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Tip 449: Office Ultimate Offer Part 2

posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:04 PM by outlooktips
The Office Ultimate deal I mentioned last week is also available for college students in several other countries. For the most part, the deals are similar: full and half time students at qualifying colleges can purchase a perpetual license for Office Read More
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Tip 448: Create Custom Search Folders

posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 12:36 PM by outlooktips
Following up to the tip earlier this week on using natural language in search folder criteria. Create a new Search folder by right clicking on Search Folders and choosing New Search Folder...  (You can also use the File, New menu.) Choose the Read More
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Tip 447: Office 2007 Ultimate for Students

posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:15 PM by outlooktips
The Ultimate Steal Promotionhttp://theultimatesteal.com/home.asp Are you attending a US college at least half time? If so, you can get a copy of Office Ultimate for just $60. For more information and complete eligibility requirements, see http://www.microsoft.com/education/ultimatesteal.mspx Read More
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Tip 446: Natural Language Filters

posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:11 PM by outlooktips
Anyone who reads my tips and newsletters knows one of my favorite Outlook features is date shortcuts and natural language capabilities. Most date fields accept shortcuts or phrases (like a "week before Christmas") and converts to the proper date. Another Read More
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Tip 445: Group Header Format

posted Friday, September 14, 2007 10:14 AM by outlooktips
If the group headers ("today", "yesterday" etc) lack contrast and are difficult to read, the only option you have is to shade the group heading. Shading makes the group header smaller, shaded and uses black text. Click on the row of field names in the Read More
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Tip 444: Outlook Connector v.4

posted Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:35 AM by outlooktips
Microsoft Office Outlook Connector (version 4) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7aad7e6a-931e-438a-950c-5e9ea66322d4 Works with Outlook 2003 and 2007 to bring Hotmail and MSN email accounts into Outlook. If you have a paid account, Read More
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Tip 443: Combine Two Calendars

posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:33 AM by outlooktips
A lot of users ask: "I have two different calendars in Outlook. Can I get them into one calendar?" Easy, switch to a table view - By category view works great for this - then click on one item, press Ctrl+A to select all and drag to the default calendar. Read More
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Tip 442: More on Hyperlinks

posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM by outlooktips
It seems like a lot of people are having problems using yesterdays tip with Outlook 2003. Yes, it does work with Outlook 2003. I'm pretty sure it also works with Outlook 2002 and possibly Outlook 2000 (but haven't loaded a machine to verify either yet). Read More
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Tip 441: Create Address Buttons

posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:53 PM by outlooktips
Do you send messages to the same people often? Save a few steps by creating a hyperlinked toolbar button that holds their address in a mailto: command. Go to View, Toolbars, Customize to open the customize dialog. Drag a button from the command Read More
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