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April 2008 - Posts

Tip 499: Windows Easy Transfer

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:51 PM by outlooktips
If you are thinking about using Windows Easy Transfer to quickly and easily move program settings to your new computer, think again if you plan to use it to move your Outlook account configuration. More often than not you’ll end up with a corrupt profile Read More
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Tip 498: Missing Contacts

posted Monday, April 28, 2008 11:59 PM by outlooktips
When you have Contacts in the Contacts folder but they are not accessible when you click on the To button, you need to check these settings: Make sure the Contact folder is enabled as an email address book. Right click the Contacts folder, choose Read More
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Tip 497: Did it help?

posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:56 PM by outlooktips
Always do the feedback questionnaire if an article on the Microsoft website is unclear or missing info. They do read these comments and while they may not edit an article on just one bad report, they will attempt to make it easier to understand once they Read More
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Tip 496: Hotmail HTTP Support

posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:37 PM by outlooktips
HTTP access to Hotmail will be ending June 30, 2008. While the following article is specific to Outlook Express, Outlook also uses WebDAV when it uses the HTTP protocol. Users will need to install the Outlook connector for Outlook 2003/2007 or use Windows Read More
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Tip 495: Changing Calendars

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:34 PM by outlooktips
An Outlook 2007 user has this problem: She is logged in to the workstation and Outlook and connects to User B's shared calendar. She returns to her mail and goes back to calendar and creates a new appointment. But unless she actually selects her calendar, Read More
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Tip 494: Recurring Appointments

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:33 PM by outlooktips
This must be the week for complaining about Outlook’s recurrence patterns. No, Outlook does not offer every 5th week pattern. This is because not every month has a 5th week and Outlook won’t know what to do those months. Instead, it offers a ‘last week’ Read More
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Tip 493: View Animated GIF

posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:30 PM by outlooktips
This is another tip I thought I shared awhile back but can’t find the tip, so here goes. Outlook 2007 does not animate animated gif’s – it displays the first frame of the gif only. You will need to open the HTML message in your browser to see the animation. Read More
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Tip 492: Save as... One file

posted Monday, April 07, 2008 3:16 PM by outlooktips
Do you want to save a group of messages as a single text file? Just select the messages as a group and go to File, Save as… Text. All messages will be added to the file in the order they are displayed and using plain text format. The messages contain Read More
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Tip 491: Show Time as Clocks

posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:12 PM by outlooktips
Show time as clocks is a feature found in the calendar of Outlook 2003 and earlier versions. When enabled, appointments in the Month or Week view will display little clocks that represent the start and end time to the nearest quarter hour, clocks are Read More
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