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Journal

This guide will show you how an Outlook Journal is set-up and used.

The Outlook Journal keeps a track of the actions in office.

Elizabeth use journal and notes to track actions on a timeline in office. Let us see how she does it.Click on the Journal icon. A message asking if you want to activate the journal appears.

The Journal options dialog box opens.

Select from the list of items to record in the journal for the contacts by selecting the checkbox. You can also record files from Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word. The Journal opens when you click Ok.

To change the settings or the way the journal looks. Click Tools > Options and click the Journal options.

By default the journal shows a weeklong timeline. This can be changed to a one-day or one-month view. To change the view click View on the toolbar and select one of the views.

Month View

You can also view by type (default view which groups together all word documents excel worksheets etc), contact, category entry list, last seven days and phone calls.