The most recent edition of the Microsoft Inside
Office newsletter includes a link to a
page full of tips about how to get more
done with notes, e-mails, and your teams. Among the excellent assortment of good ideas, one really stood out. It's an
extensive list of do's and don'ts for using
Outlook meeting requests.
Here's my favorite: "Always accept or decline a meeting Outlook Calendar and envelope request from your Inbox. Yes,
Outlook allows you to accept or decline a meeting from its time slot on your calendar, but that can leave the meeting
request in your Inbox. Leaving the meeting request in your Inbox might confuse you later and definitely leaves any
delegates you appointed wondering about whether the meeting was accepted."
