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Tip 55: Using Outlook 2003's Junk Mail filter

posted Friday, October 31, 2003 3:01 PM by outlooktips
The junk mail filter, especially when set on High, is very good at getting rid of most of the spam. You should not import old blacklists into Outlook 2003 since many of the domains will be caught with Outlook's native filter. As you receive mail that Read More
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Tip 54: Drag and Drop Forwarded Messages

posted Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:01 PM by outlooktips
When you receive a forwarded message as an attachment instead of inline you can drag and drop the attachment into your Inbox or other mail folder to read it. You can then reply directly to the original sender. When forwards are nested, as they often Read More
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Tip 53: Saving your Office Activation

posted Monday, October 27, 2003 3:00 PM by outlooktips
Beginning with some versions of Office 2000, activation is required if you want to continue to use Office applications after 50 uses. You can "save" your activation and restore it without connecting to the activation servers provided your hardware does Read More
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Tip 52: EULAs for Office System 2003

posted Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:59 PM by outlooktips
Are you curious to know what the EULAs for the various Office programs and suites say? See Microsoft EULAs for a list of all EULAs. You'll need Acrobat as they are in PDF format. Good news for families with children... you can buy a copy of the student Read More
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Tip 51: Fire Reminders From Any Folder

posted Wednesday, October 22, 2003 2:58 PM by outlooktips
As you are probably well aware, reminders only fire when the items is in the default folders. If you need to flag items with reminders but store them in another folder you have three options: Drag the item to a task and set a reminder on the task. Read More
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Tip 50: Preview Office System 2003

posted Monday, October 20, 2003 2:38 PM by outlooktips
Tomorrow is the big day -- the official launch of Office 2003. I'll be in New York City for the festivities. You can order trial versions of the Office System 2003 applications for $7.95 each for the first kit and $4.95 for a second kit, including shipping Read More
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Tip 49: Creating Advanced Filters

posted Thursday, October 16, 2003 2:37 PM by outlooktips
Outlook has a very powerful filter available to use with Advanced Find, Views, Automatic Formatting or Search Folders. You can add conditions on one or more of Filter's tabs and the conditions are joined with AND. In many fields you can use AND or OR Read More
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Tip 48: Go To Date

posted Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:36 PM by outlooktips
You can move around the calendar easily using Outlook's Go To Date Feature. Open Go To Date using Ctrl+G, from the Go menu or by right clicking on the Day/Week/Month Calendar and choosing Go To Date. Enter the date and the calendar format you want to Read More
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Tip 47: Merging Calendar Folders

posted Monday, October 13, 2003 2:35 PM by outlooktips
If you have two or more calendar folders which you need to combine into one, move the items, instead of using Import. If necessary, open the message stores using File, Open, Outlook Data file, then switch to the By Category view and select the appointment Read More
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Tip 46: Outlook's Command Line Switches

posted Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:35 PM by outlooktips
Outlook supports a number of command line switches, including switches you can use to open Outlook to a specific folder, send email using a specific form, and several troubleshooting switches. To use the switches, open the Start menu, Run command and Read More
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Tip 45: Send Attachments From Windows

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:34 PM by outlooktips
When you send an attachment by right clicking on it and choosing Send, newer versions of Windows add a block of text to the message body. The text is added by the sendmail.dll and varies with your version of Windows, the same file that is used by Internet Read More
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Tip 44: Use Maps with Outlook

posted Monday, October 06, 2003 2:33 PM by outlooktips
Beginning with Outlook 2000, you can map your contacts address using MapPoint installed locally or Microsoft's online mapping service. Due to recent changes at the Office website, online mapping is broken in Outlook 2000, but you can restore the capability Read More
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Tip 43: Save Changes to Attachments

posted Thursday, October 02, 2003 2:30 PM by outlooktips
When you open an email attachment and want to save changes to the attached file, open the message, then the attachment. When you are finished editing it, close the attachment and choose Yes to save changes. Now close the email message. Why you need Read More
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