8th September 2000
Calculator, character map, clipboard viewer; nifty little utilities, although they're not very exciting. Windows used to ship with a simple calendar application. It died when W95 rolled out, unfortunately. Regular Outlook 2000 users haven't skipped a beat. Still looking for a reason to use this powerhouse (and resource hungry) information manager? Perhaps this tip will win you over. Outlook 2k's integrated calendar app is a thousand times more powerful than Microsoft's original PIM. You can switch time period views on-the-fly, add new appointments to your schedule easily, and be reminded of your wife's birthday when it comes around (September 16 for some of us). Now for the meat: while viewing the calendar, in the FILE menu, select PAGE SETUP. Then select any given style: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Tri-fold, Calendar Details, or Memo. As quickly as you clicked, you'll have a cleanly printed calendar sitting in front of you. Even if you don't use O2k frequently, I'm sure you'd find this feature useful.