How I Used Outlook 2010 Quick Steps to Eliminate Custom Macros

In 2008 I wrote a blog post entitled “Outlook Macro: Flag and Move Message to Follow-up Folder” which has become one of my more popular posts. Nearly two years later this method has, fortunately, become obsolete because of the additions in Quick Step features in Outlook 2010. As part of my Getting Things Gone process [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Microsoft Office 2010 Initial Impressions

Last week I finally decided to try Office 2010 and while this isn’t a complete review I thought I would provide my initial impressions. I installed the software on my primary computer with an expectation of seeing how difficult it would be to transition from Microsoft Office 2007 to Microsoft Office 2010—this is a working [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Customizing the Outlook Toolbar

Many people don’t realize they can change the standard toolbars in Microsoft Outlook, or other Microsoft Office products for that matter. After accidentally printing a sensitive e-mail by clicking on the “Print” button in Outlook I decided to reduce the risk by removing it from the toolbar since it is already in a convenient place [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

E-Mail Managment Best Practices

Regular blog readers will notice that e-mail and task managment are a common theme this blog.  As I catch up on my blog feeds this weekend I found a great post on the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog entitled “Best Practices for Outlook 2007″ that reenforces many of the Getting Things Done concepts with tactical [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Getting Things Done On the Run

   My Mobile Workspace Originally uploaded by mraditus Once of the biggest opportunities for people trying to implement a new productivity system is to plan ahead and simplify their processes to be effective anywhere they happen to be. A couple couple months ago I wrote a post about my Ubiquitous Capture System that describes my [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Outlook Macro: Flag and Move Message to Follow-up Folder

As my readers know I follow many of the Getting Things Done methods and when it comes to e-mail I try (usually unsuccessfully) to keep my inbox uncluttered.  In Outlook there is a great feature called Flags that will turn an e-mail into an item on the To-Do list without creating a task.  Of course [...]

  • Share/Bookmark