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Tip 188: Hotmail's HTTP Access Ends

posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 3:05 PM by outlooktips
Effective September 27, 2004, HTTP support for Hotmail and MSN accounts was discontinued. At this time, only new subscribers or accounts that never used HTTP access are affected. Accounts that use the HTTP protocol will continue to have access until Spring Read More
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Tip 187: Using QueryBuilder

posted Monday, September 27, 2004 3:04 PM by outlooktips
Outlook 2002 and 2003 have an additional option for the filtering dialog - it's called QueryBuilder. To access it you just need to add the QueryBuilder key to the registry: Outlook2002HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\QueryBuilder Read More
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Tip 186: Make FireFox the Default Browser

posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:03 PM by outlooktips
Do you want use FireFox as your default browser but Outlook won't use it when you click on hyperlinks? First, make sure Firefox is set as the default browser on it's Tools, Options menu. If it is set as the default and either two browser windows open Read More
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Tip 185: Taskpad Views

posted Tuesday, September 21, 2004 3:02 PM by outlooktips
Do you want to see tasks for selected dates on the Taskpad in Outlook's calendar? Change the view to "Active Tasks for selected dates" then click on a date, holding Shift or Control to select additional dates. Note that Outlook's default is Due date Read More
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Tip 184: Prevent Outlook 2000 from Closing

posted Monday, September 20, 2004 3:01 PM by outlooktips
Thanks to Mike Gibson for helping me find a solution for my son, who has a habit of accidentally closing Outlook. Recap from September 7: My son uses Exchange server and recently upgraded to Outlook 2000. In Outlook 98, he kept an address-less message Read More
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Tip 183: Sort Messages by Deleted Date

posted Thursday, September 16, 2004 2:59 PM by outlooktips
Do you want to sort your Deleted Items folder by the date deleted? You'll need to add the Modified Date field to the view. Right click on the row of field names and choose Customize current view. Click the Fields button. Select Date and Time fields Read More
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Tip 182: Browsing Folders

posted Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:00 PM by outlooktips
This tip is from one of our readers. Outlook's Forward and Back buttons (on the Advanced and Web toolbars) hold a history of the folders you've previously visited and you can use them to jump back and forth between folders, instead of using the folder Read More
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Tip 181: Copy Appointments

posted Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:51 PM by outlooktips
Question: Is there any way to copy an appointment from one day to another? Answer: Yes! Select the date. If you enter 'edit mode' (you most likely will), press Esc, then Ctrl+C to Copy and Ctrl+V to paste it on the new date. The time should remain the Read More
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Tip 180: Do You Accidentally Close Outlook?

posted Tuesday, September 07, 2004 2:49 PM by outlooktips
Today's tip is from my son and it works in all versions of Outlook except 2000. If you can make it work in Outlook 2000, please let me know how you did it. My son will be very grateful. Do you accidentally close Outlook when you mean to minimize it Read More
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Tip 179: Disable the Acrobat Addin

posted Thursday, September 02, 2004 2:49 PM by outlooktips
If you use Adobe Acrobat, Outlook has a Send as PDF button on the toolbar. To remove the button, you need to disable the COM addin. Go to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\ Outlook\Addins\ PDFMOutlook.PDFMOutlook and change the LoadBehavior Read More
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