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Summary: Outlook is good but it is not for everybody!
Review: Outlook is a very powerful program that can do a lot of stuff but most users do not use more than 10% of Outlooks functionality. If you are one of these users I suggest not getting Outlook but look at some alternatives. For instance try Mozilla's Thunderbird email program. It is a very good email program with a lot of functionality and great spam protection. The best part about an alternative email program like Thunderbird is that it's free! Since Thunderbird is open source software anyone who wants to help work on it can. Thunderbird is worked on by millions of programmers around the world who want to use a better email program. It's user friendly and easy to install. Find it by doing a Web search for Mozilla Thunderbird.
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Summary: E-mail is once again an enjoyable EXPERIENCE!
Review: Outlook, is so revamped, this alone is a worthy upgrade. Three panes in Outlook 2003 make e-mail an enjoyable experience. The Mail Pane holds all of the necessary tools found in prior versions of Outlook such as the Outlook Bar, and the different folders such as inbox, calendar, etc. The second pane gives an expanded view of the different items listed in the Mail Pane, like your incoming mail, contacts and calendar, which makes reading these information resources easier on the eye and productive by providing a better view. Reading your e-mail in the third pane (Preview Pane), the user views the message in portrait layout, more content is seen compared to prior versions. Its even better to view e-mails with "Clear Type" turned on for Windows XP users. Other features such as improved Virus and Spam protection makes Outlook 2003 a great upgrade. Outlook is not placed on the desktop by default, it can also be minimized to the system tray in Windows, for users connected to an Exchange Server, this displays all the network settings available.
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Summary: travail hors connexion
Review: Pourquoi il arrive que des pages tapes hors connexion ne partent quand on conecte ?
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Summary: THE ANTI-SPAM FILTERS ARE WORTH IT
Review: The spam filters that come with Outlook are neat, they are doing (as yet) an amazing job of filtering out junk and not flagging legit mail by accident. MS has obviously had a bit of inspiration to go with, products/plug-ins like Spam Inspector (Giant Company) or Mailshell have been around for a while now. However, the new Business Contact Manager is a mess, and the supposed new friendly "look and feel" lasted me no more than 2 days. Had to switch back to what my email typically looks like. Not because I am averse to change, but it is just so much more efficient. If I wanted needless good looks, I'd go with the smilie-ridden "Incredimail." My 20 yen: if you already use Outlook, just buy the upgrade and save yourself the rest.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: This is by far the best Outlook version Microsoft has ever released. Yes it is true the integration is not so good if you only have Office 2000 (Word, Excel, etc...) however the product is incredibly flexible. I use it for personal use, however my fiancé runs her own online business and we get TONS of emails from clients... a task which was extremely challenging to keep up with prior to this new version. You can simply manage your emails in a very neat and orderly fashion. Never mind the selection of setting up Hotmail accounts! Outlook allowed us to manage our personal, business, and Hotmail accounts with out the need of multiple profiles. Another advantage is the improvement of managing your follow-up emails. The application creates a Follow-up folder where all of your follow up emails are easily accessible. If you are running Windows XP you can make Outlook look really nice for cosmetic purposes and really enjoy the new look. Hope this review helps you with your buying decision. :)
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Summary: Wow!
Review: This is by far the best Outlook version Microsoft has ever released. Yes it is true the integration is not so good if you only have Office 2000 (Word, Excel, etc...) however the product is incredibly flexible. I use it for personal use, however my fiancé runs her own online business and we get TONS of emails from clients... a task which was extremely challenging to keep up with prior to this new version. You can simply manage your emails in a very neat and orderly fashion. Never mind the selection of setting up Hotmail accounts! Outlook allowed us to manage our personal, business, and Hotmail accounts with out the need of multiple profiles. Another advantage is the improvement of managing your follow-up emails. The application creates a Follow-up folder where all of your follow up emails are easily accessible. If you are running Windows XP you can make Outlook look really nice for cosmetic purposes and really enjoy the new look. Hope this review helps you with your buying decision. :)
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Summary: Easy To Use
Review: This is the only component of the new Office suite that I upgraded (from XP), per the recommendation of many reviews. The new Outlook does a good job of filtering SPAM and sorting mail in various ways. Overall helpful and worth the expense.
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Summary: The best upgrade in Office 2003
Review: Usually when a new Office comes out from Microsoft, the biggest visual and interface changes are with Outlook. The 2003 edition is no exception with the largest interface changes to date. Don't be too surprised if offices continue to choose Office 97 or 2000 while runnng Outlook 2003. I really like the changes. The ability to make it so that it doesn't appear on your Windows taskbar when minimized is my favorite. This leaves room for other applications and then Outlook is easily accessed from the task manager. I also like the new look and interface. It is more efficient and I like being able to read more of an Email when I select it. I also like how it hides graphics unless you want to view them. This greatly speeds up my Email reading time. And the new junk mail filter is wonderful. Again, it speeds up my Email reading time again. My biggest gripe is that when a new Email comes in it creates a window in the task manager (that's not my gripe, I like that), but when you read the message, you need to change Email messages in order for the envelope to go away. I keep opening up Email to see new messages only to find that I'm still viewing the last new one that came in. Maybe in the future service pack that I know will come out. The ability to view unread messages also speeds up Email reading time. And having a "favorite folders" view pane is very nice, again making my day more efficient. Another great benefit is to allow others to know you are busy without requiring an Exchange server. YAY!!! If you don't upgrade your entire Office product to Office 2003, at least upgrade the Outlook portion of it. Outlook was originally designed to make your day more efficient, and they have finally come out with a version that does just that. Highly recommended, especially for those who use Outlook a lot!
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Summary: Nice improvement over 2002, more usefull features
Review: While I was initially not going to upgrade, I'm really happy that I did. Installation went great, and I beleive it did due to my having had all the latest upgrades and additions to WinXP on board my machine. (...) Anyway the new mail management features are useful, and the new look and layout of the interface is more intuative. A good upgrade all in all, and I recommend it to others.
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