Capabilities of Microsoft Outlook

Here is a list that includes just a few of the tasks you can do using Outlook:

• Send and receive email

• Record business and personal contacts

• Organize your calendar

• Schedule meetings

• Manage appointments

• Track prioritized to-do task lists

• Write notes to yourself that act as yellow sticky notes when you view them


Outlook is not the same as Outlook Express. Outlook Express is a program that comes with Windows. Outlook Express is a slimmed-down version of Outlook but does not have the scheduling and advanced group of other features that Outlook gives.

Microsoft didn’t give Outlook 2007 a universal ribbon bar. Outlook is probably the least-changed interface of all the Microsoft Office 2007 products, and you’ll continue to use a menu to access many of Outlook’s features. Microsoft did, however, greatly improve upon a feature that has plagued Outlook users since the very first version: the search capability.

Searching for data inside Outlook 2007 is quick and efficient. You can search by keyword through all your Outlook records. You can even search throughout your email attachments. A new Search pane appears throughout all of Outlook’s windows, giving you a quick way to find exactly what you’re looking for.

In addition to the improved search capabilities, Outlook includes an RSS reader so that you can keep up with the latest news from the websites and other RSS feeds you subscribe to.