System information
■ Control of attachment security and restrictions
■ Automatic removal of attachments in incoming e-mails
■ New toolbars for searching using popular Internet search engines
■ The capability to send reminders to pagers and e-mail–enabled cell phones
■ The capability to check for duplicates among contacts
Microsoft provides links to various add-ins for Outlook and other applications in the
Microsoft Office System 2003 on the Microsoft Office Online Web site at the Office
Marketplace. Select H
elp, Microsoft Office Online and then select the Office
Marketplace link on the Office Web site to go to Office Marketplace.
Another place to find lists of Outlook add-ins is the Slipstick Web site at
http://www.
slipstick.com/addins/index.htm
. Slipstick categorizes add-ins by function and has
comprehensive lists of add-ins for almost every Outlook function you can think of.
Another Web site that lists many Outlook and Exchange add-ins is the MAPIStore
Web site, at
http://www.mapistore.com/Outlook/. This Web site also categorizes add-ins
and utilities by topic such as Attachments, Backup & Synchronize, and Calendar.
Other Useful Outlook Tools
You can add many other accessories and software tools to your computer to enhance
your work with Outlook. They include the following:
■ Computer-aware phone systems that place voice-mail messages in your
Outlook Inbox
■ Scanners and optical character recognition (OCR) software to input printed
material into your computer
■ Business card scanners that scan business cards into Outlook contacts
■ Remote control software such as LapLink and GoToMyPC to copy Outlook
data from one computer to another
■ Fax software and fax gateways that can connect to corporate fax systems
■ Microphones to use for voice control of Outlook
■ Modems for dialing phone calls to contacts from Outlook
■ Wheel mouse devices to use for easy scrolling through messages and folders
■ Removable hard drives and Universal Serial Bus (USB) hard drives to trans-
port Outlook data from one computer to another
■ Backup devices and software such as tape drives and removable hard drives
to back up your Outlook data
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