Datasheet

4. Press the Enter key.
Your new task moves down to the Task List with your other tasks.
Outlook can help you manage anything from a simple shopping list to a com-
plex business project. In Chapter 9, I show you how to deal with recurring
tasks, how to regenerate tasks, and also how to mark tasks as complete (and
earn the right to brag about how much you’ve accomplished). I also show
you how to take advantage of a gizmo called the Task Pad to do the job even
quicker.
Taking Notes
I have hundreds of little scraps of information that I need to keep somewhere,
but until Outlook came along, I didn’t have a place to put them. Now all the
written flotsam and jetsam I’ve decided I need goes into my Outlook notes
collection — where I can find it all again when I need it.
To create a new note, follow these steps:
1. Click the Notes button in the Navigation Pane (or press Ctrl+5).
Your list of notes appears.
2. Click the New button in the toolbar.
A blank note appears.
3. Type the text you want to save.
The text you type appears in the note (see Figure 1-6).
4. Press Esc.
The note you created appears in your list of notes.
An even quicker way to enter a note is to press Ctrl+Shift+N and type your
note text. You can see how easy it is to amass a large collection of small
notes. Chapter 10 tells you everything you need to know about notes, includ-
ing how to find the notes you’ve saved, as well as how to sort, categorize, and
organize your collection of notes and even how to delete the ones you don’t
need anymore.
After you’re in the habit of using Outlook to organize your life, I’m sure you’ll
want to move beyond the basics. That’s what the rest of this book shows you.
When you’re ready to share your work with other people, send e-mail like a
pro, or just finish your workday by 5:00 p.m. and get home, you’ll find ways
to use Outlook to make your job — and your life — easier to manage.
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