. Click the Save button to save the appointment on your own calendar.

10. Click the Send button to send an invitation to your Required and Optional attendees.

And you are done.

Notes:

* If this will be a recurring meeting, click the Recurrence button on the tool bar and configure the time and day of your recurring meeting.

* You can mark your invitation as low priority or urgent by click the Importance:Low (down arrow) and Importance:High (red exclamat

If you are working alone at home or in an office with just a few workers, you can seriously think about OpenOffice suite as an excellent and free alternative to MS Office. ( http://www.openoffice.org) It's got not only a pretty good word processor but also a spreadsheet and personal database program, a slide presentation application, and pretty much everything else that comes with MS Office. It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

Having said that, I think at the Enterprise level MS Office still has no competition due to its highly integrated package and its deep inroads into the corporate market and workplace culture.

Take Outlook for example. I think it is still the best mail organizer for the money out there, especially for Enterprise-size offices.

For example, imagine you need to invite 10 people to a meeting and moreover, you need to have the appointment show up on their own calendars.

You'd also like to automatically send them an acknowledgement e-mail announcing the appointment and reminder e-mails starting at a preset time before the meeting.

Outlook does all that and more, easily.

1. Click the Calendar tab of Outlook.

2. Select New > Appointment form the Calendar tool bar on top to launch the Appointment dialog screen.

3. Enter a Subject and the proposed Location in the Appointment sub-tab.

4. If you need to send any attachments with your meeting invitation, click the Attachments button and follow through the prompts.

5. Select the Start & End Day & Time from the drop down menus.

6. Click the Invite Attendees buttons on the tool bar and select your Required and Optional attendees.

7. If there is anyone to whom you would like to refer as a subject matter or managerial resource, click the Resources button and select it from the address book.

8. Check the Request Responses check box to receive back a response.

9. Click the Save button to save the appointment on your own calendar.

10. Click the Send button to send an invitation to your Required and Optional attendees.

And you are done.

Notes:

* If this will be a recurring meeting, click the Recurrence button on the tool bar and configure the time and day of your recurring meeting.

* You can mark your invitation as low priority or urgent by click the Importance:Low (down arrow) and Importance:High (red exclamati

Enterprise level MS Office still has no competition due to its highly integrated package and its deep inroads into the corporate market and workplace culture.

Take Outlook for example. I think it is still the best mail organizer for the money out there, especially for Enterprise-size offices.

For example, imagine you need to invite 10 people to a meeting and moreover, you need to have the appointment show up on their own calendars.

You'd also like to automatically send them an acknowledgement e-mail announcing the appointment and reminder e-mails starting at a preset time before the meeting.

Outlook does all that and more, easily.

1. Click the Calendar tab of Outlook.

2. Select New > Appointment form the Calendar tool bar on top to launch the Appointment dialog screen.

3. Enter a Subject and the proposed Location in the Appointment sub-tab.

4. If you need to send any attachments with your meeting invitation, click the Attachments button and follow through the prompts.

5. Select the Start & End Day & Time from the drop down menus.

6. Click the Invite Attendees buttons on the tool bar and select your Required and Optional attendees.

7. If there is anyone to whom you would like to refer as a subject matter or managerial resource, click the Resources button and select it from the address book.

8. Check the Request Responses check box to receive back a response.

9. Click the Save button to save the appointment on your own calendar.

10. Click the Send button to send an invitation to your Required and Optional attendees.

And you are done.

Notes:

* If this will be a recurring meeting, click the Recurrence button on the tool bar and configure the time and day of your recurring meeting.

* You can mark your invitation as low priority or urgent by click the Importance:Low (down arrow) and Importance:High (red exclamat

send them an acknowledgement e-mail announcing the appointment and reminder e-mails starting at a preset time before the meeting.

Outlook does all that and more, easily.

1. Click the Calendar tab of Outlook.

2. Select New > Appointment form the Calendar tool bar on top to launch the Appointment dialog screen.

3. Enter a Subject and the proposed Location in the Appointment sub-tab.

4. If you need to send any attachments with your meeting invitation, click the Attachments button and follow through the prompts.

5. Select the Start & End Day & Time from the drop down menus.

6. Click the Invite Attendees buttons on the tool bar and select your Required and Optional attendees.

7. If there is anyone to whom you would like to refer as a subject matter or managerial resource, click the Resources button and select it from the address book.

8. Check the Request Responses check box to receive back a response.

9. Click the Save button to save the appointment on your own calendar.

10. Click the Send button to send an invitation to your Required and Optional attendees.

And you are done.

Notes:

* If this will be a recurring meeting, click the Recurrence button on the tool bar and configure the time and day of your recurring meeting.

* You can mark your invitation as low priority or urgent by click the Importance:Low (down arrow) and Importance:High (red exclamat

ick the Attachments button and follow through the prompts.

5. Select the Start & End Day & Time from the drop down menus.

6. Click the Invite Attendees buttons on the tool bar and select your Required and Optional attendees.

7. If there is anyone to whom you would like to refer as a subject matter or managerial resource, click the Resources button and select it from the address book.

8. Check the Request Responses check box to receive back a response.

9. Click the Save button to save the appointment on your own calendar.

10. Click the Send button to send an invitation to your Required and Optional attendees.

And you are done.

Notes:

* If this will be a recurring meeting, click the Recurrence button on the tool bar and configure the time and day of your recurring meeting.

* You can mark your invitation as low priority or urgent by click the Importance:Low (down arrow) and Importance:High (red exclamat

. Click the Save button to save the appointment on your own calendar.

10. Click the Send button to send an invitation to your Required and Optional attendees.

And you are done.

Notes:

* If this will be a recurring meeting, click the Recurrence button on the tool bar and configure the time and day of your recurring meeting.

* You can mark your invitation as low priority or urgent by click the Importance:Low (down arrow) and Importance:High (red exclamation mark) buttons on the tool bar.

* If you are a very busy person and are not sure which time slots are still available for meetings, click the Availability sub-tab to see the free spaces on your calendar.

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