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January 2006 - Posts

Tip 337: Appointment Reminders

posted Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:22 PM by outlooktips
Chipper asks: Is it possible to set a reminder date longer then 2 weeks on a calendar item? For example, I have a major meeting scheduled in September, eight months from now, and I want to be reminded three months before the due date to begin preparing Read More
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Tip 336: Send Messages Later

posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:16 PM by outlooktips
Kirk asks: You may find this question odd but here I go. Is there a way to keep outgoing e-mail to an individual in queue or folder or something and then send it all at one time? The example I would like to use is if someone is on vacation and I have Read More
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Tip 335: Select Weeks

posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:15 PM by outlooktips
This question came up in the Microsoft newsgroups: "If I change the view from 1 or 5 days to 7 or 31 day and click on different week/month the view reverts back to one day view. Why does it happen and how can I still switch back and forth between weeks/months Read More
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Tip 334: More Ways to Prevent Accidental Sending

posted Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:14 PM by outlooktips
Walter Embalsado has this to add to yesterday's tip: Another option is what I usually employ - either: I don't put anything on the To: CC: or BC: until after I run the Spell checker or I intentionally misspell any word within the body. Both are Read More
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Tip 333: Prevent Accidental Sending

posted Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:13 PM by outlooktips
Somewhere on the vast Internet, Chuck saw a tip for disabling the Ctrl+Enter key (so you can't accidentally send a message before you are finished composing it). At the time he didn't think he needed it and now that he does, he can't find it again. Read More
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Tip 332: Using the Date Picker

posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:11 PM by outlooktips
Following my tip about date shortcuts yesterday, Allister Frost reminded me of another way to select a date range in Tasks: click and drag over the date picker calendar (on the Tasks form) and the start and end dates are set automatically, based Read More
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Tip 331: Date Shortcuts

posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:07 PM by outlooktips
 Here's another tip on one of my favorite topics: Date Shortcuts. Need to enter different start and due dates for tasks? Enter the date (you can use date shortcuts) in the due field then either select the start date from the drop down or enter just Read More
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Tip 330: Delete Future Recurring Appointments

posted Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:06 PM by outlooktips
A reader asks: "How can I have all of the future re-occurring meetings (ie for 2006) removed from my calendar, but keep the 2005 appointments? A further twist to this scenario - some of the individual meetings in 2005 were cancelled, and some moved to Read More
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Tip 329: Exposing MAPI Fields

posted Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:06 PM by outlooktips
A couple of weeks ago I promised to tell you how to add fields to display the Exchange 2003 IMF SCL (spam confidence level), Sender ID value and sender's mail address in the message list. Each of these fields uses a custom configuration file that defines Read More
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Tip 328: Holidays in Outlook 2002

posted Monday, January 02, 2006 5:05 PM by outlooktips
Microsoft finally released a long awaited update for Outlook 2002's holiday file. This update adds holidays from 2006 through 2011 to Outlook 2002. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=910619 Note that this patch only works with Outlook 2002, as it does Read More
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