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Book X
Chapter 1
Managing Your
Company E-Mail
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Managing Someone Else’s E-Mail and Calendar
Figure 1-17:
As delegate,
you can
open up
somebody
else’s
requests.
Here is where you see the request’s true recipient.
3. To see the subject of the meeting request on the calendar, double-click
the meeting in the request.
Outlook switches to the Calendar module. There, the requested time
shows up in a calendar specifically marked for the other person, not for
you. In case it’s still confusing, the other person’s name also appears in
the meeting box as one of the invited attendees.
4. Click the meeting box to select it, click the Accept, Decline, or
Tentative button on the Meeting tab to respond on the recipient’s
behalf.
As the delegate, hopefully you’ve been given some guidelines on how to
determine whether to accept a meeting or task request. If not, you can
always turn to the Magic 8 Ball. In the pop-up menu that appears when
you click one of these buttons, you can send your choice now by select-
ing Send the Response Now. But since you’re the delegate, you may
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