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Tip 720: DST, Times, Time Zones

posted Monday, March 15, 2010 3:50 PM by outlooktips
Surprisingly, things are pretty quiet today. We’re usually bombarded with questions about wrong appointment times right after DST begins and ends. Maybe this is a good sign that everyone has the DST updates installed and the correct time zone and DST Read More
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Tip 711: Esc to close

posted Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:12 PM by outlooktips
A few people have complained about the Save and Close button being so close to the Delete button that they accidently delete appointments and contacts.  The solution: use the Ctrl+S to save and Esc key to close.  Or just use Esc and answer Read More
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Tip 710: Outlook and date formatting

posted Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:24 PM by outlooktips
I received this complaint yesterday: “The biggest issue I have with Outlook is that the meeting requests don't show the DAY!  What stupidity.  Every single meeting request I get - I have to click on the calendar button to see what day of the Read More
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Tip 709: Appointments in the To-do bar

posted Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:17 PM by outlooktips
An Outlook user has this question: “ I can't figure out why my appointments that I have scheduled do not show up in the To-Do-Bar.  I have 2 months selected in the View options for the To-Do-Bar but I’m not seeing the appointments.”  The number 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 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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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 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 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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