Outlook 2000 in a Nutshell: a Power User's Quick Reference
Author: Tom Syroid, Bo Leuf
List Price: $24.95
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ISBN: 1565927044
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (15 May, 2000)
Sales Rank: 16,708
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Everything you need to know and then some
The authors did a great job of providing all the information needed to successfully and efficiently utilize Outlook. They also were able to convey just the right amount of knowledge on the basics while giving more attention to those areas most frequently questioned. I used the book to guide me while creating a class outline to teach Outlook to my co-workers and it met my needs perfectly.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Good Desk Reference
Problem with Outlook is that there are a lot of books out there that tell you that they will teach you how to use Outlook but when you buy them they are essentially This is how you send an e-mail, this is how to make a journal entry.' My company even paid for a local college to train us on Outlook which turned out to be a dismal failure. In other words, it is not easy to learn the power of Outlook. That being said, I searched through bunches of books for something that would teach me how to use Outlook. The fact is, Outlook is a multi-faceted, reasonably complex piece of software and there is no book out there that is going to teach you everything you need to know about it. This is as good as you are going to get for the moment (if someone knows a better one, please e-mail me). They basically unleashed a team of people on Outlook and tore it apart and reported the result. What I like most about this book is that it is not reserved in saying 'Outlook won't let you do that'. It also warns you of potential ways of blowing up the system - some that would not be obvious. I don't know how good it will be for upper level stuff like tieing Outlook to databases or giving other Lotus like abilities, but I am still working on archiving so it will be awhile anyway.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Hard to use if you are not Windows literate
I am a Mac user and I need to learn Outlook 2000 for Windows.I am not Windows literate and so I found this book to be very technical and hard to understand.
If you are familiar with the ins and outs of Windows I am sure you will find this book helpful.
I guess I am in the Outlook for Dummies category!
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