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Check-in / Out template for Outlook?

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by carol

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I have a user who is using an existing Check in / Check out of the office for the staff in her office.
The office has Exchange Server, and Outlook on all the stations, and seems to me a Form could be created and placed in the Public Folders, for folks to Sign in and Sign out with.
Has anyone seen such a template?? I'd be interested in hearing of other software which may do the same thing.. contingeant upon cost.. I'd rather however they do what they can with existing software, and Outlook / Corporate Workgroup / Public Folders.. seems so suited to this.

Thanks in advance

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by ikinney

Just wondering, if they are using Exchange and everyone has Outlook, why can't people just look at other people's calendars to see when they are in or out?

To me this would be an easy way to see their status. Or alternatively, setup a calendar in a shared folder and have everyone put their status in their.

Just a thought.

by carol

The receptionist would like a single "at a glance" status of the employees in the office. There are roughly 35 employees, and she directs phone calls, and office inquirees for each of them.

I could imagine a small software on everyone's desktop with two buttons "IN" "OUT" (and maybe windows dialog box for notes, such as back at 4:30pm).... and a corresponding panel at the front desk where the receptionist could see the active status of everyone in the office. I think that would be easier to use than everyone filtering by her desk and sliding a little magnetic indicator on a chart.

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