Profiles or Classes

[Ian]

I use the same computer for work and personal scheduling and correspondence.
I would love it if Outlook provided profiles (like in Outlook Express) so
that I can separate my work from personal items. What would be even better
though, would be classes. Classes are kind of like categories, except more
powerful in that I would have a Calendar for each class (work, home, etc), an
inbox for each email account (three email addresses mapped to work, one to
home, etc.), and the same for tasks, notes, and everything else in a PST.
However, there would be a global view where data from each of the classes
would be merged together so that I could view a merged calendar or task list,
but still be able to distinguish between the classes and create and edit
items for the individual classes.

Check out Quicken 2004 or later. It uses classes so that I can separate my
business expenses from my personal ones for reports but still be able to have
one physical checking/savings account, shared credit card, etc.

Essentially, it's providing abstraction and virtualization to Outlook's
Personal Folders.

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[Roady [MVP]]

I think this is all there already;

Profiles; Control Panel-> Mail-> button Show Profiles

I use (filtered) views and categories all the time to stay and use just one
Calendar or any other folder. This way I can easily distinguish my
appointments from my classes or just get a total view of the day/week/month.

You can define view by View-> Arrange By-> Current View-> Define Views...

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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I use the same computer for work and personal scheduling and correspondence.
I would love it if Outlook provided profiles (like in Outlook Express) so
that I can separate my work from personal items. What would be even better
though, would be classes. Classes are kind of like categories, except more
powerful in that I would have a Calendar for each class (work, home, etc),
an
inbox for each email account (three email addresses mapped to work, one to
home, etc.), and the same for tasks, notes, and everything else in a PST.
However, there would be a global view where data from each of the classes
would be merged together so that I could view a merged calendar or task
list,
but still be able to distinguish between the classes and create and edit
items for the individual classes.

Check out Quicken 2004 or later. It uses classes so that I can separate my
business expenses from my personal ones for reports but still be able to
have
one physical checking/savings account, shared credit card, etc.

Essentially, it's providing abstraction and virtualization to Outlook's
Personal Folders.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...b1752e583&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general

 

[Ian]

Cool--I had never seen Control Panel -> Mail before.

This will provide the separation I need; however, it's more of a workaround.

Thanks Roady!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You're welcome!

What are you still missing?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
Cool--I had never seen Control Panel -> Mail before.

This will provide the separation I need; however, it's more of a workaround.

Thanks Roady!

I think this is all there already;

Profiles; Control Panel-> Mail-> button Show Profiles

I use (filtered) views and categories all the time to stay and use just
one
Calendar or any other folder. This way I can easily distinguish my
appointments from my classes or just get a total view of the
day/week/month.

You can define view by View-> Arrange By-> Current View-> Define Views...

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
I use the same computer for work and personal scheduling and
correspondence.
I would love it if Outlook provided profiles (like in Outlook Express) so
that I can separate my work from personal items. What would be even
better
though, would be classes. Classes are kind of like categories, except
more
powerful in that I would have a Calendar for each class (work, home, etc),
an
inbox for each email account (three email addresses mapped to work, one to
home, etc.), and the same for tasks, notes, and everything else in a PST.
However, there would be a global view where data from each of the classes
would be merged together so that I could view a merged calendar or task
list,
but still be able to distinguish between the classes and create and edit
items for the individual classes.

Check out Quicken 2004 or later. It uses classes so that I can separate
my
business expenses from my personal ones for reports but still be able to
have
one physical checking/savings account, shared credit card, etc.

Essentially, it's providing abstraction and virtualization to Outlook's
Personal Folders.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...b1752e583&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general