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Tip 693: Outlook on a new computer

posted Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:21 AM by outlooktips
It’s the time of year when many people get new computers and wonder about the legalities of installing their existing software on the new system.“Can I legally install my Office 2007 on my new laptop too in addition to the installation that I already Read More
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Tip 692: Office Online calendar publishing workaround

posted Monday, December 28, 2009 11:22 PM by outlooktips
While we wait for the publishing problems at Office Online to be fixed, try this workaround – it finally worked for me after several tries. Go to office.com and sign in with the same Live ID you use to publish your calendar and select "Save my e-mail Read More
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Tip 691: Hotmail passwords

posted Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:24 AM by outlooktips
As mentioned yesterday, calendar publishing is having problems and asking for passwords frequently. We know the cause of the calendar problem is a buggy server. But what about all of the other times Outlook can’t seem to remember the Live password? I Read More
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Tip 690: Live calendar password

posted Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:04 AM by outlooktips
There is a problem with Live calendar publishing – it keeps asking for the Live ID password over and over. This is not a problem on your end and republishing the calendar will not stop the password dialog. There is something wrong with the publishing Read More
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Tip 689: Automatic Underlines

posted Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:34 PM by outlooktips
This is really a Word problem and since Word is also the Outlook email editor, I’ll mention this handy (and sometimes annoying) feature. A user asked: "When typing ==== then hitting return, Outlook puts in a double line. This line cannot be selected, Read More
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Tip 688: Coloring Calendars

posted Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:11 AM by admin
An Outlook user asked: “How do you change the background color of the calendar in Outlook 2007? I would like to change the background from white to yellow.” Tools, Options, Calendar Options has a setting for Calendar color - this applies to the calendar’s Read More
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Tip 687: Try Office 2010 “C2R”

posted Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:09 AM by admin
Would you like to try Office 2010 but don’t want to screw up your current installation of Office? No problem, the “Click to Run” version (aka C2R) is virtualized and can run side-by-side with your current installation. There are some limitations. While Read More
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Tip 686: Correction: Copy names and addresses

posted Friday, December 11, 2009 9:33 AM by outlooktips
Following up on yesterday’s tip – you need to use File As field, not the Full name field, otherwise you’ll get the field name in the copy (but not on screen). (I double checked the view I use for this purpose to verify the field, but typed Full Name anyway.) Read More
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Tip 685: Copy names and addresses

posted Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:28 AM by outlooktips
A user had this question: “I occasionally need to copy the name, title, company and address of an individual contact to a Word or Excel document. Or in some cases all of the data I have for a contact. Is there a way to do that without copying line by Read More
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Tip 684: Search for Duplicates

posted Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:26 AM by outlooktips
“I exported the personal file folders from my desktop and imported them into  my laptop.  Now I have many duplicate messages.  Obviously I did not select  the correct option.  How do I remove them other than one at a time?” You Read More
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Tip 683: Add to the Location Field

posted Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:22 AM by outlooktips
An Outlook user recently asked how to add frequently used locations to the location field in meeting requests. While it’s not possible to add addresses to the location field permanently, the 10 most recently used locations should be saved in the list. Read More
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