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Tip 178: When Today isn't Today

posted Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:48 PM by outlooktips
When is today not today? When the month started on a weekend (as August 2004 did) and you either you use the compressed weekend view or have the calendar set to begin the week on Monday. The last week of the previous month will be shown at the top of Read More
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Tip 177: Free/Busy Survey

posted Monday, August 30, 2004 2:47 PM by outlooktips
Note, these surveys are now closed. http://www.surveymonkey.com The purpose of this survey is to understand how users of Outlook today use the Free/Busy feature to schedule meetings, and whether a Universal Free/Busy service for calendars - that works Read More
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Tip 176: Free Attachment Reminder Utility

posted Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:47 PM by outlooktips
For a limited time only (until Sept 30, 2004), Remind Me Attachments, an add-in that reminds you to add attachments to your messages, is available free of charge. http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/rsrma.htm enter promo code OUTMVPS001 Other add-ins available Read More
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Tip 175: Forward as iCal

posted Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:46 PM by outlooktips
Do you need to send your calendar to someone who uses Outlook or another calendar program that supports iCals? Select the appointments you need to send to someone and choose Actions, Forward as iCal. The recipient can save them and use import or just Read More
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Tip 174: Find All

posted Monday, August 23, 2004 2:45 PM by outlooktips
Did you know Outlook includes two predefined Advanced searches? Right click on any message and choose Find All, then either Related messages to find all messages in a thread (including sent messages) or choose Messages from sender to find all messages Read More
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Tip 173: Print a Full Month Calendar

posted Thursday, August 19, 2004 2:44 PM by outlooktips
When you try to print a month that covers 6 weeks (such as October 2004), you need to use the page setup option of "Print exactly one month per page" in order for the full month to print when you include weekends. As an alternative to Outlook's calendar Read More
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Tip 172: Right Click Everywhere

posted Wednesday, August 18, 2004 2:44 PM by outlooktips
Are you a habitual right clicker? Even if you never use the right click menu, its fun to click around and see what is available and where. The options you'll discover are repeated elsewhere but some are fewer clicks away on the right click context menu. Read More
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Tip 171: Selecting Calendar Dates

posted Monday, August 16, 2004 2:43 PM by outlooktips
You can hold Shift or Ctrl and select days or weeks in the navigation calendars to control how many days are shown. It works with any of the Day/Week/Month views but you are limited to 14 days or 5 weeks total, depending on your view. Read More
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Tip 170: Run Rules Now

posted Friday, August 13, 2004 2:43 PM by outlooktips
How many times have we heard a story that begins like this: "I store mail in my deleted folder and now.... " The most recent one goes on to say "I now have a lot of junk I don't want and mail I do need. How can I filter out the junk?" Even though Read More
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Tip 169: Unread Item Count

posted Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:42 PM by outlooktips
Do you have a number in parenthesis following your calendar or tasks folder name? This means you have an unread item in the folder, generally a meeting or task request. To find out, run advanced find on the folder and look for unread items or use the Read More
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Tip 168: BCM User survey (now closed)

posted Monday, August 09, 2004 2:41 PM by outlooktips
Note: Survey now closed. Do you use Outlook 2003's Business Contact Manager? If so, complete the BCM survey and help guide the development of the next version. If you don't use BCM, or use another version of Outlook, the Outlook portal at Office Online Read More
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Tip 167: Free AntiVirus

posted Thursday, August 05, 2004 2:41 PM by outlooktips
Don't send students back to college without an up-to-date antivirus. If the student's college doesn't provide them with a corporate license, the free offer from Microsoft and Computer Associates was extended until February 2, 2005. http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/  Read More
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Tip 166: Using Two Outlook Profiles with Windows XP

posted Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:40 PM by outlooktips
If you use Windows XP you can use Fast user switching and keep two Outlook profiles loaded. Create a second Windows user account then go to Start, Log off, Switch users to change to the other account. It takes a few seconds to swap users and you can Read More
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Tip 165: Import from OE

posted Tuesday, August 03, 2004 2:40 PM by outlooktips
Do you need to import mail from OE to Outlook? Rather than using Outlook's Import function, export from OE to Outlook. This will preserve the received dates and allow you to choose which folders to import. Read More
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