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Book V
Chapter 1
Upgrading to
Microsoft Outlook
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Learning Your Identity
Just like it sounds, this special folder contains everything about your
Outlook activities. Inside this folder, Outlook stores one folder for each
individual Identity. The name of the folder is the name of the Identity.
Each Identity folder stores your e-mail, account information, calendar
events, tasks, and notes in a database for each Identity. You may also
see a MeContact.plist file, which you should not disturb.
Figure 1-2:
Locating
Outlook
Identities.
For Outlook 2011, the structure of an Identity folder is completely new.
Outlook now treats each item within an Identity as a discreet file. Each
e-mail, calendar event, or task is stored as its own file. This means Time
Machine backups for your Identity can take a fraction of a second instead
of several minutes or longer as it sometimes did in Entourage. Spotlight
searching is much improved as a beneficial side effect.
By default, Outlook makes an Identity for you called Main Identity, which
stores your first e-mail account’s information. It’s a good idea to learn where
your Identity folder is located, if for no other reason so that you know not
to delete or move it. Use Mac OS X Finder application (on your Dock) to
navigate your file system. Finder’s icon appears in the left margin.
It’s possible to have more than one Identity. Figure 1-2 shows that we have four
Identities stored in Documents\Microsoft User Data\Office 2011 Identities. Our
four Outlook Identities are called JBG, Main Identity, Test 2004, and Home.
Keep in mind that when you upgrade or add an e-mail account, calendar,
task, or note, the information is stored within an Identity.
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