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February 2008 - Posts

Tip 481: Outlook 2007 Passwords Won't Save

posted Friday, February 29, 2008 10:17 PM by outlooktips
If you installed Outlook 2007 on Vista and are having problems with the password not getting saved, type (or paste) shell:dpapiKeys in either Start Menu, Run command or in the Start Search field of the Start menu. Rename the key (it begins with S-1-5-21) Read More
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Tip 480: Outlook 2007 Previous and Next Handles

posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:20 PM by outlooktips
Outlook 2007’s Calendar shows “Previous Appointment” and “Next Appointment” handles in the day, week, and month views when there are no appointments for the visible dates. These handles will help you find appointments on your calendar and you can’t turn Read More
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Tip 479: Partial Word Search

posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:22 PM by outlooktips
Find in older versions of Outlook can search for partial words at any position in a word, while Instant search in Outlook 2007 only searches the beginning of the word.  For example, in Outlook 2003, searching for “look” will find both Outlook and Read More
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Tip 478: Contacts Instant Search

posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:52 PM by outlooktips
Do you have a problem with Outlook 2007 and using instant search on the Contact folder but not finding information in the notes field or other common fields? The problem isn't that Instant Search doesn't search those fields (it does), only that there Read More
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Tip 477: Junk Email Filtering not Working?

posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:50 PM by outlooktips
If you use Outlook 2003 or 2007 and junk email filtering doesn’t seem to be working, go to Tools. Options, Junk Email options and verify that your address is not on the Safe Sender or Safe Recipient list. These two lists override the Blocked Sender list Read More
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Tip 476: Meeting Requests: Pick From Several Dates

posted Monday, February 11, 2008 12:42 PM by outlooktips
A frequent request in the Microsoft newsgroups is from users looking for a way to send out meeting requests for training sessions or benefits meetings with HR, where each employee can pick the session that fits their schedule.  The selected meeting Read More
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Tip 475: To-do Bar: Click Here to Add

posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 5:38 PM by outlooktips
An Outlook 2007 user asked the following question in the Microsoft newsgroups: "I have my outlook to-do bar customized only to list only one category. I would like to be able to enter in tasks I need to make and have them show up. The problem is, when Read More
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Tip 474: Show/Hide Paragraph Marks

posted Monday, February 04, 2008 10:24 PM by outlooktips
It seems like everyone is accidently turning on paragraph marks lately. To turn them off (or on), press Ctrl+Shift+8. Read More
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