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April 2007 - Posts

Tip 414: Copy Error Dialogs

posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:33 AM by outlooktips
Tech support often tells users not to send screenshots of errors but to just send the text off error message. To improve accuracy, Office (and many OS dialogs) allow you to copy the text using Ctrl+C to paste into an email message or form field. Verify Read More
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Tip 413: Send Page by Email

posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:08 PM by outlooktips
Jacques asks: I use Internet Explorer. When I click on:        Page, Send Page by Email...It opens an Outlook message including the selected page as an attached file in html format. Is there any possibility to have Read More
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Tip 412: Change Address Book Order

posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:04 PM by outlooktips
A frequent question goes something like this: When sending a new email, how do I get the address book to open directly to contacts instead of Global Address list? I'm tired of selecting Contacts each time. Open the Address book dialog (Ctrl+Shift+B), Read More
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Tip 411: Autoarchive Settings

posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 1:07 PM by outlooktips
Dan asks:"My inbox is not being Auto archived while the rest of my folders are. How do Ifix it?" Is the Inbox folder enabled for AutoArchiving? Right click on it and choose Properties, then go to the AutoArchive tab to enable it. If you want almost Read More
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Tip 410: Vista Sidebar's Outlook Gadgets

posted Monday, April 02, 2007 12:14 PM by outlooktips
Following up last Friday's tip - the link wrapped and broke in the email version. This is a common problem with long URLs and plain text formatting unfortunately. While HTML format would solve it, 95% of the tips don't require HTML formatting, so I'm Read More
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