Last week, I mentioned that Microsoft Exchange 2010 is rumored to be released next month. Well, it looks like Microsoft Office 2010 with Microsoft Outlook 2010 is about to come. A new Microsoft web page previews the product and gives you a chance to sign up for the Microsoft Office 2010 beta.
A new feature that believe I believe was most needed is Conversation View. Those of us who used Google Mail know that conversations that go back and forth are clustered in one place. This capability is now part of Outlook 2010. But, it goes a step further, with a couple of new features that are not in Google Mail:
- Clean Up Conversation removes all of the redundant replies.
- Ignore deletes the conversation and automatically deletes all new replies to the conversation.
- Single click action allows you to categories all messages in the conversation, such as make it personal, and gives the same categorization to all new replies.
Another new feature is QuickSteps. The video shows a number of them: "To Manager," "Forward:
FYI," "Meeting Reply," "Team E-Mail: Reply & Delete,"
and "Team Meeting." But, users can define their own one click short-cuts.
The video talks about support for MailTips, which I discussed earlier in the blog. It is intended as a way to eliminate some common mistakes. For example, a MailTip may remind a sender that he is about to send a large document to an external domain -- just in case it is a proprietary document or one too large for the mail server.
It looks as if 2010 will be an excellent year for new productivity products.
By the way, if you have not moved to Windows 7, I really recommend it. I have been using it for months and it really is the product that Vista should have been.
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