Introduction
Computer users today have no shortage of information, but finding a specific piece of information can be difficult. Information resides in paper calendars or planners, e-mail folders, personal information managers and group schedulers, collaboration applications, custom browsers, file servers, and on the Internet and intranets — everywhere and anywhere, but not often enough where it can be found when users need it. To compound the problem, with multiple tools, users must learn to use different applications and commands for finding, entering, displaying and organizing information. They must remember not only where they last saw a piece of information but also what application they were running.
With the Microsoft® Outlook™ 97 messaging and collaboration client, Microsoft Corp. delivered a breakthrough product, uniquely addressing these requirements and combining industry-leading support for the following capabilities:
Electronic mail
Personal calendar and group scheduling
Personal information such as contacts and tasks
Custom collaboration and information-sharing applications
Outlook helps users organize, find and view all of this information — all in one place — using a consistent interface.
Outlook 2000 builds upon this product vision, particularly in the areas of Internet standards support, ease of use and simplicity, and support for collaborative solutions. Outlook 2000 offers industry-leading e-mail and collaboration features when used with Internet-based messaging systems and even more advanced functionality when used on a business intranet with Microsoft Exchange Server.
This enhancements guide will help users understand how Microsoft Outlook 2000 upgrades and enhances Microsoft Outlook 97. (It assumes familiarity with Outlook 97. For more information, please see the Outlook 97 Product Enhancements Guide on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/outlook/.)
In addition to this guide, the following related white papers about Microsoft Outlook on our Web site may be helpful:
Outlook Client Family Overview and Feature Comparison Table
The Microsoft Outlook Features and Configuration Guide, which explains features available when using Outlook with various messaging systems, including Microsoft Exchange Server and Internet mail service providers
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