The first time you click on the Journal, you will see the window pictured below.  It’s pretty easy to use: if you want the journal’s tracking features turned on, click yes.  If you don’t want them to be turned on, click no. As well, if you don’t want to see the window again, you can check the box above the yes and no buttons.

 

 

If you do click yes, this window will appear:

 

 

The first part of this box is, “Automatically record these items.” Here’s where you pick which items you want the journal to track. Next, check which contacts you want to track those items for. For example, if you check e-mail message and Joe Smith Jr., the journal will track all e-mail messages sent to and received from Joe Smith Jr. (If you don’t specify any contacts, no items will be tracked regardless of what is checked in the first box.)

 

The next set of options lets you pick what programs it will record files from. (Remember that the journal can only track items when Outlook is open.) Finally, the set of buttons in the bottom right hand corner lets you pick what happens when you double-click a journal entry. (We’re not going to talk about the last button, AutoArchive, until the advanced lessons.)

 

Once an item is tracked, you’ll see it appear in the timeline like this: