Jazz Up your Productivity in your Small Business by Upgrading to Outlook 2013

Productivity issues are

experienced in every business, irrespective of their size. However the problem can become acute in case of small businesses that do not have the resources to invest in either complex technology or managerial expertise to improve productivity. Standard tools such as CRM and MIS that are common across enterprises are often absent in small organizations. Given the scenario one needs to look at innovative solutions to address productivity and time management issues and one of the most exciting solutions involves using Ms Outlook. With the Outlook 2013 edition, Microsoft has rolled out a host of features targeted at improving communication across different platforms. With its People Hub feature, it has now become easy to connect to people on social networks, gain all information about your contacts in one place and reach out to them via various means including email, FaceBook post or Skype call in just one click. A whole bouquet of other improvements including those made under the hood has made Outlook a great choice for small businesses looking to improve team working and customer management.

Use Outlook 2013 People Hub to better manage your customers

As a small business owner you may be seemingly at loss to manage your customers in an effective manner. With People Hub you can have all your customers at one place and interact with them on an ongoing basis. Product or services offers can be shared on their social media accounts while their complaints can be quickly received and forwarded to a team member for attention. Their entire interactions can be quickly accessed and if needed stored under a different label.

Outlook Business Contact Manager Can Be Used as a CRM tool

Using the Business Contact Manager feature you can create leads and qualify them. Accounts can be managed and shared between team members while you can filter leads based on your preference. Moreover outreach emails campaigns can be quickly aligned with the BCM data and results analyzed.

Keep a Birds Eye View on Everything with Ms Outlook 2013

The Outlook 2013 offers you a neat and versatile pop up window that can showcase your scheduled meetings or tasks. Even tasks that you have asked a team member to complete by a given time can be displayed. So in other words you can always know what you need to do next without shifting though several panes.

For all its Worth Outlook 2013 can still crash

The fabulous Outlook 2013 application still carries a familiar chink in its armor. It remains acutely vulnerable to PST errors and can suddenly crash without even giving you the time to roll out a contingency plan. Thus a number of regular users prefer to keep a

pst repair tool like DataNumen Outlook Repair handy. In unexpected situations where your data comes at risk, this versatile application can recover any corrupted PST files with ease. Moreover the application is not constrained by the number of gigabytes a PST files packs in and is equally effective with most Outlook editions including Outlook 2013.

Author Introduction:

Alan Chen is President & Chairman of DataNumen, Inc., which is the world leader in data recovery technologies, including sql recovery and outlook repair software products. For more information visit http://www.datanumen.com/

Quick tips to Effortlessly Include Screenshots in Ms Outlook Application

During course of our work,

we may need to take screenshots to the showcase a scenario, error or explain the working of a feature. In cases where you need to send a screenshot across to a person over email, the process typically involves taking a screenshot, editing it in a graphics editor and then sending it over email. However with Ms Outlook, all the three steps can be achieved with the same application. Let’s look at how you can include screenshots in your email.

Specialized Screenshot Feature in Outlook 2013 and 2010 iterations

While it was always possible to embed a screenshot into an email in older versions of Outlook, the latest iterations include a dedicated feature to handle screenshots. To start with you need to go to the Insert tab in the menu options and then click on Screenshots. It immediately displays a number of screens that can be snapped up. This would include the Window of any application that is running on your screen. Once you have zeroed on the screenshot you plan to insert, you can then choose to edit it by using the crop feature in Outlook.  To do so just select the inserted screenshot image and click on the Format tab and use the crop button. Once you have adjusted the image to your taste you can send it as an inline image.

Now if you are only looking to insert a specific part of the screen you can choose to use the Screen clipping option. Using the screen clipping tool you can select any part of the screen, be it be an image part in your wallpaper or a section from your chat window. Whatever you select can get embedded into the Outlook application right away. For example you saw a nice dress on a shopping website and you would like to share the image with your friend. You can directly go to the browser window, use the screen clipping tool to select it and then send it via Outlook. Moreover you can even resize the image in a jiffy.

Keeping your email data secured in case of an Outlook Crash

The Ms Outlook application for all its exquisite features conceals a deadly flaw. When its underlying PST files gets corrupted the data contained in them including emails may come at risk and the application may crash too. In order to secure your data, during an Outlook crash, you need to immediately use a pst repair tool like DataNumen Outlook Repair. This remarkable program is capable of dealing with most extensively compromised files and can also be used as an e-discovery utility. Moreover if you have experienced an Outlook crash due to a bloated PST file; then to avoid a repeat, the recovered file can be broken into smaller manageable parts with the help of this tool. Last but not the least the tool is designed to work with all Outlook editions in vogue including the 2013 iteration.

Author Introduction:

Alan Chen is President & Chairman of DataNumen, Inc., which is the world leader in data recovery technologies, including sql recovery and outlook repair software products. For more information visit http://www.datanumen.com/products.htm