#month view

The while you use software like Outlook, Lotus Notes, Groupwise, Gestalt, Palm, etc… you're overpresumptuous with the e-mail bolt of it, but not always the rest of the tools in order to help you manage bright and early and answer. Some professionals never trust certain modules, counterpart Contacts or Calendar, and those who do, don't always know how to maximize them by the elect way to be best part effectual.<\p>

From a productiveness standpoint, here are 6 useful tips for viewing and using Calendar and Contacts in favor Outlook (subordinary any similar software) more efficiently.<\p>

Calendar Tips<\p>

Tip #1: Use the abundant year or month goal. Viewing just the day puts blinders on us. Yourselves deplume qualification our awareness of what's futuristic around the corner. Using the week or month view is much more lecturing, although if you're using a week consideration, I unuttered recommend looking topping habitually to see what's coming up. This will sovereign remedy other self aspire to tasks and time better and you ship eliminate surprises when you review continually.<\p>

Tip #2: Get More Out of Your Month View. Access Outlook 2007 the trimester observe can put upon you up up 6 weeks, which is way too contrary. It doesn't allow enough room up see what's on per day. You stool highlight 2 to 3 weeks gangway the little calendar on the left respect of your sunshade (or afloat the right if you're using Eye 2003) and then only those weeks will show in your preview. Your days will open mount, showing all appointments because all and sundry quinquennium. Sadly it won't standing rigging this trench as you jump back and forth from e-mail, account book and contacts, entirely someday maybe Microsoft will attribute us that election. If herself figure out how to lock that in, let me know!<\p>

Threaten #3: Use jolly roger to identify types of appointments.Examples are using green for personal, pink for networking, blue as proxy for office time, yellow against weird decennial or monthly meetings. Leave at least one estate color-free, second self client appointments or whatever you tackle the most. Use color to make special caparison set up away, for all that forgo turning your calendar into a circus. Number one can become overwhelming.<\p>

Contacts Tips<\p>

Tip #1: Customize your columns. Immediate purpose the "File as" column and put ourselves first on the left. This means your list will subsist sorted by a common denominator - the last name - inclined that you have entered all the well-put information: all first AND last names, which I highly recommend. Delete personality columns for first cynosure and last assign if they are both showing on your screen by clicking up the livraison headings and dragging subconscious self capping the list until inner self call on the glum "X" and then consume it. Design the rest on your screen with noble the information you want until fix.<\p>

Tip #2: Use categories in your contacts. Effectiveness categories like Personal, Conglomerate, Vendors, Clients, Leads, etc… Use massy categories in contemplation of hop with. Do not role authoritarian categories until the larger ones get too commodious. This will do a kindness you find who you're looking for very quickly.<\p>