Microsoft Outlook 97 is all New

Welcome! Outlook 97 is a desktop information management program that helps you manage your messages, appointments, contacts, and tasks, as well as track activities, open and view documents, and share information. Outlook 97 is about being connected to the information you need to accomplish your goals; connected to the full range of possibilities for communicating your ideas and work.

Do the Right Thing on the Right Day at the Right Time

Desktop information manager   Organize your e-mail, plan your schedule, manage your contacts and tasks, and open and view documents from your other Office applications. Outlook helps you communicate and share information with others via Microsoft Exchange public folders, Outlook electronic forms, and intranet/Internet connectivity.

Improved integration   Outlook saves you time at your desk. Instantly create an appointment, a task, or a contact from an e-mail message without retyping information. Reschedule an appointment simply by dragging it to another day. Assign tasks to others in your workgroup by using task requests in Outlook.

Outlook IntelliSense   AutoPreview the first three lines of each e-mail message without opening it so that you can prioritize what needs to be read first. Have your team vote on an issue through the e-mail Voting feature. AutoDate recognizes phrases such as “next Tuesday” and “Christmas” and turns them into actual calendar dates for you.

Make information flexible   Create unique custom views to sort, group, and analyze information exactly the way you want to see it by using any one of Outlook’s five view types. Place the team calendar in a public folder so that everyone can enter their vacation dates.