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August 2005 - Posts

Tip 291: Outlook 2002's Missing Holidays

posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:06 PM by outlooktips
Outlook 2002 holidays go only through 2005.  You can get a new holiday list from Microsoft that will work, but you need to extract the files using WinZip and rename the outlook.txt file to outlook.hol. Double click on the outlook.hol file - if this Read More
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Tip 290: Flags and Reminders

posted Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:04 PM by outlooktips
A user asks: "When I set a flag for a sent item it does not show up in my reminders dialogue box however my received e-mails do when I set aflag. Am I doing something wrong?" Flags only fire from default folders - Inbox, Calendars, Contacts, Tasks etc. Read More
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Tip 289: Activities and Advanced Find Views

posted Monday, August 29, 2005 4:03 PM by outlooktips
Did you know you can change or customize the views on the Advanced find and Activities window? Look on the view menu or right click on the row of field names and choose a different view or Customize Current View. Notes: Any changes made to the views Read More
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Tip 288: Using the Activities tab

posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:03 PM by outlooktips
After trying yesterday's tip, a few people couldn't see the spouse and children's birthday events on the activities tab of the associated contact.This is because the calendar is either not being indexed by Activities or you have a lot of items for Outlook Read More
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Tip 287: Enter Spouse and Children's Birthdays

posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:02 PM by outlooktips
When you enter a contact you can enter that person's birthday and it will show up in the calendar. What about that person's spouse and their kids - where do they get entered? Not in the Contact form. :) You could create a contact for each person - but Read More
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Tip 286: Change Address Book Sort Order

posted Monday, August 22, 2005 4:01 PM by outlooktips
Want to change the sort order in the Address book? In Outlook 2002/2003, go to Tools, Email Accounts, View or change address books and select Outlook Address book then click Charge. In Outlook 2000/98 Corp mode, look in Tools, Services and select the Read More
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Tip 285: Read Only Attachments

posted Friday, August 19, 2005 3:55 PM by outlooktips
A user asks: "When I send out a Word attachment it goes out as a 'read only' file.  I do not designate the attachment as 'read only' and I have checked my security and the 'read only' button is not checked.  This is driving me bonkers." Your Read More
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Tip 284: Calendar Order (Outlook 2003)

posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:54 PM by outlooktips
In Outlook 2003 you can display multiple calendars side by side, but how does Outlook decide the order they are shown? It's not based on the order you click the folder, but on the order they are listed in the Navigation pane, with calendars in My Calendars Read More
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Tip 283: Booklet Printing Hotfix

posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:53 PM by outlooktips
Duplex printing in Outlook 2003 is broken and pages are not printed as you would expect them to be for booklets. This is expected to be fixed in Outlook 2003 SP2 but if you can't wait for the release of SP2 later this fall, you can call for the hotfix. Read More
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Tip 282: Displaying Calendar Names in Outlook 2003

posted Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:51 PM by outlooktips
When you use Outlook 2003 and open other people's calendars as a secondary mailbox in your profile, the calendars will all have the highly descriptive display name of "Calendar". When you open the calendars as a shared calendar the owner's name is used Read More
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Tip 281: Using the Recurrence Pattern to Filter

posted Friday, August 05, 2005 3:52 PM by outlooktips
Are you looking for ways to filter or create views to display recurring appointments? Try using the Reoccurrence Pattern field in the filter. It works best with Yearly events because the recurrence pattern is in the format of "every August 5", but may Read More
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Tip 280: Resolving Addresses

posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 3:36 PM by outlooktips
When you have more than one Contacts folder or address list enabled as an address book Outlook will use the folder when it resolves names provided it's on the check names list. When you type a name in the To, CC or BCC fields, Outlook begins searching Read More
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Tip 279: Exchange Extensions Error Message

posted Monday, August 01, 2005 3:38 PM by outlooktips
When you receive an error message in Outlook 2003 that says you have an error in the registry for Exchange Extensions: "The syntax or format of the registry entry is incorrect. Check the registry and compare the registry for this extension to other extensions Read More
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