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From: chip@osh3.OSHA.GOV (Chip Yamasaki)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Lotus Agenda?
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.174024.5841@osh3.OSHA.GOV>
Date: 28 Apr 91 17:40:24 GMT
References: <3725@motcsd.csd.mot.com> <1208@tsnews.Convergent.COM>
Organization: U.S. D.O.L - Occupational Safety & Health Admin.
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In <1208@tsnews.Convergent.COM> csc@tsnews.Convergent.COM (Steve Champion) writes:

>From article <3725@motcsd.csd.mot.com>, by brian@king.csd.mot.com:
>> I'm about to inflict Lotus Agenda upon myself, and I'm interested in
>> corresponding with others who have done the same.  Any of tips,
>> techniques, warnings, macros, whatever, would be welcomed.  Please
>> respond by e-mail.  If there's a flood of interest  =:-O  I'll post
>> a summary.

>I am presently using Agenda 2.0 with the lastest update (should be
>bundled by now with the package.

Is it a major improvement over the last version (I don't have it in
front of me or I would quote you what it is I am using)?

>I personally think this product is GREAT and can't possibly image life
>without it.  I am currently tracking 66 major programs and a major
>amount of people contacts that are associated with them.  The REAL
>benefit comes when my boss wants a status report (which I have
>preformatted) and it takes all of 10 minutes to print out a summary.
>If I'm really pissed about the amount of work I'm doing at the time, I
>do a complete history (which is now 76 pages) and hand that in.  It's
>a great way to send a message.

Yeah, I thought it was great too, but like almost all PIMs, if you work
like I do you need a voice controlled app with a belt attached
microphone.  Info can come in at almost any time and I always get it
filed.

>This is NOT a program for the technically disadvantaged and takes
>awhile to really understand if you want to do anything heavy, but it's
>worth the time if you have tons of information that you want to keep
>and track at your finger tips.

If anybody has any Agenda templates, I'd love to see them.  Mine always
started to look too much like my desktop.  I guess I never was organized
enough.  What's the possibility of getting some posted to the binaries
or binaries.d group?
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Charles "Chip" Yamasaki
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