Errata for Microsoft® Outlook® 2000 Step by Step

No Mail Messages In Lesson02 Folder There is an error in the steps on page 28. Step 11 instructs you to "Drag the practice e-mail mesage files, indicated by envelope icons, from the Lesson 02 folder..." These files do not exist in the Lesson02 folder. There is no other reference to email in the rest of the lesson. Step 11 should be removed from page 28 and the remaining steps should be numbered accordingly.

Date Should Be 2005 Rather Than 2004 On page 30, in Step 2, in the "Go to a date far in the future" section, 9/17/2004 is a Friday, not a Saturday. The note in the margin references 2005 rather than 2004. Change: "In the Date box, type or select the date 09-17-04 and click OK. The Appointment area and the Date Navigator now display the date: Saturday, September 17, 2004." To: "In the Date box, type or select the date 09-17-05 and click OK. The Appointment area and the Date Navigator now display the date: Saturday, September 17, 2005."

Editing E-mail Using Word On page 56, the instruction in the "important" box is in error. Selecting the "Use Microsoft Word To edit e-mail messages" checkbox in the Message format area grays out the Signature options. The "Use Microsoft Word to edit e-mail messages" selection must be unchecked to add an electronic signature.

"Workgroup Only" Icon Is Missing The "Workgroup Only" icon is missing from the margin of page 60. The steps outlined in the section "Retracting an E-mail Message That You've Sent By Mistake" will only work if Outlook is set up in Workgroup Mode.

Missing Steps In Lesson 4 Quick Reference On page 86, under the Lesson 4 Quick Reference item "Forward e-mail messages to another person immediately upon receipt", the final steps necessary to complete this task are missing from the "Do this" column. Add the following steps to the end of the process in the "Do this" column: Check the box for Forward. Select who to forward the email to. Click OK.

"Workgroup Only" Icon Is Missing The "Workgroup Only" icon is missing from the margin of page 91. The procedures outlined in steps 12-15 will only work if Outlook is set up in Workgroup Mode.

Incorrect Screenshot and Wording On page 101, the screenshot and the wording of steps 4 and 5 are incorrect for the exercise. In Steps 4 and 5: Change: "Company Main Phone" To: "Company" The screen shot on page 101 should show a "Company" field added, not "Company Main Phone".

No Fax Number In Practice Recipient The steps in Lesson 6 include selecting Rolf Ahern's Business Fax number. Rolf Ahern does not have a Business Fax number. Manually adding a Business Fax number to Rolf Ahern's contact card will allow completion of Lesson 6.

Word "Circle" Should Be "Click" On page 200, under "View responses to a task request", step 3 incorrectly reads "Circle the Close button." Change: "Circle the Close button." To: "Click on the Close button."

Incorrect Date On page 216, Step 1, "Create a Recurring Appointment", incorrectly shows December 13, 2004, as a Tuesday. Change: "December 13, 2000" To: "December 14, 2000"

There Is No Step 10 On Page 233, in the box titled "important", reference is made to step 10. There is no step 10. This reference is to step 6. Change: "step 10" To: "step 6"Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate books. All comments and corrections listed above are ready for inclusion in future printings of this book. If you have a later printing of this book, it may already contain most or all of the above corrections.