Outlook 2000/2003 upgrade question

[Christopher]

I'm hoping someone with long term experience with Outlook can help me answer
a question about a web scripting feature that was apparently accessible
through Outlook 2000.

I have a part time job in a small bookstore, and to help a coworker fix a
problem with his e-mails in a corrupted Outlook 2000 installation, I used an
Office 2003 Standard disc licensed to the store to upgrade his Outlook and
this quickly fixed his e-mail problem.

However, later he came to me and described a feature within Outlook 2000
that was apparently missing in the upgrade. In Outlook 2000 he was able to
select under "Favorites"
a website announcing sales and events at the bookstore and by entering a
password access a simple web scripting program from within Outlook that
allowed him to make changes to this website.

The "Favorites" toolbar no longer appears in Outlook 2003.

Since I have never used Outlook, I only had a vague idea of what he was
describing and no idea how to recommend a solution.

Is anyone familiar with this feature? Can you tell me if it still exists
within Outlook 2003 and how to find it or has that function been assigned to
another program entirely?

Please let me know.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The Favorites does nothing more than displaying the same Favorites in
Internet Explorer so he would still be able to access the site through
there.

Anyway, he can still customize the toolbar in Outlook to display the
Favorites menu;
View-> Toolbars-> Customize-> Category Menu Bar

 

[Christopher]

The Favorites does nothing more than displaying the same Favorites in
Internet Explorer so he would still be able to access the site through
there.

Anyway, he can still customize the toolbar in Outlook to display the
Favorites menu;
View-> Toolbars-> Customize-> Category Menu Bar

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answer

Actually, I thought of that, thank you. But by simply accessing the website
would he still retain the ability to alter it? Isn't that usually
accomplished through some web scripting software or am I making this more
complicated than necessary?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The more reason to use IE and leave Outlook out of this; it's the website
that does the magic and not Outlook ;-)



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The Favorites does nothing more than displaying the same Favorites in
Internet Explorer so he would still be able to access the site through
there.

Anyway, he can still customize the toolbar in Outlook to display the
Favorites menu;
View-> Toolbars-> Customize-> Category Menu Bar

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answer

Actually, I thought of that, thank you. But by simply accessing the
website
would he still retain the ability to alter it? Isn't that usually
accomplished through some web scripting software or am I making this more
complicated than necessary?

 

[Christopher]

The more reason to use IE and leave Outlook out of this; it's the website
that does the magic and not Outlook ;-)

Excellent. Thank you very much!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You're welcome!



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Excellent. Thank you very much!