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Tip 704: Office Assistant Error in Windows 7

posted Friday, January 29, 2010 8:37 AM by outlooktips
I’ve had a few questions about Outlook 2003 on Windows 7 that result in an Agent error: “The Office Assistant requires Microsoft Agent 2.0 or later versions. This product is available in the Office System Pack.”  Since Agent is not included in Read More
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Tip 703: Safe mode shortcut

posted Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:35 AM by outlooktips
When Outlook isn’t working correctly we often tell users to use Safe mode. Safe mode loads Outlook without any add-ins or extensions, the reading pane, or customization (like toolbars). If Outlook works ok in safe mode, then the problem is with an add-in Read More
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Tip 702: All new appointments are ‘today’

posted Monday, January 25, 2010 4:34 PM by outlooktips
Did you ever make an appointment for a future date or accept a meeting request and it displays on “Today” ?  This is caused by a corrupt view and the fix is simple - reset the view on the calendar. If you use custom views, you can try resetting just Read More
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Tip 701: Rules Q & A

posted Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:02 PM by outlooktips
Q: In what order do the rules run?A: The rules in Outlook run in the order listed – top to bottom. Use the arrow button to rearrange the order if necessary.Q:Messages are being duplicated by rules. How do I stop it?A: Add Stop processing to the first Read More
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Tip 700: Outlook 2003, Win7, and zip attachments

posted Monday, January 18, 2010 11:34 PM by outlooktips
With Outlook 2003 on Windows 7, users can't open zip attachments from a message - double clicking on the zip brings up the open/save dialog but clicking Open does not open it (the zip is saved in the securetemp folder each time its double clicked). Read More
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Tip 699: Outlook 2010’s News Feeds

posted Friday, January 15, 2010 3:55 PM by outlooktips
We’re seeing a lot of complaints about News Feed folders reproducing like rabbits in Outlook 2010’s folder list. This folder is used by the new ‘social connector’ but to date, the news feed in the People Pane only works with Sharepoint 2010. For some Read More
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Tip 698: Moving Outlook to a New Computer

posted Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:33 AM by outlooktips
Moving Outlook to a New Computer http://www.slipstick.com/config/move_outlook.asp  Upgrading to a new computer often causes headaches for users. While I have several pages with instructions on both slipstick.com and outlook-tips.net, its spread over Read More
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Tip 697: Autocorrect Q & A

posted Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:39 PM by outlooktips
Today I’ll answer common autocorrect questions. Q: The program insists on capitalizing the first letter of every line even if not the beginning of a sentence. A: Stop pressing Enter at the end of the line. Outlook is fully capable of wrapping sentences Read More
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Tip 696: Windows 7 and Go, News

posted Monday, January 11, 2010 6:30 PM by outlooktips
The Go, News command which opened the “Outlook Newsreader” (really Outlook Express in news-only mode) was removed from the Go menu beginning with Outlook 2003. Users who prefer opening Outlook Express or Vista Mail using this command can customize the Read More
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Tip 695: Not enough weeks this month

posted Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:44 PM by outlooktips
A common problem with Outlook’s calendar: “Jan 2010 spans 6 weeks but there is not sufficient room to display the appointments.  If I view Dec 2009 and use the scroll bar at the left of calendar I can see 5 weeks at a time.” Questions like this Read More
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Tip 694: Week numbering

posted Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:15 AM by outlooktips
The first week of the new year often brings questions about which week should be the first official week of the year.  In Outlook there are 3 options - start on Jan 1, on the first full week, or the first 4 day week. Choosing the 4 day option is Read More
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