Use Outlook as your window to the web (Outlook 2000/2002/2003/2007)

For many of us, Outlook is our desktop home base. We keep our workload straight with Tasks, store our phone numbers in Contacts, schedule and keep appointments in Calendar, and keep the lines of communication open through our Inbox. But, did you know you can also browse the web from the comfort of Outlook?

To view a web page, first display the Web toolbar by choosing View | Toolbars | Web. Then, in the toolbar's text box, enter the URL and press [Enter]. The web page is displayed within the Outlook window--close the Folder List for more room to display the web page. In Outlook 2000 and 2002, you can easily add the displayed web page to your list of Favorites by choosing Favorites | Add To Favorites. Make sure the Save In location is the Favorites folder and click OK (Add in 2000). When you've finished surfing the web, open your Inbox or other folder by clicking on its shortcut in the Outlook Bar (Navigation Pane in 2003) or by choosing View | Go To (Go in 2003) and selecting the folder.