13.9. Taking Notes in Outlook

Some people fill their world with sticky notes, jotting down thoughts, reminders, and musings and sticking them all over the office, the refrigerator, the bathroom mirror.… If you like using notes but would prefer not to live life covered with paper, you'll love Outlook Notes. Notes are a flexible tool for writing down whatever is on your mind so you can remember it later. There's no fancy formatting to mess around with—just a text area and the words you type, the virtual equivalent of a notepad and a pencil.

To open Outlook's Notes folder, shown in Figure 13-12, click the Notes button at the bottom of the Navigation pane or press Ctrl+5. Your notes appear in the Notes pane. In Figure 13-12, notes appear in Icon view, each note looking like a sticky note. Double-click any note to read it.