MS Outlook 2007 and 2010 have already got the universal recognition of being agile email clients with innumerable commands and options (multiple panes, navigation pane, calendar, contacts and tasks, etc.). The newer versions of MS Outlook (2007 and 2010) have improvised themselves with massive changes, integrations and extensions. There is also a facility to recover recently deleted PST file in Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007 – inbuilt options to recover deleted outlook 2010, recover deleted outlook 2007 Folder. Let’s transverse the unknown options of MS Outlook.

Ensure smoother interaction of MS Outlook with social networking sites

The social network is proliferating and encroaching the primacy of email world. So MS Outlook 2007 has also integrated some social networking features in its arsenal as a part of its dilemma strategy. Now MS Outlook carries both the Outlook Social connector and Xobni tool. With this tool you can post and follow comments and updates on social networking sites, i.e. Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter. These tools directly derive the information from the contacts for allowing two way communication. This feature is like a spectacular fusion of business with rock music.

Set alerts for your sports events and YV shows on the iCal

The Calendar inside Outlook 2007 and 2010 is more than just a Calendar, it’s an iCal. It’s a new mechanism which alerts about your favorite events and shows when you’re busy doing the hardcore business operations. Setting an alert is quite easy:

Open tools menu of Outlook 2007>> Account Settings>> Internet Calendars tab>> New>> paste in the Red Sox iCal URL>> Add>> Name of the calendar, i.e. Boston Red Sox>> Add description>> Close.

Facility to create boilerplate text

Boilerplate is a lesser known but a good feature of MS Outlook 2007. This facility allows you to add your business description with graphical presentation in the background of email messages.

Fasten the attachment previews

There is also a provision of Preview file option which allows in quickly reviewing the attached documents. By highlight the option and clicking the Preview file command the user can verify the attachment

Rejuvenate the old PST files

The previous MS Outlook versions cannot open PST files in new PST format. But MS Outlook 2007 and 2010 has successfully overcome this drawback. Also, the Outlook 2007 can hold PST files up to 20GB instead of 2 GB like that of in previous Outlook versions.

The availability of RSS Feeds and Google Reader in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010

The inclusion of RSS reader in Outlook 2007 and 2007 is certainly a blessing for those who follow blogs and RSS feeds. The reader itself derives feeds into an appropriate folder. Not only this, a user can also integrate the Google Reader with the RSS feeds.

Drawback

The only drawback of MS Outlook is its file storage system – which save files in different and illogical locations. So if a user manually deletes an Outlook file then it becomes very hard for him to trace that. The MS Office 2007 and 2010 are having an inbuilt facility of recovering the deleted files but it suffers from many difficulties. Here, the recover deleted outlook 2010 tool can be used (which can also recover deleted outlook 2007 folder or folders).