Long-time Outlook user on a PC. Have been using Mail since switching to a MBP in fall 2009. Purchased Office 2011 and planned to switch to Outlook but now looking at it I have some big questions!
1. Is there a way to use Outlook for Email and Contacts but NOT for Calendar? (Outlook calendar does not sync - to anything - especially to an iPhone.) I would like iCal to remain my default calendar.
2. Is there a way to archive the mail? I can't find that option. I have about 7 years of mail that I sometimes need to search but it seems like the whole pst is either there or not - no such thing as having an archived pst that you can occasionally check like on the Windows Outlook. Am I correct about this?
3. If I am correct about that has anyone found a work around? Could I have two differently named pst files and just choose which one to open?
3. No Outbox? No option to Send on a manual basis? Like having it not send until I click on "Send & Receive"? One of the features I loved the most in Outlook on Windows is that I could set it to hold the email in the Outbox until I told the program to send it. I often think of something to add or change in an email after I have hit "Send" on the email. I loved having the manual option. It is one of the things I miss the most in Mail.
4. Are there any other hidden surprises that I need to know about? Any warnings?
5. Anyone using Outlook 2011 for a while now? What do you think? Would you recommend switching from Mail?
TIA.
1. Is there a way to use Outlook for Email and Contacts but NOT for Calendar? (Outlook calendar does not sync - to anything - especially to an iPhone.) I would like iCal to remain my default calendar.
2. Is there a way to archive the mail? I can't find that option. I have about 7 years of mail that I sometimes need to search but it seems like the whole pst is either there or not - no such thing as having an archived pst that you can occasionally check like on the Windows Outlook. Am I correct about this?
3. If I am correct about that has anyone found a work around? Could I have two differently named pst files and just choose which one to open?
3. No Outbox? No option to Send on a manual basis? Like having it not send until I click on "Send & Receive"? One of the features I loved the most in Outlook on Windows is that I could set it to hold the email in the Outbox until I told the program to send it. I often think of something to add or change in an email after I have hit "Send" on the email. I loved having the manual option. It is one of the things I miss the most in Mail.
4. Are there any other hidden surprises that I need to know about? Any warnings?
5. Anyone using Outlook 2011 for a while now? What do you think? Would you recommend switching from Mail?
TIA.