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Working
Offline
Vs.
Working Online
Outlook 2003 has revolutionized this
issue with the new feature called Cached Exchange Mode.
We highly recommend Cached Exchange Mode and Outlook
2003. It provides the best of both worlds, you work as
if you're online, but with a local copy of everything
for when you're disconnected, and at the speed of your
machine instead of the speed of your network connection.
Our customers are encouraged to contact us for a
download link and upgrade themselves. If you're stuck
for the moment with an older version of Outlook, this
discussion of working offline is still relevant to you.
Outlook (versions prior to Outlook 2003)
can work with your Exchange server profile in either
online or offline mode. These modes are independent of
whether you actually have an active Internet connection
on your machine at any given moment. You may have a good
Internet connection, and still be working in Outlook's offline mode.
When you're working in the offline mode,
you will see the offline mode indicator in the lower
right hand corner of Outlook. See the illustration
below. There is no online mode indicator. If you're in
the online mode, the offline mode indicator will not be visible.
There are certain things you can only do
when working online, and there are also advantages to
working offline. It is important to understand the
difference, and learn how to switch between the two modes.
Switching between online and offline
mode is accomplished by restarting Outlook, and
specifying "Connect" or "Work Offline" when prompted.
The first time you use Outlook, you must
work online. Synchronize all folders at least once while
working online before attempting to work offline.
Configuring Outlook with an offline
folder file protects you against network downtime, and
automatically keeps an up-to-date copy of all your data,
stored on your local hard disk.
The following pages explain more about working offline:
How to choose online or offline when starting Outlook
If the offline folder file settings button is not available
Offline Folder Files
Synchronization
The .ost integrity check tool
Troubleshooting synchronization problems
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