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Tip 739: Hotfix: Windows Mobile and 12 year Recurrence Issue

posted Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:29 PM by outlooktips
Last fall I mentioned a problem Windows mobile users had when syncing birthdays after installing Office 2007 SP2, where they birthdays changed to recur every 12 years. This is now fixed:Description of the Office Outlook 2007 hotfix package (outlook-x-none.msp): Read More
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Tip 738: Outlook Connector Error 5102

posted Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:08 PM by outlooktips
We’re seeing a rash of “Error: 5102. Server. Maximum request length exceeded” errors when using the Outlook Hotmail Connector. This specific error is caused by trying to send a file larger than 4MB using the connector. The problem behind the error should Read More
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Tip 737: Reminders Dialog

posted Monday, April 26, 2010 12:12 AM by outlooktips
The reminder dialog doesn’t always come up “in your  face” with Windows 7. If the reminder dialog is minimized to the taskbar and a reminder fires, the taskbar will flash – the window will not come up on the screen. If the reminder window is Read More
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Tip 736: Read-only Attachments

posted Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:11 AM by outlooktips
In Outlook 2007 and earlier, when you open an attachment from the reading pane, its read only. When you open the attachment from an open message, the attachment is editable. If you kept the message open while you edited the attachment, changes are saved Read More
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Tip 735: Contextual Spelling

posted Thursday, April 15, 2010 8:56 PM by outlooktips
Every so often we see a question from someone asking why Outlook adds an extra space following apostrophes. This isn’t an Outlook problem, but it is a sign we spend too much time in Outlook… This is caused by Contextual spelling in Office. Contextual Read More
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Tip 734: Outlook 2003 buttons group with Word

posted Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:18 PM by outlooktips
I was pretty sure I mentioned this bug previously but can’t find it in the archives, so either I’m bad at searching or didn’t tip it yet… Today’s ‘Outlook 2003 on Windows7’ bug is task bar grouping – when you use Word as the editor, the email buttons Read More
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Tip 733: Calendar Details View

posted Friday, April 09, 2010 1:14 PM by outlooktips
We’re seeing some questions from users whose appointments are missing from the Month view but their all day events are visible. If this happens to you, check the Detail level. Outlook 2007 and 2010 have a view option called Details – it can be set on Read More
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Tip 732: New Poll: What is your main account?

posted Thursday, April 08, 2010 1:16 PM by outlooktips
Our April scientific poll is about the types of email accounts in your main Outlook profile. We couldn’t cover all the options, so make the choice the best fits your configuration. http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?p=138565 As always, no account Read More
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Tip 731: Outlook’s Mailbox Manager

posted Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:34 AM by outlooktips
An interesting question came up in the newsgroups recently: “I have a dual boot setup and I want to be able to use the same .pst without having to download same messages twice and I'm trying to figure out where Outlook stores information about the messages Read More
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Tip 730: Custom Flags and Reminder Times

posted Monday, April 05, 2010 9:10 PM by outlooktips
When you use custom flags in Outlook 2007 and 2010, the default reminder time depends on your choice for the Quick Click flag and the start or end time for your work day, set in Calendar options. If Quick click is set to Today, it’s reminder is 1 hour Read More
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Tip 729: Reading pane options

posted Friday, April 02, 2010 1:11 PM by outlooktips
If your messages are being marked as read as you browse the Inbox, you need to change the Reading Pane options and disable Mark as read when the selection changes. Go to Tools, Options, Other tab, Reading pane options button. Remove the check from Mark Read More
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Tip 728: AutoPreview

posted Thursday, April 01, 2010 1:03 AM by outlooktips
A reader had this question: “When my contacts have private notes, I can see the notes in my notes column. The notes are also duplicated on a second line at the beginning of the row, where they can be seen,. How do I disable this?” You need to turn off Read More
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