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Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook

You're reading from   Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook Supercharge your office and personal productivity with expert Outlook tips and techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800560703
Length 428 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Staci Warne Staci Warne
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Introduction to Outlook
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Outlook FREE CHAPTER 3. Part 2: Email Essentials
4. Chapter 2: Sending and Receiving Emails 5. Chapter 3: Managing Email Accounts 6. Chapter 4: Organizing Your Outlook Environment 7. Chapter 5: Outlook Mail Merge 8. Part 3: Beyond Email – Calendars, Contacts, Notes, and More
9. Chapter 6: Managing the Calendars 10. Chapter 7: Contacts in Outlook 11. Chapter 8: Outlook Notes 12. Chapter 9: Tasks and To-Dos 13. Part 4: How to: Share, Search, and Archive in Outlook
14. Chapter 10: Save Time Searching 15. Chapter 11: Sharing Mail, Calendars, and Contacts 16. Chapter 12: Archiving and Backup 17. Part 5: Outlook Collaboration and Integration
18. Chapter 13: Collaboration and Integration within Outlook 19. Part 6: Powerful Ways to Automate Outlook
20. Chapter 14: Nine Useful Rules 21. Chapter 15: Programming with Macros 22. Chapter 16: Managing Your Day System 23. Assessments 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 16: Managing Your Day System

Email overload is a real thing and can be a real drain on your well-being, mental health, and productivity. Many people are being affected, especially now that so many people are working remotely, and email overload is also creating email anxiety.

Here are three signs that you may be in email overload:

  • You are constantly checking your email, waiting to see whether anything came in even when you are not expecting anything.
  • You are behind on reading and responding to new emails and your inbox is getting overfilled.
  • You sort and search for emails more than reading new emails.

Not getting control of your emails can cause real headaches, especially if you are losing files and emails and spending too much time looking for specific emails. More emails in your inbox equal less productivity.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following topics:

  • Kanban
  • Five SMART habits to be productive
  • Power Hour...
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