Jan 4, 2012<\/p>\n
[Feb 17, 2012 Update: I’ve changed my mind on some of these conclusions and now think there are lots of potential for Quick Steps in MYN, particularly when used from within an open e-mail. See my Feb 17\u00a0 2012 blog on this]<\/p>\n
Funny, I\u2019ve gotten a number of e-mails in the last month or so saying (effectively) \u201cI\u2019ve discovered this new feature in Outlook 2010 called Quick Steps, and I am surprised you don\u2019t know about it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, actually we wrote about Quick Steps some time ago, and we feature it in our Outlook 2010 article that is listed in the \u201cImportant Articles\u201d section of our blog:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/Outlook2010Introduction.htm#QuickSteps<\/a><\/p>\n We even made a You Tube video about Quick Steps (linked in that article) and mentioned that a few times in our newsletters too.<\/p>\n So, yes, we do know about Outlook 2010 Quick Steps, thanks!<\/p>\n But the thing is, over time I have changed my mind about how useful they are for most of the MYN processes. After trying them a bit I just haven’t seen that much (if any) time savings in using Quick Steps for MYN. If you create a Quick Step to file mail to the Processed Mail folder, the Quick Step requires 2 clicks (select mail item, then click button up in Quick Step section), while dragging only requires one click (click and drag in one motion).<\/p>\n If you are converting an email to a task it\u2019s the same number of clicks (though I admit, for creating the task as an attachment<\/em> you save one click). My opinion is that, in general, Quick Steps are fun to use but offer no significant time savings for most MYN processes.<\/p>\n That said, key savings can be had when you are combining two or three steps into one. The demonstration of Quick Steps in the article above is a good example of that. And if you find other multi-step operations, go for it. It\u2019s just that we do not have many applicable multi-step processes in our standard MYN teachings. Which is why we did not cover Quick Steps in our 3rd<\/sup> edition of the Outlook book.<\/p>\n That said, if you have a killer Quick Step for MYN that actually saves a lot of time, let me know—I am willing to stand corrected!<\/p>\n Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jan 4, 2012 [Feb 17, 2012 Update: I’ve changed my mind on some of these conclusions and now think there are lots of potential for Quick Steps in MYN, particularly when used from within an open e-mail. See my Feb … Continue reading