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This requires discipline but mostly organization of the program and what you do with the tools.

To do this, Pull down the File menu, select Tools, then select Options.

In the options window that opens, click on the Advanced E-mail Options button.

In the options window that opens, look in the When new items arrive in my inbox section.

It will provide you with a view of scheduled work for the day.

To set calendar as your default view, pull down the File menu, select Tools, and then select Options.

In the Advanced options window, looking in the General settings section and click on browse.

In the Select Folder window, select Calendar and click OK three times.

Set 2 to 3 times a day to work with your emails, and dont look at them at any other time.

Emails are a distraction and keep you from getting real work done.

There should never be anything left at the end of the email session.

To clear out your inbox, you must decide what to do with each email.

A task will automatically be created; select a start date and time, and a due date and time, then save it.

If you do it, delete it from your inbox or move it to a personal folder where you keep old dealt-with emails.

Delete the email from the inbox or move to a personal folder.

By turning off the new email alert and using the calendar as the default view, you can keep your focus on your work.

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