When you want to keep track of a project -- like who you communicated with, and what you talked about & decided -- but not all of your transactions on the project are email messages, you can use Outlook's Journal funtion to collect the info in one place. The Journal is an often-overlook feature of Outlook. It can create a timeline of transactions (phone calls, conversations, meetings, etc.) that can be linked to one of your contacts.
Bad news: the calendar in Outlook 2007 doesn't display holidays, unlike previous versions of Outlook. Good news: adding holidays to your calendar is easy! Just follow these steps...
Open Outlook
Click Tools on the menu bar
In the Tools dropdown menu, click Options
In the Options dialog box, click the Calendar Options button
In the Calendar Options dialog box, click the Add Holidays button
In the Add Holidays to Calendar dialog box, click the box next to United States, and then click the OK button
The Import Holidays window will open
When a "The Holidas were added to your Calendar" confirmation dialog box pops up, click the OK button to close it
Click the OK button to close the Calendar Options dialog box
Click the OK button to close the Options dialog box
Did you know that your calendar in Outlook 2007 is customizable? Even though the default view might be Week, find out how you can make it Day or Month to suit your needs. And find out how to change it from a 7-day week view to a 5-day work-week view. You can also show more or less detail in your calendar. These and more custom settings are demonstrated in this 4½ minute video http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102392311033.aspx.
