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CNET Editors' review
While the primary function of Microsoft Outlook 2010 is to send and receive e-mail, it offers a host of useful tools to manage tasks, meetings, contacts, and more.
The interface of Microsoft Outlook 2010 is nicely designed, but it is packed with options. Users new to Outlook should expect to spend some time with the Help file to take advantage of all it has to offer. For the basics, including e-mail, the calendar, and tasks, one-click access minimizes the learning curve. While it continues to allow users to receive e-mail from multiple accounts and easily switch from one to the other, this version greatly expands its social media integration. There's more information tied to the people in your contact list than just the typical information of name, e-mail, and other basic contact information. Microsoft Outlook 2010 has also beefed up its spam filtering and we found it to be more effective at blocking phishing e-mail attempts.
Overall, we liked the upgrades and additions to Microsoft Outlook 2010, but this also increases its learning curve and complexity. It's more than the casual user might need to just send and receive e-mail, but for busy executives it's a great tool to manage multiple e-mail accounts, appointments, and tasks.
Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Microsoft Outlook 2010 14.
Publisher's Description
From Microsoft:
Microsoft Office Outlook provides a single, integrated solution for organizing and managing your digital communication tools such as e-mail and instant messaging, along with all your day-to-day information--from calendars and contacts to task lists and notes. Outlook controls the deluge of e-mail, appointments, and contacts, helping you manage your time and tasks more effectively, while making it easier to synthesize information and share it with others.
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All versions:
1.9 starsout of 103 votes
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Current version:
1.4 starsout of 13 votes
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"Outlook 2010 is total junk"
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
I find this program constantly not responding and slow to do anything. Certainly not worth the money.
Cons
NONE Compared to other better email programs
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"One Note is crap!!!!"
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
If ease of use is what you want this is NOT the product for you
Cons
Incredibly confusing
Summary
Do not bother this sucks
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"Defective and fraudulent"
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
Who cares; Microsoft lies about its features.
Cons
Conversation clean feature doesn't work, as numerous people online report. Microsoft has had two years to address these concerns and fix its bugs, but they're content to just lie and rob you instead.
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"You mean I can't give this ZERO stars?"
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
None whatsoever.
Cons
If my real mailbox were this complicated, I'd use UPS or FedEx exclusively. If Microsoft insists on adding more bells and whistles, it needs to realize that 99.9% of average home users don't need that crap. Performing simple tasks is confusing, difficult to find on a maze of command bar and ribbon options. Give me a 1000 choices, and I bet I can narrow it down to less than a dozen: GET MAIL, WRITE, ADDRESS BOOK, TAG. Oh, wait, that's Mozilla Thunderbird. Phew.
Summary
Steve Jobs was right. Microsoft has no taste. Like other components of MS Office (Excel, Word, etc.), there are way too many features the User has to familiarize himself with. The sad thing is that one has to familiarize oneself with the features, so one can ignore them. Microsoft, you have wasted so much of my productive time!
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"I never use it unless I have to."
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
Can't think of any
Cons
Have to have it to open a lot of email or webinars. I don't find it very user friendly. Only use it at work. I use WORKS for everything, it is much easier for me. But at least I have Office so I can open whatever comes at me.
Summary
It's a personal thing. Lots of people love it I'm just not one of them.
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"Ive tried four different trial downloads today!!!!!!!!!"
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
NO PROS NONE AT ALL
Cons
ALL FOUR including this one said INCLUDED...MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2010!! ALL FOUR DID NOT include OUTLOOK 2010..THATS THE ONLY THING I WANT
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"Why Post this Link as the Outlook 2010 Link???"
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
NONE, Absolutely NONE, CNET, I am disappointed you would even assist Microsoft in this foolishness.
Cons
It's sad when you are looking for a product, have a shred of hope, only to be taken to a site, by that manufactorer, to get you to download a line for the whole Office suite, and when you do, the damn install doesn't work! What a load of crap!
Summary
Bottom line, I will more than likely move to Thunderbird, FREE, altogether for my email needs. I understand Microsoft is a company, and wants to turn a profit, but this is rediculous. CNET, since it is apparent that this is NOT a download link to Outlook 2010 ONLY, do the moral thing and take this link down. We are looking to download Outlook 2010 ONLY. If Microsoft won't give that, dump this fraudulent, misrepresentation of a link.
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"Best mail Program"
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
It has evrything I want in a mail program and it works all the time.
Cons
expensive for home use
Summary
It is a great program for buisness.
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"ditto to all comments above."
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
good bait tactic
Cons
waste of time
Summary
bs
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"A misleading come-hither invitation"
Version: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 14
Pros
Hardly any
Cons
Perhaps too many to list
Summary
A crude marketing ploy, hardly one would associate with the august name of the provider
