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Tip 615: The “reboot” fix

posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:29 AM by outlooktips
A few people have reported problems with Office 2007 SP2 breaking things (such as the blue new message alert) after installation. Before uninstalling it or using system restore, try rebooting. Even if the installation forced a reboot, reboot Windows yourself. Read More
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Tip 614: Office 2007 SP2 Release

posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:08 PM by outlooktips
Office 2007 SP2, which contains the Feb Cumulative update for Outlook 2007, is available for download. The site may be slow, so waiting a day or two may be better, but I do recommend installing it over the next few days if you didn’t install the February Read More
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Tip 613: Calendar name wrong

posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:06 PM by outlooktips
This is another tip I thought I already shared, but I can’t find it in the archives, so here goes… A user asked "I have several calendars in the navigation pane. If I select a different calendar and untick the first one it remains listed in the title Read More
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Tip 612: New Appointment with Contact

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:03 PM by outlooktips
I thought I shared this tip recently, but search can’t find it, so here goes. If it’s a repeat we’ll blame the search engine. :) “Sometimes I have a Contact open and want to set up an appointment linked to the Contact.  There is a Meeting Request Read More
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Tip 611: Missing Journal Clock

posted Monday, April 20, 2009 11:26 PM by outlooktips
If you use Vista and Outlook 2007 SP2 (Feb Cumulative Update) the clock on a journal form (used to record the length of phone calls or time spent on a project) is mostly missing - just a gray circle remains where the clock should be. The timer works, Read More
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Tip 610: Outlook 2003 Support Ends

posted Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:07 PM by outlooktips
"Mainstream Support" for Office 2003 expired earlier this month. Microsoft will continue to release security updates for Office 2003 as needed and refresh the junk-mail definitions for Outlook, until the extended support period ends in 2014.  What Read More
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Tip 609: Printing a Calendar Legend

posted Monday, April 13, 2009 11:02 PM by outlooktips
Several people had the same question: how to add a legend to a calendar created using the Calendar Printing Assistant. "For example, I have a 2 week view with 2 calendars overlaid. One calendar is blue and the other cyan. The calendar owners' names Read More
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Tip 608: More Number Formatting

posted Friday, April 10, 2009 11:00 PM by outlooktips
A rare Friday tip follows up on Tip 599 (phone number formatting), evpanza had this to say:“Another option, for those who cannot remove the Telephony service (corporate machines) is to go to Control Panel, Phone & Modem Options and edit the Default Read More
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Tip 607: Remove Stationery

posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:13 AM by outlooktips
“I installed Outlook 2007 and when I go to send an email it automatically has the grid paper stationary which I DO NOT want to be on my emails. I can change it in each individual email but when I go to change the default option for every email in the Read More
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Tip 606: Autoreply Rules

posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:57 AM by outlooktips
We frequently get questions that go something like this: “I want to block the receipt of one specific person's email, but I want them to get a message saying that their email has been blocked, or something to that effect. Is this possible?”Yes, it’s possible Read More
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Tip 605: Recurring and Multiday Events

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:41 PM by outlooktips
When you have an appointment spanning 2 days at the top of the calendar, the appointment is longer than 24 hours.    If you make a recurring appointment that is under 24 hours, the appointments will be split, appearing like single appointments Read More
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Tip 604: Using Send To menus

posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:23 AM by outlooktips
When you use a File, Send to menu in other applications, Outlook won’t let you do anything until you either send the message or save and close it. Saving the message places it in the Inbox, not drafts.  This is a limitation of SimpleMAPI. The Send Read More
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