helpful and fairly easy to locate things in. If have room for only one Outlook 2003 book, this would be my pick.
A must have for new or current Outlook 2003 Users
2004-03-17
Patricia Cardoza did one fantastic job in the writing of this book on Outlook 2003. I have found it very useful for people that have only used Outlook Express and had stayed away from Outlook due to the fact it felt more complex. Patricia writes in a very neat manner, you almost feel like you are sitting down with her and learning the program as she gives examples of how she uses Outlook 2003 and many of those opened up new ways to use the software. I have gone thru the book twice, first time was skimming it for area's I needed help in and the second time was cover to cover. Both times I got a huge amount of info from and that has made my life with Outlook 2003 much better. Also what I found very interesting and several of my friends commented on this is that I felt like my mind worked somewhat similiar to Patricia as right when I got to a section that I did not understand fully, several questions would pop up in my head as far as how to use these and why and then I discover on the next page, Patricia is addressing those issues. So for me, this is by far the best "real world" book around for Outlook 2003.
Tedd Riggs
