In contrast with the Windows version, which is targeted at corporate users, Office 2001 for Mac aims squarely at the consumer and SOHO markets, which account for 60 to 70 percent of the Mac Office customer base, the company said. There is a clear emphasis on making features more accessible and enhancing personal productivity, especially given the inclusion of Entourage, the new e-mail client. Entourage Entourage, the key addition to Office 2001, is essentially a souped-up version of Outlook Express integrated with a personal information manager.
Entourage takes advantage of the synergy in several ways.
The categories are totally customizable, and you can write rules that automatically apply a category to incoming e-mail based on the sender, subject or other criteria. Entourage also offers a useful Links feature that lets you associate related e-mail messages, contacts, tasks and events, as well as any other file on the system. For example, if you're attending a trade show, you can link all e-mail messages and appointments related to the event. An enhanced flagging feature lets you attach automated reminders to messages. For example, if you get an e-mail confirming a meeting, you can flag the message and attach a reminder with the date, time and purpose.