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Tip 625: RSS and HTML Preview

posted Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:06 PM by outlooktips
If you use Outlook 2007’s RSS feature and want to display the full content inside Outlook instead of giving link to "View Article", set the RSS feed to download the full content as HTML then you can select the HTML attachment to display it in the preview Read More
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Tip 624: Free/Busy (part 2)

posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:04 PM by outlooktips
Bob reminded me of another Free/Busy problem that sometimes catches people:  you may need to initialize the calendar before the mailbox will publish free/busy if you are using older versions of Exchange. Do this by logging into the resource mailbox Read More
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Tip 623: Free/Busy Publishing

posted Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:02 PM by outlooktips
Towards the end of most months we get a few questions that go something like this: “We can’t see meeting availability of several people starting on July 1. We can see the meeting availability up until midnight on July 1, then it’s just hashes (No Information) Read More
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Tip 622: Hyperlinking long URLs

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:49 PM by outlooktips
A limitation of the text box for the hyperlink field is that it accepts only 256 characters. (Insert, Hyperlink)   You can hyperlink long URLs (or edit short URLs without opening the Insert Hyperlink dialog) by pasting the URL into the message Read More
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Tip 621: Outlook.sharing.xml.obi

posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:47 PM by outlooktips
If you snoop around the Outlook folders on your hard drive (%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook) you may see two new files - outlook.sharing.xml.obi and Outlook.xml.kfl.  Outlook 2007 Read More
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Tip 620: Office 2010 Preview

posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:46 PM by outlooktips
If you’d like to register for the Office 2010 “technical preview” you can signup at http://www.office2010themovie.com/  (signing up is no guarantee you’ll get the preview.)Direct link to the signup: https://microsoft.crgevents.com/Office2010TheMovie/Content/Default.aspx?p=Home& Read More
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Tip 619: QAT and Alt+ Characters

posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009 9:29 PM by outlooktips
Since Outlook 2007’s Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) uses Alt+ numbers for shortcuts, can you still use Alt+ numbers to enter symbols? Sure. Hold Alt while you enter the symbol code using the numeric keypad. When you release the Alt key the symbol is entered Read More
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Tip 618: Formatting Pasted Text

posted Monday, May 11, 2009 10:49 AM by outlooktips
When your font color for replies changes as the number of replies to an e-mail increase, you have Outlook set to pick a new color with each reply (this option requires Word as the editor or Outlook 2007). Go to Tools, Options, Mail Format, Stationery Read More
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Tip 617: Signatures and Spelling

posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:40 AM by outlooktips
A reader had a problem with their signature: “Sometimes Outlook 2007 thinks part of my message is part of my signature and no spelling check is done. How can I tell Outlook to change a section from signature to normal? Right clicking always shows me all Read More
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Tip 616: Live Search Maps Add-in

posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:37 AM by outlooktips
Last fall Microsoft removed the Live Search Maps Add-in from availability due to a number of issues with it. A few weeks ago, the add-in stopped mapping addresses. Unless you need to it create travel time appointments, you should uninstall it. How to Read More
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