Project/Subject view of all Outlook items

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Chris O'Brien

I'm looking for a way to view all Outlook items (mail, tasks,
notes, calendar items, etc.) as related to a particular project
or subject.

Another way of saying this would be having all these items (or
shortcuts to them) in one folder.

This would allow a birds-eye view of all items relevant to a
particular project/subject without scrolling or searching
different folders.
The current version of Entourage in Office 2004 for Mac has a
"Project Center" feature that does something like this. Is there
a way to do this in Outlook, either alone or with a third-party
add-in? Feel free to suggest any VBA methods.
Anything that allows including files, folders, and internet
shortcuts in these views a big plus.
 
Use Categories as an alternative, or get MIcosoft Project.

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After furious head scratching, Chris O'Brien asked:

| I'm looking for a way to view all Outlook items (mail, tasks,
| notes, calendar items, etc.) as related to a particular project
| or subject.
|
| Another way of saying this would be having all these items (or
| shortcuts to them) in one folder.
|
| This would allow a birds-eye view of all items relevant to a
| particular project/subject without scrolling or searching
| different folders.
| The current version of Entourage in Office 2004 for Mac has a
| "Project Center" feature that does something like this. Is there
| a way to do this in Outlook, either alone or with a third-party
| add-in? Feel free to suggest any VBA methods.
| Anything that allows including files, folders, and internet
| shortcuts in these views a big plus.
|
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Thanks for the feedback. Both of those are definitely on my "last
resort" list. Organizing by catagories isn't at all user friendly -
lost of drop down menus and check boxes, and you need to use
advanced search to group the items. I've used MS Project but it
doesn't really integrate well with Outlook as far as I can tell.
Could it do the things I mentioned earlier?

I'm still holding out for that add-in solution...
 
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