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Using the Journal

The journal automatically records any activity you perform with Microsoft Office and Outlook, and lists them in a timeline. You can look in the journal and find out how much time you spent working on a particular document or the sequence of work that was done. The journal is not active in the default install and I recommend that you do not activate this feature unless you have a compelling reason to do so. Double clicking on it the first time will prompt you to activate it and customize its settings.

To Configure and Use the Journal

1. Click on the Journal button on the Views bar.
2. To customize the journal settings click Options from the Tools menu and click the Journal Options button.
3. In the options select the items you wish to record, applications you wish to record files from and the Contacts that are to have these items tracked. Click OK and OK a second time to close the Options dialog.
4. As correspondence occurs to and from the selected contacts, the activity is recorded in the journal. Double clicking on the item in the timeline will open the journal entry with a shortcut to the file or message in question.