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September 2008 - Posts

Tip 551: New Mail Alerts

posted Monday, September 29, 2008 12:18 AM by outlooktips
People who use rules to move mail to other folders are frequently frustrated with Outlook’s new mail alerts altering them to every new message, not just those left in the Inbox. The solution is to turn off Desktop alerts (the little blue window) and Read More
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Tip 550: Junk mail filter stops working

posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:30 AM by outlooktips
A recent update caused Outlook 2003’s junk mail filter to stop working. While you could uninstall updates, try Detect and Repair first. It many cases it will fix the problem. Restarting Outlook or rebooting the computer may also fix problems caused by Read More
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Tip 549: Save Sent Items

posted Monday, September 22, 2008 12:23 AM by outlooktips
I get quite a few questions from users who have a personal and business email account configured in their profile. They want to store Sent items in different folders based on the account that was used to send the message. While this is an easy problem Read More
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Tip 548: Map Addresses

posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:22 AM by outlooktips
A reader wants to know how to add a map and/or directions to a contact in Office 2007. You can click the little road sign icon to map the address – then copy and paste the map or directions into the contact (or just paste the url). This will use the Read More
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Tip 547: Ultimate Steal

posted Monday, September 15, 2008 11:09 PM by outlooktips
Once again Microsoft is making Office 2007 available at a very affordable price for qualified college students through their Ultimate Steal promotion. It’s currently available for sale in 7 countries, with 6 more coming soon. Office 2007 Ultimate is Read More
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Tip 546: Delete Stuck Message

posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:02 AM by outlooktips
I’ve had a lot of questions lately asking how to delete large message stuck in the Outbox so I thought it was probably time to revisit this subject. First, try setting Outlook offline (look on the File menu). Wait a few minutes and in most cases the Read More
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Tip 545: Outlook 2007 and Themes

posted Monday, September 08, 2008 1:00 AM by outlooktips
If you use a standalone version of Outlook 2007 you won’t have the use of themes and stationery or some spell and grammar check features. One workaround is using templates (*.oft) instead. You can copy the template to a folder in Outlook so it’s easy Read More
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