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Tip 278: Filters Blank Senders

posted Friday, July 29, 2005 3:50 PM by outlooktips
To create a rule to filter blank senders, choose the condition for From contains and enter just @ in the From field. If creating a filtered view or search folder, enter the @ sign in the From field on the General tab (first tab), not the Advanced tab Read More
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Tip 277: Automatically Send and Receive

posted Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:34 PM by outlooktips
To Send and receive messages automatically when Outlook 2002/2003 starts and periodically while it's open, go to Tools, Send/Receive, Send/Receive settings, Define Send/Receive and add a check to the box to Schedule an automatic send/receive every 5 min. Read More
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Tip 276: Display Inline Images

posted Monday, July 25, 2005 3:35 PM by outlooktips
One thing that really bugs former Outlook express users when they switch to outlook is the lack of inline display of images in the preview pane. There is not a setting you can enable to display images inline - Outlook does not support it. You can use Read More
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Tip 275: Blocking Email Addresses

posted Tuesday, July 19, 2005 3:33 PM by outlooktips
This seemingly obvious query comes up quite frequently: "When you add an address to your blocked list does the sender receive any notification that this has been done next time they send you a message?" No. Outlook just moves it to the junk email folder. Read More
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Tip 274: Change attachment Open or Save dialog options

posted Monday, July 18, 2005 3:32 PM by outlooktips
If you check the box to always open an attachment in the Open or Save dialog and later decide to change the behavior, you need to edit the file type in Windows Explorer. Open Windows Explorer and go to its Tools, Folder Options, File Types. Select Read More
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Tip 273: Adding Folders to Favorite Folders

posted Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:31 PM by outlooktips
The Favorite folder list is useful for Search Folders you've created and puts them one click away, not buried at the end of the folder list. You can add any mail or post folder to Outlook 2003's Favorite Folders list by right clicking on the folder Read More
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Tip 272: Creating Custom Searches

posted Thursday, July 07, 2005 1:24 AM by admin
Say you want to find all email you sent more than 1 month ago and sort (or group) it by the recipient. What's the best way to do this? Search folders, Advanced find, or Views can do this easily. Right click on the Search folder and choose Create Read More
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Tip 271: Printing Part of a Message

posted Wednesday, July 06, 2005 3:29 PM by outlooktips
A common question is: How do I print any given page of an email which has arrived in my inbox? If the message is HTML, Outlook uses IE's print features and you can choose which pages to print. If the message is not HTML, you can convert it to HTML (Open Read More
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