For those of us not blessed with a perfect memory, Outlook’s Journal component is a lifesaver. With it you can record email messages sent and received, meeting requests, responses, and cancellations, and task requests. In addition, Journal can also track the time spent working in a specific Office document (FrontPage excluded). Journal entries can be manually created, or generated automatically when a specific application is opened or Outlook item created.
Track Activity duration
Create a link between a Contact and a Journal Entry
Forward a Journal entry to a co-worker
Keep track of all email sent to an individual
Log time spent with each client for billing purposes
To open Outlook with the Journal folder displayed:
outlook.exe /select Outlook:Journal
To open a new Journal entry without starting Outlook:
outlook.exe /c ipm.activity
Create a new Note: Ctrl+Shift+J |
Move selected item: Ctrl+Shift+V |
Open a drop-down list: Alt+Down Arrow |
Organize Journal: Alt+Z |
Expand a Journal group: Right Arrow |
Disable/enable automatic tracking: Journal Options |
Create a new Journal entry: Section |
Edit the Journal Time field: Figure 11-5 |
Track activity duration: Figure 11-5 |
Create a link between a Contact and a Journal entry: See Note in Section 1.6.4 |
Link a document to a Journal entry: Section |
Forward a Journal entry to someone: Section |
Restore Default View: Journal |
Group related correspondence with Category View: Section |
Open context menu for a single Journal item: Journal’s Context Menus |
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