Preface

This manual contains the on-line help packaged with Oracle Outlook Connector. It provides an introduction to many of the concepts involved in using the Oracle Outlook Connector, as well as specific configuration and maintenance information.

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for anyone who is using, evaluating or providing support for Oracle Outlook Connector.

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Structure

This manual contains ten chapters:

Chapter 1

This chapter contains a quick overview of what's new in this release, what is covered in this manual, and how to find additional help.

Chapter 2

This chapter contains information on the real-time calendaring and group scheduling capabilities Oracle Outlook Connector adds to Microsoft Outlook.

Chapter 3

This chapter describes how Oracle Outlook Connector differs from Microsoft Outlook in dealing with e-mail.

Chapter 4

This chapter describes the account sharing possible with Oracle Outlook Connector, including how to give other users viewing and modification rights to your calendar and mail folders.

Chapter 5

This chapter contains information on using Oracle Outlook Connector to work with mail and calendar items while offline.

Chapter 6

This chapter is a brief description of Oracle Outlook Connector's support for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) devices.

Chapter 7

This chapter describes a number of issues concerning coexistence and collaboration with users of other Oracle Calendar clients, such as the Oracle Calendar Web client..

Chapter 8

This chapter contains a number of procedures for setting up account and connection preferences.

Chapter 9

This chapter describes maintenance procedures that may be of interest to users.

Chapter 10

This chapter describes some minor features specific to Outlook in a Microsoft Exchange environment that may be altered or no longer available with Oracle Outlook Connector.

Conventions

In this manual, Windows refers to the Windows95, Windows98, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows NT operating systems.

The following conventions are also used in this manual:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
. . .	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted
boldface text	Boldface type in text indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.