Outlook 2000 in a Nutshell

Name

Journal Options

Synopsis

Journal displays the alert dialog shown in Figure 11-1 the first time you run it. Selecting Yes here activates Journal’s automatic tracking feature and subsequently leads you to the configuration dialog shown in Figure 11-2.

Figure 11-1. Initial alert for tracking option

Selecting No leaves automatic tracking disabled, bypasses the Journal Options dialog, and places you in the default view for Journal (Timeline, By Type). Like many similar dialog boxes, you see this over and over again, until you disable it or select Yes.

Note

To implement Journal’s automatic tracking, you must: (a) turn it on, and (b) configure what you want to track. Simply turning automatic tracking on does nothing. You need to tell Outlook what to track and for whom.

If you disable automatic tracking initially, and later want to enable it, choose Tools → Options → Preferences → Journal Options. The configuration dialog displayed is identical to that shown in Figure 11-2, and all the same “on/off " tracking options (described later in this chapter) apply.

Figure 11-2. The Journal Options dialog

Journal options available to you are:

Automatically record these items

Select from a list of Outlook items to track as Journal entries. All options here revolve around three forms of messaging: regular ...