Effective Time Management: Using Microsoft Outlook to Organize Your Work and Personal Life

Description

Take charge-and create an effective balance between your work and personal life with the help of Microsoft Outlook. In this practical guide, two experts teach you a proven time-management system, showing you how to set and manage your priorities with custom modifications to Outlook. Sharpen your focus, combat distractions-and manage your time with complete confidence.

 Get the skills to take control of your schedule

* Organize email in a systematic way and keep your inbox clean
* Schedule time for productivity-and defend it against interruptions
* Apply Outlook filters to help you manage tasks and projects
* Make time for family and fun-plan your work and private lives together
* Use Outlook with Microsoft OneNote(R) to capture ideas and set goals
* Learn effective time management techniques with practical examples

CONTENTS:

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Who This Book Is For; How This Book Is Organized; Additional Video Lessons Online; How to Get Support & Provide Feedback; Chapter 1: How Not to Drown in the Email Flood; 1.1 Let’s Get Started and Change This!; 1.2 It’s Not the Email Messages, It’s How We Handle Them; 1.3 Keep Your Inbox in Order; 1.4 Create and Use Your Own Folder Structure; 1.5 Flag the Messages You Still Need to Work On; 1.6 Let Outlook Presort Your Inbox for You; 1.7 Think Before You Communicate; 1.8 You Try It; Chapter 2: How to Work More Effectively with Tasks and Priorities; 2.1 Let’s Get Started and Change This!; 2.2 How to Run a Country Like the United States in the 24 Hours a Day Has to Offer - Set Priorities!; 2.3 Use Task Lists to Plan Flexibly and Effectively; 2.4 Define Your Own Views (Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010); 2.5 You Try It; Chapter 3: How to Gain More Time for What’s Essential with an Effective Week Planner; 3.1 What Really Matters - and Why Does It Continue to Remain Undone?; 3.2 Let’s Get Started and Change This!; 3.3 Take Advantage of Categories to Combine Tasks; 3.4 The Kiesel Principle - Gain More Time for What Matters Most Each Week; 3.5 How to Plan Your Week with Outlook; 3.6 You Try It; Chapter 4: How to Make Your Daily Planning Work in Real Life; 4.1 Let’s Get Started and Change This!; 4.2 The Basics of Successful Day Planning; 4.3 Order Must Prevail; 4.4 Gain a Better Overview by Using Appointment Lists; 4.5 Fine-Tune Your Daily Planning; 4.6 More Steps for Successful Daily Planning; 4.7 You Try It; Chapter 5: How to Schedule Meetings So They Are Convenient, Effective, and Fun; 5.1 The Problem: Way Too Many Inconvenient Meeting Requests and Insufficient Preparation; 5.2 Let’s Get Started and Change This!; 5.3 Meeting Requests with Outlook - Basic Rules and Tips; 5.4 Stay on Top of It: Calendar Overlay; 5.5 Prepare Meetings Effectively; 5.6 You Try It; Chapter 6: How to Use OneNote for Writing Goals, Jotting Down Ideas, and Keeping Notes; 6.1 Why Do Important Documents and Notes Always Get Lost?; 6.2 Let’s Get Started and Change This!; 6.3 Finally, a Place and a System for All Your Notes; 6.4 Basics for Notes in OneNote; 6.5 Meeting Minutes in OneNote; 6.6 Always Keep Your Ideas and Goals in Sight; 6.7 You Try It; Chapter 7: How to Truly Benefit from This Book; 7.1 Let’s Get Started and Change Things!; 7.2 How to Get a Handle on Your Time; 7.3 Take Responsibility - Do It Now!; Recommended Reading; About the Authors;