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The Microsoft Outlook Ideas Book

You're reading from  The Microsoft Outlook Ideas Book

Product type Book
Published in Mar 2006
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781904811701
Pages pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Barbara March Barbara March
Profile icon Barbara March

Creating Views of Staff Data


When you are constructing a new view, you may find that too many fields result in the viewing area being cramped and data not being easily visible. In this case, consider combining related fields into one new field. For example, you may want to include the contact details of the next of kin in your view of staff data, in which case, create a new combination field as follows:

Option

Value

Name

Next of Kin

Type

Combination

Formula

Edit

Fields

[Spouse] ~ [Home Phone]

There is a vast amount of information that can be held about staff that would be useful to store in one place, and Outlook can be that place. Outlook can store not only contact information, but also information about the company equipment that is issued to staff members e.g. mobile phones, laptops, and cars; about staff length of service and leave entitlement; about training and courses attended; about salary progression, commission and bonuses, etc.

The examples we will now...

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