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March 2008 - Posts

Tip 490: Save... File Extensions

posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:34 PM by outlooktips
Windows default behavior of hiding file extensions seems to confuse some users when they try to save an attachment they received by email. They think it will be saved without the extension because the Save dialog has “All files” in the Save as file type Read More
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Tip 489: Insert as Text

posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:47 PM by outlooktips
An Outlook user is trying to insert a Word document into an email, only it wants to attach to the email instead of being inserted into the message body as text.  If all else fails, he could open the document and use copy and paste, but that’s not Read More
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Tip 488: Accept Email Only From People You Know

posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:39 PM by outlooktips
An Outlook user asks “Is there some way to configure Outlook where the only emails that come to my inbox are from those people in my address book and messages from people not in my address book go to a "trash" folder for me to look at later?” Yes, you Read More
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Tip 487: Toggle Navigation and To-Do Panes

posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:10 PM by outlooktips
In Outlook 2007, you can use Alt+F1 to toggle the Navigation pane and Alt+F2 to toggle the To-do bar. The panes roll between Minimized, Off, and On each time you press the key combination. Read More
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Tip 486: Flashing Office Orb

posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:08 PM by outlooktips
I thought I covered this tip last fall but can’t find it in the archives, so here it is. If it’s a repeat, sorry. For some reason, a lot of new Office 2007 users have a hard time figuring out how to save documents. It happens too often to pass it off Read More
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Tip 485: Fix DST Problems

posted Monday, March 10, 2008 3:14 PM by outlooktips
If your calendar is messed up due to not using the correct ‘Use DST’ setting, or from changing time zones, the usual fix is to export the calendar to Excel or CSV format while the time zone is configured so the appointment times are correct. Then change Read More
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Tip 484: Sync with Google Calendar

posted Friday, March 07, 2008 3:12 PM by outlooktips
Good news for Google Calendar users – it supports 2-way sync with your outlook calendar (or one way sync, either to or from Google’s calendar is an option). You’ll need to download and install a sync tool from the google site –log into your account and Read More
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Tip 483: Scrolling in "Sticky" Notes

posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:46 PM by outlooktips
Did you ever wonder how you can view or scroll large Notes? Well, you can maximize the note window - double click on the title bar to toggle the size or drag and edge to make it bigger. But what if you want to keep the note more note sized and view Read More
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Tip 482: Dual time Zone and DST Time Display Bug

posted Monday, March 03, 2008 4:28 PM by outlooktips
This really isn’t a bug, it’s a limitation of the dual time zone display when daylight time goes into effect, and to a lesser degree, when we revert to standard time. When you use dual time zones in Outlook and the default zone is west of the secondary Read More
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