you naughty boy!!!!. .. .Outlook has plenty of features, it is part of the whole Office package. OE 6 will nly be used as the newsreader.. .. .Outlook has a calendar built in, you can organize your private and business life, you can make it remeber you for all the birthdays etc of the people in your address book, which in turn let's you manage too many details.... .There is a task manager, there is a notepad...and if you really have a lot of time to spare, you can print everything to just put it in your Filofax (only thing required is a puncher....). .. .Word will take addresses from Outlook and you can easily print the envelopes for your daily mass-mailings to all friends.... .. .To have everything set the way it can be done (which may not really be that what you want) you should have a look at some 300+ pages available in printed form @ Amazon or your local bookstore.. .. .Office is a very complex program and there are actually courses available, up to 14 days, to cover most aspects.. .. .To read only Exel files, there is a little (and legal) program available from Microsoft which will let you just do that, in fact, a similar prog is also for Word available.