Chapter 17

Telecommuting with Outlook.com and Outlook Web Access

In This Chapter

arrow Finding out about Outlook.com

arrow Reading and sending e-mail

arrow Managing contacts

arrow Viewing and entering appointments

arrow Organizing a meeting

arrow Setting advanced options

Virtual work is here! Experts say that in the near future, more and more people will telecommute to virtual offices, doing virtual work for virtual companies. You have to hope that these virtual jobs will provide real paychecks. You can’t pay real bills with virtual money.

The web is what makes this brave new world possible. Outlook works beautifully on the web, but sometimes you can’t tote a full-blown version of Outlook wherever you are. However, Outlook.com can help you become super productive by giving you access to all your Outlook.com or HotMail.com e-mail, along with your full Contacts list and your calendar from any web-connected computer. If ...

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