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February 2007 - Posts

Tip 397: Email Header Doesn't Print

posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:47 PM by outlooktips
A common complaint lately goes like this: Sometimes when I print an HTML message in Outlook 2003, it does not print the headers (From, Sent, To, Subject) at the top.  I can sometimes get this to print properly by going File, Print, Options Tab, Print Read More
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Tip 396: Daylight Time Updates

posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:18 PM by outlooktips
There are daylight time changes coming in mid March and unless you update your system, your computer time will be wrong and once you do, appointments falling in the affected periods will be off an hour (Mar 11 - Apr 1 and the first week of Nov). Windows Read More
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Tip 395: Hotmail\MSN Password Problems

posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:51 PM by outlooktips
If you are using Outlook 2003 to access your Hotmail account using the HTTP protocol and it keeps asking for your password over and over, and recently upgraded to Internet Explorer version 7, you need to see KB article 904942 and install an update to Read More
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Tip 394: Tweaks and Unintended Consequences

posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:47 PM by outlooktips
The rules of unintended consequences often apply to tweaks to the operating system, negatively affecting how Outlook works, as an Outlook user discovered recently: "I had to reformat my HD, clean installed XP Home SP2 and reinstall Office XP SP3 with Read More
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Tip 393: Multiple Profiles

posted Monday, February 12, 2007 10:07 PM by outlooktips
Do you use multiple profiles in Outlook? If you go into Control Panel, Mail and select your most used profile in the Always use this profile dropdown, then change it to Always ask... the profile listed when you first start Outlook will be the one you Read More
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Tip 392: Mail Merge Attachments

posted Friday, February 09, 2007 9:48 PM by outlooktips
According to a popular Office "expert" it is possible to include an attachment in a mail merge but recipients might have problems opening them, due to security issues. Unfortunately, the expert is wrong. Yes, the recipient will be unable to open the attachment, Read More
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Tip 391: Keep Calendars Selected

posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:16 PM by outlooktips
Are you annoyed because Outlook 2003 doesn't remember which calendars youhad selected? Public Calendar Choice for Outlook is a freeware tool for Outlook 2003 andOutlook 2007 that will keep your calendars selected. http://www.publicshareware.com:80/outlook-public-calendar-choice.htm Read More
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Tip 390: Outlook and Vista

posted Monday, February 05, 2007 10:50 PM by outlooktips
Thinking about upgrading to Vista? Don't, unless you plan to use either Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007. Outlook 2002 doesn't save passwords; Outlook 2000 only works in Corporate, not Internet Only mode, and brings up the Start up dialog each time it starts Read More
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