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10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Exchange 5.0


Introduction

The 10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Exchange 5.0 is a guide to learning about the important features of this new and powerful software. Each lesson provides step-by-step instructions on a specific feature or function of Microsoft Exchange Client.

What Is Microsoft Exchange Client?

Microsoft Exchange Client is the software used on networking stations in organizations that have installed Microsoft Exchange Server, a robust messaging software application that gives you more power than the Exchange software that came with your windows operating system

If you're using Microsoft Exchange Client, you're connected to a network and you use that network to send messages. Correspondence that's conducted over a network is called e-mail. E-mail provides an electronic method for sending letters, memos, notes, and files to other people.

The contents of this book are based on the assumption that an administrator has installed your Microsoft Exchange Client software and configured it so you can work efficiently and productively.

Some things you'll learn about in this book include:

  • Sending and receiving e-mail, both internally and outside of your company

  • Accessing shared information in files and folders

  • Scheduling your time

  • Keeping track of contacts

  • Organizing to-do lists

  • Delegating mail functions

  • Handling messages automatically while you're out of the office

  • Working at home or on the road and then synchronizing all your files

  • Accessing information from an Exchange Server using a Web browser

What Is the 10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Exchange 5.0?

This 10 Minute Guide offers a quick way to learn about the important features of Microsoft Exchange Client. Concise lessons guide you through specific tasks, giving you hands-on practice. Each lesson should take about 10 minutes to complete.

The book assumes that you have some experience with Windows, that you know how to use a mouse, and that you understand how to use menus and toolbars. Beyond that, use your own judgment to determine what you're ready for: You can start at the beginning and go through all the lessons, or you can jump directly to a lesson that interests you.

Conventions Used In This Book

This book uses the following conventions to help you distinguish important information:

What you type Things that you have to type appear in bold blue type.
Things you select Keys that you need to press and items that you need to select appear in blue type.
On-screen text On-screen messages from Microsoft Exchange appear in bold type.


For additional help, there are three special elements throughout this book, each of which is identified with its own icon:


Timesaver Tips are suggestions for faster completion of a task and some useful information about the task.



Plain English elements define Microsoft Exchange Client terminology, or computer jargon.



Panic Button gives some insight into avoiding potential problems.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Martha O'Sullivan, John Gosney, and Audra Gable for their work on this book. Their expertise and professionalism combine to make Que books the biggest and best computer book publisher in the world. In addition, I would like to thank John McGrady for his help in completing this book.

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