Personal+Information+Management+Software

Introduction
Personal Information Management (PIM) software is designed to bring the information a person uses regularly into a single space.

Features
The core features of any PIM package are:

Providing the functionality for users to communicate via email, instant chat or SMS messaging.
 * Communication**

PIM calendars allow the user to set up appointments in their calendar, with reminders.
 * Calendar**

Keeping contacts in one central place is important and a PIM keeps details such as name, address, email, telephone, fax, birthday, image etc.
 * Contacts**

Most PIMs provide some way of logging tasks or to-do items, allowing the user to the set their priority and then mark as complete when done
 * Tasks**

Task
Which PIM do you use? Traditionally common examples included desktop applications such as Microsoft Office or Lotus Notes, but now there are a range of free online alternatives eg Google, Microsoft and Yahoo all include PIM functionality

Write a User Guide to explain to a novice how they might use the above four core features of the PIM of your choice. Your guide should include screenshots.