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October 2004 - Posts

Tip 198: Reminders and Recurring Tasks

posted Friday, October 29, 2004 3:28 PM by outlooktips
For some reason, recurring tasks with reminders are causing a lot of problems for a lot of people lately because they either don't recur or don't remind. When you set up a recurring task and the reminder pops up, don't *dismiss* the reminder. Open the Read More
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Tip 197: Mark My Comments

posted Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:25 PM by outlooktips
A recent query went like this: "When I reply to a message in Outlook, I hit the return key to start a new line or paragraph and I get an open bracket with about 10 or so spaces then a closed bracket. How do I stop this? This is very irritating when I Read More
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Tip 196: Signature Spell-check

posted Tuesday, October 26, 2004 3:25 PM by outlooktips
When you use Outlook 2003 and Word as the editor and you right click on the underlined words to correct the spelling, a list of your signatures is displayed instead. Other times obviously misspelled words are ignored. This is because you typed some of Read More
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Tip 195: Using Two Time Zones

posted Friday, October 22, 2004 3:22 PM by outlooktips
Question: "I'm traveling to Germany and need to create appointments in Outlook before I leave, for when I'm there. Is there an easy way to do this without messing up my calendar?" Yes, use Outlook's two time zone feature, which allows you to show two Read More
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Tip 194: Filter by Attachment Types

posted Tuesday, October 19, 2004 3:10 PM by outlooktips
After reading yesterday's tip, Tony asks "Do you know of a way of filter out messages which contain an attachment of a given name (alert.txt)?" You can use Rules Wizard for this, however it's not foolproof and misses some attachments that are embedded Read More
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Tip 193: Filter Messages with Blank Subject Lines

posted Monday, October 18, 2004 3:09 PM by outlooktips
A frequently asked question is "How do I filter out messages with blank subject lines?" The short answer is "You can't. Outlook doesn't offer an option to filter on 'nothing'." But not all is lost - you can create a rule to filter everything and create Read More
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Tip 192: Correcting Calendars and Time Zones

posted Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:08 PM by outlooktips
If you need to change your time zone, the time displayed your existing appointments, include all day appointments, will reflect the new time zone. To avoid problems, you should follow these steps before changing the time zone: Export your calendar Read More
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Tip 191: How to get Hotfixes

posted Monday, October 11, 2004 3:08 PM by outlooktips
Do you need a hotfix mentioned in a KB and don't know how to get it? If you are in the US, call 1-800-936-4900 (press 3 for hotfixes) and tell them you're calling to obtain the hotfix described in KB [number] and they should fix you right up. Calls Read More
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Tip 190: Hyperlinks Not Hyperlinked?

posted Thursday, October 07, 2004 3:07 PM by outlooktips
When you paste URLs into HTML formatted email the url is treated as plain text, not a clickable hyperlink, until you press the spacebar (or begin typing at the end of the url) or press Enter. Read More
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Tip 189: Rule to Request Read Receipts

posted Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:06 PM by outlooktips
Do you need to always request read receipts for some addresses you send messages to, but not all? Create an After sending rule. Open Rules Wizard Select the option to start from a blank rule Choose the after sending option Enter the condition(s) Read More
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