Can Outlook be modified through the use of VBA to add one or two entries to
the Navigation Pane. These additions would be a timesheet and a project
navigator, and I would also like to modify the way in which tasks are used.
I am currently trying to begin understanding Visual Studio to construct this
as a stand-alone app when it occurred to me that it would be better suited to
run from within Outlook.

Should I switch gears and begin studying VBA in Outlook or is this an
impossibility?

TIA
Jeffrey