Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 Inside Out

Using Automatic Journaling

You can have Outlook 2007 create automatic journal entries for a wide range of items, including e-mail messages (both sent and received), task requests, and files you create or open in other Microsoft Office system applications. In fact, you can use automatic journaling to record activities based on any contact, Microsoft Office system document, or Outlook 2007 item you select.

For example, suppose that you routinely exchange important e-mail messages with a business associate, and you want to track all exchanges for reference. Incoming messages from this associate arrive in your Inbox. You read them, reply to them, and then archive the incoming messages to another folder. Now, however, your associate’s messages are stored ...