Productivity Boosting Outlook Utilities
Outlook is a great tool that allows you to send emails with ease. With the increase use Outlook, more and more apps and programs are designed to help you work your way through the various different folders and the many email messages you get on a daily basis. Here are some tips to help you increase the use of your Outlook for a more successful work flow.
Anagram
Anagram is artificial intelligence-based program that allows you to capture and convert information included into your email, web page or any other text-based source and puts it into the right fields either in a Contact form, or a Calendar appointment. Just select the relevant portion of the text that you want to capture and convert from the source document say for example your set of personal contact information at the bottom of an email. With the item highlighted, press the F12 hot key and the program automatically determines whether the information should go under Contact or Appointment. It then transfers this information into its relevant fields. Before saving, you can check the items and make the necessary amendments. Anagram can be purchased in either personal or professional versions depending on your needs and the starting price tag is at $34.95.
SimplyFile
This is another productivity enhancing program for Microsoft Outlook. SimplyFile is an
intelligent filing assistant specifically designed for optimum use with Microsoft Outlook as it lets you file thousands of outlook email messages in the right folders with just one click of a mouse. This program has a prediction technology that learns about your filing scheme and helps you file messages in the appropriate folder. With this program, you do not need to sort your emails individually. Just do a few clicks on the program to set a command and it automatically sorts emails messages to its designated folders.
MessageSave
MessageSave is another must try software for Microsoft Outlook. This program works by archiving Outlook Messages using backup, archive, and process, share and save to sort and save Outlook email messages as individual files. MessageSave is a great solution for email data retention, backup, archiving, sharing, avoiding mailbox bloat.
EZDetach
EzDetach helps you extract, remove, save attachments – whether manually or automatically, from one or multiple messages. This program enables you to save time, and avoid mailbox overload, especially if you have been away for a holiday and have not logged on to your email account to check emails.
FBLook
FBLook is one of the latest programs that integrate Microsoft Outlook with Facebook, allowing you to update your status on Facebook, and see other items such as your friend’s statuses as well as see the number of new requests from within Outlook.
Twinbox
With this program, you can manage, archive and search your Twitter tweets the same way you would do with Outlook. Twinbox is the tool that integrates Outlook with Twitter so communication between these two networks can be done easily and fast.
Each of these programs has its own advantage and you can pick and choose the program of your choice depending on what you need to streamline your workflow in Outlook, what kind of sites that you most often check and get updated with and what online sites can increase and maximize the productivity of using Outlook.