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Tip 547: Ultimate Steal

posted Monday, September 15, 2008 11:09 PM by outlooktips
Once again Microsoft is making Office 2007 available at a very affordable price for qualified college students through their Ultimate Steal promotion. It’s currently available for sale in 7 countries, with 6 more coming soon. Office 2007 Ultimate is Read More
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Tip 546: Delete Stuck Message

posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:02 AM by outlooktips
I’ve had a lot of questions lately asking how to delete large message stuck in the Outbox so I thought it was probably time to revisit this subject. First, try setting Outlook offline (look on the File menu). Wait a few minutes and in most cases the Read More
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Tip 545: Outlook 2007 and Themes

posted Monday, September 08, 2008 1:00 AM by outlooktips
If you use a standalone version of Outlook 2007 you won’t have the use of themes and stationery or some spell and grammar check features. One workaround is using templates (*.oft) instead. You can copy the template to a folder in Outlook so it’s easy Read More
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Tip 544: Remove RSS Folder

posted Friday, August 29, 2008 12:17 AM by outlooktips
A common question is “Can I remove the RSS folder in Outlook 2007?”  Yes, you can use a group policy to remove RSS capability from Outlook. If you disable RSS before you create your profile, you’ll need to make a new PST to get rid of the folder. Read More
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Tip 543: Save meetings, don’t send updates

posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:19 PM by outlooktips
I’m seeing a lot of questions that go like this: “After a meeting request was created and sent to all our attendees, I want to add note to that meeting on my calendar but I don't want other attendees to get the note I am saving. In Outlook 2003, it was Read More
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Tip 542: Change File As Format

posted Friday, August 22, 2008 9:58 PM by outlooktips
If your contacts use different File As formats and you’d rather have all contact use a single format but changing each contact will take too long, you can use VBA to change the File As format on all contacts within minutes. Code sample which was tested Read More
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Tip 538: Printing Color Calendars

posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:14 PM by outlooktips
Some Outlook 2007 users are having problems printing calendars with the events colored with color categories. In many cases, the problem printer is an HP and its correctly configured to print in color. HP support has this to say: Some or all of Read More
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Tip 537: End times in the Calendar Printing Assistant

posted Monday, August 11, 2008 2:17 PM by outlooktips
By default, the Calendar Printing Assistant (CPA) includes the end time for appointments. If you prefer more space for the Subject field you can configure the CPA to drop the end times. In the CPA, go to File, Application settings. Enable Drop end Read More
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Tip 535: Compressed Weekends

posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:33 AM by outlooktips
Due to limitations with the calendar overlay feature, Outlook 2007 does not offer the option to compress weekends. Many users liked compressed weekends because it offered a visual clue that it was a weekend. The day and weekly views shade non-working Read More
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Tip 532: Shaded Dates

posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:26 PM by outlooktips
An Outlook 2007 user asks: “Why does my calendar look like a patchwork of color? I know it’s related to color categories on appointments, but I can’t figure out why only some of the dates are shaded when I use color categories on all of the appointments.” Read More
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