Third-Party Tools

No program can be all things to all people. There are probably PIM features you need that Outlook doesn't provide. In that case, you can use a large number of third-party add-ins to add more PIM functionality to Outlook. Some of the add-ins that can be particularly helpful are

  • Extended Reminders— Outlook supports reminders only in your default folders. If you create other folders for filing your Outlook items, you cannot flag those items for follow up and have a reminder trigger. Extended Reminders enables you to set reminders in any folder in your default mail store. Extended Reminders is available from http://www.slovaktech.com.

  • ClearView— Creating multiple Outlook folders can greatly simplify the organization and storage ...

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