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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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