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Adding More Journal Entry Types
The Journal comes with a limited number of entry types but you can easily add more by editing your registry. As always, you should backup your registry before editing it. You need to open the registry editor. To do this, go to Start Menu, Run (or the Start Search field in Vista/Windows 7) and type
Continue reading: Adding More Journal Entry TypesCreating a Public Journal for Outlook
Note that beginning with Microsoft Outlook 2010, the journal is depreciated and may be removed from future versions. As a result, some features of the Activities tab are broken, specifically searching for journaled items. To find these items, you need to search the journal for associated content. For more information, see Outlook 2010 & Contact
Continue reading: Creating a Public Journal for OutlookLink a Journal Entry for a Word or Excel Document to a Contact
Outlook tracks Office documents automatically (if you set up the Journal options that way), but does not associate documents with particular contacts. Try creating a journal entry for the contact first, by dragging the contact to the Journal folder or icon. Then use the Insert | File command to insert a shortcut to the document.
Continue reading: Link a Journal Entry for a Word or Excel Document to a ContactTo Log a Phone Call to a Contact
Let’s say you have a person named Bob as a contact. In Contacts, select Bob and drag that contact record to the Journal icon on the Outlook Bar. A journal form will pop up with a shortcut to the Contacts entry for Bob and a space for taking notes, as well as a timer to
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