Fun with Microsoft Outlook
Voting can be done with Outlook
Do
you frequently find yourself trying to figure out where you want
to go for your next lunch? Why not take a fun election. Outlook
offers a nifty little feature that will help make some of your
decision-making way less labor-intensive with lot more fun. If
you want to start a vote with your co-workers or friends, here is
how?
1.
Start
by opening a new message in Outlook. You can also reply to an
existing message.
2.
If you are
using Outlook 2003 or earlier, click the Options button in the
message toolbar.
3.
Under Voting
and Tracking Options, check the box for Use Voting Buttons.
4.
If you are
using Outlook 2007, go to the Options tab and in the Tracking
section click Use Voting Buttons
5.
Click on the
voting button names you want. You can also create your own
voting button names by deleting the default button names and
typing in the text you want, separating the button names with
semicolons.
6.
Make sure to
type in a question that your recipients can vote on, and send
away.
7.
When they
vote by clicking on a button, they will be asked to click and
send the message back to you. Open each vote message so that
Outlook can count them
8.
After all of
the votes have been received, go to your Sent Items folder and
open the original email. Up near the top of that email message
you will find a Tracking tab that will display your voting
totals! See, I told you it was fun
First time you use this feature. I
know you find yourself a nice topic at lunch to talk about
